20 gallon mixed reef

[RiftRaftReefing]

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

I still have a lot to do but this was done on a budget and is a great example in my opinion that you don’t need to be a millionaire to have success

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

Update added a new light I had my kessil a80s turned up all the way in the beginning it was more then enough now I definitely need more light so I added an ai prime

 

[CasperOe]

Looks good, you're gonna be happy with that! I like the low form factor of the Kessil a80s!

How long has the tank been running for? Next picture, take one from the front

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

Looks good, you're gonna be happy with that! I like the low form factor of the Kessil a80s!

How long has the tank been running for? Next picture, take one from the front

I’m currently at 5 months and just added an ai prime I really licked the a80s and a 3rd one would of been fine but I got a good deal on a new ai prime and the extra light blends really well

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

this is my o the current project might start another thread depending on how this 20 gallon one goes and I spent a total of 400 to start this tank including rocks and fish the 20 gallon tank coral more money lol

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I’m currently at 5 months and just added an ai prime I really licked the a80s and a 3rd one would of been fine but I got a good deal on a new ai prime and the extra light blends really well

Tank looks great!

 

[kevgib67]

Wow, very impressive!

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

Wow, very impressive!

Thanks I had a cyaona/Dino problem in the beginning that lasted a good 90 days I’m just comming out the other side with a bit of diatoms hopefully I’ll get some coralline to start taking over

 

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[RiftRaftReefing]

First pic you can see it really bad on the back wall and the second picture is after I went with a black out method and a small tang/ I don’t recommend adding a tang to a 20 gallon unless you have somewhere for it to go in 6 months a year they definitely grow slower in a smaller tank but we don’t want to stunt there growth either but I was never good a picking out a good cuc especially for bare bottoms if anyway has any good cucs for bare bottoms please let me know !!!

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

Just doing an update pretty much all the sps will find its way to the 425xl but here’s some of the new stuff I got the large colony is tangerine dreams and the other branch is tgc orange creamsicle and on the frag rack is jf homewrecker Bkchem fruit loops from Tusi. 2 no names that’s it’s for the new sps will do an update soon the rest of the tank

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

The one thing I really like about these small tanks is they can look so full even when full of frags

 

[RiftRaftReefing]

Just an update having a hard time growing coraline corals fine parameters a real head scratcher never had this problem before but also never went bare bottom