20h SPS dominated...

[birdmandan]

Figured I would start a thread to track my process and such. Originally started as a 10gallon in 2013 and switched to 20H at start of this year.

Equipment:
Standard 20H, eshopps HOB overflow, mag-drive supreme 3 return, 2 koralia nano powerheards, Hydor 150w heater, AquaC Remora HOB protein skimmer.

Lighting:
AquaticLife 4x24w T5HO fixture (2 fixtures put together).
2 ATI Blue plus (12pm-8pm) 1 ATI coral plus 1 ATI purple plus (11a-5pm) Ecoxotic 6w blue led for moon lights (8pm-10pmish)

Standard 10 gallon DIY sump/fuge in stand with macros heater and protein skimmer

Original 10 gallon:

Current as of today:

What do ya think?

 

[revsgirl]

Very nice!! I like how you've got it set up!! Thanks for sharing!


Chasing the Dream Giver, not the dream! Tonya

 

[Tahoe61]

Like it very much. The scape style gives the tank a lot of depth.

 

[birdmandan]

I'll try to make a quick list of whats in here:

Fish:
2 mocha ocellaris clowns
yellowtail damsel
Yellow watchman goby
Pygmy hawkfish

Inverts:
10ish hermits (blue leg and some others)
4 astrea snails
1 turbo snail
3 Nassarius snails
3 Nerite snails
Emerald CrabMithraculus forceps (came as hitchhiker and hasn't caused any problems - so he stays)
Electric Blue hermit
Cleaner shrimp
Peppermint shrimp (currently in timeout in fuge because he was picking on my LTA)
Pistol shrimp (paired with YWG)
Sandsifting star
2 brittle stars in sump

Green Long-tentacle Anemone

SPS:
ORA lantana monti
Battle corals rainbow monti
Jason Fox slowburn monti
Purple haze monti
Tyree sunset monti
Tubbs Stellata monti
Forest Fire monti digitata
Starburst monti cap
Green monti cap
Purple rim monti confusa
Mystic monti
^as you can see, I love montis
Tyree grafted milli
Tyree pink lemonade
Jason Fox tierra del fuego
Vivids strawberry shortcake
ORA hawkins echinata
500 dollar efflo
Cornbreds crown of thorns birdnest
tricolor valida
meteor shower cyphastrea
Blue milli (currently green:squigglemouth: )
Green milli (has reddish tips)
Blue tip acro tenuis

LPS:
JF Jack'o lantern Lepto
JF Walking dead Lepto
Aussie gold torch
A couple acans
Red Fungiidae plate
Green Fungiidae plate
Silver Eye Leptastrea
Leptastrea

Leptastrea

Candy Cane

Softies:
Green and Orange Puetro Rico Ricordea
Blue spot red mushrooms
Green mushrooms
GSP

Z's and P's (currently trying to get more of):
Rastas
Utter chaos
JF atomic sunrise
JF mystery machines
JF acid reflux
JF blue Iris
Cornbred nuclear death
and a bunch of others I dont know the names of.

I think that wraps it up..

 

[EW_Fish]

That bulb combo works well with that tank. I like the tank alot great work.

 

[ethridge78]

nice tank

 

[Arcsenic]

Love that setup

 

[birdmandan]

Heres a few more pics:

 

[birdmandan]

Everything is still pretty small but I'm looking forward to it growing and covering up some of these ugly plugs/puddy.

Some recent pickups:

 

[birdmandan]

2 of my favorite pieces:

JF jack'o lantern and JF walking dead. Can't wait for them to grow out.

 

[Diamond1]

Nice set up. It will look great when it grows out some.

 

[EW_Fish]

Yeah it will look great grown out if you can keep your hands out the tank lol.

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Like it very much. The scape style gives the tank a lot of depth.

Agreed. Good arrangement :]

 

[birdmandan]

Last pictures taken...

 

[birdmandan]

and now...

 

[EW_Fish]

What happens to the tank???

 

[birdmandan]

What happens to the tank???

Upgraded to a 40b.

 

[EW_Fish]

Upgraded to a 40b.

EVEN better. Good upgrade

 

[G_Sanab922]

What do you have growing on the overflow?

 

[birdmandan]

What do you have growing on the overflow?

Meteor shower cyphastrea.