Bongo Shrimp's Planted Tide Pool

Bongo Shrimp · Nov 5, 2012

This is my 25g planted tide tank. It has been up and running for a long time and has been many different things but I switched to T5s from LEDs and planted tank is the way it's going.

Equipment:
x1 AC50 HOB Filter
x1 Aqualife HOB Filter
x1 Reef Octopus BH1000
x3 Korilia Nano 240
x1 4 bulb 24" Aquatic Life T5 Fixture

Livestock:
10+ Species of Macro Algae
True Mated Pair of Dwarf Blue Coral Banded Shrimp
Pair of Trimma tevegae gobies
Green Haddoni Carpet Anemone
ATL Red Mini Anemones
A few zoas and some sympodium

I plan to add a few more fish but haven't decided exactly what just yet. I also have a bunch more macro algae coming this week.

I only have a small frag in this tank but here is the 18" mother colony which is in one of my other tanks:

SeahorseKeeper · Nov 5, 2012

The tank is looking good. I love the purple sponge!!!

Bongo Shrimp · Nov 5, 2012

SeahorseKeeper said:
The tank is looking good. I love the purple sponge!!!

Thank you!

I forgot this pic of the gobies!

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Pkunk35 · Nov 5, 2012

Nice tank, Bongo! I really like Trimma gobies also.

Where are these dwarf blue coral banded shrimp you speak of?? I have not even heard of the dwarf variety.

wysiwyg · Nov 5, 2012

nice tank

ritter6788 · Nov 5, 2012

Bongo Shrimp said:

What is this?

Nice tank. Different that what you usually see.

SeahorseKeeper · Nov 5, 2012

I have that macroalgae. The site I got it from referred to it as red bone grass.

Bongo Shrimp · Nov 5, 2012

ritter6788 said:
What is this?

Nice tank. Different that what you usually see.

The closes to a scientific name I have gotten is Rhodopeltis sp. Might not be though.

wysiwyg said:
nice tank

Thank you!

Pkunk35 said:
Nice tank, Bongo! I really like Trimma gobies also.

Where are these dwarf blue coral banded shrimp you speak of?? I have not even heard of the dwarf variety.

They are Stenopus tenuirostris.
They only grow to a max of about 1.5".

Not my pic:

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revsgirl · Nov 6, 2012

Very nice!

Bongo Shrimp · Nov 13, 2012

Getting in a ton of macro and some sponges this week and I have decided to get rid of the anemone and go NPS. I took off the skimmer and have a GFO reactor coming this week. I'll be feeding phyto, cyclops, rotifers and a ton of other foods every hour on the hour.

Bongo Shrimp · Nov 13, 2012

Ok so I guess I'm still toying with the NPS idea. I really liked it and am still considering it but nothing in terms of that is happening immediately.

Here's what the tank looks like today. I'm hoping through dosing phyto I can keep these sponges happy. IDK what it is but ever since adding them the nems have been unhappy and so have my zoas. I tested everything and all the parameters are good. I did a water change anyways though just in case and I'm hoping it was just all the dust and sand from me burying the sponges and moving some rocks.

Pederson Shrimp: