This is my first post here on the forum. I just thought I would share some pictures of my current tank. This is a 20g Tall softie/lps reef.
A little background information. I've been in the hobby for 6-8 years now. I started with this 20G and then moved everything over to a 40G. After being very busy and not having the time, I let the 40g go down hill. Fortunately I did not lost any fish. The tank was just over taken by algae. I will be trading the fish in at the LFS and then moving the tank to my current house to set back up at a later date. In the mean time, I set my 20g back up in the new house. The tank was setup in early March, 2019 using dry rock and dry sand. After letting the tank cycle, I added my first fish in early May.
Many of the corals that were in my 40 (let me just say they were in bad shape) were transferred to the 20. Corals that were transferred include: a hairy mushroom, eagle eye zoas, green ricordia mushroom, green hammer, frogspawn, and some acans. The zoas and mushrooms bounced back very quickly and have already started showing signs of growth. The frogspawn, hammer, and acans were a different story. The first several weeks, the polyps would barely extend. I was to the point where I expected to lose them. I started target feeding twice a week with reef roids to try and save them. Within 2 weeks, all three corals began bouncing back. They still dont look anywhere near 100%, but are much improved. I've since added several new corals. Below is a list of my setup and stocking:
Equipment
20G Tall, Open top
Current USA Orbit Marine LED lighting (not the best light, but works)
Aquamax HOB skimmer
2 Koralia 425s
Eheim 75W heater
Stocking
2 Clown Fish (1 orange/white, 1 black/white)
4 snails (2 trochus, 1 Astrea, 1 nassarias)
2 scarlet hermits
1 emerald crab
Green star polyp
Duncan coral
Pipe Organ
Green Hammer
Acans
Frogspawn
Green candy cane
Hairy mushroom
Green ricordia
Zoas (eagle eye, playboy bunny, and red people eaters)
All new corals are doing great except the pipe organ. It was open for about 2 weeks and then decided to close. I left it for a couple days and then moved it to the bottom of the tank in a higher flow area. It still has not opened.
I'm thinking about adding a tail spot blenny to this tank. What are you guys thoughts? I've never kept a blenny. I've always kept gobies instead, but I do like the personality of blennies.
A little background information. I've been in the hobby for 6-8 years now. I started with this 20G and then moved everything over to a 40G. After being very busy and not having the time, I let the 40g go down hill. Fortunately I did not lost any fish. The tank was just over taken by algae. I will be trading the fish in at the LFS and then moving the tank to my current house to set back up at a later date. In the mean time, I set my 20g back up in the new house. The tank was setup in early March, 2019 using dry rock and dry sand. After letting the tank cycle, I added my first fish in early May.
Many of the corals that were in my 40 (let me just say they were in bad shape) were transferred to the 20. Corals that were transferred include: a hairy mushroom, eagle eye zoas, green ricordia mushroom, green hammer, frogspawn, and some acans. The zoas and mushrooms bounced back very quickly and have already started showing signs of growth. The frogspawn, hammer, and acans were a different story. The first several weeks, the polyps would barely extend. I was to the point where I expected to lose them. I started target feeding twice a week with reef roids to try and save them. Within 2 weeks, all three corals began bouncing back. They still dont look anywhere near 100%, but are much improved. I've since added several new corals. Below is a list of my setup and stocking:
Equipment
20G Tall, Open top
Current USA Orbit Marine LED lighting (not the best light, but works)
Aquamax HOB skimmer
2 Koralia 425s
Eheim 75W heater
Stocking
2 Clown Fish (1 orange/white, 1 black/white)
4 snails (2 trochus, 1 Astrea, 1 nassarias)
2 scarlet hermits
1 emerald crab
Green star polyp
Duncan coral
Pipe Organ
Green Hammer
Acans
Frogspawn
Green candy cane
Hairy mushroom
Green ricordia
Zoas (eagle eye, playboy bunny, and red people eaters)
All new corals are doing great except the pipe organ. It was open for about 2 weeks and then decided to close. I left it for a couple days and then moved it to the bottom of the tank in a higher flow area. It still has not opened.
I'm thinking about adding a tail spot blenny to this tank. What are you guys thoughts? I've never kept a blenny. I've always kept gobies instead, but I do like the personality of blennies.
