So this tank has been going for almost a year and I figured I'd start a build thread. I'll try to go chronologically with the pics and whatnot.
Equipment:
Innovative Marine Fusion 20g Tank
1x Kessil A160WE Tuna Blue lighting w/ controller
Homemade 2x4 stand stained black
5 Stage BRS RO/DI unit
IM Custom Caddy with filter floss and chemipure elite
1x Jebao TW-10 Wavemaker on W1S1 setting
Innovative marine Ghost Skimmer (Removed due to lack of quality skimmate production)
inTank Refugium Basket w/ chaeto
Refugium lit with Chaetomax 2-in-1 Refugium light
inTank Floss Holder w/ filter floss (several blocks of ceramic media below)
Cobalt heater (75W?)
2x IM Spin stream nozzles
Livestock:
2x Clowns
1x Green banded goby
4x hermit crabs
1x emerald crab
2x margarita snails
2x turbo snails
mixed zoas
birds nest coral
galaxia
frogspawn
favia
blasto
bubble coral
2x rock flower anemone
green palys
1x green and 1x orange ricordea mushroms
Here is when I started my cycle: I cycled with no fish and ghost feeding for 6-8 weeks. I added 2x clowns and some zoas once no ammonia/nitrate was present.
After another 6 weeks or so I added some more corals and an anemone:
Once again I added a few more corals (cant remember the exact timeline) and started to get the others off the sandbed:
Finally, my most recent additions about a month ago. I took some time off due to my daughter being born and didn't add anything for awhile and did minimum maintenance. During that time I had an alk crash and calc spike due to my neglect. Recovered without losing anything but did have an impact on growth. Now that we are used to the new addition to our family I have had time to tend to my tank as I should again.
Playing with a gel filter my friend gave me. Definitely makes the colors pop more but still doesn't fix a crappy camera lol:
Thanks for viewing. I will try to update on occasion as anything changes!
Equipment:
Innovative Marine Fusion 20g Tank
1x Kessil A160WE Tuna Blue lighting w/ controller
Homemade 2x4 stand stained black
5 Stage BRS RO/DI unit
IM Custom Caddy with filter floss and chemipure elite
1x Jebao TW-10 Wavemaker on W1S1 setting
Innovative marine Ghost Skimmer (Removed due to lack of quality skimmate production)
inTank Refugium Basket w/ chaeto
Refugium lit with Chaetomax 2-in-1 Refugium light
inTank Floss Holder w/ filter floss (several blocks of ceramic media below)
Cobalt heater (75W?)
2x IM Spin stream nozzles
Livestock:
2x Clowns
1x Green banded goby
4x hermit crabs
1x emerald crab
2x margarita snails
2x turbo snails
mixed zoas
birds nest coral
galaxia
frogspawn
favia
blasto
bubble coral
2x rock flower anemone
green palys
1x green and 1x orange ricordea mushroms
Here is when I started my cycle: I cycled with no fish and ghost feeding for 6-8 weeks. I added 2x clowns and some zoas once no ammonia/nitrate was present.
After another 6 weeks or so I added some more corals and an anemone:
Once again I added a few more corals (cant remember the exact timeline) and started to get the others off the sandbed:
Finally, my most recent additions about a month ago. I took some time off due to my daughter being born and didn't add anything for awhile and did minimum maintenance. During that time I had an alk crash and calc spike due to my neglect. Recovered without losing anything but did have an impact on growth. Now that we are used to the new addition to our family I have had time to tend to my tank as I should again.
Playing with a gel filter my friend gave me. Definitely makes the colors pop more but still doesn't fix a crappy camera lol:
Thanks for viewing. I will try to update on occasion as anything changes!
