Stefan´s 30 Gallon tank

Stefan · Feb 24, 2016

Thought id show you guys my 30 gallon tank from sweden thats been up and running about 18 months or so.

This is my first tank and i'm really proud about it becuase it took alot of time and effort to get this far. You how it is in this hobby, some days you just wanna tear the whole tank apart and redo it or just give it up, i´ve had my fair share of bad days with this one... but i never gave up and that´s what made the tank what it is today, hope you all like it as much as i do

Feel free to ask any questions about the tank and ill answer them best i can

here´s some progresssion pictures, and if anybody wants more macro shots ill throw them in aswell

cheers

August 20th 2014

November 11th 2014

February 20th 2015

Today 2016

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 25, 2016

Wow. That's a healthy reef !
Did you make the back wall?

ndz98 · Feb 25, 2016

Very nice progress man! Looks amazing!

Chrisfish · Feb 25, 2016

Welcome, really nice reef, thanks for sharing your pictures

Scotty LaBeouf · Feb 25, 2016

Super unique nice job!! I like the aquascape back wall style never see that in saltwater. What filtration are you running?

Stefan · Feb 25, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
Wow. That's a healthy reef !
Did you make the back wall?

No I just bought it at the LFS, however I don't remember the name for it, but I could call them and ask if yourequired interested

And thanks!

Stefan · Feb 25, 2016

ndz98 said:
Very nice progress man! Looks amazing!

Chrisfish said:
Welcome, really nice reef, thanks for sharing your pictures

Thanks a lot for the kind words guys

Stefan · Feb 25, 2016

WORLDCITIZEN said:
Super unique nice job!! I like the aquascape back wall style never see that in saltwater. What filtration are you running?

That was the whole plan

I felt so limited only having money and space to afford a 30 g since I'm still in school, so I thought to myself how can I make a small 30 into something unique and good looking, så i decided to make the middle open for sand and started from there

I'm running a skimmer(some random skimmer for 40 gals) filter socks from time to time, about 40kg live rock and A LOT OF sand haha, it's almost like an DSB at the back of the tank due to fishes and streamers

Stefan · Feb 26, 2016

Some Macros

Chrisfish · Feb 26, 2016

Absolutely beautiful!

revhtree · Feb 26, 2016

Cool reef!

jdpeters · Feb 26, 2016

beautiful and unique! i see you have quite a few fish as well. what is your maintenance routine?

Stefan · Feb 26, 2016

jdpeters said:
beautiful and unique! i see you have quite a few fish as well. what is your maintenance routine?

Thanks a lot for the kind words,

Yeah it doesn't feel right putting more fish into a small 30 gals

plus it's easier to take care of nitrates with fewer^^

I have a dosing pump that buffs my calcium and alk (I dont add any magnesium) and I also dose 1 ml red sea nopox each day

Other than that I feed the fishes 1-2 times a day and fill upp the balling flasks, I actually don't change any water unless I have to

I also change the top of the sand bed every other 3 months for cleaner look