The Coral Cavern - 25g Shallow Reef

[SaltwaterScoop]

This tank has been running since August 2016. I started out really slow with only a few fish and frags. I didn't really start stocking the tank until the last couple of months which has worked out great since the tank has become super stable. I plan on stocking this tank up and growing it out so I have an excuse to upgrade!

I also run a YouTube channel called Saltwater Scoop where I make videos featuring interesting topics in the hobby. My latest video was inspired by Halloween and is all about creepy hitchhikers.;Walkingdead

Build Specs
✓ Aquarium: Drilled Innovative Marine Nuvo Black 25
✓ Stand: Custom Birch Plywood 24" x 20" x 36.5"
✓ Lighting: Nano Box Duo Plus M w/ 15" Gooseneck
✓ Water Movement: MP10W ES
✓ Controller: Reef Keeper 2
✓ Skimmer: SC-65
✓ ATO: Tsunami AT1
✓ Heater: Aquatop Quartz Glass Submersible Heaters 150W
✓ Overflow/Return: Glass-Holes Overflow & Return kit
✓ Return Pump: Tunze Recirculation Silence Pump 1073.020 634 GPH
✓ Sump: Eshopps RS-75 Reef Sump
✓ Live Rock: KPA Liverock 25 lbs in display and 5 lbs in sump
✓ Sand: Tropic Eden Reef flakes 20 lbs

Fish/Inverts
✓ Tail Spot Blenny
✓ ORA Extreme Misbar Ocellaris Clownfish (in sump...he is satan ;Vamp)
✓ Yellow Clown Goby
✓ Large Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (named long john)
✓ Small Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (named lil john)

Coral
✓ ORA Neon Green Sinularia Finger Leather
✓ ORA Green Zoas
✓ Blue Sympodium Colony
✓ Butternut Stylophora
✓ Australian Red Blasto
✓ Red Sea Pom Pom Xenia

Here are some current pictures (November 2017)

I placed an order with Cherry Corals yesterday so I should have pictures of my new additions soon! ;Snaphappy

 

[Tahoe61]

Very nice and sharp looking swallow reef.
How fast does the Sympodium grow?

 

[SaltwaterScoop]

Very nice and sharp looking swallow reef.
How fast does the Sympodium grow?

Thank you! It seems like a fast grower. I've had it about 3 weeks and it has spread onto the rock behind it and the mat is extending away from the rock in other areas. I put some small rubble rock around it to see if I can get some easy frags.

 

[ws6kid]

The first picture with the light spilling onto the walls is pretty sweet looking The tank looks great! What did you get from CC?

 

[SaltwaterScoop]

The first picture with the light spilling onto the walls is pretty sweet looking The tank looks great! What did you get from CC?

Lemon Lime Octospawn, a neat looking red Acan, and some Zoas (Super Keds Reds, Whodas Cat Eyes, Gobstoppers, Sunny Delights, and Punk Rock Girls). I'm going to move some stuff around and put the zoas moving up the rock on the left where the green zoas currently are.

 

[Ruben's Reef]

Beautiful tank. The light pops the corals color real nice.

 

[SaltwaterScoop]

Beautiful tank. The light pops the corals color real nice.

Thanks, Dave makes some great lights! Out of all the fixtures I've tried in the past (AI Nano, JBJ Unibody, Full Spectrum PAR38, and Tek Light), it's by far my favorite.

 

[themcnertney]

Nice little setup you got.

 

[A_game43]

Very nice tank!

 

[SaltwaterScoop]

Nice little setup you got.

Thank you!

Very nice tank!

Thanks!

 

[SaltwaterScoop]

Cherry Corals packaging is the best I've ever seen.

I added the Lemon Lime Octospawn, Acan, and the Zoas to the tank and mounted them today. Here are some pictures of the Acan and Octospawn...which turned out to be just a green frogspawn/octopspawn so I might contact Cherry Corals to see if this is right. The picture of what I ordered looks nothing like this (it's supposed to be bright yellow).