Tiny funny reef on budget

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Mushrooms, yellow polyps, GSP and zoas are doing well. But Xenia and my palemon shrimp have died. I was out of town for two weeks, so I cannot say what happened. That's not the first time I'm losing Xenia though, it just don't like me or my methods :)

This thank still should be considered as a work in progress, I haven't done with it yet. So, more boring cheap softies to come :) Few palys, C. Papaya and something alive and with legs I'd say :)
 
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superusername said:
Looking pretty nice. I'd vote for some ricordea and a few hermits to mow the lawn ;)
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Thank you. I don't like rics because of their bad temper, they would try to kill everything around :) Ever worse, they are moving all the time, so after a while a tank this small would become ricordea dominated.
 
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knukles55 said:
How about some cheap sunny d polyps that will add some nice orange color to the tank :)
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Well, it's not that easy in Ukraine (east Europe) :) Newer saw Sunny Ds in person, but they wouldn't be cheap for sure :)
 
You mention the LEDs getting hot. Did you address this?
My first thought is drill holes in the wood to create a cooling updraft through the heatsink.
 
Irsug1 said:
You mention the LEDs getting hot. Did you address this?
My first thought is drill holes in the wood to create a cooling updraft through the heatsink.
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Really, my heatsink heats a bit more that I'd like. Drilling holes won't help though.

I've used an old CPU fan to make this LED unit. It's not solid, there should be alot of air moving through it:



In fact, I didn't address heat issue at all. Sure it's bad for my diodes, but I can live with that :) Most likely, LEDs will degrade a bit faster that supposed, but it will take years (I hope) to make any difference.
 
knukles55 said:
That light looks freaken awsome can't believe you made it look that nice looks manufactured lol
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Thank you. Frankly, it looks better that it is in reality, but still does the job :)
 
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Looking good!
 
Five month old :)



This is the easiest tank I've ever had. Suddenly, GHA is mostly gone. The most annoying thing to do now is to keep glass clean. It needs to be cleaned at least two times per week.

By the way, that UFO next to the tank is my new air pump, Aquael APR 300 Plus :)
 
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Cool little reef!
 

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