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Jason7504's 34g Solana


Jason7504

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here's my tank that i just set up yesterday with my LR..

 

Equipment:

 

34g Solana

Sunpod 150W MH

MP10

150w heater

stock return pump

stock skimmer

20 lbs fiji LR and 15 lbs of Timora LR(both fully cured)

15 lbs LS

2nd chamber fuge with chaeto and mangroves

RKL w/ temp probe

double switch ATO from autotopoff.com

azoo double fan

 

My livestock:

 

Fish:

 

1 False Percs

Algae Blenny

2 talbot damsels

3 green chromis

 

Inverts:

 

Peppermint shrimp

CUC: 3 Nass snails, 5 Cerith snails, 5 astrea

1 crocea clam

1 maxima clam

 

Corals:

 

FS

Hammer

Torch

zoas

monti cap

green slimer

green acro

blue tort

xenia

purple acro with yellow polyps

green bottlebrush acro

 

 

 

mytank.jpg

 

mytank3.jpg

 

mytankwithmoonlights.jpg

 

sumpchambers.jpg

1stand2ndchamber.jpg

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Nice tank! I am ordering my solana this week with the 250 W sunpod. Nice to see what 35# live rock looks like. Did you order it online? Are you starting a refugium in the back?

 

OOPS just saw you are starting a fuse.

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Nice tank! I am ordering my solana this week with the 250 W sunpod. Nice to see what 35# live rock looks like. Did you order it online? Are you starting a refugium in the back?

 

OOPS just saw you are starting a fuse.

 

thanks :) oh nice...yeah i ordered it form Premium Aquatics..and yeah im starting a fuge in the middle :)

 

highly jealous of the aquascape, it will look very nice when it is stocked

 

thanks! :D im sure yours looks good too..yeah i can't wait to get it stocked..it has some cool caves and arches too but i hope the rocks dont fall or anything

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Hey Jason,

Just checkin in, have you added anything to your tank? I am still cycling and considering an ATO those bottles do not work! I love my solana and the light, no temp problems at all (well one time when I forgot to put my fans on). How long has it taken for yours to cycle? Or are you still cycling? I havent ran my skimmer yet, have everything on timers, and have lots of HH's. Are you going to leave the top off or have some egg crate or mesh? I think I will start a new thread once my tank cycles. Hope all is good with your tank,

Ryan

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I have gotten some new stuff in my tank since i last posted :)

 

a mushroom:

 

mushroomcoral.jpg

 

got some new additions :)

 

a whitish acro (atleast i think it is)

 

somewhitishacro.jpg

 

ORA green birdsnest

 

myORAgreenbirdsnest.jpg

 

orange monti

 

myorangemonti.jpg

 

pink/blue ric

 

mypinkandblueric.jpg

 

awesome frogspawn thanks to dennis :)

 

myFrogspawn.jpg

 

cleaner shrimp

 

mycleanershrimp.jpg

 

greenish hydro

 

myhydro.jpg

 

algae blenny

 

myalgaeblennyeatinalgae.jpg

 

myalgaeblenny.jpg

 

FTS

 

FTS3-11-09.jpg

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Mr. Thingdoer

Watch that green birds nest at the bottom. It might just look that way in the pic, but it appears to be losing tissue. Also, your "Hydro" is a Hydno (Hydnophora). The Acro Millepora should also have a color other than white.

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Everything is looking good man! Keep it up, i just finish setting up my solana last night, now i need a some corals in it and fishs

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I didnt update my tank on here that much but here it was before the crash:

 

FTS7-10-09.jpg

 

but sadly, my tank crashed when all my corals died after my tank got into the mid 90's during a freak heat wave here that lasted for a week and i was on vacation..well i finally got around to take some pics and here's my revived solana :)

 

i decided to go with more sps this time around along with my lps and clams still

 

FTS (9-2-09)

FTS9-2-09.jpg

 

3 acros( far left is a green/blue acro, center-front is a purple acro with yellow polyps and right is a blue tort)

 

acrosincludingbluetort.jpg

 

my FS (orange FS wasn't happy)

 

myFS.jpg

 

more FS (sorry its kind of blurry but i cant really reach down there to razor that off)

 

myFS2.jpg

 

more SPS

 

mysps.jpg

 

pink birdsnest and crocea clam

 

Pinkbirdsnestandbluespsfragbehind.jpg

 

wall FS on left, xenia in the center, and torch behind it

 

wallFSxeniaandtorch.jpg

 

and last but not least..my maxima clam

 

maximaclam.jpg

 

here's a video of my MP10

 

th_mytankwithMP10.jpg

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ok well its time to update my tank thread again..got lots of new pics :)

 

here's my tank with my new outer orbit fixture.its a little big but an awesome fixture!

FTSwithjustt5son10-4-09.jpg

 

here's a FTS with just my t5s on:

FTSwithjustt5son10-4-09-1.jpg

 

sps colonies under t5s only:

spscoloniesandclamundert5s10-4-09.jpg

 

somespsunderjustt5s10-4-09.jpg

 

frogspawn section under just t5s

Frogspawnundert5s10-4-09.jpg

 

FTS with both 14k phoenix and t5s:

FTSundermhandt510-4-09.jpg

 

sps colonies under mh and t5s

morespsundermhandt510-4-09.jpg

 

tealspscolonyundermhandt510-4-09.jpg

 

purplespscolonyundermhandt510-4-09.jpg

 

spscolonyundermhandt510-4-09.jpg

 

frogspawn section under mh and t5

frogspawnsectionundermhandt510-4-09.jpg

 

replaced the stand glass window with a styrene window panel so the stuff inside cant be seen

standwindowiwthnewstyrenewindowpana.jpg

 

xenia close up

xeniacloseup.jpg

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thanks :)

hey jason,

great looking tank! i recently got myself a 34g solana and had a lighting question for you. ive been trying to figure out what is the largest/heaviest light fixture i can use on the edges of the tank. i see by the pictures and tank specs that your're running the outer orbit. Which size fixture is that? Have you had any or heard of any problems with weight?

 

thanks jason,

any help would be appreciated

 

 

keep up the good work,

brandon

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