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Roxy's 17.4G Mr. Aqua


rockhead01

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I thought it time to properly introduce my new tank. It was previously a mantis’s tank who died during a molt. Instead of getting another mantis, I decided to set up a reef tank with fishes. (I have 3 tanks, but no fishes) This tank was established on 11/2/10 with year old live rock and ocean direct live sand. There was no cycle that I could see. Within days I had algae and diatoms which I then added the CUC. Over the last few weeks I’ve slowly been adding corals and live stock.

 

Equipment

Mr. Aqua 17.4G Drilled with Clear Bulkhead & PVC and 17mm Lily Pipe for return

20G Refugium with Mineral Mud, Chaeto, & Live Rock

CPR Bak Pak 2 Protein Skimmer

Phosban Reactor running Phosban

Phosban Reactor running SeaGel - Matrix Carbon & Phosguard

Cleartides Dual Chamber Nitrate & Alk Reactors

JBJ ATO with 10G reservoir

JBJ True Temp Titanium Heater

Viper K2 150w MH with 20000k Radium Bulb

2 Current USA TrueLumen Actinic LED Strips

Vortech MP10

Taam Rio+ 1700 Powerhead UL Return Pump

50lbs Ocean Direct Live Sand

40lbs Live Rock

 

Livestock

Mandarin Dragonet (seeded tank with 4,000+ copepods)

Ultra Blue Maxi Mini Anemone

Blue w/Green Skirt Maxi Mini Anemone

5 Dwarf Zebra Hermits

3 Tri Color Hermits

4 Peppermint Shrimp

Black Long Spine Urchin

 

Corals

Green Star Polyp

Pink Birds Nest

Purple Polyp Montipora

Waving Hand

 

Future Livestockso far

Blue Spot Jawfish

Sexy Shrimp

 

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This are pictures showing the custom plumbing fixtures.

 

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then it looks like a crappy brown pipe for a while

until (maybe) it turns into a fancy pink/purple pipe

 

or, he has to clean it. A lot.

 

the clear stuff looks awesome now, though. If you've got the energy to keep it clear, it'll look very cool. I like.

 

what happens when it gets colonized by algae
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ahh ok thats what i thought it was most likley ya that would work just use that every week during your waterchange and you could keep them clean

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I bought the clear pvc pipe from aquatic eco systems and the bulkhead I purchased directly from Lifeguard aquatics. I agree that cleaning the algae is a chore, but I've had this same set up on my pico for 6 months and have kept up on most of the cleaning. I do have the spring pipe cleaners that do really well. I still like this look better than black or white, so I'll do the extra work. Here is pics of pico set up.

 

PS - I do plan on putting rock in front of the pipe.

 

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Do you have any pics or video of the long spine urchin? They are really interesting to watch. How long do you think you can keep him until he is too big for the tank?

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