montevallofalcon11 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Hope everyone is doing well! A little background: broke into the hobby in 2006 with a mini-bow 7 system that went great with a 70W Sunpod! Most corals grew fantastically and the system flourished through a move in 2008. Sadly the tank suffered a fracture and we (my lovely wife and I) had to move the system to a 10 Gallon. With our new house purchase last year we decided it was time for a new tank. My sunpod gave out so I decided on a whole new system and chose Cadlights! The tank arrived in a week, cross country no less! No damage; however, I implore Cadlights to provide some instructions for putting the lighting together in the future and improving the cover design. Overall though the tank is fabulous. Stats: 22 Gallon built in refugium Custom stand built by my grandfather-in-law and myself. 96 Watts of T-5 lighting Chaeto in refugium, using light off my old pictope for fuge lighting. Around 26-30 lbs of live rock. Only the zoa colony and some random mushrooms as I sold my previous coral colonies when the sunpod died. Krusty the 5 year old Ocellaris Clownfish Monte the Royal Gramma 5 large Turbo Snails Coral Plans: Another colony or two of zoas. Mainly LPS such as an open brains, small elegance coral, maybe a bubble, and my favorite candy canes/trumpet corals. What do you guys think? Any advice on coral choice? I dont want anything with crazy high flow as I like the look of the one outlet. It is a 500gph pump btw. THANKS FOR LOOKING!! Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Sweet tank I just love the rimless setups... taggin' along Link to comment
montevallofalcon11 Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 Thanks! I have been really impressed by the quality of Cadlights so far! The light could be a little better but the tank itself is just gorgeous! Link to comment
montevallofalcon11 Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 Had to add this pic today. Don't you love it when something comes right up to the glass? It may not be the best pic but for my Sony Cybershot 7.2 Megapixel it is prety good lol! Link to comment
MrIcky Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I like it, interesting size. I'm taking it that there is about 10" of front to back of tank space? You mentioned the lights could be better, any particular issues or just not as sleek as you'd like? Link to comment
montevallofalcon11 Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 They are good output wise I just wish it was a little sleeker, the legs were a little better designed, and really wish they hadn't put the sticker on the wrong side!!!! Yep its 10" front to back of actual display size. Link to comment
montevallofalcon11 Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Added a new inhabitant last week a small Royal Gramma. We named him Monte after my wife and I's alma mata the University of Montevallo whose colors are purple and gold. He has made his den underneath our zoa colony and after about 5 days of keeping to himself regularly comes out now to show his colors. Link to comment
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