Moolelo Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Retired June 2017 August 2014 Moving to an Aquatop High Clarity Tank: 14" x 9" x 10" (LxWxH). Equipment: Aquatop High Clarity Tank: 14" x 9" x 10" (LxWxH) Hydor Koralia Nano 240 DIY LED Array 75W Dry rock Filtered Ocean Seawater Livestock: Invertebrates! March 2014: Old Tank Original Setup Equipment 5 gallon Aquarium masters glass tank with black silicon Half pipe overflow AIO setup with 300 gph pump with dual outputs filter fiber vexar plate under fiber bag of biomax (very little rock in tank) 5 lbs. black petco sand 3 lbs tufa dry stone acrylic lid with holes drilled for ventilation DIY gooseneck LED (2x Cree XM-L cool white, 1x OCW, 3.5" x 4" heatsink, nano dimmer/driver) Macro Dictyota acutiloba Dictyota friabilis Padina sp. Ulva fasciata aka Limu Palahalaha Halimeda discoidea Caulerpa sertularoides Hypnea musciformis (invasive to the archipelago) Amansia glomerata Galaxaura rugosa Liagora perennis Laurencia sp. Livestock 2x Sabellid featherdusters Psuedocorynactis anemone Pleasing anemones Aiptasia Common Zoanthids Palythoa caesia Various Sponges Dwarf Star, Aquilonastra Anomala Saron Shrimp, female Hidden Hermit, Calcinus latens Echinometra mathaei Baeolidia moebii, Aiptasia Eating nudibranch Red sand sea cucumber Tube anemones Link to comment
Moolelo Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Added some inverts I had laying around and was planning on using somewhere. Small featherduster worm & rock covered in what might be pleasing anemone and black sponge. Also the galaxaura is coloring up nicely. Link to comment
mattgreene22 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 very cool, do you have a build thread to show how you did the half pipe? Link to comment
Moolelo Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 I don't have a build or even pictures for this tank build, I tend to get everything and tell myself I'll try and documents so others can learn from my mistakes/process. But that rarely happens. It is basically a 4" pipe cut to the waterline level I wanted, and then cut exactly down the center. This was then silicone to the back wall of the tank. I had drilled two outtake holes to split my 300gph (still a lot of flow though). My padina sp. algae seems to be crumbling and breaking down while everything else is growing amazingly. Anyone have any tips for keeping padina growing and happy? Link to comment
Subsea Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Pandina needs intense light and robust circulation. Patrick Link to comment
Enchelycore808 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Wow awesome tank! Good to see more Hawaii ppl here! Did you collect all the stuff yourself? Link to comment
Moolelo Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Actually all of this is extras from the marine lab. I have only collected a few macroalgae with diving and some sponges in harbors. Link to comment
Enchelycore808 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Wow thats awesome. Wish I had access to a marine lab? Are you in the program? Link to comment
Moolelo Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Switching gears and going to a rimless high clarity glass tank, barebottom, and focus on lab inverts! Updating first post as this goes. Around this archipelago ADA style and quality tanks go for way more than I would spring for just glass (shipping). Found this tank at a decent price and looks as nice as can be. Pictures soon! Old 5 gallon will go to teaching purposes. Link to comment
Moolelo Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 I didn't think I would get excited about a simple little pico at work, but damn this tank is pretty! Talk about keeping my Zen while writing! Could a moderator or someone please move this into pico reefs and out of macroalgae? It has been converted, sorry. Edit: Thank you Lalani! Link to comment
BilgePump Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'm psyched to see these hawaiian lab inverts, it sounds like you're taking things in an interesting direction. Can you give some more specifics on the upgrade? Link to comment
Moolelo Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'm psyched to see these hawaiian lab inverts, it sounds like you're taking things in an interesting direction. Can you give some more specifics on the upgrade? I'm psyched about sharing a few! Sadly even I don't know yet. The plan is to keep it barebottom, so whenever I change over species I don't have to worry about foul substrate, just change water and its clean! Light is the repaired version of my 20 long DIY led, so it can handle anything I throw in here (fits this tank much better). Fish aren't out of the question, I don't work on them but other people do. I am just going to keep it serene and simple and play it by ear! That all said, I do have something in mind that I would like to start with... Link to comment
HannahMontana808 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yo, you work in a lab? Tell me about it!! Link to comment
Moolelo Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Something simple. Link to comment
Moolelo Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 IMG_20141028_142657 by Beweglich, on FlickrCurrent Tank Setup. Keepin it simple to keep me focused at work.Coral Banded Shimp and urchin currently inhabiting. Link to comment
Moolelo Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 Wow I have not updated this thread really at all. This tank was fun for work storage when barebottom, but then one day I decided to just dump some sand from a field site into here and let it go. Besides a collector urchin and sand dwelling heart urchin, everything in this tank came out of the rocks and sand I put in here. I have only been topping this tank off with filtered tapwater (hallway water bottle filler) for about a year and done nothing else. It probably gets too cold (office is between 20-22C most days), but everything is doing just fine.Below are two time-lapse shots of the tank from just today. Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 That sandbed time-lapse is so great! It's incredible how much life is in a simple scoop of sand. Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Are you still running this tank? I really love that sandbed time lapse Link to comment
Moolelo Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 1 hour ago, teenyreef said: Are you still running this tank? I really love that sandbed time lapse Yup this tank is still up and running! Really just sand bed and caulerpa field in it. I think I have only changed water twice? I can possible get a shot this coming work week, just got to move out a few touch tank animals I was storing in there temporarily (don't think people would approve of the 13" sea cucumber and 3" rock urchin in this little tank). Link to comment
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