joshky Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 My first post on this forum, let's make it a good one. Tank Dimensions: 30 x 13 x 13 Lighting: 1 Chinese LED light from topledseller on ebay Filtration: BH-1000 Reef Octopus Skimmer Some of my corals have been with me for almost 2 years now, but this particular tank has only been setup for 5 months. Fish & Inverts: 2 Platinum Clowns Wheeler's Goby w/ Yellow Pistol Shrimp Royal Gramma Yellow Clown Goby Tuxedo Urchin Cleaner Shrimp Multiple Blue/Red Leg hermits Nassarius Snails Tiger Trochus Snails My Candy Apple Reds actually have 11 babies around the two mother polyps. Top down photo of my Blue Maxima Clam. Please feel free to ask questions and I'll try to answer them the best I can. I hope you all enjoy my tank as much as I do, thanks for looking! Link to comment
myarmolich Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Awesome! Love the scape and everything Link to comment
joshky Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Awesome! Love the scape and everything Thank you very much! Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 That's a beautiful clam. Link to comment
joshky Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 That's a beautiful clam. Thanks, I pretty much got the clam in all trade. Link to comment
da1001 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Color me impressed, great looking tank! Link to comment
joshky Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Color me impressed, great looking tank! Thanks so much. Link to comment
joshky Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Macro shot of one of my Duncan Colonies Hoping to grab some more top down shots of a few things today! Link to comment
joshky Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 And some more top down photos! Christmas Favia Rock Flower Anemone Gold & Green Maxi Mini Frogspawn-Wannabe Hammer Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Awesome coral! Tank looks great Link to comment
joshky Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Awesome coral! Tank looks great Thank you very much! Good one of my clowns in their host "anemone" hehe. Toadstool came back out today, still not fully perked up though. Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Loving that Duncan, that's my favorite coral. I wish my clowns would be hosted to it though Link to comment
xzeror Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 That clam thoughh... so niceeee Link to comment
joshky Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Loving that Duncan, that's my favorite coral. I wish my clowns would be hosted to it though Thanks. I'm just glad the Duncan is doing ok with them, it's neat how animals adapt. That clam thoughh... so niceeee Thank you. Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Such a clean looking tank. Did you grow out all of your corals or did you buy them close to the size they are now? Love the tank! Link to comment
joshky Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Such a clean looking tank. Did you grow out all of your corals or did you buy them close to the size they are now? Love the tank! Thanks! The tan/green Duncan and Christmas Favia are recent purchases, the rest have been with me for a while and grown into the colonies they are now. Link to comment
joshky Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I figured I should give more information on this system, so here's a little summary. Current maintenance regimen:? Bi-weekly (or so) 10%-20% water changes, varies, I would say normally around 15%. I usually just use whatever extra RO/DI water is laying around.? BRS 2 Part Dosing (by hand) - I have a Kamoer Dosing Pump I bought for my (dry) 80g rimless, but I don't really have room under the stand to set it up on this tank. I should be making a build thread on the 80g soon and eventually breaking this tank down.? Clean glass probably once a week, it doesn't get that bad thankfully, just a bit of coralline build up which my CUC helps with.If there are any questions just ask. Will try to get more pictures Monday, thanks for reading! Link to comment
joshky Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Came home to my Skimmer (BH-1000 Reef Octopus HOB) barely draining back into the tank, after fiddling around with it for a while I was stumped. There wasn't anything blocking the drain. I took a break to go eat dinner and my older brother did some research for me, apparently the new design on the return is kinda crappy and needs to be modded for some people. Here is someone who had the same problem as me, looks like I have some work to do. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/307186-reef-octopus-bh1000-overflowing/ I will document the process the best I can so anyone else who has to do this knows exactly what to do. Link to comment
RK_tek Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I really like the grown out colonies in your tank. Way better than the frag Xmas tree some people have(myself included in some parts). I have a Duncan colony with ~60 heads and have considered fragging it, but it's one of the few that made it through a crash and I love how it looks Link to comment
joshky Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 I really like the grown out colonies in your tank. Way better than the frag Xmas tree some people have(myself included in some parts). I have a Duncan colony with ~60 heads and have considered fragging it, but it's one of the few that made it through a crash and I love how it looks Thank you. My largest duncan colony is almost up to 70 heads and the smaller one is over 50. I prefer not to frag my corals since I'll be upgrading to a 80g soon and these colonies will be dwarfed in the new space. Link to comment
russ722 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Very nice... which model light is that and could you post a FTS showing the light hanging over the tank? Thanks. Very nice... which model light is that and could you post a FTS showing the light hanging over the tank? Thanks. Link to comment
joshky Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Very nice... which model light is that and could you post a FTS showing the light hanging over the tank? Thanks. Very nice... which model light is that and could you post a FTS showing the light hanging over the tank? Thanks. Thank you very much! This is the one I'm currently using http://www.ebay.com/itm/AquaSTAR-165W-Dimmable-LED-Aquarium-Light-Full-Spectrum-Reef-Coral-Fish-Marine-/281553749262?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418de9450e. For what it's worth, one is not ideal for a tank with my dimensions, I make it work, but I do wish I had two. I can't justify buying another since this tank is supposed to be a short-term thing, I have an 80g build in the process. (and I'm using an ATI Sunpower on that) I work long hours on weekends so I probably won't have any photo updates until Monday, thanks for the interest! Link to comment
russ722 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Thanks for the reply, so you don't think one would be enough for a 20l tank? NP on the pics I understand. Link to comment
joshky Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Thanks for the reply, so you don't think one would be enough for a 20l tank? NP on the pics I understand. You can make it work, my tank is proof of that, but livestock and placement is the key. You definitely cannot have a tank full clams and acros with only one of these over a 20 long, but if you want to do a mixed reef then just keep in mind your coral placement and it should be fine. If your 20 long is going to be more of a long term project, you can always buy another light in the future if you feel you need it. Link to comment
russ722 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ahh I gotcha, thanks for the reply. Link to comment
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