A1ramsey Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Hello everyone I've been reefing for about 7 years now, this is the first site I've joined to share my tank with. I have a 5.5 AGA PETCO tank. It's been up for about 3 months now with minimal issues( knock on wood). Currently has a AC20 HOB filter, will be upgrading to AC70 soon. Power heads are a ZOOMED 20 @ 160 gph, and AC20 powerhead @ 127 gph. Around 6ish pounds of LR and 3 pounds of live sand and crushed coral mixed. Lighting is a PAR38 LEDS hung pretty high above the tank, 1. Cause of the 40 degree optics 2. I should of got a PAR30 over this tank lol, but i make it work. Im shooting for a zoa/paly dominated tank with some lps here and there. I do 1 gallon water changes once a week, top off every day. Off to the good stuff. 5.5 gallon EQUIPMENT: -AGA 5.5 gallon -PAR38 leds -AC20 powerhead -Zoo-med PS20 sweeping powerhead FILTRATION: -AC20 filter w/ chemi-pure -6 pounds of live rock -3 pounds of live sand CORALS: -Green implosion palys -Redish/brownish with green tip torch -GSP -Duncan -Blastos -Green trumpet -Green clove polyps -Blue clove polyps -Brown fuzzy shrooms -Eagle eye zoas -Tubbs blue zoas -Purple death zoas -Raidoactive dragon eye zoas -Fire cracker zoa -Greenbay packer zoas -Dragons breath zoas -Ice berg zoas -Blue ice zoas -Coco's pink zoas -Neon eyes mix zoas -Date night zoas -Ring of fire zoas -Dragon fire zoas -Zoas without ID's INVERTS: -3 turbo snails -2 Mexican hermits -2 blue leg hermits -Golden coral banded shrimp AIO 10 gallon EQUIPMENT: -Deep blue 10 gallon (derimmed) -2 PAR30 leds -ViaAqua 1800 return pump (600gph) -Maxi-Jet 600 powerhead (if needed) -50w heater FILTRATION: -Chemi-pure -Chaeto -10-12lbs of live/dead rock -4LBS of live sand Comments, opinions, help are all appreciated. Now some pics 7/6/11 8/7/11 8/30/11 attempt at sps and fish, both failed Today Sorry for crappy Android pics lol Link to comment
JR! Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 scape looks pretty good Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 scape looks pretty good It really wasn't what I was planning for but the bigger rock on the left is pretty flat on the face of it so I want to try and cover it in zoas Link to comment
.Newman. Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 that'll happen in about 8 months. how is that coral banded shrimp doing? is it a smaller species, and does he bother anything in your tank? Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 that'll happen in about 8 months. how is that coral banded shrimp doing? is it a smaller species, and does he bother anything in your tank? Yea I can't wait for it to start growing out. It's doing very good besides never being able to see it. She hides all day in the back in a crevice. It's only about a inch long without its feelers.I Link to comment
swayd Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Nice tank!Hows that par38 working for you? What are you running in the AC20, any chaeto or carbon? I just got into my 5.5AIO, only im going to try to make it sps dominant! Good luck! Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Nice tank!Hows that par38 working for you? What are you running in the AC20, any chaeto or carbon? I just got into my 5.5AIO, only im going to try to make it sps dominant! Good luck! Thanks and honestly if I were you I'd get the PAR30, the PAR38 (imo) is to much for a 5.5 cause I have it hung up probly almost a foot and a half over the tank. But if your doing sps it may work better for you. For the AC20 I'm just running filter pads till I get the AC70. Then ill run cheato and media bag with chemi pure Link to comment
swayd Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Ahh Im running a 150Watt halide with 2xT5's but Im looking into GU10 DIY LED fixtures, maybe 2 4x1watt blues and 2 3x1 watt warm white er something... Cool thats how I started me old 20L. In my 5.5 since its AIO I have some chaeto, chemi-pure elite and a couple other macros I dont know the names of. And Im blasting a Rio180 for the return and a Koralia nano 425 for flow lol. I know its a lot of flow but It works out nicely! Im lovin those duncans and torch. Ive been wanting to get a duncan but im waiting till I fill out with acros first. Link to comment
gritchie4 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Very nice tank. Im switching to a 5.5 once its done cycling. Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Ahh Im running a 150Watt halide with 2xT5's but Im looking into GU10 DIY LED fixtures, maybe 2 4x1watt blues and 2 3x1 watt warm white er something... Cool thats how I started me old 20L. In my 5.5 since its AIO I have some chaeto, chemi-pure elite and a couple other macros I dont know the names of. And Im blasting a Rio180 for the return and a Koralia nano 425 for flow lol. I know its a lot of flow but It works out nicely! Im lovin those duncans and torch. Ive been wanting to get a duncan but im waiting till I fill out with acros first. Nice do you have any pics of your tank?? Yea I've always ran filter pads in most of my nano/pico tanks. I changed them out every 2 weeks and had very happy corals and good water parameters. But seeing how far people have been able to take there tanks with just macros and a media bag is awesome. I've always liked running way more flow than people "say" you should. Duncans torches and zoas are my favorite corals. The Duncan for some reason hasn't looked very happy and full for the past month, I don't know of its getting to much light or what. I may have to move it around. Torch is awesome and is coming back to life after being in a crash in my brothers tank Very nice tank. Im switching to a 5.5 once its done cycling. Thank you, I've been reading your thread, and your tank is very nice too. Can't wait to see how the 5.5 works out for you Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Got two more zoa drags today, post pics of them later after they acclimate and open up Link to comment
swayd Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Awesome, are they on frag plugs or just some rubble? Yeah I have a tank thread Its called skittles and stix, as I was going to have a bunch of rics and sps. I havent got around to getting some rics but I will eventuallly. I plan on having one side of the tank all rics and the other all zoas and all sps on the rockwork! Oh the 5.5 is "peninsula style" lol. I have been to lazy and keep forgetting to pick up a filter pad but I will eventually as there seems to be a bunch of detritus in my back chambers. LPS seem tend to do that once in a while. Just give it a little time and it will probably bounce back with a baby head growing lol. I just lost my frogspawn, I knew it wasnt going to make it but I thought I would try to save it from the LFS but failed. Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 One is on a plug and the other is on rubble. I hate the look of plugs but since the zoas have already grown out I'm not gonna mess with it. But here are the zoas and some other random shots. Orange skirt with blueish ring around yellow mouth, they look sweet under actinics. Pics do not do justice lol. Can't remember the name of these, teal rings?? randomness The golden CBS decided to finally come out for a pic Link to comment
swayd Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Lookin good dude. I cant wait til I get paid this friday! Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Lookin good dude. I cant wait til I get paid this friday! Yea slowly but surely lol. I hear ya, ill be gettin the AC70 PETCO special $50. It's the cheapest place I've found to get it. Link to comment
swayd Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Dont buy it at petco! You should look for a used one off of Craigslist Im sure you can get one for like $20 on there, Thats where I got my old one for $10 and its still working on my GF's tank lol Link to comment
paratiddies Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Yea slowly but surely lol. I hear ya, ill be gettin the AC70 PETCO special $50. It's the cheapest place I've found to get it. Dont' do it! I got one off of ebay last week for $39 shipped to my door Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Dont buy it at petco! You should look for a used one off of Craigslist Im sure you can get one for like $20 on there, Thats where I got my old one for $10 and its still working on my GF's tank lol Really? Is that just cause I can find one cheaper on Craigslist? I'll start lookin now cause if I can find one for $10 or $20 ill jump on that chit lol. And if I can't find one on Craigslist ill get one off eBay if its $39 Link to comment
swayd Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 So have you found one yet? Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 So have you found one yet? Surprisingly no one in Tampa has one on Craigslist lol?! I looked for a while last night and didn't find anything. I'm probly just gonna end up getting one off eBay Saturday. Till then ill keep looking on Craigslist. Got bored today and decided to take the rim off my deep blue 10 gallon today. Should I set up another tank hmmmm?? Link to comment
swayd Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Keep looking you will find something! DO IT! If I had the space I'd start a new tank. Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Keep looking you will find something! DO IT! If I had the space I'd start a new tank. Hopefully lol.. I think I am, its going to be an aio peninsula tank, and I want to try and make it an sps dominant tank. I've just never been good at keeping sps they always brown out or bleach and die. What would I use filtration wise with this setup to keep sps? I'll post pics to show you what I'm working with. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I can sell you an SPS that i am sure you wont kill lol. its a regular darker red-pink montipora cap. I'll be fragging it up today and frags will go on sale in a few weeks hopefully. If you want one let me know. there may be big frags available too ,depending on how it breaks lol i'm expecting a frag of about 2" at least. It will be cheap, about $10 per frag, and maybe $13 is the frags get up to 2" Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 The return I'm thinking will be a maxi jet 900, lighting will probly be a par38, chaeto will be in one of the chambers along with whatever else I will need to keep sps health and happy. Any help is appreciated! Link to comment
A1ramsey Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 I can sell you an SPS that i am sure you wont kill lol. its a regular darker red-pink montipora cap. I'll be fragging it up today and frags will go on sale in a few weeks hopefully. If you want one let me know. there may be big frags available too ,depending on how it breaks lol i'm expecting a frag of about 2" at least. It will be cheap, about $10 per frag, and maybe $13 is the frags get up to 2" Yes ill be sending you a pm then, that would be sweet. Link to comment
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