Swanwillow Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Full tank shot as of 3-1-12 I decided to just start a new thread for my tank. Its been upgraded so much from what I started with that its time. Equipment unknown 36 gallon tank 20-30 lbs of sand Vortech MP10 Maxijet 400 with the fan type of flow RKL running lights : 10am-10pm actinic (2 blue stunner strips, 1 uv stunner strip) 11am-9pm 150 watt Sunlight Supply Reef Optix 3 Plus Pendant with a 14k Pheonix bulb and a 150 watt Icecap ballast duel heaters, running through the RKL to keep temp at 80.0 HOB eshopps overflow Eshopps PSK 100 (skimmer) Return-I completely forget which pump I'm using, lol 10 gallon under tank sump Livestock tiger tail Cucumber 9 acan lord colonies yellow Birdsnest pink birdsnest Red and Green plating Montiporas Red, Green, Platinum BTA Stylopora Red encrusting montipora Pocillipora 4 mini maxi anemones Trumpet Coral colony Duncan colony Multiple zoanthid colonies (15+ different types. Purple Death, Cherry Charms, Iron Butterflies, Fruit Loops, etc.) Monastrea Goniastrea Lobo Pagoda green scoly 4 different favia type corals (reverse prism, dragon soul prism, 2 'unknown') war coral **yes, another favia, lol** green plate coral 2 ricordea Grani palys 3 different blasto frags 3 different chalices (alien eye, golden, and 'red and blue') 2 A. Barberi (barberi clownfish) 1 Trimma goby 1 red scooter dragonnette cherub angel (in sump, coral eater!) various clean up crew:emerald crab, nass snails, dwarf cerith snails, 4 hermit crabs feather duster Cats paw Green star polyps that are confined to the back of my Piranha float History: My tank was started a year ago as a 25 gallon mr. aqua cube with a panorama light over it. I wasn't getting enough light, flow, and I felt room for what I wanted. I also have gone through a crash that killed off a lot of corals, various sump set ups, etc. At this current time I am trying to simply let things grow, but oh its so hard. I would love another ricordea, and I always can find room for chalices. I currently dose Vit. C to try to get keep my nutrients in the water column down. CURRENTLY I have an issue with cyano, likely due to my large bioload for the tank. I'm hoping to either set up my 25 for the cherub angel, or find him a new home. That should remove a lot of the bio load on my tank. So a few recent pics~! Link to comment
Paigee Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Is that the duncan hanging off the rock kind of in the top right? It looks huge! Nice job I also am curious why you consider your tank to have a large bioload? I always thought that a 36g with a 10g sump could house 5 fish no problem? Just curious Link to comment
Swanwillow Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Top right are BTA's. My duncan in those pics is in the sandbed. Its got over 20 polyps now. And because no matter how much flow, how much light or how little light, how much I feed or don't feed-I can't be rid of the %$#%$# cyano! Ohhh, yeah, my green BTA folds itself in half. And yes, for some reason-even in the previous owners tank-that BTA has had a white foot. It does look an awful lot like a skeleton. Its moved itself right under the MH, half shaded half direct... and it stays white white. Link to comment
Swanwillow Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 thanks! I already had to change it though. My zoas were bleaching up on top of the rock on the left, its in the sandbed now infront of the pillar, and the rics are up where they were. So now its not as tall, but everything is happy. Link to comment
Swanwillow Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Will take pics tomorrow. I have exactly the corals I want LPS wise, zoanthid wise, and etc. But for some reason my sps and some lps are taking a hit. Think its temperature swings. Hopefully ya'll can give me advice tomorrow. Link to comment
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