Sandeep Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Latest FTS (May 16, 2017) --------------------------------------------Original Post------------------------------------------------------------------ Time to share my latest project, my 10 gallon Reef Islands tank. It was started over 3.5 years ago and this is where we are currently: Lighting is provided by a Chinese 3 channel LED fixture on my table mount over the tank and the tank sits on a small cantilever wooden stand on my computer table. Here is what the reef islands looks like over 3.5 years ago when this project started, three of the islands came from a 5.5g and one from a 8g that I consolidated into this tank. 12 Quote Link to comment
HOTWATER Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Nice looking tank! I really like the acan island, good job. Quote Link to comment
jack1978 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Beautiful tank....can't believe it's only a 10 gal! Quote Link to comment
thilankasp Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Great setup.. Love the aquascape.. Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 I remember your 5.5 TOTM. Great to see this tank still up and running. Simple set up with great results. Thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 This tank is beautiful @Sandeep, another unique and impressive aquascape! It's great to see the 5.5 gallon livestock continue onwards, has it been 3.5 years already? Quote Link to comment
Droy008 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 This looks fantastic! I really like how the islands pull your eyes up, plus they look like fun to swim between for the fish. Great job! Quote Link to comment
Sandeep Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Latest photo of the tank, May 16, 2017. 6 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Looking good @Sandeep! I like the new rock arrangement, it shows off the impressive balance of the center stone in a better way. Quote Link to comment
Rehype Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Wow looks great Sandeep. I cant believe 3.5 years went by so quick... I remember when you first set it up. Love the scape and your coral look super healthy. Quote Link to comment
Sandeep Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Yes Christopher, swapping the positions of Zoa Island and Acan Island, works well and better shows off the unusual shape of Zoa Island with its narrow base and wide head. Also the acans are enjoying their new placement better as they were getting blasted with too much flow from the AC 30 over there head, now will less flow on them on the right side of my tank they are happier. Rehype, yes time really flies. I find it really enjoyable to plan a trajectory for your tank and then watch it develop over time towards that plan. I'm feeding my tank more then ever before, about 3 to 4 times a week, so have adapted a new regime of 40% water change every two weeks and running carbon in the AC30 every other week (don't want the tank stripped of nutrients by running the carbon continuously). Added a new ultra acan to the top of Acan Island, it will have lots of space on top to grow. Really excited about my new Cynarina that you see on the floor in the middle. One of my favorite corals. It was quite a challenge finding one at a local LFS, apparently their price has skyrocketed, so less LFS's are bringing them in these days. Just love how they bubble up when happy. On Zoa island are two tiny bright yellow dendros, another one of my favorite corals. The dream is to have a large colony of heads. They eat like pigs, feeding them almost every day, but they have not developed any new heads yet, hope they do soon, its a lot of work spot feeding them every day and fending off crabs and fish for a half hour at least while they eat. Dendros can not be imported into Canada anymore, so what I got is what I will have. Tank inhabitant is now one of my all time favorite nano fish, a damsel, specifically a azure damsel (yellow along the bottom and tail, bright neon blue the rest of the body. These fish are fantastic, smart, active, colorful, hardy and they never bother corals or inverts. On the hardware front, got an InkBird temperature controller and I'm absolutely loving it! First of all tank temperatures are now rock steady at 26.6C (80 F), thanks to the InkBird. I'm still using the thermostat of the Eheim heater, but the InkBird provides a more precise cut off and double redundancy ensuring that my tank with never ever get fried if the heater thermostat fails and sticks. I also hate digital thermometers as their temperature readings are pretty useless, but with the InkBird, I was able to precisely calibrate its digital thermometer with my lab grade mercury thermometer. Loving the InkBird, meeting all my needs and 10 times cheaper than aquarium controllers (about $30 USD, $55 Canadian). 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Beautiful! Your tanks are always so clean and lovely. Were those Clarkii clowns in the earlier pictures? The cynarina is so pretty! Hope the dendros start taking off for you soon! Quote Link to comment
Sandeep Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 On 2017-05-16 at 11:21 AM, Lula_Mae said: Beautiful! Your tanks are always so clean and lovely. Were those Clarkii clowns in the earlier pictures? The cynarina is so pretty! Hope the dendros start taking off for you soon! Those clowns belong to the Clarkii african family, they are called Allardi or Allard's clownfish. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Sandeep said: Those clowns belong to the Clarkii african family, they are called Allardi or Allard's clownfish. Neat, I haven't heard of those. They certainly are beautiful! Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Hope you and the reefs are well @Sandeep! Quote Link to comment
Sandeep Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Everything is good. I've moved the contents of this tank to my 50g for now as I really want to concentrate on my 2.5g Reef Islands tank. Quote Link to comment
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