fallenlordz Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Youtube Video Link to the Tank (Click Me) Well after starting with a 3g --> 20g --> 55g --> 20g --> Now back down to a tiny 5g tank. The Nano bug hit me again. I Wanted something that I can easily maintain, and do whole 100% water changes if ever needed. The tank will be a Soft Coral tank only, no other inhabitants. Specs... Tank: Marineland Portrait 5 Gallon Stand: Custom Made by me Lighting: Custom Heastsink with Cree XR-E Leds - 3x Royal Blue , 3x Cool White - running at 3 watts / 700 ma / 90 degree optics Heater: Hagen Tronic 50w Powerhead: Hydor Koralia Nano Pump: Stock for now Media: Poly Filter, and Carbon Liverock: 5 Pounds Sand: Caribsea SeaFlor Super Reef (1/8" inch high - just enough to cover glass) Corals... Kenya Tree Leather Green Toadstool GSP Zoa Hairy Mushroom Green Fluorescent Mushroom 3 Quote Link to comment
RIP Sebastian Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Simple, yet beautiful. Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 This looks really great. I envy your DIY abilities. How long have you had the tank up for now? Quote Link to comment
fallenlordz Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 3 hours ago, Weetabix7 said: This looks really great. I envy your DIY abilities. How long have you had the tank up for now? Around 2 weeks now. Just moved some stuff over from my 20g long. Right just preparing to shut down my 20g soon. Still have 2 clown fish, 20 lbs of live rock, 1 Brain Coral, 1 huge GSP covered rock, and 1 leather Coral. Left over Trying to figure out if I can cram anything else into my new tank - from the old tank 1 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 1 minute ago, fallenlordz said: Around 2 weeks now. Just moved some stuff over from my 20g long. Right just preparing to shut down my 20g soon. Still have 2 clown fish, 20 lbs of live rock, 1 Brain Coral, 1 huge GSP covered rock, and 1 leather Coral. Left over Trying to figure out if I can cram anything else into my new tank - from the old tank Lol!! I have a friend on LI (who works in the city) that has a newish tank, if you want to get rid of stuff I can let him know. Quote Link to comment
fallenlordz Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Weetabix7 said: Lol!! I have a friend on LI (who works in the city) that has a newish tank, if you want to get rid of stuff I can let him know. Nice - I will let you know. Really thinking about scraping off some GSP from the main rock and trying to make a GSP wall on my little tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I love GSP walls, you should totally do it!! Quote Link to comment
Rain24 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Love the look of this portrait tank - perfectly sets off those tall soft corals! Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Beautiful softies! And nice light! Quote Link to comment
fallenlordz Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Thanks for the nice comments. Also just made a Youtube video of the tank. Here is the link, also on main description post ... My Tank of softies :) 2 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 17 minutes ago, fallenlordz said: Thanks for the nice comments. Also just made a Youtube video of the tank. Here is the link, also on main description post ... My Tank of softies :) Pretty and Peaceful. Quote Link to comment
fallenlordz Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, Weetabix7 said: Pretty and Peaceful. Thanks - Happy that the Fish Tank is very silent in my bedroom. Also got a new item coming from MarineDepot (AquaMaxx Standard Reactor) Should come by tomorrow via UPS. Gonna make it a Chaeto Reactor. Thinking about adding a venturi mini pump to the reactor (Rio Plus 180), to add some extra oxygen to the tank. Since I keep the lid closed on the tank. Quote Link to comment
fallenlordz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Well the AquaMaxx Standard Reactor came in. Just attached some waterproof 2835 warm white leds to the Reactor with zipties. Now I have to wait for the pump and the chaeto to come in. 2 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Nice reactor! Looking forward to seeing how this does. Quote Link to comment
OldManSea Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Very nice, like those Marineland 5 gallon tanks - your reef is great! Quote Link to comment
fallenlordz Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Well got it all plumb out. The reactor is running off the main pump - then pushes the water back to the outflow. Whole tank using 1 water pump keeps the tank very quiet. 6 Quote Link to comment
HammerLover Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Amazing tank btw!! Love all those softies! Im really abig fan of those Quote Link to comment
fallenlordz Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 5 hours ago, HammerLover said: Amazing tank btw!! Love all those softies! Im really abig fan of those Thanks - I love softies also. Very easy to maintain. As long as I do my weekly water changes everything seems to go well. 2 Quote Link to comment
fallenlordz Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Oh yea - here is a current front tank shot... Next thing to make is a back lid out of lexan. Old lid does not work anymore, due to the hoses coming out of the back. 3 Quote Link to comment
HammerLover Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 5 hours ago, fallenlordz said: Oh yea - here is a current front tank shot... Next thing to make is a back lid out of lexan. Old lid does not work anymore, due to the hoses coming out of the back. Really nice! That chaeto reactor looks like a unique lava lamp! Great job in doing that haha Quote Link to comment
pabst Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Just got one!! Any tips? And for filtration what do you use? The marine land filter pad? Or mod? Quote Link to comment
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