Minimal Peninsula 14 - New FTS

[thekeywork]

I'm not good at starting things if they aren't perfect, but I'm feeling the need to show this somewhere. I've been out of the hobby for a decade (though I was building nano-reefs then too...never had a large tank), but decided I have too little ocean in my current life in Michigan. Here is a quick shot of the tank I've been building. It's been up for 42 days now. I'm going for a very minimalist/bonsai aquascaping, and shying away from the more vivid colors in the hobby in favor of a color palette consisting of black and white, with tan, rust, and muted orange/pink/brown. I may throw some accents of blue or red in, but (with the exception of some hair algae) I've been avoiding the neon greens, purples,  and oranges that make some tanks look like a blacklight rave. 

 

Here's the rundown:

Equipment

IM Peninsula 14

Current USA Marine LED IC

Heater

ATO

 

Livestock

2x Midnight Ocellaris

Red Bubbletip Anemone

White Variegated Urchin

Back Pincushion Urchin

Rust Zoas

Xenia

White Pipe Organ

Pink Cabbage Leather

Rust Acan

3x Sexy Shrimp

6x Blue Legged Hermits

Pom-Pom Crab

 

 

 

[1967type1]

Super cool little tank! I really like the rock work. What are you using for filtration and what are your future plans for the tank?

[Lula_Mae]

Neat scape!  Your color theme is interesting!  I've been going for a bit more muted palette as well, but not as much as yours, and doing lots of pinks and purples as they're my favorite colors lol. to Nano-Reef! (you too, @1967type1!)

[thekeywork]

8 hours ago, 1967type1 said:

Super cool little tank! I really like the rock work. What are you using for filtration and what are your future plans for the tank?

Thanks! I spent a lot of time on the rock work. Right now, just a filter sock and water changes. I’m considering adding a media basket, but I can’t decide what to put in it. I’m also considering the reef glass skimmer. 

[Weetabix7]

I really like this.

[1967type1]

5 hours ago, thekeywork said:

Thanks! I spent a lot of time on the rock work. Right now, just a filter sock and water changes. I’m considering adding a media basket, but I can’t decide what to put in it. I’m also considering the reef glass skimmer. 

I haven't used the reef glass skimmer before but I have used IM's ghost skimmer and love it.

[thekeywork]

1 hour ago, 1967type1 said:

I haven't used the reef glass skimmer before but I have used IM's ghost skimmer and love it.

I read that it’s loud and won’t fit in my sump with the lighting bracket. I’ve been reading a lot of good things about the reef glass one and it takes up very little space. I’ll let you know how it goes. :-)

[thekeywork]

Here are some early build photos. I selected the rocks for the current aquascaping, but I just leaned them up initially until I got around to drilling and pinning. 

 

[Rene]

This is a neat concept, and is going to be really striking. Good on you for knowing what you like. 

[1967type1]

I love that rock on top! So unique!!!

[thekeywork]

Drilling and pinning the liverock. The inhabitants were not happy with the disruption, but the dust settled, and the outcome was perfect!

 

 

 

[thekeywork]

 

 

 

[thekeywork]

Front tank shots are hard in a peninsula. They just aren’t meant to be viewed solely from the front. I have designed mine to be interesting from all 3 angles, but here’s a new shot of the “front”