My Micro Reef 55 Tank

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Trumpet Coral Closeup We finally are getting sharp pictures now after much experimenting with camera and lights.

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Contents= 1= 3 inch Yellow Tang 1= 2 inch Coral Beauty Angel

1 = 1 1/2 inch Rainbow Wrasse 1= 1 inch Percula Clown

2= 1 inch 3 Spotted Damsels 2= ½ inch Yellow Tailed Damsels

1= Maxima Clam (Tridacna) 1 = Chocalate Chip Star Fish

1= sml Arrow Crab 1= sml Coral Banded Shrimp

3= sml Peppermint Shrimps 2= sml Camel Back Shrimp

15= Turbo Snails 8= Blue Tipped Hermit Crabs

1= Pacific Tipped Anemone 6= Mexican Trochus Snails

1= Feather Duster 1= Green Sea Mat (Palythoa Tuberculosa)

1= Green Button Polyps (Zooanthus Pulchellus)

1= Yellow Polyps (Parazooanthus Ggrandis)

1= Silver Star Polyps (Clavularia Briareum sp.)

1= Open Green Brain Coral (Trachyphyllia Geoffroyi)

1= Branched Mushroom Coral (Discosoma sp.)

1= Purple Gorgonian (?) 1= Flower Pot Coral

1= Tongue Coral 1= Trumpet Coral

1= Reddish Orange Branched Sponge

Subsrate Bottom= Live Rock= 45 pounds

Live Sand= 25 pounds Dolomite = Gravel 25 pounds

Filtration = 1 Fluval 204 under cabinet filter

2/900 Series Power Flo Under Gravel

Lighting = Smart Light Coral Reef

Water Conditions = Ph 8.2 Alk normal (mean) Salinity 1.024

Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate0

Water Temperature 80 Degrees F

[Korbin]

micro is right. I can't read that small of print.

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On the Open Brain Coral if you look close you will see on the bottom left of it the tenacales are extended. This never happened at my LFS while it was there for 3 weeks i was told.

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A close up of Tounge Coral, this one likes a strong current and good lighting.

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The pink Xmas tree coral was a mistake by my LFS when ordered for Xmas tree worm, but it was s nice i kept it.

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Close up of Green Button Polyp.

[Rock Anemone]

Yikes! I'd watch out, that looks like a maxima, make sure your lighting is high, it almost looks clear...

 

And, that isn't an X-mas tree coral, it's a carnation coral. They do very poor in the reef aquarium. I suggest you take it back as it will die soon, sry... They are beautiful though!

 

Rock Anemone:D

[HuBu]

rock is right. that isnt a x-mas tree coral. an x-mas tree coral looks almost like a x-mas tree.

[Sahin]

Tank seems to look alright, but dude the pic is too small. How about some closeups?

[Sahin]

Nice. I think I may have this coral as well.

[Sahin]

OK, this is nice.

[Sahin]

A nicely shaped brain coral. They happen to be one of my fav corals. Your one looks a little light in colour--did it bleach recently?

[Sahin]

Ooh clam--one of my fav reef creatures.

Make sure the calcium is kept up and the lighting is good. Good luck with the clam.

[MrConclusion]

That is sold around here as "carnation" coral. I have a frag that has done very well.. a slow but steady grower and it loves phyto.

[MrConclusion]

Oops I see that someone already named it. Sorry Rock.

 

I haven't had a problem with mine. It is in moderate light, moderately low water movement, but it is in a tank that gets fed twice a day. This may contribute to success, as the guy is a serious filter feeder. Make sure you have no mechanical filter on the tank.

 

Here's what leeps mine happy, hope it helps you...

 

10 gallon w/ 2x28watt 03/10K PC in a converted Eclipse 1 hood.

1 micro-jet in addition to eclipse pump.

bio wheel running, but no other media

pH 8.3

KH 9-11

calcium 440-480

nitrate <10ppm

79 degrees thanks to EBO JAGER

11 hour light cycle

 

2 firefish

various zoos

big green frogspawn (9 heads now woooo-hoooo!)

GSP

pink carnation frag

20lb live sand

14lb gulf cultured rock

many sessile clams and scallops in & on the rock

zillions of pods and tube corals and encrusted tube worms

macro including bubble algae (growl!)

 

2x daily fine ground formula-2 frozen food

2x weekly phyto

 

2 gal w/c weekly with distilled & reef crystals

1/3 teaspoon 5xweekly superbuffer DKH to maintain KH

1cc liquid calcium daily

magnesium 2cc weekly

1/2 drop logol's weekly

[NaNO ReeFiN]

Please post a bigger pic and copy & paste your stats over so the rest of us can enjoy your tank as well... THANKS!

[NaNO ReeFiN]

Hi Star. Please try and post all your pics under one thread.. thanks.

[Physh1]

Nice pic:).....

 

...and you can post multiple pics under the same thread.

 

Cameron

[Christopher Marks]

I've merged all your other photo posted into this one, so some of the replies might not make sense any more. Please use the post reply button when you want to add additional information about your tank.

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Hi to all, I would like to share this with all of you. If you want waves in your tank and are using a power head, Simply take off the fan shaped deflector from the nozzle of the power head and file or sand down the fit between the two. You will know you have done enough removal when the fan deflector free falls on the nozzle when clipped on. Now when the flow passes thru the fan shaped deflector it will move up and down vertically causing a wave action in the tank. It is a cheap no money alternative to simulate waves in your tank. Anyone need any other info on this you may e-mail me. I can do a small video on it as it is working in my tank and send it to you, Thanks Again Pat R. Fasano.