55 gallons of Goodtimes

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I have never done a build thread before so I wanted to start one on my new tank. I also like how it's a tank journal I can look back on.
This is cycling.

And how it is now.

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I started with a standard 55 gallon petco $1/ gallon special. I had a AIO box made because a sump was not possible with the tanks location.

I am able to hide the heater and use a bag of carbon, bag of chemipure and filter floss in the filter. I have a mj1200 for the return. I plan on adding a tunze 9004/9006/9011 soon as we'll as a ATO. I have a RKL controller on its way.


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Previously I had a 14 gallon biocube. So I have the contents of that plus a running tank my brother and I bought. I have a good start on the coral for the tank being young.

Current coral:
Large Fiji yellow leather
Pulsating finger coral(?)
Green nepthea
Porkyspawn
Frogspawn
Various zoas & palys
Mushrooms and rics
12 acan (colonies/frags)
2 rbta ( bleached)
2 gbta
Blastos
Brain
Gorgonian
Small fungia plate
Red montipora


Fish:
2 bangaii cardinals
2 clown fish (1 orange/1 black)
2 green chromis
Clown goby







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Here's some pics of the bleached rbta splitting the other night. Now I have two that need brought back.

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[Zero Nitrates]

Amazing pics! Great color.

 

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Watching a anemone split is kinda like watching a horror movie. I don't like gruesome though.


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[Zero Nitrates]

Pretty cool how they split.

 

[Duffam3434]

Those RBTAs you got their have Awsome Color!! My GF would Love those!!

 

[goodtimes]

I haven't updated this in awhile. I will get some pics up later today. I had built a screen top and used 1/4" mesh netting. Somehow my chalk bass managed to jump through the holes and then cooked on top of the net. He was my favorite fish.

 

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Here's a pic of my nicest acan. It's losing some tissue around the edges. I dipped in iodine to help fight off infection. Figured I would show a pic invade I lose it.

 

[dustystar30]

Love the Anemones especially the bubble tips. I have the worse luck with Anemones, I have lost two now, don't know what I am doing wrong

 

[ShippD]

Great pics.. :smile:

 

[powers2001]

Are you feeding your nems?

 

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I picked up new things at the C-SEA frag swap.

 

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We lost power for 40 hrs during a recent storm. I had a generator on hand but it quit working a couple times. Temps went from 78 to 70 to 78 to 70 and back to 78. Each instance took about 8 hrs. The only casualty was my new golden torch. It had flesh coming off tonight. I did a iodine dip tonight so we'll see what happens.

 

[goodtimes]

Torch is a goner I think. I hate to throw it out but if there's infection it's probably for the best.

 

[goodtimes]

The more research I do I have found that the gold torches may not be as hardy as the others. Anyone else experience this?