Tony's 3.5 mixed reef - 8 months old

tlombardo · Jan 29, 2015

Hi everyone, welcome to my tank thread! I started this tank around May 2014. General build info with past and current tank shots posted below.

The setup: (inspiration from Trueisb2's NR March ToTM - Basically a clone)
Landen 31P 3.5 Gallon Rimless Low Iron Aquarium Tank, 12" L Ã— 7" W Ã— 9.4" H
Eheim 2211 canister filter
Coral Compulsion - 14W PAR30 LED 18k Vibrance Reef Light and fancy desk lamp
Hydor ETH 200 In-Line External Heater 200w 1/2" hose
Glass intake and output from Aquaticmagic
AutoAqua Smart ATO
Reefkeeper with one PC4 and temp probe

Livestock:
Rock Flower Anemone - 3 of them
Ricordea Florida
Zoanthids - 4 types
ORA Hawkins Acropora
Eunicia gorgonian
Actinia Bermudensis "Cherry actinia anemone"
a few snails and one hermit crab

Tank Shots:

Early December

Early October

Mid June - First livestock

May - The tank is wet

Thanks for looking!

Tony

Bpultz · Jan 29, 2015

Nice. I'm not brave enough to do anything that small yet.

tlombardo · Jan 29, 2015

It really hasn't been that bad. That might be partially because my total bio load is 3 rock flower anemones and 1 actinia nem, but I have a hard time keeping this tank dirty enough. You can also run a good amount of purigen/ carbon for the tanks size and still not break the bank. I've been cutting back on that though since the the water seems almost too clean. Not sure how things would be if I added a small goby or something though

Bpultz · Jan 29, 2015

The evaporation is what really scares me. I'm not horribly worried about water quality since I'm anal about that and keep it perfect (though I would probly have a yellow clown goby because I need a fish lol)

Bpultz · Jan 29, 2015

I know you've got an automatic top off but I don't like that I couldn't hide it.

tlombardo · Jan 29, 2015

Yeah that's definitely a disadvantage of the set up. Pretty excited to upgrade eventually and have a sump to hide the ato and make water changes easier than on this canister filter.