Paul's 55 Gallon Reef Tank

[PaulKreider]

I figured id give my tank a different angle, these pictures are all up to date and much better looking!

So a year ago I started my 55 gal saltwater fish tank, at first I had invisioned only keeping a fowler tank, but that idea quickly went away. Within a few months I had my first zooanthids and that kickstarted my obsession with gathering new peices, slowing moving my way up from soft mushrooms and zoas to lps, and now breaking into the world of sps.

Il be adding pictures and such of current stocking/ equipment!

Enjoy!

Setup
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55g marineland breeder tank
65g coralife HOB protien skimmer
110w heater
2 koralina evolution 1050 powerheads
1 koralina smartwave
DIY RapidLED- 36 Cree 3w,(18 cool white, 14 royal blue, 4 blue)
Not dosing anything but a reef suppliment

Stock
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1 TB false perc clownfish
1 TB misbar/color perc clownfish
1 3-4in yellow tang
2 lyre tail anthias
1 sixline wrasse
2 boxing shrimp (mated)
2 Peppermint Shrimp

 

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Il be adding more photos of everything throughout the week!

 

[revhtree]

Looks great Paul!

 

[Blasto]

Tank looks good and seems you have collected some nice pieces!

 

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[PaulKreider]

Just bought a lot a frags from Myreeftoyours.com Should be coming in a few days! cant wait!

 

[revsgirl]

Lookin' good!

 

[PaulKreider]

Today I am starting operation "Xenia destruction" This was one of my first corals and I thought it was cool at first i just had 5 "hands" so to speak, now it has taken over a large portion of my rock work that i would like back! It has turned into nearly 1000 hands, im just tired of trimming them every other week. Il be posting before and after pictures anyone know a good way for removing them? Other than sissors.

 

[jedimasterben]

I can't even get xenia to grow at all lol.

 

[PaulKreider]

I can't even get xenia to grow at all lol.

The stuff is like the plauge, it can grow anywhere, no light, after being chopped to shreds, its miserable stuff

 

[PaulKreider]

Heres some quick pics I snapped right before, Already finished choppin them just waiting for the water to get less cloudy.

 

[PaulKreider]

Heres how it looks now! I think im going to turn it into a zoa garden rock? Any other ideas?

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

I love the idea of a zoa garden rock.

 

[PaulKreider]

1 x	Purple Bonsai Acro - T13
1 x	Cracan ACAN Grow Out Frag for Casual Reef
1 x	Boogie Chalice - NN
1 x	Lunar Eclipse Zoas - A11
1 x	Pink Velvet Zoas - D11
1 x	Halloween Boo & AOG - W74
1 x	Purple Stinger Zoas - B4
1 x	Everlasting Gobstoppers - W168
1 x	Pucker Up Pink Zoas - W153 List of the frags I have coming in tomorrow!

 

[PaulKreider]

They're here!