Hello everyone,
Starting a new tank in my office and decided to start a build thread so you all can give me input and see progress along the way.
I have a 75 gallon tank at home and made a lot of mistakes on it and I’m hoping to take everything I learned from that and use it on this tank.
I want to make this tank as low maintenance as possible with just a water changes every other week and I might dose all for reef as needed as I add coral.
I’ve cycled the tank, currently in the ugly stage of a bacterial bloom and algae bloom.
The tank is a 20 gallon jbj cube. For equipment I have:
Lighting-Fluval marine but have an AI prime 16hd coming in this week.
Flow- hygger mini wave maker
Heater- hygger 100watt titanium
I use a mixture of Hanna and salifert test kits I bring into the office with me on Monday's and Thursdays.
Currently not running a skimmer, not sure how my coworkers would feel about the skimate.
Auto feeder feeding mini pellets twice a day
Livestock:
2 clowns
YWG and tiger pistol pair
5 blue leg hermits
future livestock
Tail spot
Fire fish
More snails and hermits
Peppermint shrimp
Possibly tuxedo urchin
Possibly tiger conch
I got a pipe organ, acan, and a zoa as a test coral to make sure the tank is ready. I’m hoping WWC does a Black Friday live sale to expand my corals.
I want to stay in the softy and LPS Cora’s to keep it low maintenance. I’m planning on doing a zoa garden on the small rocks in the front of the tank, with a acan/mushroom garden mid to lower level of the main rock structure. I’d also like to get another pipe organ or 2 for the top of the tank with some hammers and torches mixed in.
Any suggestions on coral placement and what I should get. I want to pack as much color and movement into the small tank as I can. I’m also considering putting pulsing Xenia and GSP on the back glass.
My plan is to get enough coral in the tank for nutrient uptake I have no need for a skimmer or fuge.
Starting a new tank in my office and decided to start a build thread so you all can give me input and see progress along the way.
I have a 75 gallon tank at home and made a lot of mistakes on it and I’m hoping to take everything I learned from that and use it on this tank.
I want to make this tank as low maintenance as possible with just a water changes every other week and I might dose all for reef as needed as I add coral.
I’ve cycled the tank, currently in the ugly stage of a bacterial bloom and algae bloom.
The tank is a 20 gallon jbj cube. For equipment I have:
Lighting-Fluval marine but have an AI prime 16hd coming in this week.
Flow- hygger mini wave maker
Heater- hygger 100watt titanium
I use a mixture of Hanna and salifert test kits I bring into the office with me on Monday's and Thursdays.
Currently not running a skimmer, not sure how my coworkers would feel about the skimate.
Auto feeder feeding mini pellets twice a day
Livestock:
2 clowns
YWG and tiger pistol pair
5 blue leg hermits
future livestock
Tail spot
Fire fish
More snails and hermits
Peppermint shrimp
Possibly tuxedo urchin
Possibly tiger conch
I got a pipe organ, acan, and a zoa as a test coral to make sure the tank is ready. I’m hoping WWC does a Black Friday live sale to expand my corals.
I want to stay in the softy and LPS Cora’s to keep it low maintenance. I’m planning on doing a zoa garden on the small rocks in the front of the tank, with a acan/mushroom garden mid to lower level of the main rock structure. I’d also like to get another pipe organ or 2 for the top of the tank with some hammers and torches mixed in.
Any suggestions on coral placement and what I should get. I want to pack as much color and movement into the small tank as I can. I’m also considering putting pulsing Xenia and GSP on the back glass.
My plan is to get enough coral in the tank for nutrient uptake I have no need for a skimmer or fuge.