38 Gallon Build Thread

[Reef Altitude]

Tank Goals:
Enjoy it with my family
Establish good habits
Ease back into the hobby
Have a good, healthy system
Gradually step up to something bigger

Start Date:
Jan 15

Hardware:
Aqueon 38 Gallon (36x12x18)
Nicrew Hyper Reef 150, Spectral X controller
Aquamaxx 1.5 HOB skimmer
Aqueon HOB 30 power filter (bag of bio media and floss, no carbon)
BRS 200w heater w/ Inkbird controller
BRS 5 Stage RO/DI

Salt:
Reef Crystals

Livestock:
Carib Sea Life Rock (30 lbs)
Carib Sea arga-alive reef sand (20 lbs)
Scarlet hermits (5)
Blue leg hermits (13)
Astria snails (5)
Yellow Clown Goby
Ocellaris Clowns (2)
WWC Dragon Fruit Monti
Copepods

PAR Readings:

 

[blaxsun]

Nemo wants an anemone for his birthday!

 

[Reef Altitude]

We added a RBTA to the tank a few weeks ago. It is settling in nicely but of course decided it wanted to face the back of the tank most of the time.

 

[Reef Altitude]

Here is some rubble that we glued and epoxied together to create a better spot for the clown goby. Nice and full of branches and the goby moved in before we stopped shifting it around on the other rocks.