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So, this is my second reef tank, the first crashed during my 14 days without power during hurricane Irene. It is 40 gallons, and the plan is to have a variety of corals as well as fish. It is been up since February, and I don't have any pictures on hand but will post them later. The equipment so far is as follows:
-40 gallon aquarium
-Remora Pro HOB skimmer run by Mag 5
-DIY 20 gallon long sump
-PhosBan reactor 150 w/ Chemipure elite
-Jager 200w heater
-Hydor Koralia 1400
-Hydor Koralia 550
-Generic 120w "chinese" led light
-Voss water bottle biopellet reactor run by maxijet 1200
-3 DIY dosing pumps for Cal, Alk, and Mag
The basic idea of this tank was to spend as little money possible while still getting decent quality equipment. Most of the items are left over form my last tank (75 gallons). I did not have a sump in the last tank, so instead of buying a new skimmer I have the Mag 5 as a return pump from the sump, flowing into the remora which in turn flows into the tank. I also didn't want to spend money to buy another reactor for biopellets, so I made a ghetto one out of a voss water bottle (everything will be easier to see in the pictures). I am slowly adding livestock, but as of now I have the following:
-red hornet zoanthid
-purple hornet zoanthid
-armor of god palys
-colony of 3 different generic green zoanthids
-meteor shower cyphastrea
-ponape birdsnest
-montipora undata
-sunset montipora
-green and violet acan
-green star polyps
-orange ricordea
-green ricordea
-purple polyp green scroll
-violet orange montipora
-halloween chalice
-blue and purple crocea clam
-lawnmower blenny
-various snails and hermits
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated so I can improve my system.
-40 gallon aquarium
-Remora Pro HOB skimmer run by Mag 5
-DIY 20 gallon long sump
-PhosBan reactor 150 w/ Chemipure elite
-Jager 200w heater
-Hydor Koralia 1400
-Hydor Koralia 550
-Generic 120w "chinese" led light
-Voss water bottle biopellet reactor run by maxijet 1200
-3 DIY dosing pumps for Cal, Alk, and Mag
The basic idea of this tank was to spend as little money possible while still getting decent quality equipment. Most of the items are left over form my last tank (75 gallons). I did not have a sump in the last tank, so instead of buying a new skimmer I have the Mag 5 as a return pump from the sump, flowing into the remora which in turn flows into the tank. I also didn't want to spend money to buy another reactor for biopellets, so I made a ghetto one out of a voss water bottle (everything will be easier to see in the pictures). I am slowly adding livestock, but as of now I have the following:
-red hornet zoanthid
-purple hornet zoanthid
-armor of god palys
-colony of 3 different generic green zoanthids
-meteor shower cyphastrea
-ponape birdsnest
-montipora undata
-sunset montipora
-green and violet acan
-green star polyps
-orange ricordea
-green ricordea
-purple polyp green scroll
-violet orange montipora
-halloween chalice
-blue and purple crocea clam
-lawnmower blenny
-various snails and hermits
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated so I can improve my system.