Hey guys. I should've done this from the start, but better late than never.
50 Gal display
30 Gal sump (mostly refugium)
No skimmer.
1 Yellow tang
1 Tomini tang
1 Melanurus wrasse
1 Yellow coris wrasse
1 Royal gramma
1 Diamond goby
1 Yellow watchman goby
1 Lawn mower blenny
1 Blue gold damsel
1 Springeri damsel
1 Green chromis
1 Dragonet
1 Flame angel
2 Clowns
31/12/2019 - The start - Tank has been sitting for about 1 month cycling with ammonium chloride and Seachem Stability.
One month after cycle
They found each other!
About 3 months in - Dino infestation! It was actually way worst than this, I don't have that picture anymore. The dino was defeated by a 4 days black-out while dosing phosphate and nitrate.
After 7 months - The system seems very stable. Spots of coraline showing up on rocks, powerheads, and back wall. Hair algae no longer present.
Some close ups.
This was my first attempt at a marine aquarium. My plan is to learn from my mistakes before starting a much larger tank. I think maybe 6 months to a year from now I'll upgrade to a 200+ gal and turn this 50 into a quarantine tank.
I think it's going pretty well, no one has died, and the corals are growing.
There's one thing I couldn't figure out. This tank has a lot of fish, yet the phosphate is at 0.05-0.08 and nitrate is at less than 0.25. I have no skimmer, basically just a filter sock and a refugium. Maybe the rocks absorbed the nitrate? I give away a handful clump of chaeto every month for the last 2 months.
50 Gal display
30 Gal sump (mostly refugium)
No skimmer.
1 Yellow tang
1 Tomini tang
1 Melanurus wrasse
1 Yellow coris wrasse
1 Royal gramma
1 Diamond goby
1 Yellow watchman goby
1 Lawn mower blenny
1 Blue gold damsel
1 Springeri damsel
1 Green chromis
1 Dragonet
1 Flame angel
2 Clowns
31/12/2019 - The start - Tank has been sitting for about 1 month cycling with ammonium chloride and Seachem Stability.
One month after cycle
They found each other!
About 3 months in - Dino infestation! It was actually way worst than this, I don't have that picture anymore. The dino was defeated by a 4 days black-out while dosing phosphate and nitrate.
After 7 months - The system seems very stable. Spots of coraline showing up on rocks, powerheads, and back wall. Hair algae no longer present.
Some close ups.
This was my first attempt at a marine aquarium. My plan is to learn from my mistakes before starting a much larger tank. I think maybe 6 months to a year from now I'll upgrade to a 200+ gal and turn this 50 into a quarantine tank.
I think it's going pretty well, no one has died, and the corals are growing.
There's one thing I couldn't figure out. This tank has a lot of fish, yet the phosphate is at 0.05-0.08 and nitrate is at less than 0.25. I have no skimmer, basically just a filter sock and a refugium. Maybe the rocks absorbed the nitrate? I give away a handful clump of chaeto every month for the last 2 months.
