ADA 30C by: @su0ng.1

shrimped · Jan 27, 2022

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System background: Took around 2 years break from the hobby, now back in the game. Using a used ADA 30C I’ve had a while ago.

Personal background: Based in Southern California. College student in Aviation Maintenance program. Around 6 years involved in the hobby excluding the 2 years break.

Note: This build has already begun since October 2021. Just thought to share on here too.

Goal of tank: Anti-Mainstream but also not too far from it. Macroalgae, stationary invert, nps focused system.

Current Livestock:
Yasha Goby Pair
Candycane Pistol Shrimp
Lima Shrimp Pair
3x Mercenaria Mercenaria
No ID Clam
10x Sexy Shrimp
2x Tube Anemone
Strawberry Anemone
Decorator Crab
3x Various Porcelain Crabs
Royal Feather Duster
Various soft, lps, nps coral
Various Macroalgae
Various snails, hermits, cuc

Current Equipment List:
Tank|
ADA 30C (7g cube)

Lighting|
LED: White AI Prime 16HD
Mounting: UNS Light Bar
Hanging: AI Hanging Kit
Backlight: Aquachroma Singapore
custom backlight - Competition
Model

Filtration|
Main: Oase Filtosmart Thermo 100
Media: Bag of Aquachar
Other:
UNS Mini Surface Skimmer
3x Mercenaria Mercenaria
1x Unknown Clam

Flow|
Aquario Neo Premium Set
UNS Mini Surface Skimmer

Aquascape|
Rocks: Marco Rocks
Sand: Carib Sea Oolite & Carib Sea Special Grade

Other|
Inkbird ITC-308S

Food|
TDO-C1 Chroma
Reef Roids
Fauna Marin LPS
Brightwell Chaeto Grō
Brightwell Reef Snow
Newly Hatched Live Baby Brine

Waterchange|
Random bucket
Random used return pump
RODI from home
Basic Instant Ocean
(what a great salt)

Testing|
ATX STX-3 Refractometer
I don’t test anything else

Well here we go

Clean canvas

Used Twinstar E-Series till mid January
Used ADA Foggy Screen for a while

Finished Scape
Removed floating rock on right

When I had no canister or heater
Highly recommend a heater, even in sunny california weather.
Highly don’t recommend Yellow Stripe Clingfish. Cool fish. Worst nano fish you could get. Just doesn’t belong in captivity.
Reasons: Hard to feed and train to eat frozen (Likes live baby brine tho). I tried multiple roe types. Attempts to jump every other day. So skinny it fit in the mini surface skimmer intake gates. Harasses sexy shrimp & hermits.

Livestock Photos

Where the tank currently stands!
Photo taken before addition of:
Tube anemones, yellow finger gorg, some shrooms, 3x mercenaria mercenaria, orange sun coral.

Thanks for looking!

polyppal · Jan 27, 2022

very cool! like a classic ada/nano reef mixup. I might have to try something like this for a desktop tank one of these days

shrimped · Jan 27, 2022

zatch said:
very cool! like a classic ada/nano reef mixup. I might have to try something like this for a desktop tank one of these days

Thanks man! And go for it!

shrimped · Jan 27, 2022

Lid from ClearViewLids arrived today after a long time of getting the measurements right. The lid goes hard! Guys at ClearView outdone themselves.

Colt13 · Jan 27, 2022

do you have any concerns about the uns light mount rusting in the salt water? (i think some of the inner part may be touching the water?) i was considering it for a possible future build but am hesitant. i know UNS is primarily a freshwater focused company hence no mention if it is saltwater compatible on their website

shrimped · Jan 27, 2022

Colt13 said:
do you have any concerns about the uns light mount rusting in the salt water? (i think some of the inner part may be touching the water?) i was considering it for a possible future build but am hesitant. i know UNS is primarily a freshwater focused company hence no mention if it is saltwater compatible on their website

I don’t have much concerns of the light mount rusting. On the Ultumn Nature website it states that the hanging kit is made of “Rust Proof Stainless Steel.”. Big word here i like: “PROOF”!!! Not just rust resistant. UNS seems to also sell pretty high quality products so I personally trust it. Bet as long as I don’t scratch the steel around or in the water, i shouldn’t worry about rust.

shrimped · Jan 29, 2022

New shroom. Red Devil?

shrimped · Jan 30, 2022

Got a Fox Coral comin in some time next week or two. I’m also looking to get a Tanaka Pygmy wrasse, tiny gobies (eviotas, yellow clown, panda, masked goby, flaming prawn, sharknose, the sorts), tiny shrimp, & crabs but they’re pretty hard to find near me rn. Just gotta keep checking.

Goin back to college to continue the Aviation Maintenance course. Got a real nice LFS there. Stores called Seaside Tropical @ Huntington Beach Cali, been opened since 1989 so they got good relationship with their suppliers. Really hoping to find some cool stuff.

Here’s an video I took in the past of the Yasha Gobies for the time being.

shrimped · Feb 5, 2022

New this week:

Feather Dusters

Golden Rod Gorgonian

Others not shown: More strawberry anemone (12 total), purple feather duster, coco worm, indo blue mushroom, green rhodactis, pom pom crab.

Still unable to find another tiny fitting fish for this build. Tempted with a Blue Assessor but I value my sexy shrimp lol.

The search continues…

shrimped · Feb 6, 2022

Gravity defying shrimp

shrimped · Feb 7, 2022

Believe there are around 13-14 Strawberry Anemone polyps total. The 4 of them Ive had for a while seems to be spreading further. Redder looking ones are the ones I’ve had for a few months. Pale ones are new. Hoping to see some more babies soon.

Some critters hitch hiked on the new gorg. Photos taken during Reef Roid & Reef Snow broadcast feed.

One of the many micro brittles

NoahLikesFish · Feb 7, 2022

how much did this setup cost livestock-wise (excluding the ada tank and the non essential stff, just light and pump)

shrimped · Feb 7, 2022

NoahLikesFish said:
how much did this setup cost livestock-wise (excluding the ada tank and the non essential stff, just light and pump)

I’d say around $600 total for every livestock i currently have. This includes all the snails as well. Around $800 total for stuff that didn’t make it very long in the tank including the stuff that’s living.