alix2.0's ever-changing mixed reef diary

alix2.0 · Dec 24, 2008

Hi everyone! im new to the board. you may know me from SWF or a few other though. i figured id share some pics of my tank and also document progress on my 75/75 that im setting up.

here is the current tank. it is a 30 long.

sorry it looks like crap in a can right now but its what ive got to work with.

sorry about the thermometer. my heater was actin schiesty.

alix2.0 · Dec 24, 2008

its pretty much just a utility tank right now while i get the 75/75 up and running. i took my old tank down and started a 55, but it busted a seam and ended up in here. so im not exactly going for pretty reef right now. lol.

here are some newer/ better pics.

and the kenya tree garden... i have 17 frags total. here's the 6 mounted ones.

my zoa rock im working on... only 4 different kinds right now. i really want more!

and my new plate

alix2.0 · Dec 24, 2008

BTW sorry about the cheato. this tank doesnt have a sump or fuge.

and a stocklist:

FISH

1 occelaris clown
1 pajama cardinal

INVERTS

~30 nassarius snails
~20 hermit crabs
1 fighting conch
microbrittles
asterina stars
vermetid snails :evil:

CORALS & STUFF

SOFTIES

~10 various mushrooms, working on a mushroom rock
4 different varieties of zoanthid, also working on a zoa rock
~17 kenya tree frags, started last weekend with three.
1 frag of that light pink fluffy xenia, i used to have brown xenia too but it melted.
1 1/2lb rock COVERED in GSP and abour 5 smaller frags that the rock has grown onto.

LPS

1 large orange plate with purple tips
1 medium neon green plate
1 recovering bubble coral
1 pagoda cup coral, i believe

SPS

1 pink & blue millipora frag... doing great
1 brown & green acropora frag... doing great
1 ugly brown acro frag... not looking so hot at the moment.

NONPHOTOSYNTHETIC

1 yellow sun coral, started out as 5 dying polyps, is not 50+ amazing polyps (woohoo me.)

OTHER

multiple sponges, mosst notably a small, dark blue sponge that is growing on my LR... it has grown noticeably in the week and a half since i first saw it.

EQUIPMENT & STUFF

LR

~80lbs, probably more though

LS

i has it.

LIGHTING

t5 nova extreme fixture

FILTRATION

HOB w/ carbon, phosban, and rubble
aqua-c remora w/ maxi-jet 1200

HEAT

visi-therm stealth heaters... i think i have a 250w and a 150w in there right now... or maybe just the 250 since the 150 has been acting up... idk.

TOP OFF AND WATER CHANGES

5 stage RO/DI draining into a 30 gallon rubbermaid, which drains into a drain in the floor if it gets too high, this way it never overflows. (brilliant me.) the waste water drains directly into the drain.
water changes are prepared in a 50 gallon rubbermaid.

alix2.0 · Dec 24, 2008

also, heres a pic of my sun coral. its my baby.

when i first bought it-

now-

alix2.0 · Dec 24, 2008

and here's the 75. the sump is also going to be a 75, but i havent gotten it baffled out yet, and its out in the barn, so im not posting a pic. im really excited though. this tank is taking FOREVER cause im always short on cash.