Budget 60 breeder mixed reef - no sump, no skimmer

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Hi all just wanted to share my 60b mixed reef. This tank was supposed to be larger with sump and skimmer but I had a time and budget crunch and decided to just set it up as is.

No skimmer
No sump


For now, I only run pumps for flow, an Eheim surface skimmer, and rely on the 60lbs or rock to biological filter the tank.

All the animals are aquacultured except for 2 micromussa colonies (Aussie) and funny enough the clownfish.

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Hi all just wanted to share my 60b mixed reef. This tank was supposed to be larger with sump and skimmer but I had a time and budget crunch and decided to just set it up as is.

No skimmer
No sump


For now, I only run pumps for flow, an Eheim surface skimmer, and rely on the 60lbs or rock to biological filter the tank.

All the animals are aquacultured except for 2 micromussa colonies (Aussie) and funny enough the clownfish.

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Goals for my 65g!
 
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heck yes! amazing tank man.
I have always loved the 40/60br tanks.

was the rock mature when you started?

Thanks! About 25lbs came from my previous reef, so those rocks were about 18 months matured.

Here's a pic from really early on back in April, it took about 6 weeks for the rocks to look uniform.

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Hi all just wanted to share my 60b mixed reef. This tank was supposed to be larger with sump and skimmer but I had a time and budget crunch and decided to just set it up as is.

No skimmer
No sump


For now, I only run pumps for flow, an Eheim surface skimmer, and rely on the 60lbs or rock to biological filter the tank.

All the animals are aquacultured except for 2 micromussa colonies (Aussie) and funny enough the clownfish.

IMG_6140.jpeg


IMG_6138.jpeg
IMG_6136.jpeg


IMG_6132.jpeg

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IMG_6123.jpeg
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Nice looking tank! 60Lbs of rock filters tank. wow!
 

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Hi all just wanted to share my 60b mixed reef. This tank was supposed to be larger with sump and skimmer but I had a time and budget crunch and decided to just set it up as is.

No skimmer
No sump


For now, I only run pumps for flow, an Eheim surface skimmer, and rely on the 60lbs or rock to biological filter the tank.

All the animals are aquacultured except for 2 micromussa colonies (Aussie) and funny enough the clownfish.

IMG_6140.jpeg


IMG_6138.jpeg
IMG_6136.jpeg


IMG_6132.jpeg

IMG_6134.jpeg
IMG_6129.jpeg
IMG_6123.jpeg
IMG_6122.jpeg
IMG_6093.jpeg
IMG_6061.jpeg
IMG_6052.jpeg
IMG_6048.jpeg

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Beautiful.
 

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