Clavius' 34g Solana

[Clavius]

Hey R2R! This is my 34g Solana that has been setup for a little over 3 months now. Let me know what you think!

Tank: 34g Solana
Light: 250w Sunpod
Stand: Custom Built
Heater: 150w Stealth Pro
Rock: Appox. 35lbs
Substrate: 30lbs Aragonite .5-1mm
Flow: 2x Koralia 1's
Skimmer: Stock Solana Skimmer

Livestock
2 Ocellaris Clowns
1 Six-Line Wrasse
1 Purple Firefish
1 Pygmy Angelfish
1 Peppermint Shrimp
1 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
4 Turbo Snails
1 Porcelain Crab
Various Cerith, Dwarf Cerith and Nassarius snails

Corals
Frogspawn
GSP
Green Nepthea
Kenya Tree
Red Blastomussa Merletti
Orange Montipora Capricornis
Purple Montipora Capricornis
Green w/brown polyp Montipora Capricornis
Duncanopsammia
Green Caulastrea
Green Ricordea Yuma's
Various Zoanthids

FTS as of 1/21/10:

 

[Nanoreefbro]

Great looking tank... That's an awesome shot of the clownfish...

 

[Clavius]

Thanks!

 

[Clavius]

Here's a recent video of my tank:

YouTube - Solana Update

 

[foxyb]

looking good im missing my solana

 

[Clavius]

The Porcelain Crab came out as I was feeding the tank. Managed to get some video of it.

YouTube - Porcelain Crab

 

[csal1-175]

Great looking setup .

 

[joecoastie]

Very nice Clavius
I love the fish activity in you video and the tank is looking good. I need to get my Solana posted here in Members tanks. I can't wait to see your tank mature. Keep up the good work!
Joe

 

[Clavius]

Great looking setup .

Thanks!

 

[Clavius]

Very nice Clavius
I love the fish activity in you video and the tank is looking good. I need to get my Solana posted here in Members tanks. I can't wait to see your tank mature. Keep up the good work!
Joe

Thank you! I'm hoping the tank will improve with time. I'm planning on getting more into SPS eventually.

 

[amore169]

Very nice tank.

 

[madmik3133]

Really a sharp looking tank.

 

[Clavius]

4/19

So with the Six-Line gone I decided to get another fish to replace it. And after doing a lot of reading both here and on ReefCentral I decided to get a Mandarin. Now, I fully understand the issues related to caring for this fish. They are difficult. But after doing my research I'm confident that I will be able to get this guy to eat frozen foods. Here are some pics of the new guy:

And also an FTS of sorts:

And a short video of the tank that I shot today:

YouTube - Solana Update - 4.19.10

 

[Clavius]

Top down during water change:

Mandarin:

Multi-headed duncan and candy cane:

Green rics:

GSP:

Multi-headed frogspawn #1:

Monti-cap that has grown quite a bit since I got it:

Frogspawn #2:

 

[Clavius]

Well a lot has happened with this tank since my last post. Unfortunately the Mandarin didn't make it. Despite the fact that I had it eating frozen food. My advice to anyone considering getting one of these fish is not to do it unless you have A LOT of time to devote to caring for it. In my opinion they're just not worth it. Despite being a beautiful fish.

Last week I got Vortech MP10 and today I received the Tunze 9002 skimmer and Tunze Osmolator that I ordered online. I setup the Osmolator with no problem. This thing is amazing! I don't know how I managed without it.

Here are some pics:

Latest FTS

Vortech

Tunze Osmolator and 9002 Skimmer

The mess

Success!

My next project

 

[kthehun89]

hmm, should i get a 250 for my solana....hmmm