Goat's 40b

[Goat]

I thought I'd start a tank thread here on R2R. Let me know what you think so far.

I started my tank as a FOWLR and slowing progressing to a mixed reef, adding my first corals here soon.

Tank: 40b, Sumpless, DIY stand/canopy/light mount
Lights: 2x Kessil A160WE w/controller
Filter: AquaClear 70
Skimmer: Reef Octo 90 HOB
Flow: MP10W and Koralia Nano 565
ATO: Tunze 3155
Rock: Started with 33lb dry rock and 5lb live rock
Sand: 50lbs CaribSea Bahamas Oolite
Livestock: Two ocellaris clownfish, bi-color blenny, BTA, scarlet/green/blue legged hermits, nassauris snails

Temp: 79*
SG: 1.025
Ca: 440
Alk: 7.7
Mg: 1215
Phos: <0.03
Nitrate: 40

From the start

First aquascape, was changed shortly after to current scape

Stand and half canopy

45% blue/55% white

100% blue

Current as of yesterday. The bin off to the side hides a 5g bucket perfectly for my ATO.

New mount for Kessils

 

[40B Knasty]

Nice. I like your stand. I have a 40B as well. Reef Octopus BH1000 HOB, FLUVAL C4 HOB, JBJ Trinity 4X39W T5s, 40lbs LR.

 

[Goat]

Nice. I like your stand. I have a 40B as well. Reef Octopus BH1000 HOB, FLUVAL C4 HOB, JBJ Trinity 4X39W T5s, 40lbs LR.

Thanks, what kind of fish/coral do you have?

 

[MaiReef]

I like the style of your system. Looks good.

 

[wowkingjames]

Looks awesome, keep up the great work! :)

 

[Chrisfish]

Welcome to R2R, very nice set up:)

 

[40B Knasty]

Thanks, what kind of fish/coral do you have?

2 frogspawn, candy cane, pulsing Xenia, 9 zoanthids.
Grammica lined dartfish, swissguard basslet, spotted mandarin, last bar gray clown, Randall's prawn gobie, yellow&purple wrasse
Fire and skunk shrimp. 4 hermits, red tuxedo urchin, 6 astrea snails, and a conch
1st pic ATI 2X BLUE+
2ND pic ATI BLUE+ CORAL+ BLUE+ TRUE ACTINIC

 

[Goat]

2 frogspawn, candy cane, pulsing Xenia, 9 zoanthids.
Grammica lined dartfish, swissguard basslet, spotted mandarin, last bar gray clown, Randall's prawn gobie, yellow&purple wrasse
Fire and skunk shrimp. 4 hermits, red tuxedo urchin, 6 astrea snails, and a conch
1st pic ATI 2X BLUE+
2ND pic ATI BLUE+ CORAL+ BLUE+ TRUE ACTINIC

Looks good!

 

[Goat]

I picked up a small BTA yesterday (about 1' dia). Overnight he has crawled way down into a rock. Hoping he comes out within the next few days. Anyway here is the best shot I could get right now. The one Kessil I have right now is on the lowest intensity, 100% blue right now on the opposite side of the tank also. I have my MP10 on the left wall in front of rock about a 1/3" of the way down the wall to create flow in front of the tank. I don't know if this is too much for him it's on 25% on reef setting. It may be he is just so small that any flow is a lot to him.

 

[Goat]

I added a door to the front of my cabinet. Previously it was just removable panel in the front. I like the door 10x better.

 

[Goat]

Pretty much done with the tank now as far as equipment goes. Added my other Kessil A160WE w/controller and a Reef Octo 90. Still need to do a small bit of cord management for the light. Now for the coral quarantine tank.

 

[Goat]

Added two hammers

 

[Goat]

I got my wife's DSLR Canon out and took some pics of my new hammer frags.

 

[Rob.D]

Nice system! Are you getting any rust on the lighting pipes?

 

[Goat]

Nope, I don't get a ton of spray and I will wipe them down with olive oil or something if it gets to that point.

 

[LBReefer]

What did you skin the frame with? It looks great.

 

[Goat]

What did you skin the frame with? It looks great.

The outside of the stand and top are cedar fence planks painted with grey and white over it.

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

My swissgaurd > your swissgaurd

 

[Goat]

My swissgaurd > your swissgaurd

Idk what that means.

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Joking lol, > is the 'greater than' sign in math