Stort
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Finally starting a build thread for my 14 gallon Innovative marine reef. I'll be upgrading to an IM 25 lagoon very soon but I wanted to document my 7 month foray into saltwater.
Display: Innovative Marine 14 peninsula
Rock: Established live rock from my LFS
Sand: CaribSea natural reef
Lighting: Ai Prime 16HD
Return Pump: IM Mightyjet 326 GPH
Heating: IM Helio mini (50 watt)
Wavemaker: Ai Nero 3
Skimmer: None
Filtration: IM custom caddy basket
Filter Media: Floss, sponge, rock rubble
Top Off: Tunze osmolater 3 nano
Aquarium Lid: IM safescreen
Dosing: occasionally Brightwell Aquatics ChaetoGro
Auto feeder: Aquarium Co-Op autofeeder
Tank History
This tank started out as a 10 G IM and was originally going to be macroalgae and soft coral dominated but that quickly changed once I learned more about coral.
This is the last full tank shot I have before the upgrade which was around July.
Fish
3x Green banded gobies
1x pink streaked wrasse
1x Yellow clown goby
1x Blue neon cleaner goby
Motile Invertebrates
3x sexy shrimp
2x Bumblebee shrimp
1x Scarlet reef hermit
1x Randall's pistol shrimp
1x Purple Porcelain crab
1x Feather duster worm
3x Stomatella snail
2x Nassarius snail
1x Mini Conch
Collonista snails
Asterina starfish
Mini brittle stars
Mini feather duster worms
Chitons
Coral
LPS
1x Duncan coral colony
4-5x Micromussa (Acan) colonies
1x Fungia plate coral
1x "Favia" colony
1x Tubastraea
1x Hammer colony
Soft coral
2x Green polyp toadstool
1x long polyp toadstool
1x Lobophytum
4x Cabbage coral
Pulsing xenia
15+ Superman Discosoma mushrooms
1x Florida ricordea mushroom
4x Green hairy Rhodactis mushrooms
Clove polyps
Daisy polyps
1x Tan gorgonian
1x Corky sea finger gorgonian
Green star polyps
1x Cespitularia
Zoas- Astral shift, Exosphere, Red people eater, White zombie (unsure)
Sponges
1x Red branching sponge
1x Red ball sponge
1x Purple encrusting sponge
1x Black ball sponge
Macroalgae
Red branching hex algae
Rhodymenia algae
Caulerpa mexicana
Red grape algae Botryocladia
