Maacc's IM 20 Peninsula Softies and LPS

[Maacc]

I had a 13.5 evo for almost 2 years but I wanted to make the tank a bit bigger and have a little open space sand bed. I also had too many fish for a 13 gallon.
My bookshelf in my office is 30x12 and I love the AIO concept for small tanks.
I broke down the old tank and set up the new over Thanksgiving.
Somehow I am dealing with an outbreak of hydroids in the 13 and I am in the middle of treating with a product called Hydrox. The lady is very nice and helpful and at my 2nd treatment things seem to be getting better. Unfortunately it nuked my pink nepthea, green finger, and toadstool leather. It also seems to have killed my clove polyps, green star polyps and anthellia.
All the zoas, ricordea, acans and other softies and LPS seem to have made it through fine.

Here are a couple of pics of the old tank right before shut down:

 

[Maacc]

So to hold the tank I decided to build an 80/20 stand so that I could just drain some water and move if need be. I also wanted to integrate the light and be able to utilize my deltec MCE 400 skimmer from my JBJ 45.

The tank is the IM 20 Peninsula.
Equipment:
Reefbreeders Photon v2 24"
Deltec MCE 400 skimmer
IM spinner nozzle
Jebao 1200 Nano pump
Intank media basket
Smart ATO Micro topoff
Cobalt 50 watt heater
Icecap 1k Gyre

Stock List:
Rainford Goby
Tailspot Goby
Neon Goby
Possum Wrasse
Fire Shrimp
various hermits and snails
fuzzy chiton
Ricordia florida
Acans
Chalices
Various Zoas

 

[Maacc]

Couple of shots after set up and transfer:

 

[NY_Caveman]

I had a 13.5 evo for almost 2 years but I wanted to make the tank a bit bigger and have a little open space sand bed. I also had too many fish for a 13 gallon.
My bookshelf in my office is 30x12 and I love the AIO concept for small tanks.
I broke down the old tank and set up the new over Thanksgiving.
Somehow I am dealing with an outbreak of hydroids in the 13 and I am in the middle of treating with a product called Hydrox. The lady is very nice and helpful and at my 2nd treatment things seem to be getting better. Unfortunately it nuked my pink nepthea, green finger, and toadstool leather. It also seems to have killed my clove polyps, green star polyps and anthellia.
All the zoas, ricordea, acans and other softies and LPS seem to have made it through fine.

Here are a couple of pics of the old tank right before shut down:

Wow, beautiful! Sorry for your coral losses. Looking forward to seeing the new build.

 

[Maacc]

Quick update. The tank recovered from the hydrox, really want to replace my leathers, I miss them.

Everything is doing ok, but I have just started a fluconazole treatment since I picked up bryopsis from not qt'ing as I should have. On the upside it's day 2 and it it starting to whiten on the edges.

I am up to 6 fish with all of the old crew:tail spot goby

neon goby
possum wrasse
rainford goby
and I have added
yellow clown goby
swiss guard basslet

I have also added some gorgonians fragged from my main tank and a small conch

 

[kamla]

what did you use to create the light mount?

it looks nice !!!

kamla

 

[Maacc]

I made the light mount and a frame to make it portable out of 80/20.

Quick tank update, I am getting near the end of the 2nd week of fluconazole treatment. It worked fantastically . Looking forward to Saturday for a blow off of detritus, dead algae and a 10 gallon waterchange.

 

[Maacc]

I did a 5 gallon WC today. Most things are happy except for the acans that lived through fluconazole and hydroid treatment. I added a test acan that didn't go through the treatments and it seems fine. I have a mild outbreak of aiptasia, but I am using Frank Tank's F aiptasia and it seems to be working.
Some tank shots:

 

[Maacc]

Pulled out my TG5, sorry in advance as I am not photographer, but it beats cell phone pics. My acans aren't super happy but everything else is doing well.

 

[Maacc]

Having a serious outbreak of aiptasia. I just got a 15 watt laser that arrived today and will see if I can get a handle on it. If not, it will be time for bergia. Some shots of the tank:

 

[Pbh-reef]

I love your fish selection for this tank!

 

[G8rBait92]

Nice mixed tank.

 

[Maacc]

Thanks,
I am dropping in 6 berghia tonight to eliminate an aptasia invasion.

 

[GentlePuffer]

Why not try pepperments first?

 

[Maacc]

Peppermints have been 20% ish for me in the past. I got a batch for $70 shipped and it seems to be working.
The numbers are down 30% so far.

 

[Pbh-reef]

how's this tank going?

 

[Maacc]

This tank has been revived, it's become my one and only since the catastrophic seam failure on my 187. It has 3 fish from my main tank, favorites that could actually fit.
I have my 2 clowns, possum wrasse and a yellow watchman goby that apparently lived in my sump baffle for 3 years. Added an aiptasia eating filefish, neon goby and yellow headed jawfish. I have a pink streaked wrasse on my wishlist to finish it out.
Waiting on a bullet 2 skimmer, and currently have a reactor fuge with chaeto up and running. I'm looking forward to this holding me over for a few years till I get some needed home renovation work done.