Maroony's 24Gallon Nano Reef

[maroonytunes]

As some of you may know, I used to be a reefer, after a year I lost a seahorse and after that my whole reef went south. I took down the nano and left up the 29gallon with a breeding pair of maroons. A few weeks ago I gave away my pair of maroons to a friend and decided to start up my nano reef again. I moved about 35lbs of live sand from my FOWLR and have about 40lbs of live rock that will be going in when I figure out how to build a nice rock format. For lighting I had to replace the ballast as it went bad from water damage and I replaced the 2 bulbs which are Coralife 36w 50/50. Filtration is the standard nano filter. Fish in the tank will be a damsel, a pair of clownfish, haven't decided on what breed specifically, but will most likely be a. latezonatus, black ocellaris, or a. leucokranos. Corals will be mainly zoanthids with a few softies mixed in.

 

[maroonytunes]

Cat staring at the fish tank and there it is full.

 

[revhtree]

Awesome can't wait to see it take shape!!!

Too bad on the Maroons I would have snatched those babies up!!!

 

[maroonytunes]

I bet,ended up raising about 200 baby maroons and wow, never seen such aggressive fish.

 

[revhtree]

If you can ever get them back or he wants to sell let me know!

 

[oceanparadise1]

Cant wait to see this tank come together!

 

[maroonytunes]

Me either... I'm already waiting for it to finish cycling so I can start filling it, gosh its gonna be a long 2 months.

 

[oceanparadise1]

people will yell but its all good, every tank i have ever started i cycle with a clown and have NEVER lost one JMO thou

 

[maroonytunes]

Its all good, clowns are extremely hardy fish, I planned on putting the damsel in in about 2 weeks then after 3 I'll start looking for my clownfish because I know it'll take a while to find a nice pair or trio.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Yea, i have to fall in love with a fish for me to buy it, im not as implusive with fish as i am with corals!

 

[maroonytunes]

lol.. i have to like the fish and the coral, I won't buy a coral just to say I have Super Rainbow Cinnamon Zoas, but anyways, here is a picture of the tank a little clearer...

 

[oceanparadise1]

i like the darker color sand

 

[maroonytunes]

I do as well, I had ran it with crushed coral and no matter what people say about it, it will cause serious problems. The sand if Arag-Alive Indo-Pacific Black, it looks nice under all lights and it goes with the back of the tank.

 

[oceanparadise1]

I hate crushed coral. ur right, nothing but problems

 

[maroonytunes]

Yep, I have 40lbs of it sitting in a bucket in the garage and it reaks.

 

[oceanparadise1]

It is a nitrate trap as well and impossible to keep clean

 

[maroonytunes]

Yea, after 3 weeks of having seahorses in the tank, it went from a nice white to a brown pee color.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Yea and its SO hard to clean, nothing but a mess, im glad some one else agrees with me on this subject!

 

[maroonytunes]

I never tried to clean it, after a while, I gave up on it, and would flip it over with a spoon once a month, note do not try this as it will result in tank parameters spiking.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Yea, it just stirs up all the crap not a fun time i learned the hard way as well LOL