mattman72
New Member
I became interested in reef tanks sometime back in November when i stumbled upon this website. Before then i kept a freshwater tank with the perspective that salt water tanks were way to complicated and high maintenance for me. Three months into the hobby I would now say that my old views were ridiculous and the only real difference is you have to be careful about water evaporation. Here is my tank 3 months old now! It's still a work in progress of course.
Front tank shot:
Left tank shot:
Right tank shot:
Where the tank lives:
Tank on Day 1:
Equipment:
Tank - Coralife Biocube 14 gallons
Lighting - stock pc 1 x 10,000k daylight, 1 x true attinic blue, lunar blue LED bar, plus an add on cool white LED bar
Circulation - return pump 180gph and 1 x koralia nano circulation pump 240gph
Filtration - stock filter floss with activated carbon, wet/dry bioballs, a sponge before the return pump to block large debris, and 10 lbs of live rock
Temperature control - 50 watt aqueon heater currently but here in Texas I think I might need a chiller for the summer
Maintenance:
Daily - Manual top off of evaporated water and inspection of all live stock.
Every other day - Feed the fish and clean the glass with a mag float.
Weekly - Spot feed the corals, crabs, and shrimp. 20-40% water change/sand vacuum.
Monthly - Change carbon/filter floss and clean out sponge.
Every 3 months - Clean the circulation and return pumps and clean the bioballs of any built up debris.
Livestock:
Fish:
2 Ocellaris clownfish
Invertebrates:
1 Peppermint shrimp (his name is Harry Potter)
1 Emerald crab
1 Scarlet legged hermit crab
2 Blue legged hermit crabs ( hitchhikers)
1 Tube worm or feather duster thing (hitchhiker)
4 Nassarius snails
4 Florida cerith snails
5 Small nerite snails
20 dwarf cerith snails (reefcleaner.org is the best place to order snails!)
10 stomatella snails (not really sure how many they hitchhiked in and breed all the time)
I know i have too big of a cleaner crew but when my tank was done cycling I got excited lol..
Corals:
1 frogspawn (1 head)
1 Duncan coral (4 heads)
1 Moonpie polyp (2 heads)
1 Blue Florida Ricordea mushroom (2 heads)
1 Red mystery mushroom
1 Blue/green mystery mushroom
3 Colonies of mystery zoanthids
1 Colony of Eagle Eye zoanthids (7 heads)
1 Colony of Incredible Hulk zoanthids (7 heads)
I need more corals i know..
Here are some more pictures!
Duncan coral:
Frogspawn:
Mystery Zoanthid Colony:
Mystery Red Mushroom:
Mystery Tube Worm Thing:
Blue Florida Ricordea:
Trying to get the Ricordea to stick to rubble (successful finally)
Moon Pie Polyp: (when I google moon pie polyp nothing comes up anyone know what this actually is?)
Peppermint Shrimp:
Emerald Crab:
Front tank shot:
Left tank shot:
Right tank shot:
Where the tank lives:
Tank on Day 1:
Equipment:
Tank - Coralife Biocube 14 gallons
Lighting - stock pc 1 x 10,000k daylight, 1 x true attinic blue, lunar blue LED bar, plus an add on cool white LED bar
Circulation - return pump 180gph and 1 x koralia nano circulation pump 240gph
Filtration - stock filter floss with activated carbon, wet/dry bioballs, a sponge before the return pump to block large debris, and 10 lbs of live rock
Temperature control - 50 watt aqueon heater currently but here in Texas I think I might need a chiller for the summer
Maintenance:
Daily - Manual top off of evaporated water and inspection of all live stock.
Every other day - Feed the fish and clean the glass with a mag float.
Weekly - Spot feed the corals, crabs, and shrimp. 20-40% water change/sand vacuum.
Monthly - Change carbon/filter floss and clean out sponge.
Every 3 months - Clean the circulation and return pumps and clean the bioballs of any built up debris.
Livestock:
Fish:
2 Ocellaris clownfish
Invertebrates:
1 Peppermint shrimp (his name is Harry Potter)
1 Emerald crab
1 Scarlet legged hermit crab
2 Blue legged hermit crabs ( hitchhikers)
1 Tube worm or feather duster thing (hitchhiker)
4 Nassarius snails
4 Florida cerith snails
5 Small nerite snails
20 dwarf cerith snails (reefcleaner.org is the best place to order snails!)
10 stomatella snails (not really sure how many they hitchhiked in and breed all the time)
I know i have too big of a cleaner crew but when my tank was done cycling I got excited lol..
Corals:
1 frogspawn (1 head)
1 Duncan coral (4 heads)
1 Moonpie polyp (2 heads)
1 Blue Florida Ricordea mushroom (2 heads)
1 Red mystery mushroom
1 Blue/green mystery mushroom
3 Colonies of mystery zoanthids
1 Colony of Eagle Eye zoanthids (7 heads)
1 Colony of Incredible Hulk zoanthids (7 heads)
I need more corals i know..
Here are some more pictures!
Duncan coral:
Frogspawn:
Mystery Zoanthid Colony:
Mystery Red Mushroom:
Mystery Tube Worm Thing:
Blue Florida Ricordea:
Trying to get the Ricordea to stick to rubble (successful finally)
Moon Pie Polyp: (when I google moon pie polyp nothing comes up anyone know what this actually is?)
Peppermint Shrimp:
Emerald Crab:
