My 33long mixed reef

[Shawn D]

Some of this was growing in my old 6 gallon nano, and moved it over to this along with some extra rock I had saved from my old 90 gallon I took down a few years ago. I took all the old raock from the 6 and the new rock along with new mixed saltwater and tossed it all in and hoped for the best. The picture above is after a few months of running. I picked the tank up from a local fish store, I had some left over lumber scraps from previous jobs and slapped a stand together. The stand is a mix of things I made on a router to cherry crown molding.

Lighting
4-t5 retro kit,
moon lights are blue led rope lighting from hardware store.
12am lights out
7am moon light on
8am 2 t5s, b+, aqua spezial
11am 2 more t5s on, b+, actinic
1pm 2 t5s off, b+, aqua spezial
7pm moon lights on, t5s off

equimp
small hang on back with filter pad and carbon filter pad, changed out every 3 weeks
2 maxi let 900 with sure flow mods
ac jr

Maintenance
top off weekly, about 4 gallons of rodi
bi weekly 5 gallon reef crystals water change

Live stock
royal gramma
true perc clown
melanarus wrasse

Clean up crew
turbo snail( sexed a few months ago,now have a dozen + babies)
hermit crabs
2 cleaner shrimp

now for some pic. hope you enjoy.

 

[Shawn D]

 

[1Der9_3hy]

Looks awesome man, i think ill be stealing your T5 bulb selection when it comes time. I really like the colors. Im also a fan of the split rock/bommie style, i tried to do something similar.

Question, my tank is bare bottom as well. Yours looks much cleaner than mine, whats the trick? I siphon a lot of stuff out during my waterchanges (2X/week), but no matter what ive alwasy got a little something blowing around the bottom or piling up somewhere.

 

[ReefPops]

Looks good!

 

[Shawn D]

Looks awesome man, i think ill be stealing your T5 bulb selection when it comes time. I really like the colors. Im also a fan of the split rock/bommie style, i tried to do something similar.

Question, my tank is bare bottom as well. Yours looks tomuch cleaner than mine, whats the trick? I siphon a lotof stuff out during my waterchanges (2X/week), but no matter what ive alwasy got a little something blowing around the bottom or piling



Not sure if its the fact that my rocks were use few years ago then acid washed , or I only feed every otherday and keep it to a minimum. Also my maxis are positioned to push all debris towards the back 2 corners then I siphon it out from there bi weekly. Id say give it some time hopefully yours will eventually follow .

 

[Shawn D]

Thanks

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

tank is looking outstanding. great job

 

[Shawn D]

Thank you

 

[AsphaltPays]

Great job!!


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[MarvinsReef]

man, it looked like that 6g nano was packed.

I bet you're glad to have some more space now. good luck with the tank. looking good.

 

[Shawn D]

Great job!!


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man, it looked like that 6g nano was packed.

I bet you're glad to have some more space now. good luck with the tank. loood.

It sure was packed. loving the new set up. But I loved how the 6 looked all packed. It has been fu. Watching this tank grow though. Thanks for the
encouragement.

 

[ryhoward]

I was wondering where I could fit another tank..

 

[revhtree]

Tank looks great!

 

[Shawn D]

I was wondering where I could fit another tank..

LOL. I have 2 boys and they love this tank, My youngest (6) actually spent one day during lunch naming all the fish and than married the 2 clowns...."i now announce you Mr and Mississippi". Funniest thing ever.

Thanks revhtree

 

[dougers31]

What brand of blue rope lighting did you use, and how is the florescence? Thinking about doing the same thing with my 40br.

 

[revsgirl]

Gorgeous setup and reef! Thanks for sharing!

 

[skinz78]

Great looking tank for sure! What are the dimensions? I've never seen one this size.

 

[Shawn D]

Sorry been away awhile.

What brand of blue rope lighting did you use, and how is the florescence? Thinking about doing the same thing with my 40br.

I use the led rope light from menards. What to make sure it says led. the standard rope light will not work. These one work well. Give a good spread of light instead of a beam.

Gorgeous setup and reef! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the kind words

Great looking tank for sure! What are the dimensions? I've never seen one this size.

It is a 33long. 4'x12''x12''

Some updates since Jan. Hooked up a new finnex titanium heater. The old one was not working well. I could see the controller telling it to turn on but it would not listen. Also I added a foxface. He is doing awesome. Taking care of the small amount of algae in the tank.

 

[Shawn D]

I also swaped out 1 maxi for 2 hydor nanos that i had laing around. My fish were all hanging on one side of the tank, Prob to much hard flow in there, no there def out more.

 

[tj51]

You've done a lot with 33 gallons! I had to look a few times at the post, the tank seems much larger. The set-up is nicely-done, great eye-appeal