HiImSean
Active Member
i've been trying to get into SW tanks for a while now. i've been keeping FW, mainly cichlids, for the past 5-6yrs. last year i started collecting parts for a rimless Mr. Aqua 25g cube. my wife and i had been looking for houses since last august so i decided i'd wait to set up the cube until i found a permanent residence. so in the mean time i decided to set up a 5.5g tank at my office. i travel a bit so i wanted it simple and to be able to run when im away, a week at the most at a time.
for filtration i modded a AC70 HOB filter with filter floss and chemipure then tossed the heater in. my lighting is a RapidLED par38 bulb ran off a timer and a auto-feeder for the fish and corals. i also have an ATO to keep my salinty constant.
i've tried a good mix of corals and have had trouble with SPS. i've had a few SPS casualties in the tank up until now and a few of the ones i currently have are looking a little rough.
equipment
5.5g
AC70/fuge
50w heater
Rapid LED par38
light timer
fish
Onyx Percula Clown
inverts
1 Astrea snail
4 Nassarius snail
6 Dwarf Cerith
1 Blue Porcelain Crab
1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
corals
LPS
Hammer
Frogspawn
Red Acan
Multicolor Acan x2
War Coral
Blasto
Blue Pink-Eyed Chalice
Green Red-Eyed Chalice
Cornbread BGM Chalice
Tyree Pink Watermelon Chalice
SPS
Garf Bonsai
Pink Mille
ORA Green Birdsnest
Panope Birdnest
Pink Stylophora
Cali Tort
Zoas/Polys
Eagle Eye
Whammin Watermelons
Pink Zippers
Radioactive Dragon Eye
King Midas
Blue and Teals
RPE
PPE
Magicians
Blue Agave
Red Halo
Pyschic PE
Chong Bong
Blue Tubbs
Green PE
unknown Orange
Blue Hornet
here's a bit of a progression of the tank
and some livestock pics
for filtration i modded a AC70 HOB filter with filter floss and chemipure then tossed the heater in. my lighting is a RapidLED par38 bulb ran off a timer and a auto-feeder for the fish and corals. i also have an ATO to keep my salinty constant.
i've tried a good mix of corals and have had trouble with SPS. i've had a few SPS casualties in the tank up until now and a few of the ones i currently have are looking a little rough.
equipment
5.5g
AC70/fuge
50w heater
Rapid LED par38
light timer
fish
Onyx Percula Clown
inverts
1 Astrea snail
4 Nassarius snail
6 Dwarf Cerith
1 Blue Porcelain Crab
1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
corals
LPS
Hammer
Frogspawn
Red Acan
Multicolor Acan x2
War Coral
Blasto
Blue Pink-Eyed Chalice
Green Red-Eyed Chalice
Cornbread BGM Chalice
Tyree Pink Watermelon Chalice
SPS
Garf Bonsai
Pink Mille
ORA Green Birdsnest
Panope Birdnest
Pink Stylophora
Cali Tort
Zoas/Polys
Eagle Eye
Whammin Watermelons
Pink Zippers
Radioactive Dragon Eye
King Midas
Blue and Teals
RPE
PPE
Magicians
Blue Agave
Red Halo
Pyschic PE
Chong Bong
Blue Tubbs
Green PE
unknown Orange
Blue Hornet
here's a bit of a progression of the tank
and some livestock pics
