My first 20 gallon reef tank

[Joe.]

Hey all, I have a 20 gallon jbj cubey which I did some mods to.
Filter floss
Chemipure and purigen to replace the regular carbon bag
Cut whole in canopy to run reef glass skimmer
Cut another whole in canopy and replaced stock LEDs with an AI prime.
Added the smallest powerhead I could find to increase flow.
This is my first ever reef tank, and had no friends to help. Done off research and help from this forum.

 

[Doctorgori]

Hi, welcome and good luck..I’d say you are headed in the right direction :cool:

 

[MysticSea]

Thats so nice! If possible could you add a coral list of what you have? I and maybe others would be interested.

 

[jk_s124]

Nice set up!

 

[Olefreebe]

Welcome to reef2reef. You have a great looking setup. I have only recently started a 20-gallon myself so I'm looking forward to keeping up with your posts

 

[Joe.]

As for corals I have..
Dragon soul torch
Green indo torch
Green toxic hammers x2
Pink frost hammer
Different variety of zoa colonies
Pink goniopora
Green star polyps
Green and red blastomussa
Green long tentacle anemone

 

[Doctorgori]

As for corals I have..
Dragon soul torch
Green indo torch
Green toxic hammers x2
Pink frost hammer
Different variety of zoa colonies
Pink goniopora
Green star polyps
Green and red blastomussa
Green long tentacle anemone

That list looks like it was expensive ...nice!

 

[MysticSea]

As for corals I have..
Dragon soul torch
Green indo torch
Green toxic hammers x2
Pink frost hammer
Different variety of zoa colonies
Pink goniopora
Green star polyps
Green and red blastomussa
Green long tentacle anemone

Nice you have amazing torches!

 

[Joe.]

* I forgot about my toadstool and rainbow Yuma. Rainbow yuma is the bright orange one in the back right corner. One of my favorites.

 

[WIReefer]

Weclome to R2R!!! Nice build!

 

[TriggersAmuck]

Very nice tank!

 

[Cbones1979]

Hey all, I have a 20 gallon jbj cubey which I did some mods to.
Filter floss
Chemipure and purigen to replace the regular carbon bag
Cut whole in canopy to run reef glass skimmer
Cut another whole in canopy and replaced stock LEDs with an AI prime.
Added the smallest powerhead I could find to increase flow.
This is my first ever reef tank, and had no friends to help. Done off research and help from this forum.

We’re you considering any other skimmers? The reef glass one requires a pump and junk bottle. Were there any all in ones you looked at?

 

[Joe.]

We’re you considering any other skimmers? The reef glass one requires a pump and junk bottle. Were there any all in ones you looked at?

Yes but I like that it fits much easier in my rear compartment compared to others. Especially for maintenance which I do weekly.

 

[Cbones1979]

Yes but I like that it fits much easier in my rear compartment compared to others. Especially for maintenance which I do weekly.

I don’t have a back compartment and I’m looking for a small footprint

 

[Joe.]

This may be the way to go for you then. It's very slim and it's easy to hide the waste bottle and hose behind the tank. It looks nice compared to others as well. It does its job.

 

[Joe.]

This may be the way to go for you then. It's very slim and it's easy to hide the waste bottle and hose behind the tank. It looks nice compared to others as well. It does its job.

I'll post some pics of my mods when I get home from work later.

 

[Joe.]

Some pics of the ai prime that I mounted on top of my canopy and cut out a 3 inch hole to adapt. Also cut a hole in the back for the reef glass skimmer.

 

[Joe.]

Rear compartment with lid open. Sorry about the blue effect, in a rush.

 

[JuanGutz]

Looks good! Great first tank by far!

 

[Joe.]

Justed added added my first sps. A nice sized birdsnest to put at the top of my tank. And a nice goniopora also.