Small reef tank.

Here we go again.. · Jul 11, 2020

So, here we go again. My first tank was mostly fowlr. Had it going great for a few years, then everything went south. I couldn't keep anything in it alive. Frustrated I gave up and tore it down. When i got to the sump I found a pile of loose change under the pumps and left over macro algae. My kids were using tje sump as a wishing well. Fast foward to early feburary. My 7yo autistic daughter asked me to set it back up for her as a fresh water tank. So I did. In the process of getting it going again, I got hit by the salt bug again. So we shopped around for a tank. I decided to go with an aio. I decided on the waterbox 20. But could not get my hands on one. So we settled for the fluval flex 32.5 marine. Picked it up from my lfs, got it home and started planning it out. We picked up 30lbs of life rock, 20 lbs of live sand, a fluval m150 heater and 35 gallons of water. Got everything set up and flowing to cycle the tank. Then we

added a jeabo sow4 wave maker. We slowly started adding things, pair of midnight clowns, and small frags of corals ( zenia, lepastrea, favia, plate, flower pot, ricordia, polyps, and a wall frog spawn.) A couple of pieces at a time. Then i got an ato ( xtaqua duetto) which makes life easier. And just recently we added a ice cap k1 nano skimmer. Everything is doing great and looks healthy. Will slowly be adding more stock and equipment over time.

najer · Jul 11, 2020

Looks like a great start. :)

Mastiffsrule · Jul 17, 2020

Hi,

Tank looks good and great story. Tanks are great family bonding time.

Here we go again.. · Jul 18, 2020

We always stop and look at it. We just added a hammer, a micromussa and a sixline today!!

fishguy242 · Jul 18, 2020

and.....no pic's.. ;) :)

Here we go again.. · Jul 18, 2020

There will be!! It was late and the tank was already at moon light. Will get pics in morning.

Here we go again.. · Jul 19, 2020

Here we go again.. · Jul 19, 2020

fishguy242 · Jul 19, 2020

very nice!! :cool:

Here we go again.. · Jul 19, 2020

Thank you!!

Reefer of Oz · Jul 19, 2020

Nice new specimens! Tank is looking good, nice rock work. I love towers n mounds. Keep the updates coming!

Reefer of Oz · Jul 19, 2020

Are you running a fresh water setup as well?

Here we go again.. · Jul 20, 2020

Yes. I have a 36g bow front fresh. And this is the 32g fluval flex marine. We also have a small 10g fresh.

Here we go again.. · Apr 4, 2021

Here is an update on my small tank. It has been good and stable. Biweekly water changes, and weekly dosing of reef code a,b, iodide, mag, stron,and mel,along with trace.