Small reef..

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Here's a shot of my 10. CPR overflow with Rubbermaid sump.

Nice look litte reef, im gonna stay away from the sump though for sure. One sump tank in my main tank is enough to worry with at the moment.. lol

 

[yuppyguy07]

My 10g only a couple months old.

What type of light is that?

 

[Adam113]

What type of light is that?

SBReef.com PAR38 and their gooseneck. Everything is doing well under it and it looks great. Pictures can be a pain sometimes with the white balance, but beautiful in person.

 

[McArcher]

I love this pic! It looks like the moon over a rock outcropping. You almost expect to see a howling wolf on the rocks.

 

[brett_schn]

Oh yeah, I'm definitely gonna have to get a good light for it. With it being that small wouldn't a kessil work well?

A kessil a80 won’t be good enough for sps

 

[Reef_Tank_Fan_SC]

Oh... bummer. Trying to run a micro reef on a micro budget. lol

 

[McArcher]

Oh... bummer. Trying to run a micro reef on a micro budget. lol

But a 160 would work. I see them used on the forums all the time.

 

[brett_schn]

Oh... bummer. Trying to run a micro reef on a micro budget. lol

2-3 par 38 bulbs will be perfect and cheap

 

[thaitopher]

Absolutely. I have a 20 gallon nano reed. Just be consistent with regular water changes at 20% per week

 

[brett_schn]

Here’s a pic of mine.

 

[Adam113]

Oh... bummer. Trying to run a micro reef on a micro budget. lol

My light was $80 including the gooseneck. Everything growing.

 

[brett_schn]

My light was $80 including the gooseneck. Everything growing.

You can get it cheaper on amazon. Just buy the bulb and get a clamp mount

 

[Reef_Tank_Fan_SC]

My light was $80 including the gooseneck. Everything growing.

Don't get much cheaper than that.. lol

 

[NanoCrazed]

13.5 G (12G display...before maintenance) and 5G respectively.

Big fan of nano tanks... (like my username didn't give that away)

 

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13.5 G (12G display...before maintenance) and 5G respectively.

Big fan of nano tanks... (like my username didn't give that away)

What kind of filters do you run?

 

[Vinh]

I'm running a Kessil A80 and just put in a birdsnest and monti cap as an experiment. I have heard others growing SPS with this light just fine but I have my doubts. You definitely need to be more strategic about flow, light and coral placement. We'll see how it goes after a couple months. By the way, this is as far as I'd go with SPS though.

 

[NanoCrazed]

These are the AIO EVOs from Fluval. So most is stock except in my 13.5, I have GFO pack in the return, some extra rubble in the 2nd chamber of sump, and an in tank pod hotel that doubles as a light weight chaeto reactor. I installed a mini skimmer in the 13.5 but haven't really used it...so may pull it out and reuse the 1st chamber

 

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Oh, I gotcha. I'm gonna make one out of a plain jane 10 gallon I got at the house already. Probably gonna just try and run a HOB filter

 

[Ranjib]

You must have been posting this while I was along for photos, lol. Thanks a ton man.. that tank is looking very nice. Hopefully I will get one started up here in the next couple days... more than likely it will be a month or so. Given the fact that I just brought this little guy home. He is eating up all my available time right now.

Oh. he is so cute. Whats his name?
I started my tank when my son was born :-)
Congrats, tonnes of fun ahead

 

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Oh. he is so cute. Whats his name?
I started my tank when my son was born :-)
Congrats, tonnes of fun ahead

His name is Finn