Stefan´s 30 Gallon tank

[Stefan]

Thought id show you guys my 30 gallon tank from sweden thats been up and running about 18 months or so.

This is my first tank and i'm really proud about it becuase it took alot of time and effort to get this far. You how it is in this hobby, some days you just wanna tear the whole tank apart and redo it or just give it up, i´ve had my fair share of bad days with this one... but i never gave up and that´s what made the tank what it is today, hope you all like it as much as i do :)

Feel free to ask any questions about the tank and ill answer them best i can :)

here´s some progresssion pictures, and if anybody wants more macro shots ill throw them in aswell :)

cheers



August 20th 2014

November 11th 2014

February 20th 2015

Today 2016

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Wow. That's a healthy reef !
Did you make the back wall?

 

[ndz98]

Very nice progress man! Looks amazing!

 

[Chrisfish]

Welcome, really nice reef, thanks for sharing your pictures

 

[Wall Street Reef]

Super unique nice job!! I like the aquascape back wall style never see that in saltwater. What filtration are you running?

 

[Stefan]

Wow. That's a healthy reef !
Did you make the back wall?

No I just bought it at the LFS, however I don't remember the name for it, but I could call them and ask if yourequired interested :)

And thanks!

 

[Stefan]

Very nice progress man! Looks amazing!

Welcome, really nice reef, thanks for sharing your pictures

Thanks a lot for the kind words guys :)

 

[Stefan]

Super unique nice job!! I like the aquascape back wall style never see that in saltwater. What filtration are you running?

That was the whole plan ;) I felt so limited only having money and space to afford a 30 g since I'm still in school, so I thought to myself how can I make a small 30 into something unique and good looking, så i decided to make the middle open for sand and started from there :)

I'm running a skimmer(some random skimmer for 40 gals) filter socks from time to time, about 40kg live rock and A LOT OF sand haha, it's almost like an DSB at the back of the tank due to fishes and streamers :)

 

[Stefan]

Some Macros :)

 

[Chrisfish]

Absolutely beautiful!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Cool reef!

 

[jdpeters]

beautiful and unique! i see you have quite a few fish as well. what is your maintenance routine?

 

[Stefan]

beautiful and unique! i see you have quite a few fish as well. what is your maintenance routine?

Thanks a lot for the kind words,

Yeah it doesn't feel right putting more fish into a small 30 gals ;) plus it's easier to take care of nitrates with fewer^^

I have a dosing pump that buffs my calcium and alk (I dont add any magnesium) and I also dose 1 ml red sea nopox each day

Other than that I feed the fishes 1-2 times a day and fill upp the balling flasks, I actually don't change any water unless I have to :)

I also change the top of the sand bed every other 3 months for cleaner look :)

 

[Stefan]

Cool reef!

thanks rev, means alot hearing it from you :)

 

[Stefan]

Some fish shots today

Salarias Ramosus

Amblygobius rainfordi

Pseudocheilinus Evanidus

 

[p.pep85]

amazing pics

 

[Salty1962]

Very nice build. Really like the wall rock.

 

[Stefan]

amazing pics

Thank you!

 

[Stefan]

Very nice build. Really like the wall rock.

Thanks mate, at first I didn't really like it, but time flies by and now it looks kinda natural :)

 

[Stefan]

Still growing...