T.W.'s 20 gallon Nano

MacKrell · Jul 13, 2013

What type of lights u running? Those ati's?

T.W. · Jul 14, 2013

MacKrell said:
What type of lights u running? Those ati's?

I'm not sure what brand of bulbs came with the light but they are 24W 2 whites are 10,000K and 2 actinic blues..I am sure they werent ATI's..Its a cheap T5HO 4 bulb fixture from fishneedit.com...its pretty basic nothing fancy but it works..I have seen decent growth on my zoanthids and mushrooms..

alberthiel · Jul 14, 2013

T.W. said:
I'm not sure what brand of bulbs came with the light but they are 24W 2 whites are 10,000K and 2 actinic blues..I am sure they werent ATI's..Its a cheap T5HO 4 bulb fixture from fishneedit.com...its pretty basic nothing fancy but it works..I have seen decent growth on my zoanthids and mushrooms..

Try 6500K CFT/CFL spiral type ones if you are not happy with the ones you have but Zoas and Palys do not really need high end type of lighting and will do well under the daylight types e.g. 5500K or preferably 6500K .. a set of two of those CFL's can be bought at big box stores for about $12.00 if I remember correctly and they last for a long time ...

T.W. · Jul 16, 2013

My order from SaltCritters.com came in today!! I ordered a John Deere Leptastrea piece and a mystery coral, which I think is a Chalice? I am very pleased with the size of coral I recieved for the price!! $25 for the John Deere and $5 for the mystery.. was fun waiting to see what they picked out for me too. Here are a few pics of each

The color is coming back quickly in the John Deere..Once it fully recovers from traveling I'll snap another pic or two

This one is very cool..I couldn't decide what else to get so I had the Guys/Gals at SaltCritters decide for me lol. I think they did awesome

I will definately be ordering from them again..I have been wanting a Ricordea so

MoeManTheSnowMan · Jul 17, 2013

Following along...

Love'n the sump!

I just set my 20gal up the other day after 8 + years with no tank.

T.W. · Jul 17, 2013

Thanks..that sump was my second edition..lol..1st one didn't have a refugium and my chaeto was winding up all over the place. I have since passed that sump system on to a friend (who happens to work at a fish store). I am working on getting a 40 breeder set up in the next few months.. when I do my 20 tall will become my sump!

Genesis Corals · Jul 17, 2013

It definitely looks like a chalice.

alberthiel · Jul 17, 2013

Very nice especially for that price !

LukeG · Jul 17, 2013

Looking good.

T.W. · Jul 17, 2013

Thanks Luke and albert. That was my first online livestock order and I tell ya that I will for sure be going back to saltcritters.

alberthiel · Jul 17, 2013

T.W. said:
Thanks Luke and albert. That was my first online livestock order and I tell ya that I will for sure be going back to saltcritters.

Glad you are pleased with what you got as sometimes online ordering can indeed be a bit of a challenge, in most cases not but ... it happens ...

T.W. · Jul 25, 2013

Dropped this 2 headed beauty into my tank yesterday afternoon..Lovin the Hammer!!!

alberthiel · Jul 25, 2013

T.W. said:
Dropped this 2 headed beauty into my tank yesterday afternoon..Lovin the Hammer!!!

Wow ... no wonder you are happy with it ... Looks gorgeous ! The Polyps are out nicely and some are starting to show that hammer look ...

LukeG · Jul 25, 2013

Looking good

Dixie_reefer · Jul 25, 2013

Pink hammers are my favorite! Love it! I have one but its not really got that hammer look.

alberthiel · Jul 26, 2013

I will be in Orlando this week-end giving a talk on Saturday evening at the ORCA July meeting so for anyone in the area you may wish to visit their site and if you can attend that would be nice ... Spread the news pls, and T.W. sorry for posting it here but I wanted to get as many people as possible to be aware of it. Thanks

ALBERT