FreshwaterConvert
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Making a new build thread for my tank that used to be a mantis shrimp tank but is now fully a reef tank. I got this current tank just less than a year ago (beginning of august 2022) but used rock and sand from my old tank which I busted the corner of during a move.
Tank is a UNS 60A which is about 20 gallons and is an AIO. I’m running the stock pump, filter floss, pura pad, and I cut up the original sponge it came with. Also occasionally running phosguard and carbon (will be refreshing that later this week with a wc ahead of receiving my WWC sale frags). I’ve got an AI Prime and Nero 3 for lighting and extra flow (will be posting those schedules in a bit, open to feedback on the flow especially, lighting schedule I downloaded off WWC). I’ve also got an Eshopps skimmer in the back that just barely fits when propped on some ceramic media bags (definitely not ideal but the skimmer works so 
). Finally I have a Tunze nano ATO and a fluval heater.
Currently I’ve got an orange tail blue damsel that I’ve had about 9 months or so, an urchin (pincushion I think but not sure, definitely not a tuxedo tho) and some various hermits and snails (tho could probably use a few fresh snails).
For coral I’ve got some zoas that I got at aquashella chicago last year that when purchased looked different but now look very similar (and are struggle bussin bc of the algae atm), some clove polyps also from aquashella chicago, some AOIs that are doing really well that I’ve had since february this year, a rainbow infusion zoa that’s really seen some and is recovering (damsel loves to knock it off and hide it in the rocks). I’ve got a blue discosoma mushroom that is very happy atop a rock so I can only see it from above, an orangey ricordea with some rainbow colors to it that I got back in March of this year, some gsp on a rock that’s going to be relocated to hopefully grow on the back glass that I also got a few months ago. Finally, this past week from the LFS I picked up a rock with 3 green discosoma mushrooms with some blue dots on em, an orange and blue rhodactis mushroom, and a nice rock flower anemone (which is my first anemone).
Picks are from last year when I first set it up and today. Hair algae has been a struggle since the Dawn of this tank, largely due to having a mantis shrimp which would snack on my CUC. Now however, some recent vacations have meant that wcs fell to the wayside which I believe is partly responsible for a recent uptick in algae, and I’m definitely open to suggestions on any additions to look into that can help clean it up since it seems to be outcompeting the urchin atm. My orange tail damsel is fairly aggressive (it unalived an orange spotted goby, though I also should’ve used an acclimation box and I’ll be trying that in the future).
Tank is a UNS 60A which is about 20 gallons and is an AIO. I’m running the stock pump, filter floss, pura pad, and I cut up the original sponge it came with. Also occasionally running phosguard and carbon (will be refreshing that later this week with a wc ahead of receiving my WWC sale frags). I’ve got an AI Prime and Nero 3 for lighting and extra flow (will be posting those schedules in a bit, open to feedback on the flow especially, lighting schedule I downloaded off WWC). I’ve also got an Eshopps skimmer in the back that just barely fits when propped on some ceramic media bags (definitely not ideal but the skimmer works so
). Finally I have a Tunze nano ATO and a fluval heater. Currently I’ve got an orange tail blue damsel that I’ve had about 9 months or so, an urchin (pincushion I think but not sure, definitely not a tuxedo tho) and some various hermits and snails (tho could probably use a few fresh snails).
For coral I’ve got some zoas that I got at aquashella chicago last year that when purchased looked different but now look very similar (and are struggle bussin bc of the algae atm), some clove polyps also from aquashella chicago, some AOIs that are doing really well that I’ve had since february this year, a rainbow infusion zoa that’s really seen some and is recovering (damsel loves to knock it off and hide it in the rocks). I’ve got a blue discosoma mushroom that is very happy atop a rock so I can only see it from above, an orangey ricordea with some rainbow colors to it that I got back in March of this year, some gsp on a rock that’s going to be relocated to hopefully grow on the back glass that I also got a few months ago. Finally, this past week from the LFS I picked up a rock with 3 green discosoma mushrooms with some blue dots on em, an orange and blue rhodactis mushroom, and a nice rock flower anemone (which is my first anemone).
Picks are from last year when I first set it up and today. Hair algae has been a struggle since the Dawn of this tank, largely due to having a mantis shrimp which would snack on my CUC. Now however, some recent vacations have meant that wcs fell to the wayside which I believe is partly responsible for a recent uptick in algae, and I’m definitely open to suggestions on any additions to look into that can help clean it up since it seems to be outcompeting the urchin atm. My orange tail damsel is fairly aggressive (it unalived an orange spotted goby, though I also should’ve used an acclimation box and I’ll be trying that in the future).
