01-23-2020
Starting a tank build thread. I have had reef tanks before and have managed a coral aquaculture farm(not mine) in the past. Now I have started a new adventure of going back to school to get a biological oceanography degree. I decided to setup a "simple" tank while I am in school. I setup a Waterbox 20 in March of 2019 and have had relatively good success. I have lost only a couple corals over the almost a years time, and just won a battle with dino. My equipment list follows.
Tank: Waterbox 20 Cube
Heater: Finnex 150 Titanium Heater
ATO: Hydor Smart Level Controller
Flow: Hydor Smart Wave Circulation Pump Controller- Hydor Koralia Nano 565 Circulation Pump (x2), Icecap 1K Gyre Flow Pump
Skimmer: Reef Octopus NS-80 Nano Protein Skimmer
Refugium Lighting: GreenLaren 5W LED Grow Light
Tank Lighting: Black Box Cree Saltwater LED light, Sunblaster T5 with ATI True Actinic bulb
Filtration: In order of water flow; Refugium with Chaeto, Chemi-pure blue, Skimmer, Waterbox Included Sponge "thing", Waterbox Included Biomedia Balls
Return Pump: Aquatop Maxflow 192
Lighting Upgrade coming soon (open to suggestions)
Possible media reactor addition coming
Corals:
PC Rainbow Acropora
Walt Disney Acropora
Green Slimer Acropora
Red Dragon Acropora
ASD Goosebumps Acropora
ASD Acid Fire Acropora
ASD Royal Rampage Acropora
3 Unknown Acroporas
ORA Laura's Purple Polyp Acropora
ASD Jedis Montipora
Sunset Montipora
Rainbow Montipora
Forest Fire Montipora Digitata
ASD Toxic Slime Scroll
ASD Sunsplat Leptastrea
ASD Mermaids Crystal Favia
Warcoral Favia
Acid Splattered Hammer x2
Mint Gonipora
Gold stem Cristata
ASD Hyper jublee Zoanthids
ASD Dark Destroyers Zoanthids
ASD Toxic Smerfs Zoanthids
ASD Golden Gecko Zoanthids
ASD Jungle Juice Zoanthids
ASD Toxic Death Wowsers
ASD Space Alien Astreapora
Daisy Duke Zoanthids
Unknown Purple and Green Chalice
Branching cyphastrea
Purple Birds nest
Fish:
Lawnmower Blenny
Royal Gramma
(more to come)
Cleanup crew:
Astrea snails
Blue Leg Hermits
Mexican Turbos
Cerith Snails
Starting a tank build thread. I have had reef tanks before and have managed a coral aquaculture farm(not mine) in the past. Now I have started a new adventure of going back to school to get a biological oceanography degree. I decided to setup a "simple" tank while I am in school. I setup a Waterbox 20 in March of 2019 and have had relatively good success. I have lost only a couple corals over the almost a years time, and just won a battle with dino. My equipment list follows.
Tank: Waterbox 20 Cube
Heater: Finnex 150 Titanium Heater
ATO: Hydor Smart Level Controller
Flow: Hydor Smart Wave Circulation Pump Controller- Hydor Koralia Nano 565 Circulation Pump (x2), Icecap 1K Gyre Flow Pump
Skimmer: Reef Octopus NS-80 Nano Protein Skimmer
Refugium Lighting: GreenLaren 5W LED Grow Light
Tank Lighting: Black Box Cree Saltwater LED light, Sunblaster T5 with ATI True Actinic bulb
Filtration: In order of water flow; Refugium with Chaeto, Chemi-pure blue, Skimmer, Waterbox Included Sponge "thing", Waterbox Included Biomedia Balls
Return Pump: Aquatop Maxflow 192
Lighting Upgrade coming soon (open to suggestions)
Possible media reactor addition coming
Corals:
PC Rainbow Acropora
Walt Disney Acropora
Green Slimer Acropora
Red Dragon Acropora
ASD Goosebumps Acropora
ASD Acid Fire Acropora
ASD Royal Rampage Acropora
3 Unknown Acroporas
ORA Laura's Purple Polyp Acropora
ASD Jedis Montipora
Sunset Montipora
Rainbow Montipora
Forest Fire Montipora Digitata
ASD Toxic Slime Scroll
ASD Sunsplat Leptastrea
ASD Mermaids Crystal Favia
Warcoral Favia
Acid Splattered Hammer x2
Mint Gonipora
Gold stem Cristata
ASD Hyper jublee Zoanthids
ASD Dark Destroyers Zoanthids
ASD Toxic Smerfs Zoanthids
ASD Golden Gecko Zoanthids
ASD Jungle Juice Zoanthids
ASD Toxic Death Wowsers
ASD Space Alien Astreapora
Daisy Duke Zoanthids
Unknown Purple and Green Chalice
Branching cyphastrea
Purple Birds nest
Fish:
Lawnmower Blenny
Royal Gramma
(more to come)
Cleanup crew:
Astrea snails
Blue Leg Hermits
Mexican Turbos
Cerith Snails