Reef Central Online Community - View Single Post

Quatro · 01/23/2007, 05:46 PM

Here it is-

My custom 3 sided, peninsula style, 20 gallon tank. Made my SoCalCreations in the beginning of Summer 2006. Here is a pic during construction:

24"Lx16"Wx12"H-

Equipment:

20 gallon custom tank - 24x16x12
Tunze 6025 powerhead

Light - 4x24 watt T5 HO Tek fixture (2xB+,1xSA,1xAB)

8 gallon sump
Mag 5 return
ATI BubbleMaster 200
Chaeto
ROWAphos in phosban reactor
Carbon in second phosban reactor
Dual returns next to external overflow

Chiller - Aqua-Euro 1/10th HP chiller running inline with Mag 5 return

Supplements:

Salifert "All in One" - 15mL/week
Salifert "Magnesium" - 15mL/week
K-Z Potassium, Strontium - just started
Lugols Iodine - 1 drop/week
hW SeaSalt for make up water - 5 gallons a week

Livestock:

Fish-
2x Hawaiian Resplendent pygmy angels
1x Ocellaris clown
1x Percula clown

Corals-
30x Ricordea Florida
5x Ricordea Yuma
3x Carribbean mushroom
1x LE Green Polyped Leather
1x Cepitularia
3x Xenia
1x Green A. millepora
1x LE M. danae "sunset"
1x LE M. danae "superman"
1x LE M. danae "rainbow"
1x Leng Sy cap
1x Puple rim cap
1x M. danae "orange" from Mike @ thecaptivereef
4x LE Cyphastrea
2x Challice
1x LE Pink Watermelon challice
1x Green Catspaw acro
50 or so Acanthastrea Lordhowensis (hundreds of polyps)
1x Acanthastrea echinata
10 or so Micromussas

Clean up crew of snails, urchins, sand-turners

Initially, the tank was set up with an 8 gallon sump and housed a Euro-Reef 5-2. This later was sold and switched out to an ATI Bubble Master 200. Chateo grows in the sump as well, and there are two phosban reactors, one holding RowaPhos and the other containing Carbon. A mag 5 acts as the return via 2 1" bulkheads drilled in the "back". The overflow is external. Lighting consists of 4-24 watt T5 HO bulbs in a Tek fixture, two BluePluses, one UVL Super Actinic and one AquaBlue. Recently, a Tunze NanoStream 6025 was added for additional flow. Feeding is flakes twice a day and frozen brine or mysis every evening and target feeding of the acans/dendros/balanos every few days. Supplements consist of 15mL per week of Salifert's "All in One" and magnesium. 1mL K-Z Potassium and Strontium and one drop of Lugol's Iodine weekly. I do a 20% water change (5 gallons) using hW salt.

I've been collecting acans and micros for a long time, and ricordeas have always been one of my favorites. I've always wanted a pair of resplendent pygmy angels, but Frank at RCT hasn't had any for a long time, so when the hybrids came out (resplendens x fisheri) I knew I had to have a pair. I've had the clowns for a long time as well.

Pictures:

01/23/2007, 05:46 PM	#6
Quatro Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 541	Here it is- My custom 3 sided, peninsula style, 20 gallon tank. Made my SoCalCreations in the beginning of Summer 2006. Here is a pic during construction: 24"Lx16"Wx12"H- Equipment: 20 gallon custom tank - 24x16x12 Tunze 6025 powerhead Light - 4x24 watt T5 HO Tek fixture (2xB+,1xSA,1xAB) 8 gallon sump Mag 5 return ATI BubbleMaster 200 Chaeto ROWAphos in phosban reactor Carbon in second phosban reactor Dual returns next to external overflow Chiller - Aqua-Euro 1/10th HP chiller running inline with Mag 5 return Supplements: Salifert "All in One" - 15mL/week Salifert "Magnesium" - 15mL/week K-Z Potassium, Strontium - just started Lugols Iodine - 1 drop/week hW SeaSalt for make up water - 5 gallons a week Livestock: Fish- 2x Hawaiian Resplendent pygmy angels 1x Ocellaris clown 1x Percula clown Corals- 30x Ricordea Florida 5x Ricordea Yuma 3x Carribbean mushroom 1x LE Green Polyped Leather 1x Cepitularia 3x Xenia 1x Green A. millepora 1x LE M. danae "sunset" 1x LE M. danae "superman" 1x LE M. danae "rainbow" 1x Leng Sy cap 1x Puple rim cap 1x M. danae "orange" from Mike @ thecaptivereef 4x LE Cyphastrea 2x Challice 1x LE Pink Watermelon challice 1x Green Catspaw acro 50 or so Acanthastrea Lordhowensis (hundreds of polyps) 1x Acanthastrea echinata 10 or so Micromussas Clean up crew of snails, urchins, sand-turners Initially, the tank was set up with an 8 gallon sump and housed a Euro-Reef 5-2. This later was sold and switched out to an ATI Bubble Master 200. Chateo grows in the sump as well, and there are two phosban reactors, one holding RowaPhos and the other containing Carbon. A mag 5 acts as the return via 2 1" bulkheads drilled in the "back". The overflow is external. Lighting consists of 4-24 watt T5 HO bulbs in a Tek fixture, two BluePluses, one UVL Super Actinic and one AquaBlue. Recently, a Tunze NanoStream 6025 was added for additional flow. Feeding is flakes twice a day and frozen brine or mysis every evening and target feeding of the acans/dendros/balanos every few days. Supplements consist of 15mL per week of Salifert's "All in One" and magnesium. 1mL K-Z Potassium and Strontium and one drop of Lugol's Iodine weekly. I do a 20% water change (5 gallons) using hW salt. I've been collecting acans and micros for a long time, and ricordeas have always been one of my favorites. I've always wanted a pair of resplendent pygmy angels, but Frank at RCT hasn't had any for a long time, so when the hybrids came out (resplendens x fisheri) I knew I had to have a pair. I've had the clowns for a long time as well. Pictures: