4mo old 20L LOTS OF PICS INSIDE!

ElloImBambooBob · 02/01/2007, 09:43 PM

This is our first reef tank, 4mos old, take a look and let us know what you think. These pictures where taken a couple days before I got a few livestock items.

Hardware:
20L, 130w aqua light PC fixture, DIY acrylic overflow, 50w heater in overflow, 9w UV sterilizer in overflow, aquahub auto top off unit, and a magnum HOT 350 split out with aqua lines.

Livestock:
4in sand bed, 20lbs LR, 2 clown fish, purple firefish, strawberry psuedochromie, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, clam, coco worm, 3 head frogspawn, orange digitata, orange cap, various zoo's, devils hand, candycane, blue tort, purple poci, pink birdsnest, peach tip birds nest, tricolor nana, GSP, and Kenya tree.

ElloImBambooBob · 02/01/2007, 09:44 PM

sir_dudeguy · 02/01/2007, 10:03 PM

Great lookin little tank

Now that i see the quality of the fire shrimp you got in that last group buy, that makes me even more bummed out that mine didnt come with this one!

Gotta love the little flowers on the sides of the tank to haha

sir_dudeguy · 02/01/2007, 10:07 PM

oh and do you have any pics of the devils hand? I'm always lookin for a new leather (i got like...5 now lol) but i havent seen the devils hand...

demeyer2 · 02/01/2007, 10:19 PM

What kind of clam is it? How is it doing under your lighting?

drummereef · 02/01/2007, 10:42 PM

Awesome tank! Love the fire shrimp pic.

drummereef · 02/01/2007, 10:42 PM

Awesome tank! Love the fire shrimp pic.

ElloImBambooBob · 02/01/2007, 10:51 PM

Its a gold maxima... I got it "used" and thats what i was told, and it fits the bill. I have had it for 3 months, and it has about 2-3 mm of shell growth. Sorry to use metric, but it fits the bill also. It looks great in the tank, and i might try and get a crocea soon. I dose two part C-Balance one cap full of each part every other day or so.

danoreef · 02/02/2007, 05:42 AM

looks great. looks like you had a busy 4 months.

Crackerballer · 02/06/2007, 12:20 PM

Nice. That is exactly like what I want to set up. I have the 20L and I am about to paint the back Blue. I have an AC500 with 2 heaters in it, and I am gonna run a PC Dual 65 with lunars.

KUDA · 02/06/2007, 07:32 PM

Nice Tank. Any pics of the coco worm?

ElloImBambooBob · 02/06/2007, 10:19 PM

You ask and you shall recieve...New additions to the tank, frog spawn and cocoworm

sir_dudeguy · 02/06/2007, 10:32 PM

hey that coco worm looks great! Wish i would have gotten in on that too. I just didnt even think to

Looks like you guys picked the right one out of the 2 that you coulda got. And same with the frogspawn.

KUDA · 02/07/2007, 05:47 PM

Thanks for the pics of the coco worm. I like it alot. Where did you get it? How much did it cost?

sir_dudeguy · 02/07/2007, 06:06 PM

14 bucks from some group buy thing that we were in on. I didnt get one but they did...wish i would have

The supplier was somewhere in LA i think.

ElloImBambooBob · 02/07/2007, 06:21 PM

I think you have to have $1000 limit to get it where I got it and for that cheap

sir_dudeguy · 02/07/2007, 06:43 PM

ya there was a minimum that we all had to order. And there was a minimum weight too, otherwise shipping would have been way higher i think is what the guy told me.

dogstar74 · 02/07/2007, 08:08 PM

what is the type of algea you have growing there? The brilliant green one with the white insides. I have a small stalk growing on some new LR that I purchased, and I know it's not detrimental, I jsut wondered what the name was so that I could look it up. Thanks in advance.

Brewen · 02/07/2007, 08:12 PM

NIce looking clam great looking tank thanks for sharing.

jetman5443 · 02/08/2007, 08:04 PM

Hello, It's my tank as well. I actually have no idea what kind of algea it is, but i like it. it sheds an aragonite skin, so it is sucking up a little calcium. I've been thinking about getting rid of it lately, but it's pretty cool looking.

jetman5443 · 05/07/2007, 10:34 PM

TANK UPDATE !!!!!! @ 7months

Enjoy the pics

Full tank shots:

Sweet Zoo's / Idaho Grape tyree LE / BRIGHT orange digi:

Sweet Clam

Cleaning action:

jetman5443 · 05/07/2007, 10:36 PM

Bright Orange/Pink Cap:

Zombie Eye TOLE / RPE:

Peach Birdsnest / Pink w/ purple polyps birdsnest / AOG:

Sweet Shot:

Sweet Zoas:

Oregon Blue Tort / baby Shawn Bennett tort:

StunnaShadez · 05/07/2007, 11:45 PM

its coming along very nice. just wait til the rocks on the right get covered with all the zoos, it'll look awesome

Mojo Jojo · 05/07/2007, 11:52 PM

The tank is ugly ... Sike! Nahh I'm just jealous it looks very nice. Your cleaner actually does something. Mine avoids my tang and all he does is eat lol

jetman5443 · 05/08/2007, 12:00 AM

Thats the idea with the rock on the right. It's allready starting to look awesome.

And it takes time and a lot of frag buying/trading and good deals from friends

02/01/2007, 09:43 PM	#1
ElloImBambooBob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 29	4mo old 20L LOTS OF PICS INSIDE! This is our first reef tank, 4mos old, take a look and let us know what you think. These pictures where taken a couple days before I got a few livestock items. Hardware: 20L, 130w aqua light PC fixture, DIY acrylic overflow, 50w heater in overflow, 9w UV sterilizer in overflow, aquahub auto top off unit, and a magnum HOT 350 split out with aqua lines. Livestock: 4in sand bed, 20lbs LR, 2 clown fish, purple firefish, strawberry psuedochromie, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, clam, coco worm, 3 head frogspawn, orange digitata, orange cap, various zoo's, devils hand, candycane, blue tort, purple poci, pink birdsnest, peach tip birds nest, tricolor nana, GSP, and Kenya tree. __________________ Go Hard or Go Home! Current Tank Info: Reef tank with LR, LS, Clam, Zoo's, and some acros' and you cant forget the Nemos!

02/01/2007, 09:44 PM	#2
ElloImBambooBob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 29	__________________ Go Hard or Go Home! Current Tank Info: Reef tank with LR, LS, Clam, Zoo's, and some acros' and you cant forget the Nemos!

02/01/2007, 10:03 PM	#3
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	Great lookin little tank Now that i see the quality of the fire shrimp you got in that last group buy, that makes me even more bummed out that mine didnt come with this one! Gotta love the little flowers on the sides of the tank to haha __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

02/01/2007, 10:07 PM	#4
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	oh and do you have any pics of the devils hand? I'm always lookin for a new leather (i got like...5 now lol) but i havent seen the devils hand... __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

02/01/2007, 10:42 PM	#6
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Awesome tank! Love the fire shrimp pic. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

02/01/2007, 10:19 PM	#5
demeyer2 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sausalito, CA Posts: 455	What kind of clam is it? How is it doing under your lighting?

02/01/2007, 10:51 PM	#8
ElloImBambooBob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 29	Its a gold maxima... I got it "used" and thats what i was told, and it fits the bill. I have had it for 3 months, and it has about 2-3 mm of shell growth. Sorry to use metric, but it fits the bill also. It looks great in the tank, and i might try and get a crocea soon. I dose two part C-Balance one cap full of each part every other day or so. __________________ Go Hard or Go Home! Current Tank Info: Reef tank with LR, LS, Clam, Zoo's, and some acros' and you cant forget the Nemos!

02/02/2007, 05:42 AM	#9
danoreef I love ReefCentral! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 703	looks great. looks like you had a busy 4 months. __________________ Any Aquarium is good enough for me!

02/06/2007, 12:20 PM	#10
Crackerballer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chapel Hill Posts: 455	Nice. That is exactly like what I want to set up. I have the 20L and I am about to paint the back Blue. I have an AC500 with 2 heaters in it, and I am gonna run a PC Dual 65 with lunars. __________________ No tank currently setup.

02/06/2007, 07:32 PM	#11
KUDA Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 402	Nice Tank. Any pics of the coco worm? __________________ Just Getting Started After a Few Years Away! 5g Ecoxotic EcoPico

02/06/2007, 10:19 PM	#12
ElloImBambooBob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 29	You ask and you shall recieve...New additions to the tank, frog spawn and cocoworm __________________ Go Hard or Go Home! Current Tank Info: Reef tank with LR, LS, Clam, Zoo's, and some acros' and you cant forget the Nemos!

02/06/2007, 10:32 PM	#13
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	hey that coco worm looks great! Wish i would have gotten in on that too. I just didnt even think to Looks like you guys picked the right one out of the 2 that you coulda got. And same with the frogspawn. __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

02/07/2007, 05:47 PM	#14
KUDA Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 402	Thanks for the pics of the coco worm. I like it alot. Where did you get it? How much did it cost? __________________ Just Getting Started After a Few Years Away! 5g Ecoxotic EcoPico

02/07/2007, 06:06 PM	#15
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	14 bucks from some group buy thing that we were in on. I didnt get one but they did...wish i would have The supplier was somewhere in LA i think. __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

02/07/2007, 06:21 PM	#16
ElloImBambooBob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 29	I think you have to have $1000 limit to get it where I got it and for that cheap __________________ Go Hard or Go Home! Current Tank Info: Reef tank with LR, LS, Clam, Zoo's, and some acros' and you cant forget the Nemos!

02/07/2007, 06:43 PM	#17
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	ya there was a minimum that we all had to order. And there was a minimum weight too, otherwise shipping would have been way higher i think is what the guy told me. __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

02/07/2007, 08:08 PM	#18
dogstar74 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,152	what is the type of algea you have growing there? The brilliant green one with the white insides. I have a small stalk growing on some new LR that I purchased, and I know it's not detrimental, I jsut wondered what the name was so that I could look it up. Thanks in advance. __________________ "If there's nothing wrong with me... then there must be something wrong with the universe!" Current Tank Info: 10 gallon nano with ATS

02/07/2007, 08:12 PM	#19
Brewen Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Santa Maria,CA Posts: 1,618	NIce looking clam great looking tank thanks for sharing.

02/08/2007, 08:04 PM	#20
jetman5443 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Prescott (In Tempe on weekends) Posts: 650	Hello, It's my tank as well. I actually have no idea what kind of algea it is, but i like it. it sheds an aragonite skin, so it is sucking up a little calcium. I've been thinking about getting rid of it lately, but it's pretty cool looking. __________________ -Never Refuse Knowledge- Current Tank Info: 20 gallon long Reef tank... Click on the red house to check it out!!!

05/07/2007, 10:34 PM	#21
jetman5443 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Prescott (In Tempe on weekends) Posts: 650	TANK UPDATE !!!!!! @ 7months Enjoy the pics Full tank shots: Sweet Zoo's / Idaho Grape tyree LE / BRIGHT orange digi: Sweet Clam Cleaning action: __________________ -Never Refuse Knowledge- Current Tank Info: 20 gallon long Reef tank... Click on the red house to check it out!!!

05/07/2007, 10:36 PM	#22
jetman5443 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Prescott (In Tempe on weekends) Posts: 650	Bright Orange/Pink Cap: Zombie Eye TOLE / RPE: Peach Birdsnest / Pink w/ purple polyps birdsnest / AOG: Sweet Shot: Sweet Zoas: Oregon Blue Tort / baby Shawn Bennett tort: __________________ -Never Refuse Knowledge- Current Tank Info: 20 gallon long Reef tank... Click on the red house to check it out!!!

05/07/2007, 11:45 PM	#23
StunnaShadez Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: sacramento Posts: 584	its coming along very nice. just wait til the rocks on the right get covered with all the zoos, it'll look awesome

05/07/2007, 11:52 PM	#24
Mojo Jojo Moved On Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,495	The tank is ugly ... Sike! Nahh I'm just jealous it looks very nice. Your cleaner actually does something. Mine avoids my tang and all he does is eat lol

05/08/2007, 12:00 AM	#25
jetman5443 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Prescott (In Tempe on weekends) Posts: 650	Thats the idea with the rock on the right. It's allready starting to look awesome. And it takes time and a lot of frag buying/trading and good deals from friends __________________ -Never Refuse Knowledge- Current Tank Info: 20 gallon long Reef tank... Click on the red house to check it out!!!