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04-16-2015, 06:20 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: calgary/alberta
Posts: 871
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50ish gallon shallow reef build
Just picked up my new aquarium from concepts today . Very happy with the finished tank . Going to be replacing my current tank 36x20x20 with my new dimensions 36x24x14 , never used the top half of my tank so figured to make a shallow reef. Starfire side front panels , black bottom back wall so nice to have the black wall no plumbing in sight .Only have a few fish so decided to go rimless and building the stand lower so it can be viewed top down as that is my favorite view .
Going to build a stand out of wood and use magnets to skin the outside . So my next step is going to be stand and plumbing. Going to be plumbing it into my current system and avoid a cycle and if Im happy with the dimensions Im going to build a twin and take my current tank offline. My current tank has been running going on 8 years so I figured time to replace it instead of waiting for it to split a seem or something. Debating adding black sand , have been running bare bottom since the start
Have a couple pics of the tank will update as I get stuff going with better pics .
Stock list :
2 onyx picasso clowns
1 firefish
1 target madrin
1 dragonface pipefish
1 harlequin shrimp
2 anemone glass shrimp
2 halloween hermit crabs
1 bumble bee shrimp (lives in my urchin)
1 pistol shrimp
a ton of corals , rock flowers, mini max nems
Planning on getting a male dragonface for the female I have , I have no luck finding males I only ever see females. A pair of blue strip pipefish , a female harliquin shrimp for the male I have. Want to get some ultra rfa , and that will most likely be it for livestock . I like to keep it light for livestock .
Equiptment :
Skimmer vertex omega 150
Pump Mag drive 18 (love mag pumps)
Lighting Kessil 360w on one tank tek light 6 bulb hot5 on the other when I get the other tank .
No power heads do not like having them with pipefish and small shrimp
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04-16-2015, 06:26 AM
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Also since Im going to be building the exact replica of this tank and they will both be running on the same sump/skimmer . I figured it would be a cool idea to run the tanks on different lighting just to see what types of differences I get from the same corals . Will be splitting my zoas and fragging certain corals and keeping them in the 2 different tanks . One tank will be running a kessil a360w maybe 2 , and the other tank will be running with a 6 bulb tek light hot5 . I will mount lights at the same height and take pics once a week to see differences in growth/color .
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04-16-2015, 02:36 PM
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I just hunted down your 36x20x20" tank journal...you never did show pics with it up and running! I hope this thread gets more pics.
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04-16-2015, 03:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Myka
I just hunted down your 36x20x20" tank journal...you never did show pics with it up and running! I hope this thread gets more pics.
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yeah right when I set that tank up I took a break from canreef for some reason
so it never got pic updates. However I will update this thread with some pics of that tank and the new tank . I had sea horses originally for a couple years in that tank then turned it into my reef . This new build I will take pics of the whole shabang stand build, plumbing set up , aquascaping , and of course the livestock as it gets moved over .
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07-23-2015, 04:46 AM
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Still not enough pics.
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07-23-2015, 05:26 AM
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yes I will update this weekend I actually have corals in it already
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07-23-2015, 03:18 PM
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Yup - Definitely need more photos Asap
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08-17-2015, 05:14 AM
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10-16-2015, 11:56 PM
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just picked up a b-day present for myself . Will be going in the reef after he is finished in the qt , he is super bright . Also have got a new sump and running my omega 150 love this skimmer . My banded pipe's have now started breeding in the system , added a yellow/red banded pipe put it in with my white banded pair and they were having none of it lol. As soon as I put the little red guy in the other 2 just cornered it and chased it around relentlessly so had to separate them unfortunately . Also bought some auto elements amino acid tabs going to see how those work out got them locally at Wai's if anybody is looking for them . Wais has been getting in some really cool uncommon fish and inverts , he also seems to stay on top of new products I have been shopping there a lot more lately . And last but not least I ended up trading the kessil a360we I was using for a vertex sr260 2ft fixture should have it next week , I always wanted to try that light so if I end up not liking it as much as the kessil I will sell it and go back to kessil . Anybody use the vertex lights care to share your thoughts ?
my b-day present :
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10-17-2015, 12:31 AM
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Lookin good. You have some nice coral hiding in there
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