Hey all,
Figured I'd give an update on my 20 gallon tank. I hadn't really made a tank journal, and previously just posted a couple inhabitants that I had in the setup. So I figured I'd post up what I had, have accomplished and my plans for the future.
Equipment:
20gal standard dimensions
AC70 with a fuge mod
HOB eshoppes skimmer
Radion LED (Previously Mazzara Maxspec)
Koralia 240 powerhead
Hydor 180 powerhead
Marineland heater
Livestock:
Normal CUC
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
6 line wrasse
2 clowns
1 blue chromis
Coral:
Open Brain
Duncans
2 favias
hammer
frog spawn
armor of god zoas
radioactive dragon eye zoas
blue/green acans
Red/pink acans
plate coral
blue candy canes
blue/purple candy canes
Monti pora
Crocea clam
pink birdsnest
birdsnest with blue polyps
green milli
large acro
Tri colored acro
Current Params:
Salinity 1.025
pH 8.2
temp 78
Mg 1340
Ca 445
dKh 8.55
Salt brand I'm using is Red Sea Coral Pro
So everything was running pretty good until I moved to a new house and had to move the tank. When I moved it, I had a major cyano outbreak on the sand, but didn't see any issues to the livestock with it, just an unsightly red covering of the nice white sand I have..lol
I also have a tri colored acro that got knocked off a rock and fell upside down while I was away on holidays (i know i should have had it plastered down, I do now..lol)
I currently dose Ca and Alk daily, and MG once every 3 days. I plan on purchasing a dosing pump, as I don't mind adding manually, however I plan on upgrading to a larger tank in the future, so i'm being really careful on the products that I buy, as I would like to use them with the future setup.
Other than that, I skim pretty dry, so i only empty the cup when I do my water change. I do a water change every week, which is around 20-25% of the total tank volume.
Here's some pics so enjoy. Oh and as you can tell, I have no idea how to add my photos to embed them..lol
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...ium/FTS_2_.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...m/Brain111.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...snest:clam.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...cans:Plate.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...:birdsnest.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...nging_SPS_.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...um/Duncans.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...:Candycane.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...edium/fuge.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...ium/Hammer.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...dium/Milli.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...dium/Monti.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat.../Red_Acans.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat.../sideshot2.jpg