smkndrgn142
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Well, to be more exact, it's simply a continuation and upgrade of the tank I've set up since I've lived in LA. Currently I have a 55 gallon tank with 282 watts of PC lighting, 60lbs of live rock, 60lbs of live sand, 2 rio 1200 powerheads and a hydor Koralia 1 for water movement, as well as a Fluvial 205 Canister filter that I only use for water movement and to run carbon on occasion. No, I don't run a skimmer. As for live stock...1 clown, 1 green chromis, 1 watchman goby, 1 cleaner shrimp, about 15 hermit crabs, 3 margarita snails, and 1 trochus snail. Corals include a branching hammer, a colt coral, various mushrooms and a couple button polyps.
This all started 8 years ago in my 29gal as a FOWLR and my clown fish. Not my first saltwater tank, but the first intended to be set up as a reef.
Anyway, this last year has been kind of crazy (moved twice in 4 months!). Was on the forums here last fall when i was thinking about these same upgrades I'm making now. Then life got in the way, things got put on hold and what was a 55gal set up was moved back into a 29 gallon tank. Everything is now back out of storage and set up. yay! (Funny side note...everything was in the 29 for about 4 months, I didn't touch it except to top off...everything thrived! Mushrooms reproduced, my hammer coral has about 7 baby branches coming of the main stalk! Even the fish are happy!)
About 3 weeks ago I filled the 55 about half full of new salt water, the old live rock from storage (which I completely rinsed before putting back in the tank), then let everything cycle for about a week. Moved everyone over from the 29 and everyone seems happy and healthy.
I am having a bit of a cyano out break lately, but it seems to be calming down. Pretty sure the tank just went through a mini-cycle, but keeping my eyes on things!
Anyway, I'm hoping to upgrade my lights to T-5s and add a refugium by the end of summer. ( I have to custom build the ref as my 55gallon stand will not even fit a 10 gal tank!)
That's it for now, I'll post pics of the set up as it is, and more as I add my upgrades.
I love this hobby, there are as many ways to set up a reef as there are people keeping reefs and things always keep changing!
This all started 8 years ago in my 29gal as a FOWLR and my clown fish. Not my first saltwater tank, but the first intended to be set up as a reef.
Anyway, this last year has been kind of crazy (moved twice in 4 months!). Was on the forums here last fall when i was thinking about these same upgrades I'm making now. Then life got in the way, things got put on hold and what was a 55gal set up was moved back into a 29 gallon tank. Everything is now back out of storage and set up. yay! (Funny side note...everything was in the 29 for about 4 months, I didn't touch it except to top off...everything thrived! Mushrooms reproduced, my hammer coral has about 7 baby branches coming of the main stalk! Even the fish are happy!)
About 3 weeks ago I filled the 55 about half full of new salt water, the old live rock from storage (which I completely rinsed before putting back in the tank), then let everything cycle for about a week. Moved everyone over from the 29 and everyone seems happy and healthy.
I am having a bit of a cyano out break lately, but it seems to be calming down. Pretty sure the tank just went through a mini-cycle, but keeping my eyes on things!
Anyway, I'm hoping to upgrade my lights to T-5s and add a refugium by the end of summer. ( I have to custom build the ref as my 55gallon stand will not even fit a 10 gal tank!)
That's it for now, I'll post pics of the set up as it is, and more as I add my upgrades.
I love this hobby, there are as many ways to set up a reef as there are people keeping reefs and things always keep changing!
