tektite
Active Member
Well, my 150 gallon tank's progress has been crawling along, so I started another tank in the meantime. The algae growing out of my 150 gallon TBS liverock was awesome, some of the varieties were gorgeous. I knew that I wanted to put some tangs in there so I started this tank specifically for the macros. I'll be adding some seahorses to the tank soon, when the 150 gallon is ready for my SPS/LPS corals.
Here's a FTS as of today, its nice and clean at the moment
Its a work in progress, but I'm happy with it so far. Right now it has more corals than macros, but that will change soon. Once my 150 gallon is ready for all my LPS/SPS, I can get them out and stick to just softies/macros in this tank.
Right now the inhabitants are a very small CUC of a couple nerite/cerith/dibs turbos/nassarius/blue leg hermits, along with a ton of mini brittle stars and colonista snails and various other little critters.
I have a couple different types of macros in the tank, along with gorgonians/softies/LPS/SPS. Pretty much a hodgepodge of everything....I will be very happy when my 150 is ready for my SPS/LPS and I can tailor the tank more toward the macros specifically. Its REALLY hard to try to keep everything happy at the moment!
As far as saltwater tanks go, its pretty simple. One overflow that goes down through a filter sock into the sump. The sump has a heater, small fuge, float valve for a gravity fed ATO, and a return pump that goes through a chiller back into the tank. Two korallias, a CFL floodlight for the fuge, and a 48” Current T5 fixture top off the equipment list. No skimmer, the macros in the tank are enough. I change 15ish gallons of water weekly, and dose cal/alk, small amounts of iodine/iron, and pure ammonia daily.
Overflow:
Plumbing:
Sump with stealth heater, filter sock, fuge + light, float valve for ATO, and mag 12 return pump:
Fuge with extra macros:
ATO bucket, gravity fed so its very simple:
Teco TR20 chiller (way overkill I know, but it works great!!!):
Good old korallias, one up at the top of the tank, one behind the rockwork to eliminate dead spots:
Current T5 light:
Overall sump shot:
I built the stand myself, its the one in the middle of the pic here:
Here's a FTS as of today, its nice and clean at the moment
Its a work in progress, but I'm happy with it so far. Right now it has more corals than macros, but that will change soon. Once my 150 gallon is ready for all my LPS/SPS, I can get them out and stick to just softies/macros in this tank.
Right now the inhabitants are a very small CUC of a couple nerite/cerith/dibs turbos/nassarius/blue leg hermits, along with a ton of mini brittle stars and colonista snails and various other little critters.
I have a couple different types of macros in the tank, along with gorgonians/softies/LPS/SPS. Pretty much a hodgepodge of everything....I will be very happy when my 150 is ready for my SPS/LPS and I can tailor the tank more toward the macros specifically. Its REALLY hard to try to keep everything happy at the moment!
As far as saltwater tanks go, its pretty simple. One overflow that goes down through a filter sock into the sump. The sump has a heater, small fuge, float valve for a gravity fed ATO, and a return pump that goes through a chiller back into the tank. Two korallias, a CFL floodlight for the fuge, and a 48” Current T5 fixture top off the equipment list. No skimmer, the macros in the tank are enough. I change 15ish gallons of water weekly, and dose cal/alk, small amounts of iodine/iron, and pure ammonia daily.
Overflow:
Plumbing:
Sump with stealth heater, filter sock, fuge + light, float valve for ATO, and mag 12 return pump:
Fuge with extra macros:
ATO bucket, gravity fed so its very simple:
Teco TR20 chiller (way overkill I know, but it works great!!!):
Good old korallias, one up at the top of the tank, one behind the rockwork to eliminate dead spots:
Current T5 light:
Overall sump shot:
I built the stand myself, its the one in the middle of the pic here:
