aquemeni5110
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Nice. Blue is better! I like the rock setup. It makes the sand bed look more spacious.
20 Gallon Reef Tank
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Perfectblue
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Update: Well I have not posted an update of my tank for quite a while now mainly because not much as happened. The tank is still doing really well and many different critters have started appearing including Brittle Stars, Amphipods, Feather Dusters, and various worms.
Adding coral to my tank has been rather slow and infact the only coral the I added since the last update is a Kenya Tree. I have plans to add more coral to my tank but it will not be for 2-3 weeks. This tank will house Softies, LPS, and maybe a Montipora Digitata frag.
The coral that I just recently purchased is a Kenya Tree that is very healthy, and is about 4-5" high. It adjusted to my tank very well with full polyp extension and has a faint green color to it. When I was observing the coral in the fish store I noticed a small encrusting coral attached to the piece of rock that the Kenya Tree was on. I had a hunch that it might be an SPS coral but I wasn’t sure of the exact species. After posting an ID thread on a couple forums I came to the conclusion that it is probably a Porites. It should do well in my tank as the local fish store had the coral under the same amount of light. The first day that I brought home the coral they were separate from one another but I noticed today that the Poriites moved right next to the Kenya and was actually touching it. The Kenya looked very stressed so I carefully removed the Porites and both are doing well. I wasn’t charged for the second coral so it was nice to get a free coral. I hope the coral does well.
I have been using two Maxijet 1200's in my tank but with both running the flow seems a bit much for what I'm keeping. To solve my problem I shaved down the impellers on both powerheads and it work great. Now I can have them running at the same time and the flow is perfect. I'm still using 2x65watt PC's as my lighting but I may upgrade to a 150watt metal halide system sometime in the near future. I do need to replace my PC bulbs soon since I have been using them for quite awhile.
Here are the pictures I took of the Kenya Tree and the Porites. I have not taken a full tank shot lately but will soon and when I do I will post it.
Porites That Was Attached To Rock
Adding coral to my tank has been rather slow and infact the only coral the I added since the last update is a Kenya Tree. I have plans to add more coral to my tank but it will not be for 2-3 weeks. This tank will house Softies, LPS, and maybe a Montipora Digitata frag.
The coral that I just recently purchased is a Kenya Tree that is very healthy, and is about 4-5" high. It adjusted to my tank very well with full polyp extension and has a faint green color to it. When I was observing the coral in the fish store I noticed a small encrusting coral attached to the piece of rock that the Kenya Tree was on. I had a hunch that it might be an SPS coral but I wasn’t sure of the exact species. After posting an ID thread on a couple forums I came to the conclusion that it is probably a Porites. It should do well in my tank as the local fish store had the coral under the same amount of light. The first day that I brought home the coral they were separate from one another but I noticed today that the Poriites moved right next to the Kenya and was actually touching it. The Kenya looked very stressed so I carefully removed the Porites and both are doing well. I wasn’t charged for the second coral so it was nice to get a free coral. I hope the coral does well.
I have been using two Maxijet 1200's in my tank but with both running the flow seems a bit much for what I'm keeping. To solve my problem I shaved down the impellers on both powerheads and it work great. Now I can have them running at the same time and the flow is perfect. I'm still using 2x65watt PC's as my lighting but I may upgrade to a 150watt metal halide system sometime in the near future. I do need to replace my PC bulbs soon since I have been using them for quite awhile.
Here are the pictures I took of the Kenya Tree and the Porites. I have not taken a full tank shot lately but will soon and when I do I will post it.
Porites That Was Attached To Rock
Perfectblue
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Here are a couple recent full tanks shots. 
EDGRAY
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Nice and looks like the firefish is doing wonderfully and also just a thing i dont know if you have seen but why not to add in the out take of your maxijet 2000 a HYDOR FLO you gonna love the wave affect that produce... and well nice pic and also i dont know if you ever mentioned but what kind of coral is the yellow one in the right side ???
keep the good work everything looks good..... ;-)
keep the good work everything looks good..... ;-)
TimSchmidt
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What happened to the blue backround? I absolutely LOVE this tank. I like the open space and the firefish.
Perfectblue
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Update: The tank is doing extremely well and the corals are growing like crazy. The first Capnella coral that I purchased has split into two seperate stalks and is beginning to split again. The recent Kenya Tree that I added has also grown significantly. I've been eyeing a Mushroom rock at the local fish store that I will probably pick up within the next week. There have been some major changes to the stocking as I have given my Clown Goby to a friend and the Fairy Wrasse was being way too agressive towards the Firefish to a point of not letting him eat. I've replaced the Fairy Wrasse with a Sixline which has been very peaceful towards the Fishfish and is very interesting to watch. You will also notice in the full tank shot that the lights are hanging above the tank. The reason for this is that the temp has been getting too high with the canopy. By having a open top tank with better air circulation the temp has stayed where I would like it. The lights have been this way for the last couple months. Here are some various pictures I've taken:
Full Tank Shot
Capnella Corals
Snails Eggs(Cerith)
Feather Duster
Full Tank Shot
Capnella Corals
Snails Eggs(Cerith)
Feather Duster
TimSchmidt
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Open top? Watch out for that firefish going carpet surfing. "Light Diffuser" sold as home stores is one option for an open top that won't let jumping fish out.
Perfectblue
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Thanks for the comments everyone.
Yes I'm running my tank open top however I've had my Firefish for 7-8 months now and he has never attempted to jump out. I might look into placing a piece of acrylic over the tank.
Yes I'm running my tank open top however I've had my Firefish for 7-8 months now and he has never attempted to jump out. I might look into placing a piece of acrylic over the tank.
i had a firefish with open top for a year, the day i put a damsel in there he went carpet surfing.Perfectblue said:Thanks for the comments everyone.
Yes I'm running my tank open top however I've had my Firefish for 7-8 months now and he has never attempted to jump out. I might look into placing a piece of acrylic over the tank.