Hello fellow reefers! I’ve been in and out of the hobby for about a decade but I still have a lot to learn, fell in love with salt water keeping when I was 15 and a family friend had a 55 gallon tank. The hobby has come such a long way since then! I currently have a 40 gallon breeder I’ve had up and running for a few months, the current setup is actually the starting ground for my soon to be 75 gallon set up when we move at the beginning of next year. Primary focus of my current tank is creating live rock, growing up some coral frags, and trouble shooting any issues I may run into along the way to prepare for the bigger tank!
Equipment: 40Gallon Breeder, Phlizon 165w 20” black box LED, 50 Gallon Fluval HOB filter, 200w ceramic heater, 1 800gph power head. Tank was started with 40 gallons of natural ocean water, 15lbs of live sand, 1:5 live rock to dry rock, and cycled fish in. I’ve had tremendous luck on this tank set up and while the scape isn’t what I really want, the tank is serving it’s purpose with plenty of habitat and surface area for helpful bacteria and coraline algae.
Currently (and finally) the tank is stocked with:
1 Coral Beauty
1 Tomato Clown
1 Ocelaris Clown
1 Racer Snail
15 blue leg hermit crabs
1 long tentacle anemone
1 bubble tip anemone
1 Stripped Blenny
1 Yellow Spot Goby
1 Firefish
1 Filefish
For corals I went with what I could find at petco, unfortunately I don’t have IDs on 3 of them.
1 green hammer (branching)
3 assorted Zoas (WWC AOI, Starburst, and can’t remember the last.)
2 branching softies
1 mushroom I believe
I need to get a blue light filter for picturing the tank!! Any advice you guys have is welcome and can’t wait to grow with y’all!
If anyone has any good LFS suggestions in the West Virginia tri-state area of PA, OH, and WV please let me know!! I’ve been to only one LFS in PA, but the amount of aptasia in their tanks and over all customer service leaves a LOT to be desired. Not mentioning any names of course!
Thanks to all of ya for providing such a wealth of information here!!
Equipment: 40Gallon Breeder, Phlizon 165w 20” black box LED, 50 Gallon Fluval HOB filter, 200w ceramic heater, 1 800gph power head. Tank was started with 40 gallons of natural ocean water, 15lbs of live sand, 1:5 live rock to dry rock, and cycled fish in. I’ve had tremendous luck on this tank set up and while the scape isn’t what I really want, the tank is serving it’s purpose with plenty of habitat and surface area for helpful bacteria and coraline algae.
Currently (and finally) the tank is stocked with:
1 Coral Beauty
1 Tomato Clown
1 Ocelaris Clown
1 Racer Snail
15 blue leg hermit crabs
1 long tentacle anemone
1 bubble tip anemone
1 Stripped Blenny
1 Yellow Spot Goby
1 Firefish
1 Filefish
For corals I went with what I could find at petco, unfortunately I don’t have IDs on 3 of them.
1 green hammer (branching)
3 assorted Zoas (WWC AOI, Starburst, and can’t remember the last.)
2 branching softies
1 mushroom I believe
I need to get a blue light filter for picturing the tank!! Any advice you guys have is welcome and can’t wait to grow with y’all!
If anyone has any good LFS suggestions in the West Virginia tri-state area of PA, OH, and WV please let me know!! I’ve been to only one LFS in PA, but the amount of aptasia in their tanks and over all customer service leaves a LOT to be desired. Not mentioning any names of course!
Thanks to all of ya for providing such a wealth of information here!!