So... time for a new build.
While most people seem to go bigger, and bigger, i decided to go the opposite way.
scaling down from a 40B to 2 IM Nuvo 10s. does that make it a 20?
why?
well, i've had a few tanks, started in 2004 with a 90 gallon. which became too expensive to keep running at the time 8 x 54w T5HO a cls, return and skimmer pump that ran hot, and a chiller that nearly ran all day, electric bill was nuts, and then kids happened.
tore it down, and replaced it with a aquapod 24. ran it with 150W MH.
up next was a Mr aqua 6 gallon bookshelf.
that one got nuked by my overfeeding neighbor while i was on vacation.
up next a 20 tall, turned into a DIY AIO tank.
and then i upgraded, to a 40 breeder, also turned into a diy AIO. don't want to deal with sumps anymore.
long story short, a few months ago, things started to go downhill, and first i overreacted, made it worse.
decided to reboot the tank, and moved some livestock over into the fluval 2.5G QT, and setup another fluval 5G to hold the rest.
and then i decided that i really like small tanks rather than restarting the 40, i'm replacing it with two 10s
tanks got delivered yesterday.
unboxed and put onto the stand today.
i really like the build quality. solid tanks.
rodi is making water as i type...
the plan is... if i can stick to it.
one SPS tank, one LPS tank.
both will get a few zoas as well
will be running a hydra26 hd over each one, as that is what i have.
depending on how that works out, i may get other lights.
livestock plans (these are currently in the two temp fluval tanks)
sps tank:
- black darwin clown.
- purple firefish
lps tank:
- red spotted trimma gobie
- blue neon gobie
- possum wrasse
and one or two cerith snails and hermits in each.
and when the lfs has them back in stock, a trochus in each one as well.
i'm supposed to have 6 sexy shrimp in the fluval 5G too... but they have been MIA for a while now.
hope they are just being shy and hiding when i'm around.
will be using the rocks from the 40B, some of them have been doing an extended cure/clean in a bucket.
it's mostly pukani.
corals that survived the disaster in the 40B
- a few zoas
- a small multi colored ricordea yuma, slowly recovering and coloring back up
- 3 heads of duncan. slowly recovering
- green goniopora, on the brink of death. two little green spots left on it, it's refusing to die.
- red goniopora, has a "ring" of life left on it, a bunch of small polyps are starting to show signs of life again.
- a small frag of a purple'ish encrusting monti. not really recovering, but not getting worse either.
everything else joined the pile of dead skeletons.
so... dry FTS
J.
While most people seem to go bigger, and bigger, i decided to go the opposite way.
scaling down from a 40B to 2 IM Nuvo 10s. does that make it a 20?
why?
well, i've had a few tanks, started in 2004 with a 90 gallon. which became too expensive to keep running at the time 8 x 54w T5HO a cls, return and skimmer pump that ran hot, and a chiller that nearly ran all day, electric bill was nuts, and then kids happened.
tore it down, and replaced it with a aquapod 24. ran it with 150W MH.
up next was a Mr aqua 6 gallon bookshelf.
that one got nuked by my overfeeding neighbor while i was on vacation.
up next a 20 tall, turned into a DIY AIO tank.
and then i upgraded, to a 40 breeder, also turned into a diy AIO. don't want to deal with sumps anymore.
long story short, a few months ago, things started to go downhill, and first i overreacted, made it worse.
decided to reboot the tank, and moved some livestock over into the fluval 2.5G QT, and setup another fluval 5G to hold the rest.
and then i decided that i really like small tanks rather than restarting the 40, i'm replacing it with two 10s
tanks got delivered yesterday.
unboxed and put onto the stand today.
i really like the build quality. solid tanks.
rodi is making water as i type...
the plan is... if i can stick to it.
one SPS tank, one LPS tank.
both will get a few zoas as well
will be running a hydra26 hd over each one, as that is what i have.
depending on how that works out, i may get other lights.
livestock plans (these are currently in the two temp fluval tanks)
sps tank:
- black darwin clown.
- purple firefish
lps tank:
- red spotted trimma gobie
- blue neon gobie
- possum wrasse
and one or two cerith snails and hermits in each.
and when the lfs has them back in stock, a trochus in each one as well.
i'm supposed to have 6 sexy shrimp in the fluval 5G too... but they have been MIA for a while now.
hope they are just being shy and hiding when i'm around.
will be using the rocks from the 40B, some of them have been doing an extended cure/clean in a bucket.
it's mostly pukani.
corals that survived the disaster in the 40B
- a few zoas
- a small multi colored ricordea yuma, slowly recovering and coloring back up
- 3 heads of duncan. slowly recovering
- green goniopora, on the brink of death. two little green spots left on it, it's refusing to die.
- red goniopora, has a "ring" of life left on it, a bunch of small polyps are starting to show signs of life again.
- a small frag of a purple'ish encrusting monti. not really recovering, but not getting worse either.
everything else joined the pile of dead skeletons.
so... dry FTS
J.