UNS_Parker
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Hey everyone, first thread on here.
I've been keeping reef tanks for a couple years and have always been doing nano tanks. I took a break from saltwater after moving and decided to get back into it when I saw this Tank and stand at work. I've always been a fan on longer, shallow tanks, so this 90LA peninsula was perfect.
Tank Dimensions: UNS 90LA
Length: 35.43"
Width: 11.81"
Depth: 11.81"
Glass thickness: 8MM
Volume: 21 Gallons
Tank Stand: UNS 90L stand in Jet black
Started this tank with dry rock and live sand and was aiming to be fairly minimal with my rockwork and play with the negative space. I wanted this tank to primarily be a euphyllia tank too, so I wanted to leave some space for the polyps to extend.
Initially started with a Filter sock conversion kit in the first chamber, as well as our protein skimmer in the second.
I ended up flooding it late February, and I seeded the tank with some rock from one of the tanks at our office to kickstart the cycle.
Late March I decided to get some clowns as well my first corals, a few toxic hammers, a green frogspawn, and a gorgonian. For lighting, I choose to use a Chihiros Nova 1, as well as a Hygger mini wavemaker.
In April I added a Yellow Coris Wrasse, as well as a bunch more torches and hammers to the rockwork. I wanted the right side to be an island dedicated to anemones, so I added two RBTAs. I ended up also adding GSP to the back chamber wall in the hopes that it would cover it up.
This most recent shot is how the tank looks now. I ended up opting for two Kessils A180s instead of the Chihiros nova, as I wasn't getting the spread that I wanted, and figured that two chihiros would be overkill. I also took out the orange clown that was in the tank, as it was being quite aggressive with the wrasse, and ended up getting a snowstorm clownfish to replace them. I took out the Nem rock that was on the right side as well. I moved these Nems to a 10G AIO that I want to dedicate to just anemones and clowns. I added a few more torches to the rockwork including a few 24K golds.
Replaced the rose bubble tips with a nice CSB, and since this picture was taken its sized up and colored up pretty nicely. Also added a small green weeping willow toadstool above the anemone that you can kind of see in the picture below.
Here is an up-close shot of the torches as well. There are a few inches between the torches and the other Euphyllia, but I will probably need to move them once they grow a bit more.
I'm going to keep this thread updated as I add a few more things, but let me know if you guys have any questions!
I've been keeping reef tanks for a couple years and have always been doing nano tanks. I took a break from saltwater after moving and decided to get back into it when I saw this Tank and stand at work. I've always been a fan on longer, shallow tanks, so this 90LA peninsula was perfect.
Tank Dimensions: UNS 90LA
Length: 35.43"
Width: 11.81"
Depth: 11.81"
Glass thickness: 8MM
Volume: 21 Gallons
Tank Stand: UNS 90L stand in Jet black
Started this tank with dry rock and live sand and was aiming to be fairly minimal with my rockwork and play with the negative space. I wanted this tank to primarily be a euphyllia tank too, so I wanted to leave some space for the polyps to extend.
Initially started with a Filter sock conversion kit in the first chamber, as well as our protein skimmer in the second.
I ended up flooding it late February, and I seeded the tank with some rock from one of the tanks at our office to kickstart the cycle.
Late March I decided to get some clowns as well my first corals, a few toxic hammers, a green frogspawn, and a gorgonian. For lighting, I choose to use a Chihiros Nova 1, as well as a Hygger mini wavemaker.
In April I added a Yellow Coris Wrasse, as well as a bunch more torches and hammers to the rockwork. I wanted the right side to be an island dedicated to anemones, so I added two RBTAs. I ended up also adding GSP to the back chamber wall in the hopes that it would cover it up.
This most recent shot is how the tank looks now. I ended up opting for two Kessils A180s instead of the Chihiros nova, as I wasn't getting the spread that I wanted, and figured that two chihiros would be overkill. I also took out the orange clown that was in the tank, as it was being quite aggressive with the wrasse, and ended up getting a snowstorm clownfish to replace them. I took out the Nem rock that was on the right side as well. I moved these Nems to a 10G AIO that I want to dedicate to just anemones and clowns. I added a few more torches to the rockwork including a few 24K golds.
Replaced the rose bubble tips with a nice CSB, and since this picture was taken its sized up and colored up pretty nicely. Also added a small green weeping willow toadstool above the anemone that you can kind of see in the picture below.
Here is an up-close shot of the torches as well. There are a few inches between the torches and the other Euphyllia, but I will probably need to move them once they grow a bit more.
I'm going to keep this thread updated as I add a few more things, but let me know if you guys have any questions!
