Here a few photos of my tank. It is not finished yet but here they are. Sorry for the dusty look as I am still working on getting out the left over dust from the sand.
Reef Tank Coming along
- Thread starter johnson5585
- Start date
Light will end up being a combination of T5's currently have T12's from when it was a FW. Did not expect to end up with free corals on my rocks. I ended up with a couple types of Zoa's and some brown polyps. As for the stocking:
Planning on
Cleaner crew (snails etc.)
Emerald Crabs
Blue Green Chromis
Yellow Tang
Clownfish
Royal Gramma
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Blue Tang
More Corals LOL (Softies and LPS)
This may end up changing. Who knows.
As for the sand it is a very fine aragonite (have to wash this stuff good as there is a lot of fine dust in it. I did not get it all and it clouded my tank for 3 days and I had to add some mechanical filtration on top of the filter sock to get it out.
Planning on
Cleaner crew (snails etc.)
Emerald Crabs
Blue Green Chromis
Yellow Tang
Clownfish
Royal Gramma
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Blue Tang
More Corals LOL (Softies and LPS)
This may end up changing. Who knows.
As for the sand it is a very fine aragonite (have to wash this stuff good as there is a lot of fine dust in it. I did not get it all and it clouded my tank for 3 days and I had to add some mechanical filtration on top of the filter sock to get it out.
Since the cycle completed I added my first few things. First off I added some Cheato in my sump as a refugium and it lowered my nitrates from 20 ppm to almost zero in one day. It should be at zero by tomorrow at the rate it is going. I also added 3 emerald crabs because they were on sale. I also got 4 margarita snails to throw in there. I know not much of a clean up crew but it is a start. Going to add some more crabs tomorrow (probably some scarlet reefs) and possible a couple of Chromis to get the first fish in there. Any ideas or suggestions on other things let me know. Probably going to pick up some more snails as well. Will post more pic soon as I will be getting the final cleaning done tomorrow. Most of the dust is gone now just need to get the couple of hard to reach places.
tank is coming along nicely. Be sure to post a before and after pic, to show the difference the lights make. Im not sure though, if it will look much different because those lights on there now are pretty bright. Not going to grow corals, but there bright lol. Keep up the great work and of course, keep them pics coming.
Yeah I hope to be ordering some T-5s soon. Just need to sell one of my guitars first. Also, the brown polyps that came on one of my rocks are actually growing and multiplying. But nevertheless I do intend on upgrading to T-5s.