• Start a FREE tank profile today!
  • Want to share your beautiful reef aquarium with others? Start a tank profile at My Reef Garden, an online community of reef aquarists just like YOU!

  • Member Features:
    - Profile Page: www.myreefgarden.com/YOURNAME
    - Tank Journal, Photo Gallery, Favorites, Friends
    - Tank Comments, Ranking, Tank Props, Chat, and MORE!!
Visitor Menu
Private Messages
Open in new window | Show
aquanut's 50 gallon reef
aquanut

NickName:
Occupation:
 
from:
McMinnville, United States flag
Last logged in:
2011-05-02 20:20:55


Offline
rate tank
rate: 5.0
votes: 4
Description:
I am 26 years old and have been in the hobby for about eight years. I am the aquatic and reptile manager at Critter Cabana in Newberg, Or.
Mr. Green


Tank Introduciton:
This tank is quite small for my taste however it is all I can fit in my place right now. The tank is about 3 months old and running smoothly. I am purposely overstocking it to see what I can acheive in a small tank, so far it has been sucessfull with the exception of a major heat spike durring summer. Frequent water changes are necessary with this tank.
Mr. Green


Filtration:
I have two filters on this tank, the first is a 10 gallon sump with oversize overflow. I chose not to use bio media in the sump, instead i set it up for use with a filter sock for optimum water clarity.
The second is an Eheim eco canister filter filled with live rock rubble for extra bio filtration and an Aqua c Remora protein skimmer.
I also use carbon, purigen, and phosgaurd.
Mr. Green


Lighting:
36 inch Current outer orbit fixture ( 2x 96 watt actinic copact flourescents and 1x 150 watt 10k hqi.)
Mr. Green


Misc: Circulation, Flow, Ozone, Auto-top-off, etc.:
I have a lot of flow in this tank via a Magdrive 1200 for my return and 3x Seio 620 powerheads. I am not currently using ozone or uv sterilization.
Mr. Green


Corals:
Long Tentacle Anemone, Thick Finger Leathers, Thin Finger Leathers, Spaghetti Leathers, lots of Zoo's and Shrooms, Torch Corals, Frogspawns, Anchors, Hammers, Open Brain Corals and Disc coral.
Mr. Green


Fish:
Like I said I have over stocked this tank on purpose. I have a Yellow Tang, Six-Line Wrasse, Blue Stripe Clarkii Clown, Neon Cleaner Gobie, Fire fish, 2x Green Chromis, Bi-Colour Blenny, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Sand Sifting Star, Zebra and Scarlet Hermit Crabs, Astria Snails, 2x Peppermint Shrimp, 2x Mythrax Crabs.
Mr. Green


5 Most Recent Tank Blogs
Friends:
Hide
Show Polls
Hide
Profile Comments
Hide
 
 
 
No input file specified. No input file specified.