26g Bow Front Kennv431

[kennv431]

Limit of 8 Pics per post ?? REALLY ? I will comply

Note: This information has been sourced and edited from another board I am a member of to save time:

Hey All ! Just wanted to start posting a few pics of my attempt to go from a Fish Only tank (yes i do use live rock in that tank as well, but only as a bio medium ) to a mini reef.



This is Day 1 on Dec. 24 2008 (above)



This is a badly out of focus side shot. After a little more than a month and a few trips to Aquariums Ect.

The first fish I plan to add will be a Yellow Clown Goby. Anyone have any exp with these little guys? I must admit though, that I am becoming quit enthralled with the Zoanthids.


Just though I would update a little

a little while back due to a crack in the 10g tank I was forced to upgrade to a 26g bowfront. I was fortunate that the 10g had been preforming great.
I added more live rock (still not done, but I am being picky about the rock).
I got bored and made a little in-tank refugium.
Added a Hydor Koralia 1 Circulation Pump as well as upgrading the lighting to a Current USA 65W SmartPaq Compact Fluorescent (half 460nm Actinic, half 10K).
also I have added a AquaticLife Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115. I will let you know how this skimmer works out after I see it running for a month more. As of now I am real happy with it.

I am thinking of adding another Current USA 65W SmartPaq Compact Fluorescent with 420nm tube to increase my blues as they seem a little washed out.

My bio load is:

1 gold stripe maroon clown (very small 1.5")
1 royal gramma (1.5")
6 Blue leg hermit
2 red leg hermit
1 ball sponge
2 zoa
1 new torch coral
1 new frogspawn

that's it for now

Update:

Here is a small video of the new 26g work in progress

Just wanted to see how to post a video

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Before: this is the NEW 26g just after setup. Sometime in mid July



It came with a new Aqueon 30 filter (worked great to filter out the new sand particles clouding the water ). I must admit, it is one of the best HOB filters I have used in a while. After this picture it was put to use on the wifes fresh water tank.

After a trip to ****s big "Moving the Business Sale" I decided it was time to add a little aquascaping to my sparse setup. After hours of drilling, gluing and cutting acrylic rods, this is now what I have ended up with:



I know its all bright white and everything, But I am sure time will correct that problem

OK....here are a few other pic I just wanted to throw in...

[marinelife]

Tank looks good!!
Thanks for sharing!

[kennv431]

Comment about preparing for the pistol shrimp

The funny part is, most of the work went into the structure on the bottom that is covered with sand. I created a lattice support structure where sand could fill up all the many voids. That way my little pistol shrimp could tunnel to his little content and not topple the whole thing .

I also designed it so I could leave my existing rock work (what little there was) in place behind the new stuff.

And after all of that, I can still clean 360 degrees with my mag float with out hitting any live rock !!

I needed a pic with my fav fish...my little GSM clown



this pic is before I placed all the zoas

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

So far so good. We've added a few things so I thought I would try to keep this thread up to date.

First up is the newly purchased Court Jester Goby. They are also know as the Rainfords Goby I have been told. However since my call sign on all the game boards has been Jester for many years, I am sticking with the former name

For anyone wanting info on where I got this great little fish please contact Justin at Aquatic Specialist

[kennv431]

Pic Update

Just wanted to keep this updated with a few pics.

I have made a few trips to various sponsors and members over the past few weeks. I have tried to make at least 1 purchase from all of our sponcers.

The ric pics that you see below are of the 3 ricordias that I purchased from Marine Solutions. GREAT place and close I am now thinking of picking up a HOB Skimmer from them.

Coral ranch and Lazylivin provided most of the zoas pictured. Coral ranch .... what can I say.... probably the most dangerous place I can go with my wallet

Coral Ranch also provided the Sun Coral

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MICRO ZOAS

[kennv431]

This red mushroom was my first coral given to me by Reef'd Up (THANKS SO MUCH)

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Just playing with a different lens

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[hdelectraglide]

what macro lens do you use pictures look great

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