my first marine tank, ten years in the making

[blondmyth]

My 30g nano

from this:

to this:

and now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9oPboeblV4

livestock:

1 pair of true percula clownfish
1 six-line wrasse
1 helfrichi firefish
1 yellowtail damsel
1 royal gramma
1 cleaner wrasse
1 hi fin banded goby with pistol shrimp
1 pom pom crab

to add:

flame angel, cleaner shrimp, boxer shrimp, emerald crab

[Harlequinmania]

You might want to rearrange the rock so that it is not so near to the glass for easy cleaning. Just a suggestion.

[blondmyth]

Thanks for the suggestion Larry, there's still enough space between the glass and the liverock for the nanomag to go through. but i'm not too concerned about algae growth on the side glass, more concerned about those that grow on the front glass panel

[Teh Soon Seng]

nice

[reef garden]

Are you a mushroom lover? A word of caution though. The Flame Angel is extraordinarily beautiful but has a reputation to be not so reef safe, especially if you intend to keep corals. Can you let us know the equipment used? I think I see a hang-on back filter, a skimmer and two white pipes (to a sump or chiller)? Do you intend to hide the view of the equipment with some stuff in time to come?

[blondmyth]

Definitely prefer mushrooms to zoas. The flame angel and coral beauty are said to be the most reef safe among the dwarf angels. But if the flame angel ends up snacking on my corals I will have no choice but to remove it. This is a bare tank, sits on a cabinet. Using hob filter, along with my live rocks, bm nac qq skimmer and an atman pump that pumps water through my resun 280 chiller and 150 phosban reactor which has rowa, and then the return pump. I think the back looks neat enough, so no intentions to cover it up. This is my first venture into marine, hence only a 2 feet. When I get my own place next time I will then do a 3 or 4 feet tank, with a sump to dump all the equipment in of course

[blondmyth]

28 July 2013 update

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Livestock:

1 pair of true perc
1 yellowtail damsel
1 azure damsel
1 royal gramma
1 six-line wrasse
1 flame angel
1 helfrichi firefish

[Patrick]

Bro nice flame angel. Does it nip at corals?

[blondmyth]

5 October update:

New scape after a mini accident in my tank: Tried to adjust salinity from 1.026 to 1.023 and finally to 1.025 and ended up killing all my previous LPS. Only mushrooms survived. Painful lesson learnt. New scape is now much higher:

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Side view

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True perc loves the elegance

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[blondmyth]

Bro nice flame angel. Does it nip at corals?

it didnt.

[Chuchu]

Bro whr u get ur elegance very nice

[blondmyth]

Bro whr u get ur elegance very nice

thanks, from GO. mushrooms also all from GO.

[spgohjc]

Bro, how long have you been keeping the elegance?

[Chuchu]

thanks, from GO. mushrooms also all from GO.

How much did u get for it!!

[Admiraltian]

Nice elegance and simple setup.

[blondmyth]

Nov 2 update

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[bobkemejan]

Ur tank getting nicer after the scaping

Love the elegance

More corals to come i guess??

[spgohjc]

5 October update:

New scape after a mini accident in my tank: Tried to adjust salinity from 1.026 to 1.023 and finally to 1.025 and ended up killing all my previous LPS. Only mushrooms survived. Painful lesson learnt. New scape is now much higher:

Side view

True perc loves the elegance

How do you adjust your salinity? Salt mix?

[flo_reeftank]

More and more nicer good job

[inwear]

Upz very neat setup

[Clement Chen]

Can share ur tank build. Eg sump,return, lighting

[blondmyth]

Ur tank getting nicer after the scaping

Love the elegance

More corals to come i guess??

thanks. probably done with corals. running out of space.

[blondmyth]

Can share ur tank build. Eg sump,return, lighting

its a simple reef setup, no sump, no wavemaker.

im using HOB filter for filtration and to provide current. bubble magus nac qq as my skimmer.

there's a pump which goes to my resun 280 chiller, and then a reactor which contains rowaphos, and then back into the display tank.

only using 3 tubes of T5 for my lighting (2 blue, 1 white), nothing fanciful about any of my equipment

cheers

[blondmyth]

In full bloom!

current livestock

1 pair of true perc

1 yellowtail damsel

1 azure damsel

1 six-line wrasse

1 royal gramma

1 jewel damsel

1 cleaner shrimp

1 porcelain crab

[blondmyth]

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