New Marine Tank 2.5",1.5", 1.5"

[skinbone]

New Marine Tank 2.5",1.5", 1.5"

Have jus taken pics of my new tank. Do visit my gallery. All comments welcomed... but not too critical ok?

Specifications:

Tank: 2.5", 1.5", 1.5"

Equipment: Red sea Prism skimmer

Eheim 2217 canister

2x 302 powerhead

3x 36w PC lights (1x 10 k, 2x actinic)

1x15w (actinic)

2x computer fans

Sand : Aroganite

Salt : Tropic marine

Water : DI

Additives : Most of marc weiss products. Food from kent

marine for coral. Kalk added.

Parameters : calcium 500

alk 14

ph 8.4

temp 25-27.5 degress

Fish : purple tang (small)

flame angel

six line wrasse

red lip blenny

bagaii cardinal

Becos i do not know how to resize the pics, i have included the URL below.

http://arofanatics.com/members/skinbone/21...1515marinetank/

[virus530]

Hi Skin Bone,

Very nice setup.

Regards

[Dinosaur]

Too dense for me.

The LR are packed too closely together

I prefer spacious formation where the fishes can swin in and out

2 cents worth

[KingFish]

Too dense for me.

The LR are packed too closely together

I prefer spacious formation where the fishes can swin in and out

2 cents worth

Skinbone,

Nice...

Dino,

Guess you can I have the same preference, think we're more minimalist concept. Using the space to accentuate the corals, and fish liveliness.

Works for me

[seahorse]

Nice setup , skinbone . I think I saw a catpaw coral , how

do u maintain it??

[skinbone]

seahorse.. thanx for commenting. You are right to spot the cat paw! There really isn't any special way to maintain it. The only thing i observe is to provide it with enough water current and keeping the temperature cool. It is important not to give it direct current though. I have the water output from my canister directed against the side glass to reflect into the coral. I have read somewhere that cat paw along with most of the sps in the montipora family are pretty easy and can adapt to most of the water conditions we provide. The best thing is that they are not as fussy about nutrients or light, as acropora, though it is good to maintain those parameters at reasonable margins. Must ask the sps experts for advice if you need. You must be aware that there are many sps fanatics and experts in this forum and i would be risking jeers to offer layman advice.

There are times when i dream about having lots of swim space with LR stacked in carefully designed 'HoleLy' achitect, but my tank is jus to small! I can imagine how a school of fish must have enjoyed swimming from one end of the tank to another in a 4 ft tank(or bigger for that matter). And lone fish having many crevices and holes to explore before getting bored.

I will definitely give that a try if i upgrade. Thanx for comment anyway.