My first tank 4x2x2

[alexchew]

Hey everyone, this is my first marine tank i've setup. Its been up and running for about 4months now and i have finally decided to put up the pictures

Equipment:

3 x Seio M820

2 x 150W MH

skimz bullet beckett with MD40

Skimz FR running RowaPhos

Korallin Calcium reactor running ARM

resun CL650 chiller

Atman UV

about 100KG or LR

Hawaiian puka shells as my substrate with grade 1 sand

Livestock:

Fish:

1 yellow tang

1 blue tang

1 purple tang

1 salifin tang

1 naso tang

1 sohal tang

1 powder black tang (currently has ich!!) i hope he gets through it

1 cleaner wrasse

1 niger triggerfish

2 blue sided fairy wrasse

2 Lubbock's wrasse

1 fire goby

1 hector's goby

10 chromis

inverts

10 red legged hermit crabs

4 electric blue legged hermit crabs

4 alge hermits? (thats what henry told me they were, not sure if thats the real name)

5 cleaner shrimps

1 boxing shrimp

1 sally light foot

1 pom pom crab

1 sand dollar

3 clams

1 starfish

[alexchew]

this is what it currently looks like

anyone knws how to post multiple pics?

[alexchew]

my sump

stills needs alittle work cleaning up and making it look neater!

[alexchew]

this is my fav fish

[jamomatt]

Looks like you have plenty of sunnies Some close up pics or bigger size FTS?

[alexchew]

my sunnies!

[alexchew]

more sunnies

[alexchew]

bubble..and open brain, the bubble isnt fully open yet.. the lights were just turned on

[alexchew]

i love this piece! the colour is amazing!

[alexchew]

CLAMS!!

alright this is my last pic tonight. I will add more pictures tomorrow.

[ReDDeviLs]

woah so much suns.. nice tank,do u feed them individually?

[alexchew]

yeah i do, i target feed them every other day! its quite a pain, but once they are all open it really brightens the tank and its all worth it!!

[alexchew]

just re-scaped my tank. what do u guys think?

[alexchew]

more pics

[hammy]

really must be a pain in the a** to feed the sun.

but can see that u have a great passion for sun coral.

scaping look natural IMO with so many fishes swimming freely.

anyway i feel that the red open brain has really fanstastic colouration and somehow i feel u got it from GO =)

more pic man =)

[Gary]

The sunnies are really lovely!

[alexchew]

i was currently using 2x150W MH lighting, but i just changed to 2x250W MH, b/c i am eventually planning to change to sps corals once my tank is more stablize. I am just curious if the wattage is too strong for my LPS? I was told to becareful as it could possibly "burn" my LPS is this true?

[fishtalk1517]

Hi Alex, great scape there. However, some LPS might be bleached due to sudden intro of stronger lights and IMO, the open brains can be shifted down to mid tank or even at the sand bed. With the 250 wtts MH, they sure got no problems to get their desired lights. I would rather suggested tat u shifted the clams uphill as clams preferred to have more lights instead. U will see their mantles stretched even longer n bigger

[alexchew]

thanks alot for the info.. i will do a little rescaping and then take some photos to post!