Pineapple House
01-02-2003, 12:06 AM
Reef:
I try to get the least complex system, with the best results. With this tank, it just comes to show you that you don't need to be complex and have everything to be sucessful.
80 gallon glass aquarium 48"Lx24"Hx16"W
115lbs of Fiji Liverock, and 20lbs of Tonga liverock.
200lbs Live sand (included Southdown playsand), 4" DSB. 5-6 inches in the back, coming down to about 2-3" in the front.
500 miricle wet/dry unit, holds 40 gallons.
Euro-Reef skimmer, up to 100 gallons.
3, 1000 RIO powerheads
Future lighting is 2, 400wt 20k Radiums which i'm hopefully going to get up in a couple weeks.
Fish:
1. Blue hippo tang
2. Powder brown tang (Giving him away soon)
3. Maroon Clown (male)
4. 2, sunburst anthias
5. Green Chromis
Mixed reef, many corals that need ID'ing.
orange monti
Hydrnophora
Green Slimmer frag
Brown staghorn
Purple Staghorn
Some furry SPS coral?
Purple Tip acro.
Another SPS that needs ID'ing
Another SPS that needs ID'ing
Kenya Tree
a huge coloy of zooanthids
frogspawn
bulls eye mushrooms
Frag(s) of Red sea Xenia
Tube Anemone (Green, Purple)
I'm going quite slow with this setup, and hope to be adding some more SPS corals a bit later on.
The tank is 1 1/2 years old, started June 01.
Some levels:
Nitrate- 20ppm
Nitrite, ammonia, phosphate- Unditectible
pH- 8.2
Temp- 78-80 degrees F.
Calcium- 450ppm
Alk- (testing soon)
My to-buy list:
Calcium Reactor
RO/DI unit
http://www.imgmag.org/images/pineapple_house/Aquarium/Dsc00338.jpg
http://www.imgmag.org/images/pineapple_house/Aquarium/Dsc00348.jpg
Planted Tank:
10 gallon planted
Aquaclear 500 filter, with carbon and sponge
3" of flourite gravel
Fertilizers for leaves and roots
Started September 15th, 2002
Heavily planted, I don't even know the names of most.
DIY C02 reactor
Lighting:
I try to get the best lighting posible, without harming the plants. I have 2, 40wt Corallife Bulbs and 1, 16wt PC over this 10 gallon. The 2, 40wt bulbs are shared with the goldfish. Basicly half of the bulb is on one, the other half on the other tank. 96wts of PC/NO lighting total over a 10 gallon. I have had great results with this, getting 1" or more plant growth every other day. Lighting is on 12hrs daily.
Fish:
No fish. I don't plan on having any fish for quite some time. Likely if I do get some fish, it would be a couple Neon Tetras.
Brakish- Puffers
29 gallon eclipes setup
Substrate- Brown Gravel (Fine)
20lbs of rock
A few peices of bleached coral for extra decoration. This also acts as a device to shorten the beaks of the puffers (they seem to like the taste ;) )
4, small Green Spotted puffers.
Tank started up February, 2000
Levels are all great, exept a high phosphate level (working on that one).
Salinity is kept at 1.005, temp at 78 degrees F.
Acrylic tank
(Picture coming soon!)
Coldwater- Goldfish
29 gallon glass tank
Substrate- Brown Gravel- medium
Filtration is an Aquaclear 500, with carbon and sponge
A few small rocks here and there, along with some coldwater species of plants
2 (used to be 4 :( ) fancy double fin goldfish.
All levels are great.
Lighting is 12hrs daily.
I'll try and get some pics of of my planted soon (If it works, it came out strange)... as well as the other tanks
PH =)
I try to get the least complex system, with the best results. With this tank, it just comes to show you that you don't need to be complex and have everything to be sucessful.
80 gallon glass aquarium 48"Lx24"Hx16"W
115lbs of Fiji Liverock, and 20lbs of Tonga liverock.
200lbs Live sand (included Southdown playsand), 4" DSB. 5-6 inches in the back, coming down to about 2-3" in the front.
500 miricle wet/dry unit, holds 40 gallons.
Euro-Reef skimmer, up to 100 gallons.
3, 1000 RIO powerheads
Future lighting is 2, 400wt 20k Radiums which i'm hopefully going to get up in a couple weeks.
Fish:
1. Blue hippo tang
2. Powder brown tang (Giving him away soon)
3. Maroon Clown (male)
4. 2, sunburst anthias
5. Green Chromis
Mixed reef, many corals that need ID'ing.
orange monti
Hydrnophora
Green Slimmer frag
Brown staghorn
Purple Staghorn
Some furry SPS coral?
Purple Tip acro.
Another SPS that needs ID'ing
Another SPS that needs ID'ing
Kenya Tree
a huge coloy of zooanthids
frogspawn
bulls eye mushrooms
Frag(s) of Red sea Xenia
Tube Anemone (Green, Purple)
I'm going quite slow with this setup, and hope to be adding some more SPS corals a bit later on.
The tank is 1 1/2 years old, started June 01.
Some levels:
Nitrate- 20ppm
Nitrite, ammonia, phosphate- Unditectible
pH- 8.2
Temp- 78-80 degrees F.
Calcium- 450ppm
Alk- (testing soon)
My to-buy list:
Calcium Reactor
RO/DI unit
http://www.imgmag.org/images/pineapple_house/Aquarium/Dsc00338.jpg
http://www.imgmag.org/images/pineapple_house/Aquarium/Dsc00348.jpg
Planted Tank:
10 gallon planted
Aquaclear 500 filter, with carbon and sponge
3" of flourite gravel
Fertilizers for leaves and roots
Started September 15th, 2002
Heavily planted, I don't even know the names of most.
DIY C02 reactor
Lighting:
I try to get the best lighting posible, without harming the plants. I have 2, 40wt Corallife Bulbs and 1, 16wt PC over this 10 gallon. The 2, 40wt bulbs are shared with the goldfish. Basicly half of the bulb is on one, the other half on the other tank. 96wts of PC/NO lighting total over a 10 gallon. I have had great results with this, getting 1" or more plant growth every other day. Lighting is on 12hrs daily.
Fish:
No fish. I don't plan on having any fish for quite some time. Likely if I do get some fish, it would be a couple Neon Tetras.
Brakish- Puffers
29 gallon eclipes setup
Substrate- Brown Gravel (Fine)
20lbs of rock
A few peices of bleached coral for extra decoration. This also acts as a device to shorten the beaks of the puffers (they seem to like the taste ;) )
4, small Green Spotted puffers.
Tank started up February, 2000
Levels are all great, exept a high phosphate level (working on that one).
Salinity is kept at 1.005, temp at 78 degrees F.
Acrylic tank
(Picture coming soon!)
Coldwater- Goldfish
29 gallon glass tank
Substrate- Brown Gravel- medium
Filtration is an Aquaclear 500, with carbon and sponge
A few small rocks here and there, along with some coldwater species of plants
2 (used to be 4 :( ) fancy double fin goldfish.
All levels are great.
Lighting is 12hrs daily.
I'll try and get some pics of of my planted soon (If it works, it came out strange)... as well as the other tanks
PH =)