It begins! After 4 months of solid research and gathering equipment, the tank is finally up and running!
Specs:
14 gallon biocube
Mostly stock but I will be upgrading to LEDs soon
Removed bioballs
Tried to upgrade pump but realized I bought the wrong kind. Flow seems fine though
Koralia Nano 240 is in the mail and should be here soon
18.5 lbs of fully cured rock
10 lbs of reef sand
For the lighting I figured the stock lighting is working for now since I have nothing demanding. Once I'm ready to start adding corals I'll put in some LEDs instead. For now it still looks nice
Rock- This stuff is amazing. I was going to order LR online but came across a local reefer that was tearing down a tank. At $1 per lbs I had to check it out. The rock has been in an established tank for a few years. It had all kinds of coraline, feather dusters, Xenia, zoas, and mushrooms! I've already seen 2 different kinds of snails and a few brittle stars. The downside of course is it came with some unwanted stuff. There is some bubble algae, several types of macros and aiptasia(tiny ones) on the rock. I knew with any LR purchase I would have unwanted things, at least it doesn't have any mantis shrimp! I'm hoping my CUC will take care of the algae and macros and I'm buying some stuff for the aiptasia. While there isn't much in the tank I should be able to get it under control.
Stocking plans
I will only have a couple fish though which ones I'm not sure of yet. At least 1 will be a clownfish. Right now I have it down to
1 pair of true percs(There is a local picasso breeder)
1 B&W clown
1 orange stripe goby w? pistol shrimp
Either way it's very far away
For inverts:
hermit crabs
Either an emerald crab or porcelain crab
Blue tuxedo urchin
CUC
Corals:
Well I already have some red mushrooms, UN IDed Zoas, xenia, and some other un ID ed coral that I think is blue clove polyp.
Moving forward I'm thinking
More zoas!
Frogspawn
Nothing too demanding. I also don't want a TON of different corals since I want to keep this tank long term. I wanted everything to grow in and look nice but not cluttered.
So some pictures!
Nothing too exciting yet, just waiting on a cycle.
Specs:
14 gallon biocube
Mostly stock but I will be upgrading to LEDs soon
Removed bioballs
Tried to upgrade pump but realized I bought the wrong kind. Flow seems fine though
Koralia Nano 240 is in the mail and should be here soon
18.5 lbs of fully cured rock
10 lbs of reef sand
For the lighting I figured the stock lighting is working for now since I have nothing demanding. Once I'm ready to start adding corals I'll put in some LEDs instead. For now it still looks nice
Rock- This stuff is amazing. I was going to order LR online but came across a local reefer that was tearing down a tank. At $1 per lbs I had to check it out. The rock has been in an established tank for a few years. It had all kinds of coraline, feather dusters, Xenia, zoas, and mushrooms! I've already seen 2 different kinds of snails and a few brittle stars. The downside of course is it came with some unwanted stuff. There is some bubble algae, several types of macros and aiptasia(tiny ones) on the rock. I knew with any LR purchase I would have unwanted things, at least it doesn't have any mantis shrimp! I'm hoping my CUC will take care of the algae and macros and I'm buying some stuff for the aiptasia. While there isn't much in the tank I should be able to get it under control.
Stocking plans
I will only have a couple fish though which ones I'm not sure of yet. At least 1 will be a clownfish. Right now I have it down to
1 pair of true percs(There is a local picasso breeder)
1 B&W clown
1 orange stripe goby w? pistol shrimp
Either way it's very far away
For inverts:
hermit crabs
Either an emerald crab or porcelain crab
Blue tuxedo urchin
CUC
Corals:
Well I already have some red mushrooms, UN IDed Zoas, xenia, and some other un ID ed coral that I think is blue clove polyp.
Moving forward I'm thinking
More zoas!
Frogspawn
Nothing too demanding. I also don't want a TON of different corals since I want to keep this tank long term. I wanted everything to grow in and look nice but not cluttered.
So some pictures!
Nothing too exciting yet, just waiting on a cycle.