Tank 1 (set up 1/02)
29 gallon Neolamprologus cylindricus colony.
2X20 watt NO fluorescent
Whisper 2 power filter
50 lbs #2 gravel
Big piles of obsidian & sedimentary rocks
Java ferns and Anubias nana, occasionally buried
3 full grown N. cylidricus cichlids, one half-grown, a few leftover babies; make more babies every few months
5 black ruby barbs
cylindricus tank photo
Tank 2: the TV (set up 1/02)
25 gallon tall, built into 1950s TV
55W CF retrofit from Aquarium Hobbyist
13W DIY CF dawn/dusk
Via Aqua 230 canister filter
CO2 tank, with output into canister
Driftwood
Crypt wendtii, willisii; giant hygro, Rotala indica, dwarf lotus, spiral val, onion, Apon ulvaceous, Anubias nana.
2 clown loaches
2 pearl gouramis
2 florida flag fish
1 leftover platy
planted TV photo
Tank 3: The 90 gallon reef: filled 7/04, stocked 9/04
90 gallon MegaFlow AGA tank, cabinet stand.
20 gallon long, divided into sump and refugium, each about 11X12
DIY Ca reactor
Euro-Reef CS6-2 skimmer
Fuge lit by 2X19 watt PC floods, full of chaetomorpha
Return: mag 9
Closed loop: PanWorld 100PXX (1270 gph), through OceansMotions SupuerSquirt 4-way
16 gallon auto-topoff
Lights
Two 250 watt XM 10000K lamps with electronic ballasts (Blue Line, IceCap)
2X58W T5 actinics
2X4" fans in pine canopy
Biofiltration
55 lbs Florida live sand, on top of 3-4" playsand
115 lbs TBS live rock
40 lbs "reef bones"
Fish:
Pair ocellaris clowns
Pair orchid dottybacks
Green-banded goby
Kole tang
Foxface rabbitfish
Corals
SPS: purple, orange and yellow Montipora digitata; orange, green and purple Montipora capricornis; weird green blobby Montipora; purple-tip Acropora, blue-tip Acropora; yellow Porites; Fire coral
Hitchhikers: Siderastrea radians, Cladocora arbuscula, Phyllangia americana, Favia sp.
Gorgonians (all photosynthetic): warty sea rod, purple sea plume, fuzzy purple with brown polyp, orange spiny sea rod
Softies: anthelia, xenia, heliopora, capnella, yellow sinularia, pulsing sinularia, sarcophyton, Tubipora musica, green star polyps
orange-centered zoanthid, various orange & green zoanthids
Other Invertebrates
2 scarlet cleaner shrimp
3 peppermint shrimp
fanworms, bristleworms, sponges, macroalgae, arks, oysters
~12 pistol shrimp
~10 porcelain crabs
Snails: 35 Astrea, dozens of strombus, 12 turbo,
2 Serpent stars
Hermits: blue legs; scarlets; several hitchhikers
2 rock boring urchins
90 reef photo
Tank 4: 30 Gallon Seagrass/Seahorse
250 watt 6500 K Iwasaki halide, Reef Fanatic E-ballast
12" HOB fuge, 11 watt PC light, gracilaria, chaetomorpha
2.5 gallon autotopoff on timer/solenoid
Chunks of live rock, with red and red&green pimpled mushrooms, red grape macro
sea rod and sea plume frags
sea blade colony
6" bed of aragonite and Flourite
Manatee grass
Shoal grass
Turtle grass
Porcelain crabs
Brittle star
Nerite snails
Cerith Snails
Seagrass/Seahorse Tank
29 gallon Neolamprologus cylindricus colony.
2X20 watt NO fluorescent
Whisper 2 power filter
50 lbs #2 gravel
Big piles of obsidian & sedimentary rocks
Java ferns and Anubias nana, occasionally buried
3 full grown N. cylidricus cichlids, one half-grown, a few leftover babies; make more babies every few months
5 black ruby barbs
cylindricus tank photo
Tank 2: the TV (set up 1/02)
25 gallon tall, built into 1950s TV
55W CF retrofit from Aquarium Hobbyist
13W DIY CF dawn/dusk
Via Aqua 230 canister filter
CO2 tank, with output into canister
Driftwood
Crypt wendtii, willisii; giant hygro, Rotala indica, dwarf lotus, spiral val, onion, Apon ulvaceous, Anubias nana.
2 clown loaches
2 pearl gouramis
2 florida flag fish
1 leftover platy
planted TV photo
Tank 3: The 90 gallon reef: filled 7/04, stocked 9/04
90 gallon MegaFlow AGA tank, cabinet stand.
20 gallon long, divided into sump and refugium, each about 11X12
DIY Ca reactor
Euro-Reef CS6-2 skimmer
Fuge lit by 2X19 watt PC floods, full of chaetomorpha
Return: mag 9
Closed loop: PanWorld 100PXX (1270 gph), through OceansMotions SupuerSquirt 4-way
16 gallon auto-topoff
Lights
Two 250 watt XM 10000K lamps with electronic ballasts (Blue Line, IceCap)
2X58W T5 actinics
2X4" fans in pine canopy
Biofiltration
55 lbs Florida live sand, on top of 3-4" playsand
115 lbs TBS live rock
40 lbs "reef bones"
Fish:
Pair ocellaris clowns
Pair orchid dottybacks
Green-banded goby
Kole tang
Foxface rabbitfish
Corals
SPS: purple, orange and yellow Montipora digitata; orange, green and purple Montipora capricornis; weird green blobby Montipora; purple-tip Acropora, blue-tip Acropora; yellow Porites; Fire coral
Hitchhikers: Siderastrea radians, Cladocora arbuscula, Phyllangia americana, Favia sp.
Gorgonians (all photosynthetic): warty sea rod, purple sea plume, fuzzy purple with brown polyp, orange spiny sea rod
Softies: anthelia, xenia, heliopora, capnella, yellow sinularia, pulsing sinularia, sarcophyton, Tubipora musica, green star polyps
orange-centered zoanthid, various orange & green zoanthids
Other Invertebrates
2 scarlet cleaner shrimp
3 peppermint shrimp
fanworms, bristleworms, sponges, macroalgae, arks, oysters
~12 pistol shrimp
~10 porcelain crabs
Snails: 35 Astrea, dozens of strombus, 12 turbo,
2 Serpent stars
Hermits: blue legs; scarlets; several hitchhikers
2 rock boring urchins
90 reef photo
Tank 4: 30 Gallon Seagrass/Seahorse
250 watt 6500 K Iwasaki halide, Reef Fanatic E-ballast
12" HOB fuge, 11 watt PC light, gracilaria, chaetomorpha
2.5 gallon autotopoff on timer/solenoid
Chunks of live rock, with red and red&green pimpled mushrooms, red grape macro
sea rod and sea plume frags
sea blade colony
6" bed of aragonite and Flourite
Manatee grass
Shoal grass
Turtle grass
Porcelain crabs
Brittle star
Nerite snails
Cerith Snails
Seagrass/Seahorse Tank
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