50g Reef

[Rcracer20071]

Hi
I have been keeping fish off and on for 10 years now, started with cold water, then tropical then went marine two years ago.

Current setup includes:

40kg live rock
4 inch sand bed
600 litre rated protein skimmer
Eheim external filter with sponges and live rock
Phosphate reactor
3 X T8 bulbs with reflectors
8 X Blue Hermit Crabs
8 X Turbo Snails

2X Clown
Royal grammar
Bangui cardinal
Yellow damsel
Red spot blenny
Fire fish
Sand sifting Star Fish

I am thinking of getting :
Mandarin
Red star fish
Sea Urchin

 

[redsea]

I think your tank looks amazing, thanks for sharing!

 

[Rcracer20071]

Its come along way considering I had three boulders of live rock and two corals less than a year ago. Things really changed when I started breeding the coral, i had never done it before after a bit of research i soon found soft coral easy to breed

 

[Rcracer20071]

I have now purchased a spotted mandarin and a second bangai cardinal. I think I have a male a female as they swim around together?

 

[Gti_Leo]

take care of that manarin we don't liek hearing stories that my mandarin died

 

[herp_mommy]

The mandarin should be fine provided you have plenty of copepods in the tank. They graze all day. You have an incredible looking tank!

 

[Rcracer20071]

I could already see Copepoda in the tank, but added 500ml bottle of them that I got from eBay and plan to do so every month for six months and then see what happened with the copepod population.

Here is some more pics

 

[builtf0rdtough]

thats a beautiful tank. I love salty tanks, just not sure I am ready for one yet. That must be one heck of a tank stand...88pd rock plus couple hundred pounds of water..lol

 

[Rcracer20071]

It's the jewel vision 180 with its proper stand so no worries about the weight. I got both tank cabinet and standard lighting for £50 off a friend.

 

[Animal-Chin]

wow amazing tank. I'd not get an urchin if I were you. I have one in my 50 gallon and its doing fine but it's a bulldozer and is always knocking over coral and making a mess of the tank. It eats coraline algae too and I swear it never stops pooping...lol The poop floats around the tank for like 30 minutes, it drives me nuts.

 

[Rcracer20071]

I have just tidied up the equipment in the tank and added a small refuguim now i need a light for it. I was thinking of an 18watt pl what do you think? see pics below