Ziggy953
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Well as much as I tried to avoid it, as much as I worked to not think about it. My 3yo wouldn't let me forget that I owe him a tank in his bedroom. UGH!
Here is what I'm doing.
Some of you may know already I have a ton of tanks laying around the house. Well I decided to take one of the acrylic 5g tanks and modify it and use that as a mini-reef in my son's room. I've had the tank sitting on a shelf for some time now and everytime someone comes to visit my son quickly informs them that that is his tank.
This is going to be a very simple little tank. I've decided to go with a clown goby and maybe one other very small fish like a neon goby. I'll also put a cleaner shrimp and maybe another shrimp, probably a sexy shrimp. Then I plan to load it up with zoas and a couple of my lower light LPS corals.
All the rock I'm using has been in the sump of the 120 for a long time so it is fully cured. I've also modified an aquaclear HOB filter to house LR rubble. I'll pull water out of the 120 to fill the tank and will do my water changes this way also. I figure the 120 can filter an additional 5g tank. When I had my previous 5g tank up and running I changed about 1g twice a week via the 72(at the time) so I figure I'll do the same thing with this tank.
Lighting:
This is one of those Hex-style acrylic tanks, that comes with a flip top. It was a kit I picked up several years ago when I was nuts into breeding guppies. I've rewired the light to hold 2 10w CP 50/50 bulbs. I think 20w of CP light on a 5g should be more then enough to handle the few corals I plan to put in the tank. This lighting worked great on my other 5g tank. I'm in a holding pattern at the moment waiting for my wife to get back with the bulbs. I'm also waiting for my dremel to charge up (hate the wireless...give me a plug any day). A few more modifications on the hood and I'll have the lighting taken care of.
Flow:
The flow is going to be generated from the aquaclear and one tiny power head. I'll hide the power head behind the rocks and allow it to push water through them. I'm thinking a loose open style rock structure. I'm glad I bought all that tennis ball sized rubble a year ago.
I've taken some pics along the way and I'll post them later today.
Here is what I'm doing.
Some of you may know already I have a ton of tanks laying around the house. Well I decided to take one of the acrylic 5g tanks and modify it and use that as a mini-reef in my son's room. I've had the tank sitting on a shelf for some time now and everytime someone comes to visit my son quickly informs them that that is his tank.
This is going to be a very simple little tank. I've decided to go with a clown goby and maybe one other very small fish like a neon goby. I'll also put a cleaner shrimp and maybe another shrimp, probably a sexy shrimp. Then I plan to load it up with zoas and a couple of my lower light LPS corals.
All the rock I'm using has been in the sump of the 120 for a long time so it is fully cured. I've also modified an aquaclear HOB filter to house LR rubble. I'll pull water out of the 120 to fill the tank and will do my water changes this way also. I figure the 120 can filter an additional 5g tank. When I had my previous 5g tank up and running I changed about 1g twice a week via the 72(at the time) so I figure I'll do the same thing with this tank.
Lighting:
This is one of those Hex-style acrylic tanks, that comes with a flip top. It was a kit I picked up several years ago when I was nuts into breeding guppies. I've rewired the light to hold 2 10w CP 50/50 bulbs. I think 20w of CP light on a 5g should be more then enough to handle the few corals I plan to put in the tank. This lighting worked great on my other 5g tank. I'm in a holding pattern at the moment waiting for my wife to get back with the bulbs. I'm also waiting for my dremel to charge up (hate the wireless...give me a plug any day). A few more modifications on the hood and I'll have the lighting taken care of.
Flow:
The flow is going to be generated from the aquaclear and one tiny power head. I'll hide the power head behind the rocks and allow it to push water through them. I'm thinking a loose open style rock structure. I'm glad I bought all that tennis ball sized rubble a year ago.
I've taken some pics along the way and I'll post them later today.