I took down the big tank after accepting a job in Singapore and set up a smaller 34G Solana all in one cube that my younger brother was going to care for while I am gone. 3 weeks later and I have been offered an even better job here in Vancouver. A new animation studio is opening up this fall and its the best opportunity I have ever had so as much as I would prefer to go to Singapore, I kind of have to stay...
My fiance and I are going to vacation in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines for two months before I start the new job, so not all that bad.
Also the big tanks had started to really consume my life and it's been nice to not have them around the past few weeks. I actually go outside again and do things non aquarium related. My fiancee couldn't be happier
34G Solana
DIY stand/light holder 'arm'
Vortech MP20
250 watt HQI LumenMax 3 pendant
250 watt Phoenix 14K
Pacific Coast 1/13 HP chiller
JBJ Auto Top Off
Aquacontroller Jr.
Lights are on 4pm to 10pm
Temperature stays around 80 so far, chiller kicks in at 81...seems to come on about once every few hours
5G water changes once a week with DD salt
I dose Ca, Alk and Mg manually each day but I will get some dosing pumps eventually
Skimmerless...the solana comes with a skimmer but I didn't want to bother since I want this tank to be really maintenance free.
Fish
Pair of clowns
Fang Blenny
Orange spotted sleeper goby
Inverts
some kind of small conch
5 peppermint shrimp
5 snails
Green gigantea carpet anemone
Corals are mostly SPS and zoas with a few gorgonians and a few LPS. All I really plan on adding to this tank are photosynthetic gorgonians and some more zoas. I had a AEFW scare and don't really want to mess with adding more acros since I can't QT them. I found some on a brand new colony I had bought and ended up tossing the whole thing
Stand being built:
Finished:
So same style as the old one as you can see here:
Honestly, the room is so much nicer without the big tank too...
