30 Gallon shallow tank

FishyFishy! · #1 04-03-2011, 06:42 AM

Finally got my 30 Gallon shallow tank set up and running.

Tank is a fairly scratched up 24 X 24 X 12 with back silicone, black painted background, and black acrylic overflow cover (center overflow). 2 X 1" bulkheads for herbie drain.

20 Gallon sump with 1 baffle set (3 pieces)

Sunlight Supply 8 Bulb 24" fixture
1 KZ Fiji Purple
1 WP Coral Wave
2 KZ actinic
4 KZ new gen coral light

Tunze 9002 Skimmer
Jager 300 W heater
Oddysea 700GPH return pump (noooo way its even close to 500 GPH..lol)
3/4" SCWD water director
Koralia # 2

35 Lbs live rock (Jakarta and fiji)
30 Lbs live sand Agramax Select

1 True Perc Clown
1 1" Blue Tang
1 Yellow Longnose Butterfly
1 Yellow Clown Goby
1 Tailspot Blenny
3 Bicolor Chromis
4 Blue Legged Hermits
1 Small blue linkea starfish
1 Fire shrimp
1 Gold coral banded shrimp
2 Emerald crabs
5 Crown snails
5 Margarita snails

3 Yuma Ricordias
20 Head neon green Trumpet coral
Blue Maxima Clam
Squamosa clam
Purple birdsnest frag
30 polyp Green Palys
Neon GSP frag
Various Mushrooms
Lots more clams and Rics coming!

I hid the K2 inside a cave in the middle of the center overflow.

Sorry for all the crappy cell phone pics!

mws · #2 04-03-2011, 12:33 PM

Love you rock work, Mike.
Tank is looking good.

Leah · #3 04-03-2011, 12:52 PM

Love this tank..very nice

FishyFishy! · #4 04-03-2011, 06:24 PM

Thanks!! I just have to get a bunch of clams and a whole bunch of florida rics to complete the tank. Maybe a couple pieces of SPS if I can find some smaller colonies.

MWS - good to see your tank looking so good!!

FishyFishy! · #5 04-03-2011, 06:33 PM

Saw one of the Emerald Crabs out and about which you don't see very often

FishyFishy! · #6 04-21-2011, 10:19 PM

Got some new additions from oceans -

- Smallest blue tang EVER! He is less than 1" gonna grow him until he's big enough to play with the big guys
- Yellow longnose butterfly (also very small)
- Tailspot Blenny
- Yellow clown goby
- 3 bicolor blackmouth chromis

They are all doing amazing! loving the tank so far, and everyone is getting along.

spawn · #7 04-21-2011, 10:22 PM

nice setup looks good.

phi delt reefer · #8 04-22-2011, 12:41 AM

awesome bro... just awesome!

are you just using your return as flow?

spray that fixture and the return lines black - nice and stealth. Put a Type-R logo on the light to up your PAR

FishyFishy! · #9 04-22-2011, 01:31 AM

Fixture and return lines are going black this weekend actually! Type-R badge should add the equivilent of 4-6 extra bulbs... so I'll be ballin in no time!!

I have the return, and a Koralia # 2 hidden inside the rock cave in the middle for flow.

Skimmerking · #10 04-22-2011, 02:35 AM

tank looks great well done