Nebthet's 20L led lit pygmy clown reef

[Youngster Dan]

Very cool. I'm a fan of the black sand as well

Are you going to mix up the sand at all? Once the clowns, and powerheads start going, you might get a cool effect with the two layers mixing.

[Nebthet]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

what degree did you go with?

Originally Posted by Youngster Dan

Very cool. I'm a fan of the black sand as well

Are you going to mix up the sand at all? Once the clowns, and powerheads start going, you might get a cool effect with the two layers mixing.

Lorenzo,
I went with the 60 degree optics on all of the bulbs.

Youngster Dan,
Yes, I am actually slowly missing the sand up a little bit as it matures and once I add some nassarius snails they will do a good deal of the mixing for me. I am glad that I added the aragonite to it though as it had been pointed to me afterwards, that apparently the black moon sand doesn't do a very good job of buffering the PH.

[fishytime]

so whats the plan for the cute little tank besides the clowns Sarah?.....whatcha gonna put in that wee box...um....as far as coral goes that is.......

[lorenz0]

Im really interested in the par38's, for sure will be keeping an eye on this thread

[Nebthet]

Originally Posted by fishytime

so whats the plan for the cute little tank besides the clowns Sarah?.....whatcha gonna put in that wee box...um....as far as coral goes that is.......

Very few corals ....

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I plan on breaking all the rules and putting a sebae anemone as the main piece in this tank allowing for a 20inch expansion and leaving other corals for the outskirts, which will mostly be acans and other things from my main tank.

Oh.. and one bengaii cardinal to go with the clowns.


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That is why I have the skimmer to help with the extra bioload the anemone will create.

[Nebthet]

Got more rock today... was given about 15lbs or so I think. LOL... I was given one huge piece of fiji LR that is about 9.5 inches wide, by 9 or so inches Long by 6.5 or so inches high... It has to be about 8lbs or more on it's own. LOL. Then the piece with the shell on it is cool. I think that one is around 1.5-2lbs.

I was also given a large piece, I would say around 4-5lbs of eco-reefer rock, but there was no way it was going to fit in this tank with how simple I wanted to keep the aquascape. It was so dense I couldn't even hammer it into size. I would have to take it outside and try to smash it against stuff numerous times, and frankly I'm just too lazy to do that.

So here are some updated pix.
The new scape. I left a wide area in the middle about 12inches or so open for preparation for the sebae anemone. The rock on the left can be home to some high light sps or something maybe, and the right can be an acan garden.
Sorry for the microbubble filled tank.. letting the skimmer break in.


Then a pic of a cerith and black banded trochus snails doing their job and working at the diatoms.

[fishytime]

You take a pretty dang sweet pic there Sarah.....I dont know if youve said it elsewhere but, whatcha shootin with?

[Nebthet]

I use the canon T1i and swap between the stock 18-55mm lense and the 100mm f2.8 usm macro lense, for which I like the later lense better but still have lots to learn on taking good pics.

[Nebthet]

Now for some pic updates for what I have in this tank currently.

I broke some red digi frags and tricolor acro frag off accidentally when I was trying to catch the little clowns.. so I threw them in here to see if I could salvage them at all. I also put in a frag of gsp from my main system as well because I like the color.





The xenia isn't dead!! I think that is a good sign. I use the stuff like a tank barometer.


Spaghetti worm


The purple ochtodes frag I put in here to help with nitrates is growing rather nicely. And to my surprise had two small keds reds zoa frags on it.










The green acan seems happy in here as well.



Then I tried taking a pic of the bulbs to see if I could.



With the cycling complete and all the rock I want put in there, it is just a matter of time before I finally get the two little clown in there new home.. If worse comes to worse, it might be the two larger clowns going in if they prove to be the easier to catch. If so, then I want to put the nem in there first.

The pods I seeded the tank with have done their thing also and now I have about 20 or so visible pods I see from time to walking on the sand or rocks. I also seeded in there spaghetti worms to help with the cleaning process.

Right end of the tank looking through to the other side.

[evaneatspie555]

if your still thinking about a refugium like the cpr but cheaper i used this it is smaller but works.
http://ca-en.hagen.com/Aquatic/Misc.-Accessories/Breeders--Salt--Silicone/10943
instead of using the air pump i used a small fluvel internal filter it works great