20g reef pics

[cal3v]

Hi all, here are pics of my 20g. The lighting is 1 x 175w 10,000k ushio, supplemented by 2 x 28w 03 pc actinics. Filtration is a prizm skimmer, and around 40 lbs lr. Circulation provided by two aquaclear 301 powerheads, a zoomed, and an empty aquacler 300 which I run carbon in once a week. Any questions, feel free to ask.:)

[Kurt448]

Very nice!! :D What type of acros do you have in there??
-Kurt

[2hi4u2c]

That must be a 20T correct?? I have a 20L and wish it was a tall..
Alan

[cal3v]

Acros, I have turquoise formosa, a couple varieties of purple tip valida, loripes, purple tipped green acro, dark purplish/blue acro, furry dark stag, millepora type colony, encrusting bluish montipora, orange cap, green polyp purple digitata, orange polyp digitata, purple millepora, green millepora, purple tip vagahouni, green cap, purple rim cap, green pocillopora, green montipora spongodes, and thats all I can think of. As you can see, I have many varieties but i am very much trying to cut these down to a few larger colonies and frags, so they are not overly crowded when older. It is a 20t btw.
Here is a mid-tank shot:

[cal3v]

mid-tank sps shot:

[Kurt448]

Thats a sweet looking green monti on the left of the tank. Where did you snag that?? Nice collection of acros and suprisingly good color!!

[Kurt448]

Also, what are those two blue frags(one behind the Xenia and one by the Brain)?? Thanks. -Kurt

[Bob McGee]

Just curious, what are the dimensions of a 20T?

I am going to set up an SPS nano for my office cube and was thinking the 20T would be perfect.

Seeing your setup as well as Lunchbucket's, give me the "nano jones" even more than I already have it!

Great looking tank!

Bob

[cal3v]

Hi all. That montipora spongodes is from a fellow reefer, and its doing great, has to be one of my favorite pieces. Those blue frags are sponges, has them only a week or so, but they've been doing good. They're photosynthetic I believe. And dimensions for a 20T, its a standard 20, so 12 x 24 by height(sorry forgot this measurement). Thanks for the kind comments folks:) .

[Bob McGee]

That's OK. Using basic algebra, I determined that the height is 16" tall. (Isn't math fun! :)

Bob

[Will]

well, actually the height is 15" and the volume is more like 18.5 gallons...
-will

[Joey French]

Sounds like my tank, 20 H, 150 W hqi mh, and I am in Columbia, S.C., too...drop me an email, jfrench@hotmail.com
Joey

[Pomacanthus1]

Wonderful tank! I hope my nano will be that beautiful someday.

Just curious, how is the Prizm working out for you? I'm considering one for my 12g. Do you have any pics of the skimmer in operation?

[cal3v]

Thanks. The prizm works good, I'll take a few pics.

[Pomacanthus1]

This is strange... RC sent me 3 email alerts that you posted in this thread, cal3v. I can't see anything since your post at 2:57 PM CST. Did you post anything, or is RC just really screwed up? Possibly both?

[Rock Anemone]

BEAUTIFUL!!! Veyr nice tank, I love the colors! I think when I set-up a 180 I'm going with 3-250 10K ushios or 400's.

Rock Anemone:D

P.S. Merry Christmas!

[cal3v]

Yea I tried posting like three times and the damn thing wouldn't let me. I'll try again. Skimmer collection cup:

[cal3v]

Sps and new rose pic. Yay finally got one!:)

[mantisshrimp]

Cal 3v what are you using for calcium/alkalinity?

[Rock Anemone]

Geez Cal3v, when's your tank gonna' have Tank Of The Month above it?

Rock Anemone:D

[cal3v]

Thanks Rock anemone. And Merry Christmas to you too! I keep calcium/alk up with kalkwasser in the auto-top off water, and I also add reefchem calcium from time to time. And speaking of roses, here is another shot of the little guy where he's the main focal point:

[cal3v]

New full tank pic. See, I told you I would make room for the sps by getting some out of the tank:) .

[camb]

loos awsome i just got my 20h yesterday i painted the back and just aded the second coat im going to but a 150 hqi on mine too ecept inm not going to be using a skimmer im going to busing a diy aqua fuge ill post some pics soon later

[reefingagain]

Cal3v thats a really nice looking tank.
I need some frags reveal your source and secrets
BTW how do you keep your temp and evaporation stable

[cal3v]

My source are lfs and other reefers primarily. Temp is stable with a 150w visi-therm heater, and a small pc fan blowing across the surface to increase evap. rates, and evap. is kept constant with an automatic float switch which turns on a pump in my bucket of water and kalk to fill up the tank. hth:)