banditfl
01/17/2006, 01:22 AM
In October I evicted the fish from my 30g Freshwater community tank (don’t they all went to good homes). I then started on my new project. Since my 12g Tide pool reef (frag tank) was not working as I had envisioned. I started developing a replacement. I did not want to add another Aquarium to the house I decided to use the 30g and a 20L picked up at the LFS for a coral swap. I would build a 30g display with 20L combination-sump/frag tank. I got some really good deal on a couple of used PFO Ballasts (1) 2x96w and (1) 2x55w, Used Prizm skimmer (I know but it was cheap and seems to be working ok so far). I shopped Ebay and On-line retailers for good deals lamps.
Built a small Horizontal Overflow box and drilled the back for a 3/4� bulkhead. Put a couple of baffles in the 20L giving me about 6� for a refugium and protein skimmer and 24� for coral. Using a Maxi-Jet 1200 for a return pump. I wanted to keep the return flow between 150-200gph.
I removed the rock from my Tide pool reef and cooked it in dark tub for about 6 weeks to clear up the hair algae problem I was having. After six week the hair algae was gone but still the bubble algae remained. Time for the move. I removed the few corals that were still in there and put them in tub with a heater and power head. And moved the sand and the cooked rock to the 30g. I had already setup the refugium, one small rock with some macro growing on it and a ball of cheato from my 10g. I let the dust settle and the ammonia to come down, then placed the corals on the 20L sump/frag tank. Added some dry sand and dry base rock and aquascaped.
Specs:
Display:
30g Oceanic with 12� Horizontal Overflow
2x96w Compact Fluorescents
Maxi-Jet 1200 return pump
2- Maxi-Jet 600 power heads
1- Hydor Flo
30-35 lbs sand (20-25 transfer from previous aquarium)
25+ lbs combination Live Rock and dry Rock
Sump/Frag Tank:
20L AGA with baffles
2x55w Compact Fluorescents
Prizm Skimmer
Eggcrate shelves for frags.
2 Small Hydor Pico powerheads for flow
Livestock
Crew:
A few of the snails that survived the move. (Astrea, Cerith, Nerite, Narssarrius)
A few Blue and Red leg hermit crabs that survived the move.
Added:
3 Peppermint (2 display, 1 frag tank)
Serpent Star
20 very small Blue leg hermits
More snails on the way.
Coral:
Red Mushrooms
Pulsing Xenia
Hairy Mushrooms
Seamat zoanthid polyps
Brown and w/Orange skirt Zoos
Blue Ricordia
Some small Gorgonian Frags
----------------------Now for the Photos---------------------
The whole set-up
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/fullset-upgettingstarted.jpg
Lights
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/2x96woff.jpg
Full Tank Shot
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/30gFTS.jpg
Left side
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/30gleftside.jpg
Right Side
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/30grightside.jpg
Frag side of sump
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/20lsump-fragtank.jpg
Refugium side
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/20lsump-Refugiumside.jpg
Built a small Horizontal Overflow box and drilled the back for a 3/4� bulkhead. Put a couple of baffles in the 20L giving me about 6� for a refugium and protein skimmer and 24� for coral. Using a Maxi-Jet 1200 for a return pump. I wanted to keep the return flow between 150-200gph.
I removed the rock from my Tide pool reef and cooked it in dark tub for about 6 weeks to clear up the hair algae problem I was having. After six week the hair algae was gone but still the bubble algae remained. Time for the move. I removed the few corals that were still in there and put them in tub with a heater and power head. And moved the sand and the cooked rock to the 30g. I had already setup the refugium, one small rock with some macro growing on it and a ball of cheato from my 10g. I let the dust settle and the ammonia to come down, then placed the corals on the 20L sump/frag tank. Added some dry sand and dry base rock and aquascaped.
Specs:
Display:
30g Oceanic with 12� Horizontal Overflow
2x96w Compact Fluorescents
Maxi-Jet 1200 return pump
2- Maxi-Jet 600 power heads
1- Hydor Flo
30-35 lbs sand (20-25 transfer from previous aquarium)
25+ lbs combination Live Rock and dry Rock
Sump/Frag Tank:
20L AGA with baffles
2x55w Compact Fluorescents
Prizm Skimmer
Eggcrate shelves for frags.
2 Small Hydor Pico powerheads for flow
Livestock
Crew:
A few of the snails that survived the move. (Astrea, Cerith, Nerite, Narssarrius)
A few Blue and Red leg hermit crabs that survived the move.
Added:
3 Peppermint (2 display, 1 frag tank)
Serpent Star
20 very small Blue leg hermits
More snails on the way.
Coral:
Red Mushrooms
Pulsing Xenia
Hairy Mushrooms
Seamat zoanthid polyps
Brown and w/Orange skirt Zoos
Blue Ricordia
Some small Gorgonian Frags
----------------------Now for the Photos---------------------
The whole set-up
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/fullset-upgettingstarted.jpg
Lights
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/2x96woff.jpg
Full Tank Shot
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/30gFTS.jpg
Left side
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/30gleftside.jpg
Right Side
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/30grightside.jpg
Frag side of sump
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/20lsump-fragtank.jpg
Refugium side
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/banditfl/20lsump-Refugiumside.jpg