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Sugar Magnolia

01/20/2006, 05:15 PM

This tank was started in Jan '04 and has gone through three overhauls due to poor plannning as far as coral placement goes, along with a massive outbreak of hydroids and vermetid snails.

Specs:
2.5 AGA
2x18 watt Current Dual Satellite fixture
AC 70 refugium with palm light
25 watt heater in fuge

Inhabs:
Yasha Haze/pistol pair
2 sexy shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
1 bumble bee snail
4 strombus grazers
2 cerith snails
2 nassarius snails
various corals

Here it is today. Full tank shot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan201.jpg

Right side.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan202.jpg

Left side.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan203.jpg

Caulastrea and sexy shrimp.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan204.jpg

Torch and the other sexy shrimp.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan205.jpg

Sugar Magnolia

01/20/2006, 05:15 PM

Baby ricordea.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan206.jpg

Zoos and strombus snail.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan207.jpg

Another caulastrea colony.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan208.jpg

Leather...toadstool I think.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan209.jpg

1/2" purple M. digitata that I accidently broke of when working in the 30.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan2010.jpg

Tiny chili coral that hitched in on some rocks. It's got 4 polyps that come out every night.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan2011.jpg

Micro hermit cleaning up the tank.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan2012.jpg

Yasha haze/pistol pair.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/yashahaze.jpg

FishyBiz

01/20/2006, 05:21 PM

Cool

rbrice020378

01/20/2006, 05:21 PM

Can you supply a pulled back shot with a ruler next to it to help show size?

Kogo

01/20/2006, 05:30 PM

very nice....i see you chose a DSB...

just kidding, but how deep is your sandbed? i know you need a minimum amount for the gobie / shrimp to be happy.

Sugar Magnolia

01/20/2006, 05:44 PM

LOL, when I put it in there, it was about 1 1/2" deep. The pistol is very industrious. :D

rbrice, here you go.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/stanton4/Jan2013.jpg

banditfl

01/20/2006, 05:45 PM

It is so well done it deceives the eyes relative to its actual size.

Nice!!!

Carl_in_Florida

01/20/2006, 05:52 PM

I like!

Carl

Zoalander

01/20/2006, 07:04 PM

due, nice job

LeftCoast

01/20/2006, 10:24 PM

I think the leather is Devil's Hand Lobophytum.

m1a1fan

01/20/2006, 10:51 PM

Very nice! I'm thinking of getting rid of my M-Tank for something smaller.

OCDep

01/21/2006, 12:48 AM

WOW 2.5, thats crazy....no room for error there. Very nice though.

kaserpick

01/21/2006, 01:36 AM

Loving the sexy shrimp!

Thumbs up!
Kasey

damselindistress

01/21/2006, 09:14 AM

Very nice.... everything appears to be thriving in such a small environment. What is your tank maintenance routine? Did you make the canopy, and is the tank open top?

MAreefer1

01/21/2006, 09:32 AM

your toadstool looks awsome!

jcarnahan12

01/21/2006, 09:41 AM

I hope my 10g looks that good in a year.

Sugar Magnolia

01/21/2006, 04:53 PM

Thanks for the compliments. I really enjoy this little tank.

Kim, you asked aobut maintenence. I do weekly 20% water changes and swipe the glass as needed with a small Twister magnet. The top is open and the riser my husband built to raise the Current fixture up high enough to clear the AC 70 on the back.

gfk

01/21/2006, 05:26 PM

what kind of lights are you using ?

scolex

01/21/2006, 07:25 PM

"One mans frag is another mans colony!" My saying fits his tank the best.

Sugar Magnolia

01/21/2006, 08:16 PM

gfkIt's a Current Dual Satellite 2x18 W fixture. I just put this on the tank about a month ago. Before that I had a custom built canopy with 2x13W PC's.

scolex So true. Tiny tanks make tiny frags look big. ;)

mmd

01/21/2006, 08:36 PM

very very nice, the nicest tank under ten gallons i've ever seen.
what do you use for weekly water changes, a tablespoon or a shot glass

Sugar Magnolia

01/22/2006, 08:52 AM

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6554623#post6554623 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mmd
very very nice, the nicest tank under ten gallons i've ever seen.
what do you use for weekly water changes, a tablespoon or a shot glass
:lol: Actually it's a 2 quart container.

AIMFish

01/22/2006, 10:41 AM

Super sweet tank, but how do you do a water change with things, torch and zoo's, so close to the top? It looks like you dose with B-Ionic, anything else? Also any shots of your fuge and I'm presuming you have the mini/20 impeller in there?:eek: :D

Agu

01/22/2006, 06:34 PM

Looks great Sug !!

May I be so bold as to make a suggestion ?

Put some rubble and broken shells in the tank for the pistol shrimp to use as construction materials. First, it'll keep it from collecting hermit crabs, snails, and frags. Second, it's really interesting to watch them build entrances and hideaways with the pieces.

FlyGTI

01/22/2006, 10:54 PM

I agree, Agu.

Magnolia, thanks for the inspiration. As I mentioned in my note, I'm in the planning phase for my Pico-C. Thanks to you, I'll have excellence to shoot for!

Well done, ma'am. That's excellent.

I want some of those ricordia!

Sugar Magnolia

01/24/2006, 09:43 AM

Good sugestion Agu, I have some rubble I can toss in there. It's so cool to see the pistol back up at the cave entranced and kick sand out of the way.

Fly, once the weather warms and your pico is ready I can send you a thermos. ;)

atram

01/27/2006, 07:05 PM

Great little tank :D I just picked up a Yasha Haze/pistol shrimp pair at my LFS. Their going to be living in my 5.5 gallon tank that's been running for 7 months. Do you have any pointers?

Al

Carl_in_Florida

01/27/2006, 08:19 PM

Do those guys always hook up? Or is it like a clown anemone and they may or may not?

CArl

atram

01/27/2006, 08:25 PM

Yes their paired up, the yasha haze is sitting in the front of my rock pile kicking up some sand. I don't see the shrimp but he should show up soon hopefully.

jcarnahan12

01/27/2006, 10:15 PM

They don't always pair up. Certain pistols pair better with certain gobies. It is much better to buy them as a mated pair already, but if you are like me and got them at different times then make your best guess. I am sure there are articles out there. A lot of what I read, said you can go wrong with yellow watchmen, yassa, or tangaroa. I have a Tiger and later bought a tangaroa and mine paired up fairly easily.

piberoptikz

01/27/2006, 10:17 PM

very nice!;)

atram

01/28/2006, 09:04 AM

I bought them as a pair.

jcarnahan12

01/28/2006, 06:30 PM

I just got lucky....Mine were purchased a month apart

pnsnowboard

03/10/2006, 05:52 PM

great looking tank

HartfordWhalers

03/10/2006, 06:21 PM

Hot

Mikeeal

03/10/2006, 06:45 PM

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6554480#post6554480 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sugar Magnolia
gfkIt's a Current Dual Satellite 2x18 W fixture. I just put this on the tank about a month ago. Before that I had a custom built canopy with 2x13W PC's.

Sugar, how did the 2X13W PC's work out before you upgraded? Were you using reflectors? How close were they to the water? Did you have two 50/50's, or?? I just ordered a retro with the same wattage/bulbs for my up and coming 2.5.

Mikeeal

03/10/2006, 06:58 PM

DOH! Nevermind, I just realized I ordered the 2X18W retro. I'm retarded.