I think I may leave the plumbing exposed once it's painted black. I think it might give it a cool "industrial" look. Once my lights arrive Ill be swapping out the leg mounts and getting the hanging kit.
Equipment
-30g Perfecto tank (36"x12"x16")
-Black Perfecto stand
-EuroReef CS5-2 skimmer
-Mag7 return pump
-DIY 3/4" 4 output return manifold
-36" Nova Extreme Pro T5HO 6x39w fixture - should be arriving from drsfostersmith.com any day now
Proposed Equipment
-Lifereef 700gph overflow
-15H sump w/ chaeto
-5g RDSB bucket
-150w heater
-2x hydor koralia 3s (the new shipment in April, not taking chances with the recalled ones)
-Phosban reactor
-ATO from autotopoff.com or tunze
-2x American DJ powerstrips
-API test kits
-custom water sensor overflow with auto-pump cut-off & alarm
-refractometer
-2x 10g reservoirs for RO/DI water and saltwater storage
-reef crystals salt
Proposed Livestock
-Rock & Sand-
-30lbs mixed deco and premium corraline rock from FloridaLiveRock.com (formerly GulfView)
-10-15lb hand-picked tonga kaelini from Premium Aquatics
(glad I'm only an hour away)
-40lbs Nature's Ocean Bio-Active Reef Sand
-CUC-
~20 blue leg hermits
~5 scarlet reef hermits
~3 halloween hermits
~10 astrea snails
~5 nassarius snails
~5 turbo snails
-Coral-
-assorted rics, zoas, and shrooms to start
-assorted softies (leathers, kenya tree, etc)
-some LPS after maybe 6 months (trumpet, candy cane, brain, bubble, frogspawn, hammer)
-SPS after a year if everything goes well (montipora, birdsnest, acropora)
-Fish & Inverts-
1- pair of black and white ocellaris (tank-raised)
1- Yashia White Ray shrimp goby & banded pistol shrimp
1- Vampire Pseudochromis
1- Dwarf Eibli Angel (maybe?)
2- Peppermint shrimp
1- Camel shrimp
2- Porcelin crabs
This is all subject to change so any advice/discussion is welcome. I often am second-guessing myself and would appreciate any input. Thanks!!
P.S.
Halloween crab pumping iron in my Deco 3
