My 20G long- with several pics.

[rodri075]

I just found out how to post pics from AJP's thread. Thanks again!

Tank: 20 gallon, up and running for 9 years
Filtration: CPR 2R skimmer, CPR hang on refugium
Additional circulation: minijet powerhead, cycles with wavemaster pro
Lighting: Coralife 24" setup with 150W 20,000K DE MH and 2 65W PC actinics
Maintenance: daily water topoff with RODI, q4-6 week 25% water changes, feed fish daily, clean glass once a week

Corals: mostly softies including zoos, mushroom leathers, tree corals, finger leathers, mushrooms, ricordia, GSPs, pipe organ, protopalythoas, and tons of xenia, also candy cane and pink goniopora
Inverts: hitchhiker miniature feather dusters and starfish, coral banded shrimp, few snails and hermit crabs, crocea and tridacnid clams
Fish: orchid dottyback, maroon clown, soon to add 6-line wrasse

[Absinthe]

WOW! One of the nicest softie tanks I have seen.

Could you post some more pics please? Very interested in seeing more full tank shots and full setup (equipment) shots!

[drummereef]

Absolutely. Wonderful display of softies, colors are fantastic. Love the clam too.

[Hurley675]

So Awesome

[Super M&M]

Very Nice and thanks for sharing!

[navyav8tr]

Very beautiful. Nice and healthy looking too.

[sir_dudeguy]

Awesome! Do you have a full tank shot?

[rodri075]

Thanks for the nice comments guys! I'll have to take some FTS shots and pics of the equipment setup. I'll try to post them soon.

[10" Red Devil]

Whoa! What a stunner! I was expecting the usually newly setup hokey 20long and blame! Nice colors from your softies!! Great aquascape!

[10" Red Devil]

best 20 long I have ever seen hands down. Beats mine anyday! Of course if I had more corals I might be able to give you run for your money lol!

[rodri075]

A few more pics: the one with the open canopy shows the hang on refugium (with 18W PC lights) on the left and hang on skimmer on the right. The last shows a close up of some of my coolest finds: neon green toadstool and Sinularia I got from Aquatic Technology in N. Ohio and a fairly rare variety of organ pipe I got at Tropicorium in Detroit.

[10" Red Devil]

How long did it take you to get the sinularia to grow that big?

Thanks!

[vijaym85]

Is that a Green polyp toadstool at the very left? Can you take more pics of whatever it is because I absolutely love it very pretty..

Did you get it online?


Great tank very nice job!

[sir_dudeguy]

yes, that is a green polyped toadstool in the left. I've got one of those as well

[rodri075]

Hey Red Devil,

I was lucky enough to actually pick up the Sinularia at close to that size. Apparently the LFS I got it from originally got it from a local reefkeeper who gets them to grow very well under metal halides. It actually hasn't grown too much for me in the last 9 months but I do not add anything to my tank to feed the corals specifically.

vijay,

The green toadstool was a lucky find that I found at a LFS. It actually has done very well in my tank with constantly good polyp expansion. It was a frag. My brother also has one that he got at another LFS and his was a frag also so I think that is the most common way to get a hold of these. However, I think I have seen these sold online also- at a steep price.

[sir_dudeguy]

lol i got mine for free I got it as just a small frag from someone. All i traded for it was some xenia. Looks exactly like yours, except judging by your pics, i think the base of mine is a bit darker purple. And like you say, its ALWAYS opened up really really wide like that.

[vijaym85]

Thanks for sharing the pic. Very nice tank.

By the way does it appear to be the same as this coral

http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...fm?pCatId=2320

[Crackerballer]

Are you a doctor or pharmacist rodri075?

[Jadams]

beautifull tank!

[rodri075]

Vijay, the link does seem to show and describe pretty much the same coral. Mine has a cream colored base as described in the link (as opposed to the cooler sounding purplish base that sir_dudeguy has). Maybe he could get you a frag!

Crackerballer, I guess you noticed my abbreviation for "every". Yup, I am in one of the professions you mentioned.

I made it to the annual fragswap in Cleveland yesterday (found out about it from a forum here at reefcentral) and I picked up some nice little frags of corals I have almost never before seen in stores. Maybe I will post some pics of them later. Thanks again for the compliments guys!

-CPR

[Crackerballer]

Yea I work in a Pharmacy and am applying to Pharmacy school at UNC Chapel Hill next year. I also have a 20L, but it's not setup. Yea abbreviation gave you away.

[moo0o]

you have an incredibly nice fish tank. haha makes me change my mind about sps.

[moo0o]

i mean...wanting an sps tank* haah

[rodri075]

Got some pics of my newest guys that I picked up at the fragswap. The first one is my favorite- and something I have never seen before (at least this color variety-which looks amazing under moonlights). It is a Favites sp. (Moon or pineapple coral). The second shows a waving hand Anthelia coral (with adjacent xenia). Anthelia aren't supposed to be so rare but I almost never see them in LFSs. The last shows some garden variety zoos (on bottom left and top middle) which go by the cool sounding names of "Nuclear Dragon Eye and Eagle Eye". The names sound cooler than they look...LOL!

mooOo, I actually have been hoping for a long time to get my first SPS coral ever. I would love to have a nice Seriatopora or Pocillipora!

[mwoneal]

rodri075,

Awesome tank, extremely clean. I notice you are using a skimmer on your tank, which I am assuming contributes to the cleanliness of your tank. I was told not to run a skimmer on my nano w/ zenia in it because the zenia liked slightly nutrient rich water. Any comments on that thought? My zenia is doing well so far, but I am thinking about running a skimmer anyways to help remove particulate matter in the water column. TIA.