My Aquarium has had a rather dramatic change since my last post. I decided to upgrade the tank to a clearseal reefspace 700 - 175l tank. This is 3x bigger than the small nano I was planning on using. The reefspace is able to hold a few more fish than the small nano including a small shoal of cardinals and a peacock wrasse. It also gives me good space for coral placement and as the water quantity is larger, small fluctuations in parameters won't be as big of an issue.
I have added some new inhabitants to the tank since the last post which include, a cleaner shrimp, a tuxedo urchin, a orange lipped conch and a firefish. I have also added my first 2 corals, a small toadstool frag and x2 kenya trees.
Equipment:
- Clearseal ReefSpace 700 // oceanlife overflow
- TMC IlumunAir 600 display tank lighting
- BM c3.5 skimmer
- TMC v2 4000 return pump
- x2 Hydor korilia nano - one to be replaced with a Jabeo rw4
- Aqua medic titanium 200w heater w/ stc1000 thermostat
- D-D 20w UV steriliser w/ Eheim pump
- Wavepoint 6500K DAYLIGHT CLAMP LAMP 6" 8W Sump light
- D-D h2ocean fluidised reactor running Rowaphos
Rock/Sand:
- 15kg* of mixed live rock, real reef branches and ceramic rock. *May be more I have not completely weighed it all.
- 10 kg of Red sea ocean white dry aragonite sand
Miscellaneous Filtration:
- Macro Algae - Dragons breath, Red grape & Cheato in the sump.
- x3 Red Mangroves (Mainly for decoration) currently growing well in the tank
Current Livestock:
- Clownfish x2
- Firefish x1
- Pom Pom crabs x2
- Peppermint Shrimp x2
- Hermit Crabs x2
- Snails x8
- Tuxedo urchin x1
- orange lipped conch snail x1
- cleaner shrimp x1
Potential Livestock i want to add:
- x1 Royal Gramma
- x1 Orange striped prawn goby (Amblyeleotris randalli)
- x5 yellow striped cardinals
- x1 Peacock wrasse - female (Tank at 6 months mark)
- x1 mandarin (Tank around 8-12 months mark)
- x1 pistol shrimp to pair w/ goby
- x1 Maxima Clam
- x1 bubbletip anemone
- x3 sexy shrimp
In regards to corals I have a rough idea of what I would like to keep, starting with soft corals to begin with and then slowly advancing.
Soft Corals:
Soft Corals:
- Pink kenya tree coral (added 23/1/16)
- Toadstool leather coral (added 30/1/16)
- Assorted mushrooms
- Assorted zoas
Lps Corals:
- Hammer coral
- Torch coral
- Frogspawn Coral
- Duncan coral
Sps Corals:
- Birdsnest coral
- Branching acropora coral
