20g Long: Mini-Reef Startup

[oo bubbagump oo]

Okay, I am now about four months into this thing.
Check it, got rid of the anemone. Got rid of the urchin, aquired a blonde Naso (nice!) but swiftly sent him packing...
now...
20g Long
Penguin 170 BioWheel
Rio 200 Powerhead
Tronic 100w Heater
100w Coralife 6500K Metal Halide
20w Helios Blue Actinic
Currently dose B-Ionic(1&2), Kent Iodine, Kent Strontium & Molybdenem, Coral Vital & Reef DNA (Marc Weiss) and Cycle of course.
40lbs LR
25lbs LS
Inhabitants:
1 Teenie Tiny Mandarin ("Minh")
1 Purple Lobster ("Johnson")
3 Scarlet Hermits (All named "Haole")
3 Hawaiian Zebra Hermits (All named "Brah" & "Cuz")
2 Blueleg Hermits (with me since day one!)
2 Trochus Snails ("Jose" & "Manuel")
1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp ("DMX")
1 Horseshoe Crab ("Idiot")
1 XL Hawaiian Duster
White Plate Coral
Orange Deep Sea Gorgonian
Green Star Polyps
Pink Star Polyps
Capnella Coral
Feather Caulerpa
... a pretty "diverse" community so far I think! I am ditching "Minh" as soon as I see my pod population dwindle. Gimme some suggestions on some reef safe personable (not shy) fishies!
Justin

 

[oo bubbagump oo]

Gump... I mean bump.

 

[oo bubbagump oo]

Right? Why thank you.

 

[oo bubbagump oo]

3/4 Shot

 

[bioreefer]

hey justin nice looking tank but I have one question. Do you have a heat transfer problem seem to me you have a huge light for a small tank I guess whatever works. but keep up the good work!

 

[oo bubbagump oo]

Good question. The light gets hot, but there's airflow between the water and the light. I guess as long as you have flow, you should be ok.
I really love the way MH's make my tank "shimmer". I could have spent the same on a good VHO setup, but it would never satisfy me the way these MH's do. Plus, I really like how I have the "brighter" area in the center and have the dimmer regions in the back under rocks and sides.
My heater is set at 77 degrees. Pretty good heater, very satisfied with it. It's not an eyesore either like most of them are. Temperature never goes below 77 but on a HOT day (85 degrees or higher...) with the MH on my tank will heat up to about 80 degrees.
Nitsuj

 

[bioreefer]

justin your not the only who names fish and inverts LOL

 

[oo bubbagump oo]

Here's a side-view. Enjoy.

 

[krunk]

justin, how come that link says cant find the page?

 

[oo bubbagump oo]

...this should work for ya. Better hit it up, before a moderator changes it. (Not promoting other sites, just showing where to get a bulb.)
http://petsolutions.com/cgi-bin/cgii...45.900000&l=27

 

[krunk]

ahh got ya.

 

[-=takopoke=-]

Put a baby tako in there!