29 Gallon Update Pics

searcher

searcher

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Here's an update of my 29 gallon tank.
Here's My Setup:
29 Gallon Acrylic with a 96 watt smart lamp
22 lbs live rock and 35 lbs of sand
2 perc clowns and 1 flame hawk
mushrooms, zoanthids, sun coral, xenia and gsp
5 peppermint shrimp
various snails and hermits
Feeding
I feed a cube of frozen food 4 - 5 days a week. I alternate between various types.
Maintenance
I top off with kalkwasser almost everyday.
I change one gallon of water once a week. After I've removed the water I run carbon for a few hours then I remove the carbon and add the new saltwater.
I test salinity when I do water changes.
I test ph, nitrate, alk and calc when my xenia's don't look right. If alk and/or calc are off I dose with Reef Calcium or Reef Carbonate.
The tank was set up in November 2002.
 
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ivanfj

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Definitely amazing!!! Keep up the good work. I've never seen an acrylic tank as clear as yours before.
 
searcher

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Thank you Cliff and Ivan. I shot most of the photos with my canon PowerShot S1 IS.
One more full tank shot:
 
firedad720

firedad720

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looks better then my 29 gal. have you lost any shrimp to the flame hawk? i've wanted on for awhile, but was told the hawks are shrimp eaters. how are yours getting along?
rick
 
bot587

bot587

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nice, just wondering how long have you had corals for? I thought it should be 5 watts per gallon, in which case your a little bit shy...
 
searcher

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Firedad, I've only had the hawk for a week. So far no problem, but it does seem that I have fewer of the real small snails in the tank.
 
searcher

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Bot587 all the corals have been in the tank for at least a year. WPG is a very general rule with lots of exceptions. I've limited my coral selection to ones with lower light requirements. I put the zoo's on top closer to the top and the shrooms on the bottom. The only adverse affect I've had is that my GSP are no longer green. But they still grow like crazy.
Check out some of Brooklyn Johnny's posts regarding lighting in a nano tank.
 
firedad720

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he is a great looking hawk. wish i hadn't put so much $$$ into my shrimp, or i might of gave one a try. I WILL GET ONE SOMEDAY.
rick
 
nm reef

nm reef

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Outstanding nano...and pics!!!
If I didn't have so much invested in my reef I'd like to establish a nano for myself. Great job...:yes:
 
searcher

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Thanks NM reef. Firedad, I had a cleaner and a fireshrimp. But they died during a pump malfunction and overheating problem I had earlier this summer. Once they were gone I decided to get a hawk. But I had an apstaisia problem so I got the peppermints. They ate all of the apstasia within a week. So I was willing to risk getting the hawk. I don't want it to eat the shrimp, but if it does I won't be too upset.
Below is a photo of the late fireshrimp. It was beautiful and expensive. Unfortunately, it's a dark water animal and it always stayed hidden.
 
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