brandons 20gallon sps diary

brandon7491

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alright guys as some of you already know i am starting a 20gallon sps tank. here are some pictures and what not. it has 2 penguin 1140 power heads in the corners of the tank with a black background. i have cycled the water with shrimp already and have 30lbs of ls in it. on wednesday 22lbs of ultra premimum fiji lr will be comming in and if i dont have enough the 25lbs from my 14gallon nano will help even it out. i am using a simple milenum 2000hob filter with biological filtration and it has chemical filtration. no protien skimmers are going to be used and it should be self supporting. my lights are going to be a 150 aquamedic metal hailide which will be suspended about 16-22inches from the tank. the fish list is going to be well actually here are the two fish that i am 100% going to be getting a flame angel and a 6line wrase to control flat worms from eating the sps. they will be added last so the lr can mature for the angel and the 6line last so it wont bully other fish. here are now some pics of the tank and my 14gallon nano which all the corals will be going from it into the 20long. also may i add that i will have xenia glued on the 2 outer corners of the tank for a more wavy and elegant look.



 

clay12340

Member
Softies and SPS don't usually get along well. They will both pump toxins into the water trying to kill each other. I'd leave the softies in the 14g and keep just the SPS in the 20 gallon to avoid it.
 

brandon7491

Member
yea yea thats what i was thinking. n e ways i will though put the green open brain coral in, still have xenia superglued on the two outer corners of the tank,and have ricordea thats it for softies. the rest is sps
 

brandon7491

Member
ahhh so today was the day i got my live rock so happy!!!! i have already done my saltwater washing of the lr and have aquascaped which i really like it tons of noyce places for acro and monti to be on. also i put some small pieces behind the larger rocks so the crabs and what not can have fun. here are some pics. enjoy suggestions are welcome.




 

babyb

Active Member
looks good but the pic of ***********(sp) might get deleted, im starting to get into the sps corals, what kind of lighting do you have
 

brandon7491

Member
well it has been almost a month now since i got my lr and boy has it turned out nicely so far. only had to re aquascape 1 and now its done. my light has been on back order but i finally got the two thumbs up and it will be shipped in the next 7 business days. my lr has some green coraline algae and some purple on it. im guessing green due to the fact is hasnt been getting any light.
n e ways heres a pic enjoy.
 

brandon7491

Member
well my light finally came in yesterday and boy was i excited. i did one last test before adding my corals and what not from my other tank. everything came out perfect. nitrate-0,nitrite-0,phos-0,calcium 420-ph-8.2.-8.4ish,amonia-0,salinity 1.025. here ae some pictures enjoy


 

brandon7491

Member
well i removed a penguin 1140 powerhead from this tank and put in a maxijet 900 just way way way too much flow with 2 penguins. does anyone have any constructive criticism or suggestions for this tank?
 

clay12340

Member
Let it grow :) It is looking good so far. I'd personally remove both of the penguins and just use powerheads, but it looks like you are doing alright so far.
 

brandon7491

Member
i went to my lfs and got a water test today and my salinity was a tad bit high at 1.026 and nitrates were just barely showing up. so i did a 5gallon water change which made everything perfect again
 

brandon7491

Member
thxs guys i removed that big boulder in the center and added corline covered rock that i have been bruing in my rubermaid tub. na its not it is a maze brain but i removed it. i have to post more recent pics cuz the whole tank is now purple. i am getting alot of sps today which is good =-)
 
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