New 5 gallon reef

[cje0114]

Hi. I just started up a new 5 gallon tank and figured I would share it with you guys.
I've been out of the hobby for about 5 years now since I had to tear down my large tanks when I moved. Lately I've been itching to set up a new tank, but don't have the space or the cash for a large tank again so I started this little nano.
I decided on a bare bottom and plan on covering it with ricordia and zoo's.
I converted an old aquaclear 300 into a refugium and used an AC70 impeller that I cut 2 blades off of. The fuge is lit with a 48LED Screw in bulb that is in a clip on desk lamp.
I will be lighting it with a coralife dual 18w fixture for now, but will probably upgrade to MH in the future. It is lit with a dual 65w fixture in the pictures.
It has one nano pump in it at the moment, but I have a second one on the way and might put a third one down behind the rocks.
there is about 8 pounds of LR and some rubble in the refugium.
I plan on adding more pics as I progress through the build of my new reef.
Enjoy!
Chris

 

[mfoley]

Looks nice can't wait to see the progression

 

[speg]

 

[cje0114]

Here's a little update on the tank...
I got tired of the bare bottom so I added a few pounds of live sand.
I also wanted to redo the rockwork so out came the hammer..lol.
I added some zoo frags, a ricordia, acan frag, anda purple paly frag. I also added a CUC. 4 small nassarius snals, 4 margarita snails and 3 astrea snails.
Everything is doing great in the tank so far.
Here's a picture of the new layout.

 

[cje0114]

I added a 2nd Koralia Nano to the tank today. I'm much happier with the water flow in the tank now.
I took some pictures of a few of my frags in the tank.
Enjoy!

 

[luvmynano]

Nice tank! That is an extra cool Ric too!!

 

[nissan577]

really nice i must say

i wish i could keep zoas

 

[cje0114]

Thanks for the replies!
The ricordia looks a lot better in person. It has a lot of purple in it.
I always had luck with zoa's in the past so I'm planning on a bunch of the more exotic colors in this tank.
Hopefully, I will only have rare(er) pieces in this tank.....we'll see how that goes.
I'll keep this thread updated as I go along.
Chris

 

[socalnano24]

I'm very interested in what you do with this tank. It looks like it is coming along well.
I have a 5.5 set up as well. I don't have any powerheads, but I have a remora Skimmer and a biowheel HOB. Do you like hte Korallia nanos?
I was thinking about looking into the blowers that work through the glass for space purposes.

 

[speg]

Nice purple palys... I guess I know who won that auction.. you son of a ......
toss me a polyp when it grows.

 

[nissan577]

how the tank btw????