Ryan M's 55 gallon mini reef

[-ryan. m-]

long time lurker 1st time poster , whats going on guys ... quick run down
55 gallon tank
2 hob's one is 75 gallon with sponges and carbon and bio wheels
1 is 55 hob with ultra fine polishers sponges cermaics and carbon
1 auqa 50 power head
no protein skimmer
not a single water change ever in 1 year
80 degrees
all water at perfect specs
60 plus pounds live rock
2 yellow polys/ watermellon polys/ green star pollys /purple musrooms/ ginos
red mushrooms /fether dusters and a few others
3 chromis/clarkii/royal gramma/cleaner shrimp/assorted dasmels
horseshoe crab/assorted snails/assorted hermit crabs
basically the rock work was done by my father and im going to focus on the corals and then let everything grow
thanks for looking

 

[cmaxwell39]

Looks good so far. I like the rockwork with the open section in the middle. What kind of lighting are you running and what are your future plans for the tank? How about some close ups of the fish and corals?

 

[-ryan. m-]

all the rock work thanks goes right towards my dad hes got the magic eye for it and when he talked about a open mid section i couldnt picture it either but it adds 2 cliff faces that i want to overwhelm with zoos
coralife power compacts for lights 2 10ks and 2 atinics 4 led moon lights
atinics come on at 9 15 till 10 15 then all lighting then 10ks off at 9 40 then atinics then moon lights on
fututre plans are plusing xenia and lots of different zoos and mushrooms and sit back and watch it grow.. also id like to add 1 really nice fish most likely a tang
thanks again

 

[nissan577]

my answer are in red.

all the rock work thanks goes right towards my dad hes got the magic eye for it and when he talked about a open mid section i couldnt picture it either but it adds 2 cliff faces that i want to overwhelm with zoos
Love your dads work! it looks fantastic! thank him everyday you see him.
coralife power compacts for lights 2 10ks and 2 atinics 4 led moon lights
i would upgrade to atleast t5 lighting, if you are planning on keeping more corals of variety.
atinics come on at 9 15 till 10 15 then all lighting then 10ks off at 9 40 then atinics then moon lights on
Perfect!

fututre plans are plusing xenia and lots of different zoos and mushrooms and sit back and watch it grow.. also id like to add 1 really nice fish most likely a tang
the xenias will look great. even though they grow so fast but they give the tank a waving look! i love it! as for tangs the tank is to small. im sorry. maybe a flame angel?
love everything about the tank!

and welcome to the Forums!

 

[-ryan. m-]

I do ! thank him and thank you very much
i looked up a t5 fixture ill see if i can budget that
sad on the no tang i like a flame angel those are nice too!
the saltwater fish store where i go .. its mainly a holding tank he has big accounts at pepsi and other corperations said i could keep a tang

guess not