This is my 40 gallon tank diary

ianizaguirre

ianizaguirre

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This was my tank when i first converted my freshwater tank to a saltwater one. at this time i only had my old freshwater bio wheel filter as filteration with 2 medium sized pieces of live rock along with a heater. my lighting fixture that i got for it was a cheap coral life 96 watt light fixture. and for water movement i had a koralia 1.

then this was my tank after 4 months. at this point i added another powerhead which was a koralia 3, took off the bio wheel filter and added a ecosystem pro 60 hang on back refugium, that came with a built in back pack protein skimmer. so i moved my one heater in there so it was not in plain view. i also added some purple and tan xiena as my first coral along with some orange feather dusters, that wouldent last long. and as for fish i had one yellow wrasse and 3 chromies. so here are some more pics of the tank after 4 months...


then i changed up the rock work the next month so this is the tank at 5 months (then i added some Green star polyps and some mushroom rocks)





 
ianizaguirre

ianizaguirre

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so at some point during these 5 months i added a flame angel that i ended up keeping for about 4 months but found out he was picking at some of my corals so he had to go, here are some pictures of it...




and these are some pictures of my yellow wrasse which i still have...



and heres a picture of my chromies
 
ianizaguirre

ianizaguirre

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this was my tank at like about 6 months
( a little fogy)

and here are some pictures of some of my corals at the time






and heres a picture of my sand bed level

and heres another picture of my tank at this time

 
ianizaguirre

ianizaguirre

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then this was my tank at about 8 months with my new nova extreme pro fixture i bought for it which gives my about 235 wats of light.






 
ianizaguirre

ianizaguirre

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Continuation...




And this is my sotck in the tank SO FAR
40 gallon Reef- One Yellow Wrasse, 2 Chromis, Hermits, Snails, one Sand Sifting Tiger Starfish, one fighting conch, and Corals- one frogs span coral, one Green striped and purple mushroom rock, one orange mushroom frag, purple glove xenia, Tan xienia, 2 differnt types of green star polyps, one Cynarina coral, , one Fox coarl, one button polyp rock one plate coral, one yellow scroll coral, one Big Orange Montipora capricornis, and one 2 mouthed Orange Ricordea Mushroom.
And right now i am in the process of getting rid of the hang on back refugium i have and upgrading that to a 20 gallon high sump and a Asm protein skimmer.
Hope you enjoyed it please leave comments and ask questions
 
girlina4x4

girlina4x4

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Yes, I do! I haven't gotten into corals yet (hopefully in about a year), so your tank looks really nice and impressive! And the wrasse looks like he has a spunky personality :)
 
rebelprettyboy

rebelprettyboy

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Dang that monti sure has grown! Nice shots and tank is beautiful. Cant beleive no one else has really commented? Great job on it!!!
 
ianizaguirre

ianizaguirre

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hahaha yea it is a black trash bag and its the same one in all the pics lol
oo and the monti i got yesterday from some guy who was selling it around me so i got it i hope i got a good deal it was 100$ hes had it since it was a little frag lol o and it can survive with my light right ? i have about 235 watts of t-5 light with the nova extreme pro fixture i have and plus my tank is only 40 gallons so its pretty shallow. do you think i can get a clam ?
 
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cmaxwell39

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Your tank looks really nice. You have done a lot with it in 10 months.
Yes the monti should do excellent with your light and yes I think that you can have a clam under those lights as well.
 
ianizaguirre

ianizaguirre

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haha thanks do you think 100$ was a good deal for it ? O and i have a question how can i recieve emails when someone replyes ???
 
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