Hello. A few of my tank pics at 2 months

[Sahin]

Hello, I am new here. This is my first post. I have posted a few of my tank and coral pics.

First up is a full tank shot. The coral arent fully open yet as I took this pic a few hours ago just after the main lights came on. Tank is just two months old 24G Nano tank.

Pipe organ coral. Picked up this frag for £1. This is an old pic. The frag has grown quite a lot now.

Next is a pic of one of my fav corals-yet I dont know what it is.

This is my frogspawn coral. Quite nice. Looks very pretty when the actinic is on only.

This is the next unknown frag. I quite like this one. Its growing nicely too.

This is just a closeup of the bubble coral. I was testing out my Canon A20.

A closeup of my candycane coral.

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Tank Stats
Dimensions: L36inch x W12inch x H14inch (holds approx. 24G)

Lighting: 3x NO Fluorescent tubes:- 1xActinic, 1x9.5K Daylight & 1x6.5K Triphosphur

Water circulation: 1x Maxi-JetMP600 PH & Fluval 304 Canister (no media)

DSB: Approx. 3inch depth very fine sand.

Live Rock: Approx 30lbs of Fijian cured live rock.

Protein Skimmer: RedSea Prizm Protein Skimmer

Heater: Visi-Jet 150W heater.

Thermometer: Aquarium Thermo Digital thermometer.

Cooling: 1x 3inch PC fan & 3x1inch PC fans placed on light fixture.
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Hope you like looking at these pics.
Not great pics--only have an old Canon A20 (2.1MegaPixel).

 

[Anonymous]

welcome to the board!

 

[SPC]

Very nice, well done!
Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Quite nice. It looks like your off to a good start. You might want to slow down and not add enything else for a while. And be sure to leave room for growth. It all grows. Just check out my 75G nano thread! http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17049


Good Luck! :wink:

Louey

 

[Reefguide]

Very Nice...

This is just a closeup of the bubble coral. I was testing out my Canon A20.

Is that the Canon Powershot A20 ?? Macro lens?

 

[Sahin]

Thanks. I am really happy the way this tank is going.

Yes, I am using the Canon Powershot A20 in macro.
Nothing else.

Visit http://www.geocities.com/lim_kwang_hui/canon/a20.html to see just what can be done with this camera.

Particularly look at the big pic of the single flower--awseome!

 

[ChrisRD]

Sahin:

Great looking tank!

 

[SeanT]

How can your tank, that is only TWO months old, be up and running with corals and livestock???

I would have figured that it would just be through its cycle by now.

 

[reefland]

That seems a bit overstocked for only two months. But looks very nice.

 

[oranje]

For a tank that is just two months old, I am amazed. Keep up the good work!

 

[Sahin]

The tank never "cycled". I bought guarranteed CURED live rock from my LFS paid £12 per kilogram. I tested for Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates for the first 2 weeks just to be sure. The last 6 weeks added most of the corals. I agree it was a hurried work, but its worked out fine.

I did a LOT of reading (and having a Science Degree helps alot) around which has enabled me to achieve what I have with this tank. I could have went slower with the stocking though.

You have noticed the 2 clowns and and the cleaner shrimp--this is as far as I will go with the fish sotck.

Though the tank has got a lot of corals already, its still quite barren in terms of the microfauna etc. Its only in the last week or so that I began seeing lots of sand creatures milling around at night around various rock crevices.