Birdfeathers First Saltwater Tank(20 gallons)

Hi guys I'm new to the reef community but not new to owning fish tanks. I've had aquariums for a little over 15 years now and I feel that I've done pretty much everything there is to do with freshwater, so I am now moving on to reef tanks. This tank was started 1/16/12 and has made a lot of progress since. Let me know what you guys think!

Water Params:
pH-8.3
Specific Gravity 1.025
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
Phosphate-0
Calcium-435ppm
Alkalinity- Meq/L 3.4 dkH 9.5
Magnesium-1360ppm


Hardware/Filtration

20H Gallon Tank
[STRIKE]Marineland Bio-wheel 150(charcoal media/not using wheel)[/STRIKE](uninstalled)
Aqua Clear 110 Refugium w/ chaeto
Custom Made Plexi-glass hood
Marine Depot Pro Refractometer
Marineland Reef Capable Light 24-36''(Refugium Light)
Rapid L.E.D. Full Spectrum Light
Rapid L.E.D. Controller
AquaC Remora Nano w/ Cobalt MJ900
AquaEuro USA Chiller w/ Taam Rio+ 800 Pump
[STRIKE]Marineland Hot Magnum Canister[/STRIKE](uninstalled)
[STRIKE]Marineland Heater[/STRIKE](Uninstalled)
Nextreef Mr1 Reactor w/ Eheim 600 Compact Pump running Rowaphos inside
2x Koralia Nano Evo 425
JBJ ATO
25 lbs Caribsea live sand
35 lbs live rock

Fish
2x Occelaris Clownfish(1 "Standard" 1 Black snowflake)
1x Green Mandarin
1x Blue Sapphire Damselfish
1x Green Corris Wrasse
1x Yellow Candy Hogfish
1x Azure Damselfish
[STRIKE]1x Purple Dottyback[/STRIKE](Traded)
[STRIKE]1x Green Goby[/STRIKE](Traded)

Corals

Zoathids
Palys
Pulsing Xenia
Green Frogspawn
Pink and Blue Flower Pot
White Frogspawn
Ricordea Mushrooms
Yuma Mushrooms
Nuclear Green St Thomas Mushrooms
Reverse Rainbow Monti
[STRIKE]Orange Sponge[/STRIKE](Traded)
[STRIKE]Blue Sponge[/STRIKE](Traded)
Green Duncan Polyp
White Clove Polyps
Kenya tree coral
[STRIKE]Button Polyp[/STRIKE](Traded)
Clove Polyps
[STRIKE]Green Trumpet Coral[/STRIKE](Traded)
[STRIKE]Torch[/STRIKE](Traded)
Skittles Acan
[STRIKE]Elegance Coral[/STRIKE](Traded)
Super Fatty Dendrophyllia
Long hairy Mushrooms
[STRIKE]chalice(freebie)[/STRIKE](Traded)
Monitpora Caprcornis
Green Starburst Polpys
Spiral Coral
Blueberry Gorgonian
Blue and Blue Sympodium Polyp
Black and Orange Sun polyps
Spiral Coral
Orange and Purple Chilli Coral
Purple Sea Fan(NPS)

Inverts

2x Astraea Snails
3x Florida Cerith Snails
3x Dwarth Cerith
5x Nerite Snails
5x Nassariuas Snails
1x Tiger Sand Conch
1x Peppermint Shrimp
2x Sexy Shrimp
1x Fuzzy Chiton
[STRIKE]1x Bubble Tip Anemone[/STRIKE](Sold)
[STRIKE]2x Electric Blue Hermits[/STRIKE](Traded)
[STRIKE]1x Electric Orange Hermit[/STRIKE](Traded)
1x Pom Pom Crab
1x Japenese Anemone(Halcurias carlgrenis)
1x Yellow Sea Cucumber(Colochirus robustus)
1x [STRIKE]Green Ceratosoma Nudibranch[/STRIKE](returned to LFS after being mis-informed on proper care for them and didn't want them to die in my new tank)

Anyways here are some pictures






I'll try to get full tank shots later, nothing too impressive yet, but hopfully I can change that in time...

 

reserve slot.

 

Hey welcome to Salt! and Great pics too! Good job on 0 nitrates ( you got me beat =/ ) haha ill try to get some pics of my tank on here someday!

 

haha thanks dude, from what I read, I got kinda lucky on the nitrates getting to zero fairly fast....

 

How do you get your snails to line up like that.

What type of anemone is that?

Great scape.

 

Wait, not all snails line up in single file lines?

the anemone is a Halcurias carlgrenis aka Japenese Halcurias, they are non-photosynthetic and like cooler waters, 60-70 degrees, burr.

And thanks, I'll try to get a pic of the full tank, the last pic is only 1/2 of the tank lol....

 

cool tank, but how are ya keeping that anemone with the fish and other corals? just curious

 

I hope those clowns dont try to get that nem to be a host. Free, easy lunch for that thing.

Cool tank though anyhow.

 

Well, as far as keeping it with fish, anything of decent size it won't bother. I had a really small occelaris orginally and he gobled him right up, but my current two I'd say are around a 1''-1 1/2'' mark and he doesn't seem to bother them. As far as bothering any corals I have had no issues yet though even fully extended the anemone is still several inches away from my next closest corals(ricordia) ....keep in mind these are very small anemones ideal for nano reef tanks..

Idk if I'm alowed to post links on here but theres one for sale ...At livesquaria. com in the Divers den NFS section.....

 

haha, ya I hope so also....trying to encourage them to just host the frogspawn