Dr. Bergeron's MPT

I've been meaning to get around to putting this project up. A few months back I started a Marine Planted Tank.

Equipment:
30 gallon Tank w/ canopy
Sundial T5 6 bulb lighting fixture
Fluval 305 canister filter (nitrate factory, GO)
Tunze DOC skimmer - Awesome skimmer with no microbubbles.

Livestock:
Pistol Shrimp
Yasha Goby - Living with Pistol Shrimp
Pair of Banggai Cardinals

Coral:
1 colony of zoas

Plants:
Long branched Codium
Red Gracilaria
halymenia
Cactus Caulerpa
Fern Caulerpa
Oar Grass
Mermaids Fan
Pencil Caps
Halimedia
Sea grass (unknown type)
Unknown Caulerpa - (similar to grape)
Red Fire Algae


Pics: (taken 7-2 I'll have some updated ones soon)

















FTS 7-02-2010


A lot of action in the tank since these pictures were taken:

The pistol shrimp has taken it upon himself to prune most of the halymenia plant to decorate his burrow with, that trickster.

Pencil caps have started spreading and popping up.
Oar grass has taken a firm hold.
New mermaid fans have also started popping up.

Updated pics coming soon.

 

That's a very nice build! I can't wait to see it fill out. It'll be just as awesome as a coral reef tank imo.

 

Super nice. Yasha Goby? Never heard....different name?

 

That's quite a nice tank. Definitely not something you see every day, which makes it all the more intriguing.

 

I believe the scientific name for it is Stonogobiops yasha.

Thanks, I can't wait to see the bed of oar grass and pencil caps fill out myself.

 

great tank, love your zoas too!

 

Where ya been doc? Good to hear from you. Say, how about a full tank shot?

 

It's hard to get a Full tank shot of this tank due to where it is in my house. I only have camera phones at my disposal, so when I try to take a complete FTS the tank gets washed out with white-light. Maybe I'll take some composite images and photochop them together in a few days.

 

Looks great, can't wait to see it filled out

 

what kinda bulbs are you using on this thing> all 67K?