MOAR PICS! "Intrest revives ones thoughts" My 17 gallon natural reef bommie

This tank will now be a soft coral dominated aquarium. Fish stocking stands, the DT led may be redesigned to have less leds...
Equipment
JBJ 12 gallon Nanocube stock pump, which is around 165gph.

Koralia 240gph nano pump, to provide extra flow for the sps.

Lifereef overflow box
Reefbreeders 'Bridgelux" Value fixture ~ Custom Spectrum
Reef portion- 2 495nm cyan, 2 480nm blues, 2 3,000-4,000K Warm Whites,
20 inches x 5-6 inches x 18 inches display fuge, still has to be made.

Will share Reefbreeders fixture with Reef portion of the tank.

Livestock
1 Captive Bred Cinnamon Anemonefish (Amphiprion melanopus)
2 Ocean Reefs and Aquariums Tiger Goby (Elacatinus macrodon)
1 Hi Fin red banded goby (Stonogobiops nematodes)
Many Large-Polyp-Stony-Corals ,and Soft Corals, with a few Montipora or other Small-Polyp-Stony-Corals
Randall's Pistol Shrimp, Pom Pom Crab, Sexy Shrimp x3, Pedersen's Anemone Shrimp, Dwarf Cerith Snails x10+, Nassarius Vibex x6+, Zig Zag Periwinkles x6+, Florida Cerith Snails x4+,







This is it for now, many things will be bought, sold, and made in the next few months!

 

59 ghosts and counting

 

drill it, put in a bean, and go pro. lol I want to see the fuge too.

 

I bet if I drilled it I'd poke out one of my eyes in the process lol
The fuge still has to be built, it will block one long side, gonna be BEAST!

 

Are you going to add a skimmer? Will the CPR hold a skimmer?

My old 17 gallon had a sweet carpet anemone, pair of clowns and some sea grass. Filtration was a skilter...

I like the rimless look to the tank. My concern would be the small volume of water and sps stability.....

Tons of different ways keep a tank, it will be interesting to see what you do with it.

 

Thank you , I've always loved mixed reefs but mixed reefs of this style and size.
I'll post some pics of the planted tank tomorrow, as it looks way nicer, and maybe a few of the little pond.

 

Sorry I do not have an image of that tank, it was before digital cameras.....

It was a 17 gallon tall just like that. Skilter and ghetto lighting held up by 2X4's. Just something I pieced together, much like you're doing. It was great tank wish I did have images.

 

Ghetto pwones lol

 

Planted 56.1g









Some pics are yellowish white because the led is on that setup (100% then 100% W and dimmed down blues)

 

I would say it sounds like quite the challenge.just cause you want to cross the spectrum from rics & zoas which are sometimes happier with less than pristine water to SPS which like more crystal perfect water. Have to consider flow for the two. SPS of course high turn over where as softies not so much. I would definitely consider more live rock. the live rock you could almost build up into a center mound which would create a breaker allowing you SPS on one side (near the powerhead) and your softies and less demanding on the other side. for your display fuge you way want to consider a front to back slope of rock rubble. this will allow you much more room for rubble and the slope will also give you more top surface area to plant you display macros. A small upflow ATS could also be an option in the fuge, even placing it infront of the return pump (with space of course and a pump cover to protect from loose algae) to give you a more totl natural look.