My First Reef Tank

Very happy with my Blenny Aquamedic.





There won't be any fish until April, but I am going to add invert and soft corals slowly.

 

Very good on going the slow approach.

Interesting little tank, I like how it's rimless and basically an all in one tank.

What inverts are you planing?

 

I am thinking to add some shrimps like Banded Coral or Blood red fire (they are so expensive thou). One blue and pink sea star, perhaps blue tuxedo urchin. I already have brittle sea star, brittle worm and feather duster from my live rocks. Mmmm… 5 more snails? Nerite looks cool. Or Astrea. Any more idea? No more crabs.

 

Looks good. I like the rock work!

 

The thing about the live rock I got, one side is colourful full of coralline, the other side is totally white. So I have to hide the ugly side lol. But they are supposedly cured. My water PH is slightly lower after I added these (still in the range 8 to 8.5).

The three aquaspotlight are excellent - I love how it shimmers and give 3 spotlight-like. They are 3x3W, 9W in total, 14.000K LED lights. I hope they should be enough for sea anemone?

 

The sea star might not be reef safe, and the tank probably isnt big enough for urchins, they act like bulldozers, adult brittle stars can get pretty big, unless you have mini or micro brittle which stay small. I would personally avoid nerites as their eggs become unsightly and can't even hatch in reef tanks. astrea and ceriths are great options. Also the lights would support the anemone, but you should wait until your tank is stable, and you get a feel for your tank and its maintenance.

 

great looking aquascape so far. Should be fun to see it progress.

 

Updated.

I add a leather and a hammer. Both are hardy so I won't be too worry.

 

Updated:


Added coco worm, colt coral and xenia.

 

Very cool little system......Has your tank cycled? It looks like you're adding things before it's actually cycled? or maybe I missed that and you had already cycled it?