My new 20G Thread

The target eats plenty of pods. I hope he makes in that small of a tank. Just keep adding them regularly because they will not have time to multiply in your tank.

 

Looks really nice Yuri , We are at about the same point in our tanks beginnings .

 

Okay so i added two things now. A large piece of gsp, as well as a bright green clove polyp.
First pic you can see in the top right the gsp piece( the larger gsp piece)
Second pic you can see more clearly the single green clove polyp in the lower foreground.

Im currently building a submersible small tank of a sort for excellerated pod reproduction. I am going to try and make a fish-proof location for the pods to reproduce and be merry without getting eaten too quick by the fish.

I started iodine dosing yesterday and the xenia is already showing signs of wanting to extend its primary stem a little further today.

Pic 1


Pic 2


Thanks for reading

 

Hey! Very decent GSP! Your feather duster worm is very nice! Karma up

 

Thank you Camilsky.
I am now looking into some harder stony corals. I know I only have PC's, but I am trying to think of any stony or hard fans corals that I can place on the left side of my tank.

Left side = medium-high placement, moderate-strong lighting, very little current. I could always adjust the current tho.

What would fit over there? Any suggestions?

 

you could probably do some LPS' with no real issues, Frogspawn and hammers usually do pretty well under PC's if placed well and they dont need a ton of flow, + they make a great addition to any tank, I think no reef tank is complete without them 8)

 

I agree. I already have a hammer in the middle top of the tank and love it. I have a heart attack every time he takes a dump because I'm afraid one of these days it wont be a dump but a brown jelly infection haha.

What types of lps' have you guys had success with?

 

THat tank looks fantastic Yuri! You have done a great job and you are wise to not stock anymore fish. I had a 20 long and it was going great and then I overstocked it AND was away more for work. Not a good combo! I was really mad at myself for not following my own advise and those of 3reef.

I think your Mandarin will do fine if you stay diligent with the tiger-pods. With what I see, that doesn't look like a problem. A side fuge may help in any case.

As for hard corals - I would recommend Montipora Digis near the top of the tank. Stay up on Mag. They are the only hard corals that did well in my 20. Great tank!

 

Well, I tried out taking pics with a new digital vid camera. Not sure if they are better or worse than the regular dig camera.

I figured for as much as you guys love photos, Id post them on here for you guys.

PICS:::



The flowerpot I bought and returned the next day haha. After reading about their track record, I got store credit for my large GSP and green clove polyp.


Front right side view of the tank w/ my CB swimming quickly in front.


Some of my CB



Green star polyp baby zoomed in 15x i think


My favorite view of the tank, all the corals were out except for my pink/white feather duster


Clove polyp frag


All around opinion is that the photos come out a little pixilated.
Takes great video though.
Hope you guys liked the photos.

I have been taking photos every 3 days of the tank to document any grwoth patterns and shifting in the corals. Hopefully after 6 months I will be able to have a very nice slideshow of the growth.

 

Update list of things in the tank:

Equipment:

20 Gallon Tall Tank
Reaction 4 Stage canister filter
UV Sterilizer
Rio Nano Skimmer
JBJ 65x2 watt PC lighting
(2) 250g/h sweeper powerheads w/pre foam filter blocks
(3) temperature activated 3"x3" computer fans

Live Rock / Substrate:

20 lbs live CC substrate
20 lbs cured live rock
15 lbs cured tonga branch rock

Inhabitants:

1 Royal Gramma
1 Coral Beauty
1 Psychadelic Mandarin Goby
1 Engineering Goby
1 Green Chromis
5 Turbo Snails
2 Nassarius Snails
23 Hermit Crabs
Weekly dosed tigger pods (2,000-4,000 ppd)
Bi-Daily dose of phyto-zoo plankton

Corals:

Daisy polyps
Mushroom Corals
Two headed Leather Toadstool
Brown Mushrooms
Green/Red Hairy Mushrooms
Pink/White Feather Duster
Short Green Star Polyps
Long Green Star Polyps
Xenia frags
Brown Clove Polyps
Green Clove Polyps