Norg's 30 gallon reef (New stuff pg.7)

Hey guys, I have enough in this tank now to maybe justify showing some pictures. The tank is a 30 gallon (36 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 16 3/4). It is lit by a 4 bulb Teklight with 2 ATI Actinic+, 1 KZ Fiji Purple, and 1 ATI Blue+. I plan on swapping out the blue plus with an ATI Coral+ bulb the next time I place an order with BRS.



FTS





20 gallon long sump/fuge with mangroves and chaeto. Lit by a 5500k CFL bulb. On the far left is my JBJ auto top off system. As far as heaters go, I have a Jager Eheim 150watt and an Aqueon 50watt. In the future I will be adding am Aquacontroller jr to deal with the lights, potential skimmer and maybe even dosing pumps. I plan on running a carbon reactor. I will probably build my own.



The start to my zoa garden in this tank. Some Green Bay Packer, radioactive dragon eye, eagle eye, pretty pink and unnamed orange zoas so far.



Small purple sharp tipped birdsnest. Placement isnt final, just judging how it does under the new lights.



Purple people eater favia. Really cool piece in person.



Pink birdsnest.

Thats all that I have for corals in this tank so far. Depending on how the SPS like the T5s Ill probably have an SPS dominated tank.

My stocking list so far,
2 ocellaris clownfish
1 flame angel (possibly?)
1 neon goby
1 fire or cleaner shrimp

The only thing I am really sure about are the clownfish. I plan on getting them soon.

Thanks for reading! Any feedback or input is appreciated!

 

Beautiful tank man. That's a nice solid stock too.

 

your tank and frags are very beautiful!

 

Beautiful tank for sure! Enjoy!

 

Nice!

 

Thanks guys! Its far from done! I added a pair of clowns a couple days ago. Havent been able to get a good picture of them though. Also added a large fire shrimp and a HUGE acan enchinata. Right now it is definitely the center piece of the tank right now. Ill get some better pictures later but here is the enchinata soon after I added it.







It is more purple and orange in person. Ill try to get a shot of it with its true colors. But either way Im happy with this piece.

 

Your definitely going to have to take a FTS to show the true size of that acan. Close-ups due it no justice.

 

Haha. Your right man. I will get some better shots of it later.

 

Updates?

 

I picked up a pair of clownfish and a fire shrimp for this tank. The fire shrimp was from a friend and he is huge! Here he is.






Here are the clowns.





Some palys that I threw in here.



Nassarius snail wandering the tank.



Small piece of green slimer that I put in here to see how it would react to the T5s.



Still a barren looking FTS.

I just picked up a dual dosing pump to use in the future on this tank. Not much reason to use it now when there isnt much in it. Thats all for now. Ill be adding more frags in the next couple weeks. Maybe Ill get a flame angel or goby of some sort when I can afford to do so.