Sacohen 55 Gallon tank Thread

This is my 55 Gallon Tank.
I started it in July.







Current picture. 12/8/12



It's a 55 Gallon tank with a Pro Clear Pro 75 Wet/Dry filter.
Coralife Lunar Aquatic compact Fluorescent lights
A NatureReef Denitrification chamber, a Quite One 3000 return pump and a JBJ Oceanstream Circulation Pump/Powerhead + Duo Wavemaker Kit 1600 gph

Fish include 2 false Clownfish, a bicolor psudochromis, Flame angle and a Sailfin Tang.

1 Pencil Urchin and a Coral Banded Shrimp.

Long Tentacle Anemone & Rose Bubble Tip Anemone.

Several Tubro Snails and Mexican Turbo's along with Nassarius snails, Red Led\g Crabs and Blue Knuckle Crabs.


Corals include a Goniporia (Flower Pot) Toadstool Leather, Finger Leather, Duncan, Colt Coral, pulsing xenia, encursting star polyps and several other that I can't remember the names of.

 

looks great!

if you don't me asking it looks like you had cyano at one point at least on your sand, how did you combat that? I am in the middle of a cyano outbreak right, I've got it pretty much under control on the rocks but its still on the sand

and I have the JBJ duo as well, do you feel that they give you enough flow?

and again nice set up

 

Thanks.

I used Red Slime remover. I does a great job and didn't effect any of my fish or corals. If you don't like using "medication" turning out the lights for 3-4 days works too.

I tried that the first time during my initial set up and it worked. I really had nothing in the tank at the time so I can't say how coral would react to being without light for that long. I've read others that say they are fine.

I love the JBJ duo. At time I think it may be too much flow for a 55.
The only thing I wish is that they were smaller and that the head spun kind of like the Hydor Flo Rotating Water Deflector.

I have one of those too at the top return. You can see it in the bottom picture above the spray bar.

 

Very good looking tank, nice color selection and mix.

 

Thanks a lot.