Xmetal's 50g show

This tank has been running for about 7 months now and is doing great. All inhabitants except for a few corals are from my old 29g that had been set-up for 5 months before I moved and decided to upgrade.

Tank:
30L x 18D x 20H
Oceanic 50 gallon show tank

Lighting:
130 watt PC current
1- 65 watt 10k
1- 65watt 460nm actinic
Upgrading to teklights soon and going to use API bulbs

Filtration:
converted wet/dry
aerofirce skimmer
15watt uv sterilizer
Adding a 20l fuge soon

Circulation:
2-korallia 1s
1-korallia nano moving water behind and through rocks
Tunze Silence 1073.02 return pump

Fish:
2-false percs
1-purple firefish
1-yellow tang
1-6-line wrasse

Coral:
assorted zoas
2-green hairy shrooms that are about 9" in diameter
1-2.5" orange shroom
a few stalks of xenia
elk horn sps
green start polyps
4-duncan heads

Inverts:
crocea clam
2 cleaner shrimp

Params:
SG: 1.025
pH: 8.3
Ammo: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0-5
Phos: 0
Ca: 580

Photo from a few weeks ago...had to temporarily move the gsp to remove some bubble algae from a rock.



More photos to come

 

Very nice looking setup.

 

Filtration:




Inverts:



Coral:





More photos w/ actinics off to come (about a week old). Lights just turned on so it will be a little bit before everything opens up.

 

very nice.

so those are PC lights with that clam? clam looks happy. i want one

 

Very Nice setup, beautiful clam

 

wow! well im impressed. Neat looking tank and great filtration setup! love the isolated location, looks good.

 

very nice!

 

vary nice i like the filter setup

 

I expect it to look even better and be happier when I get my new lighting. I always provide supplemental feeding for him.

When friends and guests are over they just think that it is an ordinary piece of furniture with a picture frame and bamboo on it and not a 29g stand. I will be adding a 20L on top of the stand so that it will be a display refugium. Being able to reach in from the side and top is very helpful, but a fuge will be even more helpful.

 

Thats the beauty and elegance of it! Not to mention it serves a great purpose without anyone even knowing!