These are pics from my daughter's breeder 50. The tank is powered by a pair of 36" ATI T5 bulbs in an AquaTraders fixture, a cheap power filter, and a hang-on skimmer. We've changed skimmers for various reasons (I think we're on her 4th, a Hydor Slim).
The tank was started about 2 1/2 years ago. The live rock that we purchased has horrible algae issues, once to the point where the water turned green. We eventually added an internal U/V filter which eliminated the problem.
The bioload is pretty low; I think we've done a 10% water change every 6 months!
We have three fish; first , a pair of locally-bred clowns (one Percula, on Picasso) that would have been culled out due to deformities. They have been happy and healthy tank members! There's also a small brue tank in the tank. We've had a few fish that we caught in the keys, and also a nice wrasse, but they have jumped We need to get some cover action going forward one of these days.
I gave pjr-ette a few mushrooms from my tank. 2 years later:
I also have her these blastomussa wellsi that did not enjoy my LEDs. The yhave thrived in her system! In fact, I am very curious on how they have opened up... they have become so inflated that they have developedthese huge "bubble polyps" -- I don't know what else to call them:
From the TOP:
From the SIDE:
From the FRONT:
I also gave her some blastomussa merletti that I acquired from dlberlin's tank breakdown. And again, they puff up and thrive for pjr-ette!
This was a near-dead duncan that we rescued:
Also, another rescue (ricordia):
All and all, it's a cute little tank. She's really enjoyed it!
Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too. http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/
Looks good ! Those bubble blastos are wild ! One question tho ? Where's the FTS pat ! Looks like the wet thumb runs in the family lol,
I'll get a FTS up there soon!!
Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too. http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/
Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too. http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/