zimreef
02-05-03, 00:42
Hello,
I've been a fairly low profile member of the board for a while now - however, now I've actually started setting up a tank after a long break I thought I'd post a formal introduction :P . Great BB by the way - interesting mix of people and personalities too :D !
I'm in the middle of setting up an Ecosystem tank based on Miracle Mud - unfortunately its a small tank by comparison to virtually all I've seen on this board - around 28"L x 26"H x 16"W - looks like a big telly, only more interesting :) .
Volume is 35g main tank + 10g refugium. Around 12 kg live rock is in the main tank with a 2.5" aragonite based sand bed. I hope to increase the live rock in the main tank by at least as much again this weekend. The refugium has 5kg of Miracle Mud with a small bit of caulerpa (3 species).
Occupants are 12 turbos, 4 bumble bee snails, one money cowrie and a small bit of rock with some polyps on. (Well, I had to look at something other than bare rock until the water quality is good enough for the more sensitive corals :rolleyes: !). However, the small bit of rock has 3 colour variants of polyps, an orange and black striped spaghetti worm, a red mushroom (just for you Mushie!), a small green mussel, several vermetid snails, some species of brittlestar, all on/in a bit of rock half the size of my fist - it's great :wub: !
Circulation is via a Tunze Stream 6000 (don't laugh :angry: - although rated at 1768 gph, at the lowest setting it pumps around 530 gph which is approx 15x tank volume per hour - will probably need to turn it up for the SPSs once they go in).
Lighting 250W 10K compact unit from STM.
I hope to keep the board posted as to the success ;) (or otherwise :( ) of the system.
The intention is to run it as a hard-coral tank. Perhaps a pair of jawfish / citrus gobies / firefish will make up the fish population. I'd really like a stonogobiops sp. goby (perhaps a barber pole) with a pistol shrimp but suspect that is going to be pretty hard to find and I'll end up with a pair of the first mentioned fishes.
Cheers
I've been a fairly low profile member of the board for a while now - however, now I've actually started setting up a tank after a long break I thought I'd post a formal introduction :P . Great BB by the way - interesting mix of people and personalities too :D !
I'm in the middle of setting up an Ecosystem tank based on Miracle Mud - unfortunately its a small tank by comparison to virtually all I've seen on this board - around 28"L x 26"H x 16"W - looks like a big telly, only more interesting :) .
Volume is 35g main tank + 10g refugium. Around 12 kg live rock is in the main tank with a 2.5" aragonite based sand bed. I hope to increase the live rock in the main tank by at least as much again this weekend. The refugium has 5kg of Miracle Mud with a small bit of caulerpa (3 species).
Occupants are 12 turbos, 4 bumble bee snails, one money cowrie and a small bit of rock with some polyps on. (Well, I had to look at something other than bare rock until the water quality is good enough for the more sensitive corals :rolleyes: !). However, the small bit of rock has 3 colour variants of polyps, an orange and black striped spaghetti worm, a red mushroom (just for you Mushie!), a small green mussel, several vermetid snails, some species of brittlestar, all on/in a bit of rock half the size of my fist - it's great :wub: !
Circulation is via a Tunze Stream 6000 (don't laugh :angry: - although rated at 1768 gph, at the lowest setting it pumps around 530 gph which is approx 15x tank volume per hour - will probably need to turn it up for the SPSs once they go in).
Lighting 250W 10K compact unit from STM.
I hope to keep the board posted as to the success ;) (or otherwise :( ) of the system.
The intention is to run it as a hard-coral tank. Perhaps a pair of jawfish / citrus gobies / firefish will make up the fish population. I'd really like a stonogobiops sp. goby (perhaps a barber pole) with a pistol shrimp but suspect that is going to be pretty hard to find and I'll end up with a pair of the first mentioned fishes.
Cheers