Crlkeep's 20 Gallon Reef

[crlkeep]

20 Gallon Reef Tank:

24"x12"x20" All-Glass Tank
30 pounds live rock
Berlin Airlift 90 Protein Skimmer
Undergravel filter with Hagen 402 Powerhead
2 x 36 Watt Actinic 03 Power Compacts (12 hours/day)
1 x 55 Watt 10K Daylight Power Compact (10 hours/day)
Kent Marine Superbuffer dKh mixed with baking soda
Spectrapure RO DI 50gpd (manually topped off)
Omega Sea synthetic mix

Live Stock Fish:

Coral Beauty Angel (Centropyge bispinosa)
Sabae Clown (Amphiprion clarkii)

Live Stock Inverts:

2 Nudibranchs (P. nigra) and (C. willani)
1 Mantis Shrimp ()
1 Sabae Anemone (Heteractis Crispa)
5 Blue-leg Hermit crabs ()
12 assorted Atrea and Trochus species snails

Live Stock Corals:

10+ colonies of Brown Kenya Tree (Capnella sp.)
2 colonies of Green tree coral (Sinularia sp.)
And 1 unidentified small purple SPS coral? It came on a peice of live rock, at only the size of a pea. It is starting to grow, and will identify it when it gets bigger.

more pics to follow..............

[kim]

We don't see many of the smaller tanks posted here, so they are fun to see. Maybe I should have gone this way.....

What are the dimensions ? Is it a cube ?

kim

[hippolad]

Hiya crlkeep?

Nice looking tank.
How long has it been running.

Steve :)

[crlkeep]

Sorry Kim,

It is 24"x12"x20" All-Glass Tank

Setup for almost 2 years. Had its share of problems, but is running fine now.

[crlkeep]

Here is my buddy the Mr. Crispy. :D

[crlkeep]

Here is his roommate Mr. Clark.

[crlkeep]

I just traded in enough of these (?Capnella sp.?) softies to purchase a LPS and an SPS coral today. Will post pics of them in a day or so.

[crlkeep]

One more for the sake of arguement.

[crlkeep]

Keeping in mind that Mr. Clark had a missus until they got to my tank, then he filed for a divorce the midieval way, buy killing her. Now he has buddied up with Miss Beauty, and the rest is history in the making. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Sahin]

Nice tank. Nice anemone too. I would like to keep one but scared of it running around the tank and stinging everything. Plus they dont have a good record for survival. How long have you had it?

[crlkeep]

I have had the nem for approx. 2+ years. Never stung a single coral or fish in the tank. Reducing current for the first few days of the nems arrival, will keep it from becoming extremly mobile. After it has appeared to hold fast to the substrate (LR or Sand) increase the current slowly, and with in a week the nem should be settled in enough to stay put. As long as water quality and lighting (5+ Watts/gal.) requirements are met.