It started last October when my fiance (Katie) said, "I want a fish tank". I've been toying with the idea of setting up a reef tank for a while so it was all the push I needed to start. A few months later and many dollars later, we were the proud owners of a six foot reef tank. That was when she told me, a 20 gallon fresh water was all she wanted. However, by then it was too late and I was hooked.
We joined up with Mars late last Winter/earily Spring and we're very happy to be able to finaly be able to share our tank with everyone else!
Tank background:
Hardware:
- 125 gallon AGA reef ready (72"x18"x22")
Custom made stand/canopy
AquaClear Proo 200 converted to sump/fuge
- Bioballs removed, with built in skimmer.
Six 5" T5HO lights using Workhorse 7 Ballasts
Black Tropic Isle Tahitian Moon Sand
Roughly 160 lbs of live rock (Tonga and Figi)
Corals:
- Frogspawn
Branching Hammer
Walled Hammer
Branching Torch
Candy Cane
Short Tenticle plate
Finger leather
Devils hand leathers
Keyna Tree
Xenia (pom pom)
Anthelia
Misc Zoos
- Bicolor Blennie
Blue/green chromis (3)
Coral Beauty Angle
Six Line Wrasse
Tomato clowns (2)
- Peppermint shrimp
Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (4)
Blue leg hermits, tiny (too many to count)
Red leg hermits (handful)
Turbo Snail [astrae] (started at 100)
Nassarius Snail (started at 100)
Cerith Snail (started at 12)
Bumblebee Snails (a few)
Fighting Conch
Queen Conch
Emerald Crabs (3)
Large Hawaiian Feather Duster (3)
There are pictures of a few of these in my gallery.
Directions to follow on the mailing list.
We hope to see everyone there!
Matt and Katie