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DT's 15L Caribbean biotope


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Setup a new tank the other day. The plan is to make this strictly a Caribbean biotope tank. I used alot of stuff I already.

 

Equipment-

15L tank-back painted black

10gal sump/fuge

4x24W T5HO

75w heater

Ocean runner 2500 pump

600 gph overflow

ATO with Reef fanatic controller

75W clamp light for the fuge

 

Livestock-

25lb LR from Sealifeflordia

20lb sand

 

Rics

Carb zoas

caribbean mushrooms

Gorgs

macroalgae

various snails

peppermint shrimp

emerald crab

 

Fish-

Pair of neon gobies

Pygmy angelfish

saddle blenny?

 

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Liverock arrived today, lots of coraline and macros and a couple critters too. I found fireworms, pencil urchins and pistol shrimp. I got the rock from Sealifeflorida who puts rock in the ocean then sells it. So its not cured rock, but I want a true Caribbean biotope, so I took all the critters that came along with it.

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

Developing nicely. It will be fun to watch the gorgonians grow. Not sure what kind of blenny that is in the photo, maybe a saddled blenny, but it's not a redlip.

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Tank looks great, the progress shots really help. How are you choosing the corals that are fitting in your "biotope"? Also I'll give you a nickel if you paint that overflow box, it'd tie the whole thing together

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Tank looks great, the progress shots really help. How are you choosing the corals that are fitting in your "biotope"? Also I'll give you a nickel if you paint that overflow box, it'd tie the whole thing together

 

hahaha tks, kinda late for that now. Basically stuff from lower Florida/west altantic/carribbean. The hard thing is to find any lps or sps from that region. So im gonna just keep adding some more caribbean zoas, rics, maybe a small flower anemone. If i can find someone who has some lps or sps that would be great.

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It has been down since the end of Nov. I merged stuff from this tank and my 26gal into a 40br. It was a neat little tank, but I needed to upgrade the 26 and get rid of some tanks at the same time. Right now I have the 40br, AP24 and a 5.5gal in my daughters room.

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