WaterDog's 46 Gallon Bowfront

[WaterDog]

So I figured I should probably make a tank thread so here it is:

It's a 46 gallon glass bowfront from marineland that we started in October 2009. It has a wet/dry filter that uses an internal overflow box since the tank isn't drillable and a mag 5 return pump. It has a DIY hang-on refugium, 2 koralias, and a T-5 light fixture. Its inhabitants are two ocellaris clowns and two neon gobies, and a few corals.

Some Pictures:

The tank right after cycling

As of today

A Devil's Hand Leather Coral

A red mushroom and one of the more photogenic clowns

One of the gobies

Some Zoas:

A piece of montipora

[Chad]

Looks good! I like all of the little fanworms :D

[WaterDog]

Looks good! I like all of the little fanworms :D

Thanks, the four pieces of pompeii rock are covered in them.

[gmubeach]

Thats a nice looking start very clean..

[WaterDog]

Thats a nice looking start very clean..

Can't say the same thing about the living room where the tank is in.

[gmubeach]

I like the mushroom do you want it to anchor there I used to put them in a container with rock rubble:)

[WaterDog]

I like the mushroom do you want it to anchor there I used to put them in a container with rock rubble:)

I'm kind of hoping it does it'd be nice to have something to cover up that pvc scrap.

[Chad]

Can't say the same thing about the living room where the tank is in.

 

heh! how many of us can?

[zoozilla]

Great start. What mix of T5's are you running?

[WaterDog]

Great start. What mix of T5's are you running?

Thanks, and two daylight bulbs (700+ frequency I think) and two actinic bulbs (420/460 I think) and then LED moonlights attached into the fixture. And it has a built in timer which makes it all the better.

[Inspector]

Looking good, nice and clean. I just wanted to ask you, How's that wet/dry filter working for you?

[WaterDog]

Looking good, nice and clean. I just wanted to ask you, How's that wet/dry filter working for you?

Pretty well, though sometimes it gets worrying to think about the sump overflowing or the pump burning out.

[WaterDog]

We got some new corals the other day, and put some new fish in the tank, a six line wrasse and a midas blenny.

The blenny then decided to go wood surfing, which made me realize we needed this:

The new coral:

Which amounts to this:

[WaterDog]

Got some new corals, and update pics:

The wrasse took forever to get a picture of...

[L8 2 RISE]

Looks good! I would put the sun coral lower on the rocks, maybe under the "bridge" in order to shade it. They are non-photosynthetic so you have more chance of seeing it open if it's not in direct light.

[Chad]

tubastrea (sun corals) can take direct light. It is better to put them in a spot that has good flow without regard to the lighting that they receive, than to put them in a spot that is shaded that has poor flow. There are even pictures of Tubastrea micrantha (branching, black sun corals) sticking right up into direct sunlight with sps. Feed it daily at multiple times in the day and it will be open most of the time. Mine are directly under a 250W MH in my seahorse tank and are open ~20 hours a day. Good flow and food is more important than the amount of light.

 

Sorry, pet peeve of mine.

Edited April 14, 2010 by Chad

[WaterDog]

tubastrea (sun corals) can take direct light. It is better to put them in a spot that has good flow without regard to the lighting that they receive, than to put them in a spot that is shaded that has poor flow. There are even pictures of Tubastrea micrantha (branching, black sun corals) sticking right up into direct sunlight with sps. Feed it daily at multiple times in the day and it will be open most of the time. Mine are directly under a 250W MH in my seahorse tank and are open ~20 hours a day. Good flow and food is more important than the amount of light.

 

Sorry, pet peeve of mine.

I kind of put it there for ease of feeding...yes I am somewhat lazy. I usually just squirt mysis at it. Is it ok if not all the polyps get mysis everytime I feed them?

[WaterDog]

Finally got some more pictures of everybody:

 

The Royal Gramma finally showing his face.

The Flasher Wrasse

Thought the climbing crab picture was pretty cool.

FTS

[Coral Hind]

The tank is looking good and everything looks very healthy and happy. Nice Job!

[WaterDog]

Some update pics with some frags from the spring meeting..

[gmubeach]

I have a 46g too nice pictures.