Evojoe's 55 gallon reef

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  1. evojoe67

    evojoe67 Aiptasia Anemone

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    Ok, well i've been foaming at the mouth to show you reefers my 55 and get your thoughts.
    This 55 was an upgrade from my 29 gallon.

    Equiptment:
    Koralia 2 & 3
    Coralife skimmer
    Aqueon #1 sump/refugium
    BRS GFO/Carbon Reactor
    Hang on overflow box
    65+lbs of LR, plus live sand

    Lighting:
    250w,10k MH-Icecap ballast
    Coralife Quad 96w Flourescent
    Will be upgrading to another MH and a retrofit Actinic dual.

    Fish:
    Flame Angel-Model citizen so far
    Blenny-if someone can identify through the pics i'd be much abliged
    Shrimp Goby
    Pair of Clowns
    Sixline Wrasse

    Corals:
    Kenya Tree
    Toadstool
    Cabbage Leather
    Mushrooms
    Ricordia Mushrooms
    Assorted Zo's
    Sea Fan
    Pipe Organ
    Clove polyps
    Torch
    Frogspawn
    Colt
    Lobo
    Candy Kane
    Favia Brain

    Clams: Deresa

    Assorted Snails, Hermits, Peppermint Shrimp


    The refugium/sump will be installed on Tuesday along with skimmer. Waiting for overflow box to come in so right now i'm just running a hang on filter.

    I'm waiting on an Orange Hammer to add below the Torch.
    I just added the MH so that is why i was doing one side of the tank at a time, since i only had light for coral on the left side at first. This is why the left side of the tank has corals but the right side doesn't.

    Please feel free to critique as i value any and all input.
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  3. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    good looking aquascaping evojoe

    some very nice looking corals in there IMO

    Steve
     
  4. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    Looks good so far. Just as a matter of opinion, do you like the 10K bulbs? I would think a 14K would give more color.
     
  5. 4phish

    4phish Montipora Digitata

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    Looks good. Love the Flame!
     
  6. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    Looks good. Like your scaping.
     
  7. evojoe67

    evojoe67 Aiptasia Anemone

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    Thanks for the compliment.
    To answer your question, no, i do not like the 10k bulb. It's far to "white". I had this bulb laying around so i used it for now.
    I will be switching to the 14k asap.