The 29 of the Den

Howdy all,

Thought I would show ya pic's my 29 gallon mini reef..

 

Looks very nice. One huge derasa clam you have there. How old is your tank and what type of lighting?

TIA

 

yea he is a growing boy and moves around sometimes, just to mess with the two clowns that are hosting him- ;D The plate coral isnt to happy about his shooting water and sand at him either

The tank is only about 8 mos old, but everything in it came out of my 3+ year old 165 gallon main system, including the water. It has done very well. I had to move most of my corals due to a few fish that were causing me some troubles- hence the 29.

I have 5 lights on this 29 gallon, in the center is a viper hqi 150 @ 14k, then on both sides are 12 watt 50/50's I bought off of ebay for 20 dollars, then hanging above the viper on a braket I made I have two 465nm LED's.

I havent built the hood yet, as I am still working on the acrylic tank lid, just tough to find the time to finish projects lately.

The tank has 2 percula clowns, a yellow blennie, and a dragon gobie.

These pics were taken yesterday morning, everyone wasn't fully "awake" yet- I should post a few pic's when the tank is "awake".

Thank you for the comments.

 

Yes I always do that as well, and take pictures before everything is fully open.

I have been wondering about the viper clamp on lighting. I have a JBJ 28 gal and with the lid and the 150 w HQI. Been having trouble with my ballast and considered getting the viper unit as a replacement. But I think I will go with the 250 watts, if I do.

 

yea, the 250 is pretty nice, even has LED's and a fan- but the heat they produce- ugg. I have my Viper attached to the CPR BakPak2 skimmer that hangs on the back of the tank- works pretty good.

But ya know, if I were you I would really look into the new reef LED's that Marineland has just come out with- they are very nice- and will save you a ton of money.

They make 3 versions now- single bright, double bright and reef bright- I have seen all three lights in action, the reef bright is pretty nice, which is what I may go to myself. Halides are cool looking and produce a lot of light- along with heat and high energy consumption- LED will very soon replace all incandecents I think.

got any pics of your 28?

 

Oh yeah I got pictures!

http://www.3reef.com/forums/show-off-your-fish-tanks/coraillines-jbj-28-gal-95347-16.html

 

Are those blue dendros or duncans? if so very cool- the acros look good too, but.....for the love of sanity- WHY those particular clowns ;D you know what I mean

heh, cool set up.

Oh and yes, i knew you were female before I read the link.

BTW, what are the LxWxH of your tank?

 

No forgot the dimensions. And those are duncans.

The clowns got moxie, anything goes in the tank and it is like a great white shark attack.

 

RLMAO you meanie.

I should loan you my Blue velvet- he would "school" them in appropriate manners really quick.

Opps btw, there is a reason I asked the dimensions of your tank- hi-power LED, I have a line of a group buy- 60 watts equals 250 watts of halides.

 

Tank looks great, congrats