Darko's Tank 46g Bow

[SeattlesDarko]

Ok so a little background about I have posted this on another forums but since this is the one I am on the most I thought I would post here too. About year ago I decided I was going to get a reef tank, luckily I got rear ended and was able to buy my first tank because really that back mark on my bumper is not a big deal... It wasn't much it was a 37g tank power compact lights. Nothing great.

That as good for 2 weeks...then I started looking more, and found a deal I couldn't pas up. 46g Bow custom cabinet/hood HOB CPR Fuge, Seaclone skimmer Coralife pro 150W MH, I was at the right place at the right time...

When I got it I refinished the cabinet because it was an ugly light oak not going to look good in my house color...I wanted to put a sump in and luckily the cabinet was built with that in mind! So I added a 20L sump/return/fuge. I have also added Kalk drip unit and currently changing to BRS 2part w/ mag solutions. I updated the skimmer to an Octopus skimmer NW110. My fuge has a florescent bulb that I run 24/7 its nothing special DSB with chato LR I am going to be putting some mangroves in there soon, anyone know where I can get some locally?

I am using a Mag 3 return pump it is turned down a bit now, but I will be adding a BRS GFO/carbon reactor off of it, and one day pump it up to a sea swirl or something. But that is down the line, I will probably have to add a 2nd overflow and then I will be able to get rid of some power heads. When I did the plumbing I made it very easy to pipe things off of the return with the intent of adding things later.

Life stock, I did put the contents of my first tank in to this one, I did take a hammer to that huge ugly rock, best thing I ever did if you ask me! after transferring everything I found PSAS, just in time for the yearly 'pay it forward' frag swap. I also won quite a door prize of a brand new 48in 8bulb t-5's. Luckily with trading the HOB fuge and the T-5's that is how I got the majority of my livestock! Here is my list (If I have the names wrong let me know)

Fish
1-6 LN Wrasse # 2 (RIP #1)

1-Fire Fish (red/orange)

1-PJ Cardinal

1-Lawnmower Blenny

1-Mandrin

 

[willandcorina]

great looking setup

 

[SeattlesDarko]

Corals
Acan

3-ricordea

Green Mushrooms / Red Mushrooms

Green Furry Mushroom

Dendro

Sun Coral

Cup Coral? Is that right?

Finger leather

Duncan Colony +1 Frag

Green Candy Cane Colony +1 Frag

Red candy cane

Hydrophora

Birds Nest

6 Unknown SPS

 

[trido]

Looking good...
The pic labled "Cup Coral?" is correct. Pectina to be exact. It looks awful familiar to me. Do you remember where you got it?

 

[SeattlesDarko]

6 Unknown SPS
Frogspawn

Hammer Coral

10 + Different zoos / polyps

Red Monti plate
LG Toad Stool Leather
MD Toad Stool Leather

Neon Green Leather (NOT dyed)

FTS

 

[SeattlesDarko]

Looking good...
The pic labled "Cup Coral?" is correct. Pectina to be exact. It looks awful familiar to me. Do you remember where you got it?

I got it at the coral swap last spring. was it from you?

 

[trido]

Since it came from there. Sure was. It was a frag that came up form Cali with me four years ago.

 

[reedman]

one of the SPS is a setosa and one is the seattle sparkler (those are the two I remember trading with you).

Tank looks great! Nice work.

 

[SeattlesDarko]

http://www.donnadarko.com/Site/Welcome.html here is my new web page, I am going to adding more information as time goes on. but here is some new pics!!!

 

[seattle989]

Ive got some Large mangrove for sale multi stalks. pm for details.

 

[SeattlesDarko]

Here are some new pics I have been moving around stuff making room!

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[SeattlesDarko]

I added a new carbon/GFO reactor from BRS to my tank, I have had one for a long time that didn't fit in my stand so never hooked it up. I live in an apt and things outside of the stand just are not an option for me so it makes things hard at times. I also added a RKL with a the PH/Sinlity module... I have been using API test switching to elos as they run out well my PH is still API and they suck. My PH was 8.2 with the API test and 7.8 after calibrating the probe 3 times. I am picking up the elos test soon, for a back up. I also got a new heater I have had 3 heaters break in the past 3 months all just stopped working nothing bad ever happened so I have been playing with fire, I got a new titanium heater... With that, the RKL has a temp and my one little temp prob I had been using I have all spread out through the system and they only vary about 1 degree, I was kind of surprised by that.