Tank of the Month March
Gimmito's 450 gallon custom L
| Owner: gimmito Tank Size 450 gallon. 6'x 4'x 30" custom L-shaped acrylic tank made by Kritter tanks. |
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| Lighting 3 lumenmax elite reflectors hung on a custom aluminum rack , 3 lumatek 250/400 switchable ballast, two 250 watt radium 20k se bulbs (left right sides), & one 250 watt ushio 14k bulb in the center. |
| Filtration H&S A250 recirculationing skimmer. A 40 gallon gravity fed fuge with various red macro and sea grass in it. |
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| Live Stock 10 seale cardnilfish, 5 McCoskers wrasse, 1 mystery wrasse, 1 red filamented wrasse, 3 yellow assessors, 1 midas blenny, 1 lawnmower blenny, & 1 blue face angel fish. |
| Date Tank Was Started July 2009 How Did You Get Into This Hobby? The kids came home from a birthday party with some feeder goldfish and of course they all died. Being the good dad that I am, I went to the lfs to replace them, but made the mistake of walking down the saltwater fish isle. Needless to say, I came home with a 55 gallon and had no idea what I was getting myself into. We soon started a second story addition and I made a deal with my wife that she could remodel the rest of the house, just leave me the area where the fireplace was...the rest is history |
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| What Was Your Favorite Part of The Build? All the DiY portion of the tank and seeing the tank coming together. Dosing and Schedule. The tank is still young and I'm not dosing anything at the moment. I try to stick to weekly 10% water changes. |
| Feeding (Fish and Coral) and Schedule. I feed the fish 2-3 times a day with new life spectrum pellets, rod's food, pe mysis, & H20 foods. |
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| Do You Have a Favorite Fish and Why? Although he nips on my lps corals at times, it would be my blue face angel fish. What Is Your Favorite Type of Coral? I'm new to sps scene and am enjoying the various colors and types there are. |
Link to Gimmito's build thread: Gimmito-450-gal-l-shaped-display
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