Dr_Schell's (Chris's) 5ft x 2.5ft x 2.5ft Mixed tank
This is my mixed soft coral, hard coral, fish, macro-algae tank. Currently running a 4ft, 8tube T5 lighting system with 2 actinic and 6 10,000k tubes.
I run a marine sources skimmer in the sump which is rated for 2x the size of the tank. Also have a deep sand bed in the sump and a Nitrate/Phosphate reactor which runs on biopellets. which generally lasts around 6 months. I also use a filter sock to remove the fine sediments before they enter the sump.
I dose with calcium, trace elements and feed the corals live phyto-plankton.
Fish in the system are 11 Chromis, blue tan, yellow tang, pair of bangai cardinals, pair of 6 line wrasse, pair of Melanopus clownfish, pair of Oscillaris clownfish, 1 copper-banded butterfly and a jewel (carpet) blenny. Invert wise, other than the corals, there are 4 bubbletip anemones (clone 1 - female - all derived from a single specimen), 1 bubble tip anemone (clone 2 - male), 3 strombs (2 female and 1 male), 20 + Nassarius pullus (these breed like wildfire and generally remain in the sand bed), 3 trochus, 1 blue linkia starfish, 2 orange fromia starfish, multiple, limpets, chitons, stromella and a single abalone (small) snails which came on the live rock, and 8 Pepermint shrimp (these breed constantly and I occasional raise their larvae to sell).
In this tank, the 6 line wrasse regularly spawn, the melanopus clowns breed once a month and the bangai cardinals regularly reproduce (I have included a pic of the male bangai with a mouth full of eggs)
I have attached some images of my tank. My appologies for the photo quality and the state of the Xenia in the top right hand side of the tank which I have just used to make frags (decapitated).
I run a marine sources skimmer in the sump which is rated for 2x the size of the tank. Also have a deep sand bed in the sump and a Nitrate/Phosphate reactor which runs on biopellets. which generally lasts around 6 months. I also use a filter sock to remove the fine sediments before they enter the sump.
I dose with calcium, trace elements and feed the corals live phyto-plankton.
Fish in the system are 11 Chromis, blue tan, yellow tang, pair of bangai cardinals, pair of 6 line wrasse, pair of Melanopus clownfish, pair of Oscillaris clownfish, 1 copper-banded butterfly and a jewel (carpet) blenny. Invert wise, other than the corals, there are 4 bubbletip anemones (clone 1 - female - all derived from a single specimen), 1 bubble tip anemone (clone 2 - male), 3 strombs (2 female and 1 male), 20 + Nassarius pullus (these breed like wildfire and generally remain in the sand bed), 3 trochus, 1 blue linkia starfish, 2 orange fromia starfish, multiple, limpets, chitons, stromella and a single abalone (small) snails which came on the live rock, and 8 Pepermint shrimp (these breed constantly and I occasional raise their larvae to sell).
In this tank, the 6 line wrasse regularly spawn, the melanopus clowns breed once a month and the bangai cardinals regularly reproduce (I have included a pic of the male bangai with a mouth full of eggs)
I have attached some images of my tank. My appologies for the photo quality and the state of the Xenia in the top right hand side of the tank which I have just used to make frags (decapitated).
