January 2011 nTOTM - got2envy's 20H Rimless Mixed Reef

got2envy · 01/12/2011, 11:54 AM

I have been in the reefing hobby for going on 4 years and in that time I have had various nano set ups, This tank in particular has been a real joy to watch grow. I have tried to keep the livestock to a minimum and concentrate on the corals and inverts.

I am always asked the question how do I keep my nano's so nice?
Water changes!! water changes are a big part of keeping your nano healthy.

Thanks to Reef Central for such a great source of information and to everyone that voted for my nano!!

Here are some pictures of it's progress.

6/25/ 2010

6/27/10

7/9/10 New MP10

7/10/10 New light

7/20/10

8/2/10

9/7/10 - now with 150w fishneedit MH and a 14k Phoenix bulb

10/30/10

December 2010

Equipment
Marina/Hagen 20H rimless from factory
150w MH fishneedit fixture with actinic power brite LED's
14k Phoenix bulb
Vortech MP10
DF&S HOB with surface skimmer
2x Rock Mags
12 lbs live rock
20 lbs dry sand

Livestock
2x S'more clowns from hyperboy (half snowflake ocellaris x black ocellaris) "Black Ice by ORA"
1x Masked goby (Coryphopterus personatus)
4x Sexy Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis)
2x Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni complex)
12x Dwarf Blue Legged Hermits (Clibanarius tricolor)
12 Astrea Conehead Snails (Astraea tecta)
4x Large Cerith Snails (Cerithium sp.)
2x Red Rock Flower Anemones (Epicystis crucifer)
2x Green Rock Anemone (Epicystis crucifer)
Rusty Gorgonian
Various Zoanthids and Palyathoas
Various Ricordia florida and Yumas
Meteor Shower Cyphastrea
Montipora Setosa
Rainbow encrusting Montipora
Porites Porites
Green with purple polyp Montipora Capricornis
Acropora

Maintenance
2g water changes bi-weekly with natural sea water
change filter floss with water changes
scrape glass with razor blade monthly
change carbon every 2 months

Feeding
Once a day a pinch of Prime Reef flake food
Every few days I feed the CUC, flower nems and scolly Ocean Nutrition sinking shrimp pellets
1 capful of Reef Plus once a week

Here is a link to the original thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1896837

~Maria~

got2envy · 01/12/2011, 11:57 AM

Some newer pix

got2envy · 01/12/2011, 11:58 AM

FTS's some better than others lol

MobyMD · 01/12/2011, 01:20 PM

I love the tank! It is such a great design with the rocks and corals on the back wall. Is that blue acrylic? Keep up the good work.

Moby

dzfish17 · 01/12/2011, 04:27 PM

Very nice set-up. Beautiful tank.

Jarred1 · 01/12/2011, 06:59 PM

gawd your tanks are always so nice, also congrats on nTOTM!!!!!

hmello@bermexin · 01/12/2011, 07:16 PM

Way to go Maria.

got2envy · 01/13/2011, 09:36 AM

Thanks guys!
The tank is spray painted the color true blue by Krylon

markgsa · 01/13/2011, 10:31 PM

Tank is absolutely stunning. Congrats.

j-dizzle · 01/14/2011, 11:00 PM

GREAT tank!!! love the rock work in the back glass cast great shadow and great use of space!!!

Capt_Cully · 01/16/2011, 04:08 PM

Outstanding!!! By what means are those rocks affixed to the back wall?? Very cool!

got2envy · 01/16/2011, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markgsa

Tank is absolutely stunning. Congrats.

Thank You!

Quote:

Originally Posted by j-dizzle

GREAT tank!!! love the rock work in the back glass cast great shadow and great use of space!!!

Thanks! the shadows are cool with the shimmer from the MH

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt_Cully

Outstanding!!! By what means are those rocks affixed to the back wall?? Very cool!

They are held up by magnets

I got em' at aqua-mags.com

innercirclepro · 01/23/2011, 10:13 PM

tank is really nice maria.. did that blue berry monti cap come from me?

got2envy · 01/24/2011, 09:13 AM

I am not sure haha I think so...it was thumb nail size when I got it

Thanks Todd!

muhli · 01/29/2011, 03:08 PM

great tank!
i was wondering how you got those rocks on the backgruond...

Y-Diver · 01/31/2011, 08:51 AM

Great looking tank! I like the openness look of the smaller tank! Great Job!

got2envy · 01/31/2011, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by muhli

great tank!
i was wondering how you got those rocks on the backgruond...

The rocks are made by aqua-mags.com and are held with magnets

Quote:

Originally Posted by Y-Diver

Great looking tank! I like the openness look of the smaller tank! Great Job!

Thanks!

coralfish · 01/31/2011, 12:50 PM

very nice...I love your clowns

doubleott05 · 05/14/2011, 08:21 PM

i really like the little islands

01/12/2011, 11:54 AM	#1
got2envy hello fishy fishy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mid-Cities, TX Posts: 899	January 2011 nTOTM - got2envy's 20H Rimless Mixed Reef I have been in the reefing hobby for going on 4 years and in that time I have had various nano set ups, This tank in particular has been a real joy to watch grow. I have tried to keep the livestock to a minimum and concentrate on the corals and inverts. I am always asked the question how do I keep my nano's so nice? Water changes!! water changes are a big part of keeping your nano healthy. Thanks to Reef Central for such a great source of information and to everyone that voted for my nano!! Here are some pictures of it's progress. 6/25/ 2010 6/27/10 7/9/10 New MP10 7/10/10 New light 7/20/10 8/2/10 9/7/10 - now with 150w fishneedit MH and a 14k Phoenix bulb 10/30/10 December 2010 Equipment Marina/Hagen 20H rimless from factory 150w MH fishneedit fixture with actinic power brite LED's 14k Phoenix bulb Vortech MP10 DF&S HOB with surface skimmer 2x Rock Mags 12 lbs live rock 20 lbs dry sand Livestock 2x S'more clowns from hyperboy (half snowflake ocellaris x black ocellaris) "Black Ice by ORA" 1x Masked goby (Coryphopterus personatus) 4x Sexy Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) 2x Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni complex) 12x Dwarf Blue Legged Hermits (Clibanarius tricolor) 12 Astrea Conehead Snails (Astraea tecta) 4x Large Cerith Snails (Cerithium sp.) 2x Red Rock Flower Anemones (Epicystis crucifer) 2x Green Rock Anemone (Epicystis crucifer) Rusty Gorgonian Various Zoanthids and Palyathoas Various Ricordia florida and Yumas Meteor Shower Cyphastrea Montipora Setosa Rainbow encrusting Montipora Porites Porites Green with purple polyp Montipora Capricornis Acropora Maintenance 2g water changes bi-weekly with natural sea water change filter floss with water changes scrape glass with razor blade monthly change carbon every 2 months Feeding Once a day a pinch of Prime Reef flake food Every few days I feed the CUC, flower nems and scolly Ocean Nutrition sinking shrimp pellets 1 capful of Reef Plus once a week Here is a link to the original thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1896837 ~Maria~ __________________ January RC 2011 NTOTM Some people are like Slinkies... Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. Current Tank Info: 28g JBJ HQI, 40g Long Mixed Reef

01/12/2011, 11:57 AM	#2
got2envy hello fishy fishy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mid-Cities, TX Posts: 899	Some newer pix __________________ January RC 2011 NTOTM Some people are like Slinkies... Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. Current Tank Info: 28g JBJ HQI, 40g Long Mixed Reef

01/12/2011, 11:58 AM	#3
got2envy hello fishy fishy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mid-Cities, TX Posts: 899	FTS's some better than others lol __________________ January RC 2011 NTOTM Some people are like Slinkies... Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. Current Tank Info: 28g JBJ HQI, 40g Long Mixed Reef

01/12/2011, 01:20 PM	#4
MobyMD Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 73	I love the tank! It is such a great design with the rocks and corals on the back wall. Is that blue acrylic? Keep up the good work. Moby __________________ Current tank: 28g Nano Cube with DIY LEDs Previous tanks: 150g FOWLR, 55g reef, 55g coldwater, 10g nano reef, and 2.5g pico reef

01/12/2011, 04:27 PM	#5
dzfish17 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fresno,Ca. Posts: 2,545	Very nice set-up. Beautiful tank. __________________ 600g (96x36x46) FOWLR

01/12/2011, 06:59 PM	#6
Jarred1 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Posts: 1,262	gawd your tanks are always so nice, also congrats on nTOTM!!!!! __________________ "It happens, and as long as the clowns out there keep paying top dollar, they will stay top dollar. Just a way of life, imagine how much cheaper a Tahoe or Yukon would cost if the word "bling" was never invented..."

01/12/2011, 07:16 PM	#7
hmello@bermexin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,205	Way to go Maria. __________________ Henry Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known. Current Tank Info: 29g BioCube, AI SOL 12" Super Blue

01/13/2011, 09:36 AM	#8
got2envy hello fishy fishy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mid-Cities, TX Posts: 899	Thanks guys! The tank is spray painted the color true blue by Krylon __________________ January RC 2011 NTOTM Some people are like Slinkies... Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. Current Tank Info: 28g JBJ HQI, 40g Long Mixed Reef

01/13/2011, 10:31 PM	#9
markgsa Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: basement of the alamo Posts: 93	Tank is absolutely stunning. Congrats.

01/14/2011, 11:00 PM	#10
j-dizzle Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 198	GREAT tank!!! love the rock work in the back glass cast great shadow and great use of space!!! __________________ Jesse 72g Bow,sps, 6 bulb TEK light, RKE, 2 part, 2x mp40w es

01/16/2011, 04:08 PM	#11
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 13,574	Outstanding!!! By what means are those rocks affixed to the back wall?? Very cool! __________________ People say cars are a bad investment. Those people don't have reef tanks. Current Tank Info: 120, Radion Gen 2 Pro x 2

01/23/2011, 10:13 PM	#13
innercirclepro Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: boynton beach Posts: 1,066	tank is really nice maria.. did that blue berry monti cap come from me? __________________ I'm training to run in the January 2010 Disney Marathon to raise funds to help stop leukemia and lymphoma. Current Tank Info: 90 gmixed reef

01/24/2011, 09:13 AM	#14
got2envy hello fishy fishy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mid-Cities, TX Posts: 899	I am not sure haha I think so...it was thumb nail size when I got it Thanks Todd! __________________ January RC 2011 NTOTM Some people are like Slinkies... Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. Current Tank Info: 28g JBJ HQI, 40g Long Mixed Reef

01/29/2011, 03:08 PM	#15
muhli Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Francisco Posts: 368	great tank! i was wondering how you got those rocks on the backgruond...

01/31/2011, 08:51 AM	#16
Y-Diver Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Palm Harbor, FL Posts: 134	Great looking tank! I like the openness look of the smaller tank! Great Job! __________________ Tyler "Everyday we make it, we make it the best we can!" -Mr. Jack Daniel´s

01/31/2011, 12:50 PM	#18
coralfish Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hardmoney, KY Posts: 750	very nice...I love your clowns __________________ One leg missing and both hands free. Current Tank Info: 220 Reef

05/14/2011, 08:21 PM	#19
doubleott05 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ft Hood TX Posts: 208	i really like the little islands

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