JerSaint's (too small) 29G

[JerSaint]

Hi Everyone,
I already have a journal going on RC but wanted to share a bit more directly in the CTARS area.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...5#post22707845

So here we go I am running a standard 29 gallon tank with a hob filter running phosban, a Aqua C Remora Skimmer and a ZooMed T5HO lighting (1 10,000k 1 420 nM actinic). Currently no sump, I have a QT setup for fish that come into the system but lighting is suspect(Par38 screw in without good spread). So corals get dipped and rinsed then placed in the DT(haha my DT is sooo little). I will be working on this in the next few weeks.

Quite a bit of my stock is from the 2014 FFM (What an AWESOME event!), with everything else from members of our club.

I am super pumped to be part of such an active group of reefers with a wealth of knowledge to tap into. You guys and gals are GREAT!
Parameters
Salinity 1.026
pH 8.2
dKH 7*
Calcium 500ppm
Phosphate 0ppm !!!
Nitrate less than 20ppm

Fish:
Bluefin Damsel
*Hoping to add a Royal Gramma
*Hector Goby
*Some type of Clown
* Smallest possible Centropygne Angel

Corals:
Aussie Blue Tip (from Chriskid via March meeting raffle)
Red Planet (Seriousdude5)
SPS unknown (from March meeting raffle)
A small barely surviving Pocillipora (FFM)
Branching Medusa Monti (member ??)
Mystic Monti (pjb9166)
1 Green 1 Brown Leptoseris (EO Smith Tank @ FFM)
Purple and Green Hammer (FFM)
Duncan (ReefGen @FFM)
Green Frogspawn (FFM)
Yellow Frogspawn (RosstheReefer)
Finger Leather (FFM)
Toadstool Leather (FFM)
Torch(not doing so hot FFM)
Galaxia (FFM)

Zoas, Palys, Polyps and Mushrooms:
Mushroom Rock (philrodrigo)
Purple Hornets (philrodrigo)
Tubbs Blue (philrodrigo)
Xenia(philrodrigo)
Green zoas (Petco...I'm new...)
GSP (FFM and firstlight10)
Gila Monster Paly (emessier)
Mind Blowing Paly (emessier)
Orange Paly (raffle April meeting)
Pink Cats Eye Zoa (RosstheReefer)
Yellow Paly (SeriousDude5)
Purple Zoa (SeriousDude5)
Eagle Eye Zoa (msl5078)
Armor of the Gods Paly (msl5078)
Green and Blue Zoa (Something Fishy Warwick, RI)

Onto the pictures....
A bit of progression





FTS 3/24/14

FTS 4/28/14

Sideview x2 4/28/14

[JerSaint]

Corals:
Brown Leptoseris

Aussie Blue Tip

Medusa Monti

Unknown SPS


Frogspawn


Galaxia

[JerSaint]

Hammer


Finger Leather


Mushroom Rock


Purple Hornets


Raffle Palys


Yellow skirt Palys


Armor of the Gods

Xenia

[phillrodrigo]

My shrooms that was the first coral that went into my tank.

[kgstei]

Looks good I guess you'll be in your 120 sooner rather than later

[firstlight10]

Looks great Jeremy!

[JerSaint]

Thanks! I am chomping at the bit to get the 120 going but it's going to be a a while. I have to build walls and add a few breakers to my box to run a finished system and basement.

[mtc1966]

looks good you have more and nicer coral then I have in my 65nice job

[JerSaint]

Thanks mtc1966!

[ca1ore]

Reef tanks are like storage - amount of 'junk' accumulates to fill the available space, and then you need more storage. Same with a reef tank; no matter how big, it always ends up being too small. One of life's truly cruel ironies

[JerSaint]

Good analogy ca1ore! I think it will be interesting to handle a small footprint and have some direction with an aquascape. I am really enjoying this tank and it will be my focus for a while.

[JerSaint]

Update:
I will be making some changes soon, as space is already an issue. I picked up a 57 gallon Oceanic and a sump and I plan on moving in pretty soon, waiting on lights and some rock.



Picasso Clowns

ReefGen Fungia

ReefGen Zoas

[JerSaint]

[red88rick]

Originally Posted by JerSaint

Update:
I will be making some changes soon, as space is already an issue. I picked up a 57 gallon Oceanic and a sump and I plan on moving in pretty soon, waiting on lights and some rock.
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Project x I want!

[Tweaked]

Only $250 lol. I spy quite a bit of ReefGen there.

[red88rick]

It was cheaper the day of the ctars store event. But regardless I'm a cheapO that needs to save cash ha. One of these days. I just want any kind of fungia plate coral I think they look awesome.

[Blitzie]

Very nice, Good job

[JerSaint]

Thanks Blitzie and Red88rick. I am a sucker for ReefGen and got a bit of a hookup on the stuff in my tank.

[red88rick]

Originally Posted by JerSaint

Thanks Blitzie and Red88rick. I am a sucker for ReefGen and got a bit of a hookup on the stuff in my tank.

Let me in on this hookup ha jk.

[Tweaked]

Can't wait to ***** about all these hookups

[kgstei]

Hey Jeremy the tank looks good. What is the bright green. Coral to the left of the mushroom rock

[JerSaint]

I believe you are looking at a frag of LeslieP's Nephtea.

[kgstei]

Thanks Jeremy I like that one. I'm going to have to see if I can connect with her sometime and get down to Waterford and get one. Question Does it hold its color when it extends itself? I've got a couple of green finger colors which are doing nicely but that means you hardly ever see their color.

[JerSaint]

I think the color looks pretty bright when extended

[LeslieP]

The tank looks great Jeremy - you have some really great pieces in there. I can't wait until you start fragging some of them.

Kgstei - the nephthea is still quite bright even when it is all extended. Come on down and see for yourself - I have 2 big ones in my tank right now