fresh [yo] 10 gal

[skylsdale]

I've faded out of the game a bit over this last year, focusing more on a vivarium that I started up and diving into terrestrial/epiphytic ecosystems.

Anyway, I got some equipment together and decided to get a tank up and running. A quick rundown of the specs:

- 10 gal tank
- AC 500 + surface skimmer
- 96W Coralife Aqualight
- a couple big rocks (sandstone) from the Oregon coast

The entire system was designed around the idea of a small coral head or bommie in the lagoon or leeward reef, some isolated clump of rock in the middle of a ton of sand. Inhabitants consist of a single 3-stripe damsel. A few snails will eventually be added. Plans are to have a few colonies of Pocilliporids, a single branching Acro or Monti, and then allow some pom-pom xenia to festoon the rest. That's it--simple and sweet. Will add updates as things progress.

 

[Anonymous]

Cool looking rocks.

But sandstone can be silicate based, and cause you problems down the road.

B

 

[skylsdale]

Guess we'll see what happens, eh? Always helps to test speculation...

 

[ickypimp]

i would replace the sandstone with CURED reef rock, you will benefit from added biological filtration provided by the rock then, silicates will cause problems with diatom blooms IMO

 

[skylsdale]

I suppose I should replace the glass tank with an acrylic one, seeing as how glass is silicate based as well?

I'm good on biological filtration--with such a low bioload, there is plenty of bacterial film in the tank.

 

[Anonymous]

Cool looking tank! It looks like a moon scene!

Anne