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Here's my office tank--haven't been free enough to post a thread about it until now. 33 g Oceanic, I cut a slot in the back for an external overflow. Flat back wall, no penetrations in the tank of any kind, no heaters, powerheads, etc. I wanted a perfect cube of ocean sitting in my cubicle. Here's how I did it.
You get a pretty good idea of how the overflow is constructed here. This is during taping right before I spray painted the back glass black.
Return plumbing hidden in the canopy.
The Loc-line is extended with clear vinyl tubing...
...and voila, this is what you see inside the tank.
Lighting: 4X13W PC, half actinic half 10k, on a timer.
Circulation: Mag 7 return pump through 3/4" Loc-line. I want to have two of these to alternate flow direction in the tank every 6 hours....eventually.
Skimmer: Euro-Reef ES series.
Other filtration: 100 micron filter sock, occasional activated carbon, 30% weekly water change.
Maintenance: Topoff with 2L dilute kalk solution daily, clean out filter sock and skimmer cup daily, turkey baste rocks and scrape glass weekly.
Feeding: 3-4 mysid shrimp, squirt of Cyclop-eeze, live Artemia nauplii, twice daily, 10 mL of Reed Mariculture Shellfish Diet daily (that's a LOT of phytoplankton) dripped in throughout the day, 0.5 g blended Algamac brand HUFA supplement daily, pinch of microworms (Panagrellus sp.) daily, whatever other small foods I can get my hands on.
Fish:
Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis (red-orange variant)
Nemateleotris hefrichi
Trimma tevegae (aka T. caudomaculatum)
Corals:
Scleronephthya sp.
Menella sp.
Hitchhiking Zoanthus sp.
Hitchhiking Faviid coral.
The addition of so much phytoplankton has amazing effects on the live rock and other inverts in the tank. Sponges and feather dusters grow like crazy but there is very little nuisance algae because of the low light. I have several Stomatella varia that keep this in check, and reward me with a spawning show every few days it seems. Probably will see many many baby snails in the near future. Calcareous algae seems to grow fairly rapidly in this tank, but nothing uncontrollable thank goodness. This tank requires a lot of little work daily but is fairly easy to maintain overall.
Hope you enjoy! More photos to come in the future...
You get a pretty good idea of how the overflow is constructed here. This is during taping right before I spray painted the back glass black.
Return plumbing hidden in the canopy.
The Loc-line is extended with clear vinyl tubing...
...and voila, this is what you see inside the tank.
Lighting: 4X13W PC, half actinic half 10k, on a timer.
Circulation: Mag 7 return pump through 3/4" Loc-line. I want to have two of these to alternate flow direction in the tank every 6 hours....eventually.
Skimmer: Euro-Reef ES series.
Other filtration: 100 micron filter sock, occasional activated carbon, 30% weekly water change.
Maintenance: Topoff with 2L dilute kalk solution daily, clean out filter sock and skimmer cup daily, turkey baste rocks and scrape glass weekly.
Feeding: 3-4 mysid shrimp, squirt of Cyclop-eeze, live Artemia nauplii, twice daily, 10 mL of Reed Mariculture Shellfish Diet daily (that's a LOT of phytoplankton) dripped in throughout the day, 0.5 g blended Algamac brand HUFA supplement daily, pinch of microworms (Panagrellus sp.) daily, whatever other small foods I can get my hands on.
Fish:
Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis (red-orange variant)
Nemateleotris hefrichi
Trimma tevegae (aka T. caudomaculatum)
Corals:
Scleronephthya sp.
Menella sp.
Hitchhiking Zoanthus sp.
Hitchhiking Faviid coral.
The addition of so much phytoplankton has amazing effects on the live rock and other inverts in the tank. Sponges and feather dusters grow like crazy but there is very little nuisance algae because of the low light. I have several Stomatella varia that keep this in check, and reward me with a spawning show every few days it seems. Probably will see many many baby snails in the near future. Calcareous algae seems to grow fairly rapidly in this tank, but nothing uncontrollable thank goodness. This tank requires a lot of little work daily but is fairly easy to maintain overall.
Hope you enjoy! More photos to come in the future...
