12 Gallon Loooong

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So it all began when I unsuccessfully kept freshwater tanks.... I decided it might be easier to go saltwater; go figure. I was looking for something different and before even realizing that mr.aqua made 12 gallon long tanks I built my own ! The dimensions are 36"L x 8.5"W x 10"H. Everything has been running for about 6 month and after many aquascapes (including sand removal) this is how she stands. Hope you enjoy !

Equipment:

Aquamedic 2x39W T5HO (1 actinic, 1 10k)
Koralia nano 425gph
Petsmart pump (~150gph)
Aqueon 30 HOB (200gph)
Tetra 50W heater (in the HOB)
Activated carbon (in the HOB)

Livestock:

Ocellaris Clownfish
Darwin Clownfish
Skunk cleaner shrimp

Coral:

Frogspawn (15+ heads)
2x ricordea yuma
zoanthid polyps
acan

[White Lightning]

Looks good. Corals look happy!

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Thank you ! Not sure where the acan should go, had him up high, and down low, and in high flow and low flow... dint seem to make much of a difference other than the night tentacles getting blown around in the high flow spot. Also, snails just kept knocking it over when i had it up high.

[Cheebs]

It's clean and elegant, I like it. Great looking tank! Do you have plans for any more livestock?

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It's clean and elegant, I like it. Great looking tank! Do you have plans for any more livestock?

Thanks for the kind words ! As far as livestock goes I want to keep it light, and I think that 2 clowns is pushing it. I do a wc every ~10 days and have no skimmer. This is also a "holding/test" tank until I upgrade in the near future.

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So just thought I'd post a quick update of the revised scape and additions. The additions are Xenia frag, Alveopora frag and MP20 The acan and the orange ric are not really pictured, they are at the far right. Also purple ric has split (picture 4) and the GSP frag I picked up was not in the photoshoot, sorry ! Darwin clown was donated because my female was crazy and would chase him every now and then grabbing a hold of his dorsal fin with her mouth and holding on for a bit.

[Hookup]

very nice.  I too like how clean it looks.

[Cheebs]

Nice update, I'm liking the growth you're getting so far

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Thanks for the comments

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     Some new updates !!

     First off the DIY 12 long was replaced with a much more "stable" tank, a 20 long. The 12 long was built using the wrong type of silicone. Also a colony of frogspawn was fragged into much smaller, more manageable pieces.















     And finally this tank was put together yesterday. This time I was sure to use the correct type of silicone. It is not yet finished, I need to razor the "squeeze out" from inside and seal it. I will also install a false wall and baffles to make an AIO.  Dimensions are 36"L x 24"W x 18"H. The ends are made slightly higher than the sides because I will use it for the lid to butt up against.

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Made a small DIY macro lens for my Iphone and decided to upload a few pictures. Makes a really big difference compared to the stock lense.  Enjoy !!




Frogspawn / Hammer hybrid






Ricordea & Yuma






Cleaner Shrimp






Another ricordea (not so macro)






Snail with a cool hair-dew






Shroom

[Peekay]

So slick!  Looks amazing.

[xenon]

Snail with a cool hair-dew

My old 29G biocube had that hair algae and for the life of me, I could not get rid of it.

I would scrub that snail down. lol

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My old 29G biocube had that hair algae and for the life of me, I could not get rid of it.

I would scrub that snail down. lol

Haha, but it's my mobile algea turf scrubber !

If your talking about the green hair then I'm not worried I have a tiny amount on this 1 rock and its slowly receding.

Can anyone ID the red strands ? Seems like it hitchhiked on this snail and appears no where else in the tank.

[delslo]

That's a fast snail, he's got flames coming off of him!!!

[Cheebs]

The tank is looking good! The red strands are the problematic ones, I'd scrub down the snail for sure.

[ben_jamin]

new scape is nice youve got way too much frogspawn though
once i get my tank goin well have to make a deal 
did you add more rock during the tank switch?
pics are awesome too i like the shrimp shot

[xenon]

Haha, but it's my mobile algea turf scrubber !

If your talking about the green hair then I'm not worried I have a tiny amount on this 1 rock and its slowly receding.

Can anyone ID the red strands ? Seems like it hitchhiked on this snail and appears no where else in the tank.

I am talking about the red strands, not the green hair algae.

I forget the name but its nasty because it will thrive in pristine water conditions so its nearly impossible to get rid of.