Starting in October of 2009, after almost 4 years away, and after long deliberation and bugging, of my now wife, I took the jump back into the saltwater aquarium life! Due to apartment lease policies, I was limited in tank size to 25 gallons. We figured this was close enough and proceeded to “hide” the tank with a large clothing box for the next 2 years living at this residence when apartment inspection time came around. The photo above is at about 3 months old.
When building this tank, I started with the FULL intention of getting a large tank in the future. So all the equipment, though barely fitting into the stand, is rated for tanks over 100 gallons: the protein skimmer, the calcium reactor, and the phosban reactor. In terms of equipment, maintenance, and dosing I started from the beginning and to date this tank has been nothing but a success. Dosing both calcium reactor and kalkwasser, about 600 gph thru a wet/dry trickle filter sump.
The only significant algae bloom I had was a cyano bloom, at about 6 months, as seen in these pics.
When building this tank, I started with the FULL intention of getting a large tank in the future. So all the equipment, though barely fitting into the stand, is rated for tanks over 100 gallons: the protein skimmer, the calcium reactor, and the phosban reactor. In terms of equipment, maintenance, and dosing I started from the beginning and to date this tank has been nothing but a success. Dosing both calcium reactor and kalkwasser, about 600 gph thru a wet/dry trickle filter sump.
The only significant algae bloom I had was a cyano bloom, at about 6 months, as seen in these pics.