Howdy, my Aquapod 12

[jacksonpt]

Hello everyone. I'm running an Aquapod 12 that is a little over 2 months old. This is my second stint in reefing and I didn't have the money to do a bigger tank. At the end of the day, these little all-in-ones are pretty slick. Here's the lowdown on my tank:

Equipment
- Aquapod 12
- 54w PCs (considering upgrading to the 70MH soon)
- maxi-jet 900 (will soon drill the manifold for additional flow)

LR/LS
- 20lbs LS
- 16lbs LR

Fish
- 1 maroon clown
- 1 dwarf lion

Clean up crew
- a few scarlet hermits
- a few zebra hermits
- a few nassarius snails
- a few cerith snails
- a few turbo snails
- 1 emerald crab

Softies/Mushrooms/Polyps
- capnella
- xenia
- watermellon mushrooms
- red mushrooms
- hairy mushroom
- blue/purple ricordia
- zoos
- blastomussa welsi
- leather
- toadstool

LPS
- candy cane
- frogspawn

SPS
- orange monti capricornis
- green monti spongodes
- brown digitata
- lavendar millepora

I try to keep a log of everything going on in/with my tank on my site (http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/?cat=12), incase anyone wants to see how I got to where I am with things.


Now some pics. It's hard shooting through the curved glass, so not all of them turned out. Here are some of the better ones (camera is an older Sony point-and-shoot, a DSC-S85).

Full Tank Shot
http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/FTS.jpg

Zoos
http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/YellowZoos.jpg

Watermellon Mushroom
http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/WatermellonShroom.jpg

Ricordia
http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Ricordia.jpg

Red Mushroom
http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/RedShroom.jpg

Frogspawn
http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Frogspawn.jpg

Candy Cane
http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/CandyCane.jpg

Blastomussa
http://128.226.189.84/jtonline/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Blasto.jpg

[dameono4]

wow nice tank i see a NOTM coming up

[kase]

nice..good to see another new yorker on here...

[Gundo5000]

Very nice!

[Illuminati]

Sweet, cool lionfish.

[sophia101]

You should def. enter into the Jan NOTM Contest! Wonderful tank!!! :)

[Jimsmowen]

Sweet tank, I cant see the lionfish ??

[Illuminati]

It's right below the leather, also under the clown and to the left.

[Bmgrocks]

I hope you upgrade, i heard atleast 30 Gallons is needed for a dwarf Lionfish up to (7"),, VERY NICE THOUGH!

[jacksonpt]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Yes, an upgrade is planned (40g breeder) which the lion and teh clown will be moved into.

For those of you who like the lion, I have some better pics on my site - see the link in my initial post and poke around on my site for them).

[jellyous]

I just bought that exact tank today. Do you know if the sand might pose a problem near the left bottom filter opening. It doesn't suck through there or anything? I might use coral rubble. Your tanks looking real good.