Show off Your 55!

[adpgibso]

I have seen one of these posts awhile back...

Let's see all your 55 tanks!

Feel free to comment!

Mine: 55 gallon drilled, 48" 4-bulb TEK T5 light w/2 aquablue and 2 actinic bulbs

Approx. 60lbs live rock, 2 perculas, 2 anthias, white sebae anemone, anthelia, xenia, green trumpet coral, green stay polyps, pink star polyps

coralife 125 super skimmer, RIO hyper flow-26 return pump dialed down via ball valve

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[Old Yeller]

Lot of xenia huh :)

[specialkb]

very nice in the process of building my 55. hope this thread takes off to motivate me even more. :)

[chrisstie]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/237/451270601_755aec5d57_b.jpg

[cutnup]

wow! i love those orange and yellow zoos in the bottom middle

[mattc183]

Beautiful shot, I like the way natural light makes the tank look. You fit way more coral in your tank then I could. I think I'm going to have to do some rearranging.

[andydavis141]

nice tanks

[kwaters]

Mine is still a baby...but what the hey.

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Happy reefing.

Kris

[wilsonh]

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This is a 200 litre tank, with around 80 x flow, via the stream, HOB skimmer & 2 other pumps. The tank has been designed to be energy efficient and simple, and does not have a sump. There are some fancy gadgets such as an auto top off though.

The fish and coral bioload is reasonably heavy for a tank this size so the zeovit system is used to maintain water quality to a good standard and zeovit additives are used also to support good coral growth & health.




Here's some closer shots-

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[wilsonh]

and more

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[wilsonh]

The animals in the tank include

2 x firefish
Seaweed Blenny
Copperband butterfly
Two Perc Clowns
Yellow tang
Royal gramma
6 line wrasse
four Cardinal Fish
Starkii Damsel
four cleaner shrimp
two Urchins
Brown crud eating Brittlestar

Also there are assorted snails & general critters, even these can make interesting viewing with a magnifying glass, or at night with a torch

Although it is a small tank it seems to work, everybody gets on fine there is no violence, nobody looks cramped or uncomfortable. Luckily the tang is still very small.
I have attempted to make each animal feel "at home" ie have something like what it would have as a niche in the wild, although for the pelagic fish this is obviously not possible. However several of the fish have their own little turf which they are quite at home in, The clown fish lay eggs every few weeks, and the cardinal fish spawn regularly also. I have also observed some of the corals spawning, and of course the shrimps release numerous babies. I have not yet had the time / skill to raise any of these babies, but console myself knowing that in the wild there is very poor survival also.
The seaweed blenny is one of my favorites, these fish are notorious as they refuse food and only eat algae. In a tank they often starve to death once the algae is gone. It took two years and he really got skinny a few times, I had to collect algae covered rocks for him from the beach. But he has finally figured out how to eat food :D .

Here's some pics of some of them

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[Frick-n-Frags]

wilson, that is definitely a tank full'o fun n' sights. nice.

[ej1698]

Here's a 55 myself and my Brother -n- law built for his place. no water in it yet but will be soon.



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30 GALLON SUMP / FUGE FOR UNDERNEATH THE TANK...SWEET!!!

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[oceanic280]

Nice going on the tank! Oceanic280

[mg426]

Nice looking tanks !!!!

[JB NY]

Here's my 55G refugium! :D


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[CeeGee]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9707880#post9707880 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JB NY
Here's my 55G refugium! :D


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that's great!

[wilsonh]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9706507#post9706507 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Frick-n-Frags
wilson, that is definitely a tank full'o fun n' sights. nice.
Thanks Frick-n-Frags!:)