20L Office Tank (pics caution dialup)

[dedfish]

Here are a few pictures of my 20L that I started in my office. The tank is now 3 months old. I added the refuge this week.

Overview shot about a week after initial fill:

Shot of plumbing:

Shot at 1 month:

Left side close up at 1 month:

Right side:

Mushrooms added at 2 month mark. There are actually like 4 or 5 smaller ones arround the rock too. You can see a few if you look close. I took this pic right after getting them and they were pretty closed up still. They have actually grown alot since I got them.

Refuge built from 1/4" acrylic:

Refuge in place(07/13/04):

Overview of tank at 3 months:

I added a small clean up crew, a few turbos and some hermits after about a month and half after I set it up and then a month after that I put an emerald crab and few astrea snails. Every morning when I come in I can see pods crawling over the rock and sand. I think I am ready to add a fish and maybe some sort of coral.

For fish I am was thinking about 4 fish total added slowly over the next 3-8 months. I know I want a clown pair, but those will go in last. Not sure what to get for the other fish. I was looking at royal gramma's, which are nice and colorfull. I'm open to suggestions.

For corals I want to start slow. I have 130 watts of PC which I really think will be plenty for almost anything in a tank this deep. At least anything I'd want to keep as I am not interested in keeping anything too demanding, I am a novice after all. I'll probably start with some zoa's and button polyps.

I'd love to hear some feedback!

Cheers!

 

[NateHanson]

I always think a shrimp goby pair is a nice addition, and something like a yashi or high-fin will hardly add anything to the bioload, since they're so small.

 

[dedfish]

I really like the idea of that, but I am pretty affraid that they would colapse some rock and crack the tank or something.