My very humble 2.5 ft Tank

[eprouve]

Moved over from 2 foot without refugium since December 2002

Dimensions

Main Tank: 2.50 × 1.25 × 1.33 feet

Sump/Refugium: 2.00 × 1.25 × 1.25 feet

Volume

Total: 207 litres / 54 US gallons (about 90% filled = 187 litres / 49 US gallons)

Substrate

Main Tank: #0 Coral Sand (approximately 1 inch)

Sump/Refugium: #0/1 Coral Sand (average approximately 4.5 inches)

Lighting

Main Tank: 1 × 14,000K MH, 1 × Blue T5 tube

8 hrs per day (1800 – 0200hrs of the next morning)

Sump/Refugium: 1 × 10,000K PL tube

16 hrs per day (0200 – 1800hrs of the next morning)

Filtration (Mechanical, Biological/Natural and Chemical)

Main Tank Pump to Sump at 1600 litres/hour

1. Mechanically filtered by Fine and Coarse Wool

2. Runs over a Macro Algae Refugium with Deep Sand Bed (DSB)

3. Chemically filtered further by SeaChem’s PhosGuard, Purigen and

Renew

4. Pre-refugium protein skimming by H&S Protein Skimmer

Power Consumption (per month):

Lighting

(1 × 150W × 8 hrs) × 0.7 e-ballast savings × 30 Days = 25,200 WH

(1 × 18W × 8 hrs) × 0.7 e-ballast savings × 30 Days = 3,024 WH

(1 × 36W × 16 hrs) × 0.7 e-ballast savings × 30 Days = 12,096 WH

Powerheads

(3 × 10W × 24 hrs) × 30 Days = 21,600 WH

H&S Protein Skimmer

(1 × 18W × 24 hrs) × 30 Days = 12,960 WH

Cost of Operation (Electrical, per month):

74.88 kWH × $0.16.51 = $12.36

Stock:

Fish

01 Cardinal

01 Orchid Dottyback

01 Silk-Shot Goby

01 Pale Gudeon

01 Rocket Goby

01 Scooter Blenny

01 Bi-Colour Blenny

01 Unidentified Blenny

Crustacean

01 Cleaner Shrimps (Lysmata amboinesis)

01 Coral Banded Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)

01 Zebra Hermit Crab

01 Top Shell Snails (Astrea tecta)

?? Bristle Worms (Hermodice carunculata)

Corals

Hammer Head Coral (Euphyllia fimbriata)

Mushrooms (Actinodiscus sp.)

Brown Button Polyps (Palythoa sp.)

Yellow Polyps (Parazoanthus axinellae)

Feather Duster Tube Worms (Sabella penicillus)

Coco Worms

[eprouve]

New CNY'04 Rescape

[eprouve]

The view as I fall asleep (from my bed)

Thats why my tank dimensions is so wierd...

[eprouve]

Some close-ups / macro shots:

[RAV-65]

Yo bro,

nice setup!

I especially like your bubbles...

Vincent Ho

[Golden Tooth]

Good intro. of ur tank. Nice.

[hammer99]

Hi,

Nice setup pal,

BTW which corals mention above doesn't required strong lightings ?

[nicky30092002]

Nice!!!

[blueheaven]

ur MH is wad brand bulb?

[eprouve]

Haha... cheapo... WeiPro! But still v nice!

[ryan]

woohoo!!!

nice one bro!

but i think you missed out quite alot of corals in your name list. like the cauliflower, bubble and goniopora.. oh and sea fan!

[eprouve]

Yah... got some problem with editing the post.... wanted to update it... but... WHERE'S THE EDIT BUTTON??

[boxfish]

nice setup ...

But ... will your torch and bubble "hua san lun jian" (sword fight)?

lighting timing a bit interesting... MH till 0200...hmmm... old folk will ask you "is it to shine at the rats?"

[rainbowdarter]

You did not use any chiller to run your tank?

[xfusion]

very nice setup, bro..

[eprouve]

Haha... thanks for all the kind comments.

Why I don't have a chiller?

Yes, my lighting schedule is wierd cos I thought it'd be better to complement my at home/awake hours. It also means that I'll be in my room with aircon on. Chiller saved for now, till I get my own place and a BiGgEr Tank

As for the swordfighting... well, its what I've been seeing at LFS showtanks. I've been told that similar types of corals are quite ok. So far so good. They still look happy.

[AquaRa]

good job

[Anfield]

Nice setup & nice pic.

[ryan]

bro...

update!!!

i want to see your prata!!!

[ryz]

wow. nice.. like the colour of the goniopora. never seen any one like that.