My 2" Tank...

[coralreef]

2 feet tank

[nsyahron]

Nudi,

Cool. What kinda lights you're using? How long has this tank been running?

[coralreef]

close to 8mths

in the pic..only on 1 X 150MH 20kk...got another 2 X T5 aquablue...

[KingFish]

That makes our tank almost the same age ... and with only 2 Chromises, you've done well managing the bioload in a 2ft setup

Perhaps, the Mods will like to move this to the photography section, and you can post your tank specifications and equipment.

Its looks like there's an awful lot of bubbles in your tank, is it from the return pump? And does it freak out your fishes?

[coralreef]

it's from my lousy skimmer...but doing quite ok....from the picture...u think it's only 2 chromis....heehee...i got a high bioload.....but then i change water weekly..abt 30%...that's about 1 pail of water....

there's 2 blue tangs and 1 yellow tangs...hidding behind the rocks...

below the tank got another 2 feet tank for my refugium.....

[Alentino]

Question, what's a refugium? is it like a sump with additional stuffs in it?

[dodo]

Question, what's a refugium? is it like a sump with additional stuffs in it?

Refugium

In short

A Safe Harbor

At its most fundamental level, a refugium is nothing more than a safe place where some livestock can grow free from the reach of its would-be predators. It can be a section of an aquarium separated by a simple divider, a drop-in in-tank refugium, a section of a sump or a separate tank tied into the main system. The purpose of the refugium in an aquarium is to allow certain species to grow or reproduce.

While this basic concept is implemented in all refugia, most have developed to serve more functions. While specific refugium functions are many -- including denitrification, nutrient absorption, algae cultivation, invert cultivation, coral propagation, alkalinity buffering, ph control, calcium supplementation and detritus filtration -- most refugia are designed with one of two (or both) functions in mind: filtration or feeding.

[coralreef]

here's another pic...

[ckevin]

Nice..try to reduce the micro bubbles in your tank though. I heard it is detrimental to sps health. I like your concept!

[berrykin]

Whao.. u organise your LR and corals so well... nice arrangment...... a 2ft tank is hard to organise nicely ... how much u bought your prata coral huh???? where?

[coralreef]

there's 2 prata..the big green 1 is from 1 of the reefers.....

[berrykin]

What is that little white string on the right side???/ thats the test temperature or test Ph ????

Does your tank run a chiller????

[coralreef]

no chiller...using 2 AC fan...1 for the main tank..the other for my refugium...

highest 28.5...once in a while...29...evening time onwards...27..

that white thing is my temp probe

[maxz]

Ur 2 ft tank r readynice. .

I notice the black box on the left hand side.Just wonder it is lan overflow?

[coralreef]

that's the i-box

[Dispar_Anthias]

wow nice tank.....

Is that the tank which no new fish can stay for more tahn 3 days

[coralreef]

ya...now no prob for no reason....can have fish liao..haahaa....just that..no clown....maybe the clown disease still in there....trying clown again...in 2 mths time

[Dispar_Anthias]

ya...now no prob for no reason....can have fish liao..haahaa....just that..no clown....maybe the clown disease still in there....trying clown again...in 2 mths time

Hey good to hear that, but now i am more into anthias

[hippo]

Btw, what's I box for?

[chey42]

nice tank u have there ...

[dodo]

Btw, what's I box for?

Basically to siphon the water from a undrill tank to a sump

[hippo]

Thanks. I had saw that before. Just don't what it meant for.

[tiger]

Mind I ask a question. REad somewhere that a Tang fish need a 500 gallon Tank!!

And how you able to keep 3 Tangs in a 2ft tank. Sorry, I newbie that why I ask.

I also thinking of keeping a Tang in my 3ft but was advised for Tang can only keep one. tnks.

[coralreef]

it is not advisable to keep tang for 2 feet....but i kept 4....oppss...Tang cop is coming after me...kekeke..

anyway...I manage to keep bioload low and they're still small...by the time they grow...my new tank would have come already.....