Hello reefers! My name is Camile, I have a BS in Marine Bio and about 9 years of experience working in public aquaria and aquaculture but am new to reef keeping at the hobbyist level! I've had a well established FOWLR tank for about three years now and figured it was about time I got into reefing! I’m currently running the aquatics department at my local LFS and fell in love with this absolutely evil maroon clownfish that has been here for about 8 months, killed a couple fish before he got his buddy privileges revoked and loves to nip at fingers. He inspired me to set up another tank so he can have a home where he gets to be the only fish in the tank and bite me all he wants.
I wanted to keep the setup simple and budget friendly, using as much of the extra stuff I have lying around as possible. Here’s the current setup and my plans for the future if anyone’s interested in watching my progress!
Tank: Rimless Aqueon 14g cube
Filter: Fluval Aquaclear 50
Media: mature bio block from established FOWLR tank and ChemiPure Blue (LOVE that stuff and already had on hand)
Substrate: 10lbs Caribsea Aragalive
Aquascape: Caribsea Liferock Arch and small rock
Circulation pump: Fluval Sea CP1 (leftover from FOWLR tank)
Light: SmatFarm 60w G3 (just came in today so once I get it set up I’ll let you know what settings I end up running it at)
Planning to upgrade my wave maker and add an ATO at some point soon.
Currently running the tank with just Little Evil the maroon and am planning to add mostly softies and LPS at first and then maybe a few SPS up top down the line. There’s a coral convention in town in a couple months so I’m planning on just letting the tank mature a bit and picking up a few corals to start with then.
I plan on dosing All For Reef once I get corals in to keep it easy also.
First Photo is day 1 second photo is day 2! I love how quick and well the ChemiPure Blue clears the water right up!
I wanted to keep the setup simple and budget friendly, using as much of the extra stuff I have lying around as possible. Here’s the current setup and my plans for the future if anyone’s interested in watching my progress!
Tank: Rimless Aqueon 14g cube
Filter: Fluval Aquaclear 50
Media: mature bio block from established FOWLR tank and ChemiPure Blue (LOVE that stuff and already had on hand)
Substrate: 10lbs Caribsea Aragalive
Aquascape: Caribsea Liferock Arch and small rock
Circulation pump: Fluval Sea CP1 (leftover from FOWLR tank)
Light: SmatFarm 60w G3 (just came in today so once I get it set up I’ll let you know what settings I end up running it at)
Planning to upgrade my wave maker and add an ATO at some point soon.
Currently running the tank with just Little Evil the maroon and am planning to add mostly softies and LPS at first and then maybe a few SPS up top down the line. There’s a coral convention in town in a couple months so I’m planning on just letting the tank mature a bit and picking up a few corals to start with then.
I plan on dosing All For Reef once I get corals in to keep it easy also.
First Photo is day 1 second photo is day 2! I love how quick and well the ChemiPure Blue clears the water right up!
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