20 gal long salt water (updated pics)

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2-54watt HO T5's
Eclipse hood
60 .lbs live rock
20 .lbs live sand
Same water, but I'm going to hold off maybe a week before I add anything.

After the 30 sprung a leak, I cried (didn't let my wife see it though).
That tank is still up for grabs if anybody wants it. Free to my fishbox homies.
Pick-up only.

The new 20L



Adding cycled water and live rock



Full and running




I put it on the shelf between the kitchen and family room. I left the background clear so you could see straight through.

N-JOY

alkomist wrote:

looks awsome!!!!! were did u end up puttin the unicorn??

In my 40 frag tank

Nice!!!! alot more room in their for him!:)
keep them pix commin buddy they look awsome! n i could get some ideas on how to set mine up!

this really makes me want to turn my 20 into a salt water tank. it looks great man.

austinchap wrote:

this really makes me want to turn my 20 into a salt water tank. it looks great man.

DO IT !!!

ive got some just sitting here. ill have to look into everything. i know its a little expensive at first if im not mistaken

depends on what you consider expensive.

just hit up craigs list for SW stuff!!
thats wat im doin!!:) all i need now is a skimmer sand and live rock!!!
al of which im gettin REAL SOON!!!!

I like it. I herd the smaller the SW tank the harder it is to take care of it. True?

Fish_Love wrote:

I like it. I herd the smaller the SW tank the harder it is to take care of it. True?

Even though I have a protein skimmer and 9watt uv sterilizer in the tank, I do a 10% water change every week. I check ammonia, nitrate and nitrite once a week. PH is checked with daily with a smart ph monitor that stays in the tank. I check my waters salinity with a refractometer. Staying on top of your water perimeters is the key to successfully running a reef aquarium.

This all takes a little time, but a well maintained reef aquarium is all worth the time put into it. Including feeding, adding chemicals and coral prep; I spend about an hour and a half on each tank every week.
(20reef, 40frag, 50reef and 75FOWLR)

I FEEL LIKE TIME WILL SPENT.