My 55 Gallon Reef Tank 720HD 198 8

Reef tank 13 years ago 98,159 views

Lighting: 1 48" Coralife T5 1 48" Coralife HO T5 (both dual fixture) Filtration: 2 HOB filters (Working on getting sump) Tank: ~40lbs live rock (~15 DIY rock) 50lbs live sand Fish: 1 Tomini Tang 1 ORA Maroon Clownfish 2 Pajama Cardinals 1 Purple Firefish 1 Target Mandarin Dragonet 1 Yasha Hasa Goby Inverts: 1 Rose Bubble Anenome 1 Sand Sifting Starfish 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 1 Blood Shrimp 1 Tiger Pistol Shrimp 2 clams (not the ones with pretty mantles, they dig in the sand and filter water with a tube that comes out) 5 Blue Leg Hermits 4 Red Leg Hermits 2 Scarlet Hermits 1 Zebra Hermit 5 Black Margarita Snails 10 Cerith Snails 5 Astera Snails 1 Big Trochus Snail 6 Nassarius Snails Corals: Frogspawn Hammer Pearl Bubble Open Brain Torch Purple/Pink Plate Coral Branching Gonipora Yellow Star Polyps Green Star Polyps Orange Zoos Watermelon Zoos Gorilla Nipple Zoos 2 Others Unidentified Green Montipora Toadstool Kenya Tree 6-7 Different kinds of mushrooms This aquarium is no longer active. Also, I do not know the the song name.

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TheHypercasual - 8 years ago

what's the song?

Chase Bodden - 8 years ago

lol thanks

Chase Bodden - 8 years ago

I like your red one is there a special name for it

christofficer3 - 8 years ago

Not that i know of. i still have a piece from the mother colony in this video haha

Chase Bodden - 8 years ago

What's the coral at 1:30 the red long tintcal

christofficer3 - 8 years ago

+Chase Bodden most of the green polyp variant are farm raised which i would say is the way to go!

Chase Bodden - 8 years ago

Ok thanks I thought that's what it was I have a green one

christofficer3 - 8 years ago

Thats A Long Polyp Toadstool. Its in the leather coral family. Very hardy!

Ashley L - 8 years ago

Beautiful tank! Do you do anything special for your flowerpot to stay opened so nice?

christofficer3 - 8 years ago

+Ashley L they are found in lagoons where the water is turbid so they do enjoy nutirent rich water. most reef keepers strive for low nutrient environments which is why these corals arent popular as they typically dont thrive in these style aquariums. I work now in the aquarium industry and have seen lots of angry gonios. Be very very gentle with them if you have to move them. they are in my experience very prone to bacterial infects and STN, with that said, damage to the tissue must be avoided at all costs. Hope he perks up! try feeding him with all pumps off and see if you get any kind of response.

Ashley L - 8 years ago

Thanks for the advice!! I will try that. Mine has been closed for about a week now, I don't know what's going on with it. I did notice it likes it better when my nitrates are slightly higher. They are some strange corals, but very beautiful:) I did notice that mine liked marine snow, but now he wont even open up for that lol

christofficer3 - 8 years ago

Thanks! the flowerpot was a Alveopora, which is the branching variant. they are IMO much easier to keep alive. I dosed Brightwell trace elements 3x a week which i think is the secret. you can spot feed them with Julians Sprung's Goniopwder for faster growth, but I never did :D

Betta Fish - 8 years ago

Wow! nice

Q DatsWho Whodimis - 8 years ago

What was it that your clowns were host to.

christofficer3 - 8 years ago

that was a rose bubble tip anemone. for some reason these anemones will sometimes make very long tentacles instead of the iconic bubble tips.

Jason Knoff - 9 years ago

is it still up and running? the flow seems so minimal how do you avoid cyano/algae? If so do you still have the tang?

christofficer3 - 8 years ago

the tank is no longer running if your curious. this was my first reef so i did so.e strange things. i did have very low flow but everything loved it. i just fed properly and frequent water changes.

S Davey - 9 years ago

Sweet reef. Just about to set a 55 gallon reef up, and I was wondering if I really needed LED lighting, you've answered my question....

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CartoonsZ Channel - 9 years ago

what coral is on 1:29?

christofficer3 - 9 years ago

Its a long polyp toadstool leather.

Freddy Delgado - 9 years ago

Torch needs more flow !

Freddy Delgado - 9 years ago

Nice wellsophillya !

christofficer3 - 9 years ago

Thanks!!

Margarita Jarquin - 9 years ago

Awesome reef set up! Nice music but better camera work next time ;)

Kenneth Kvasys - 10 years ago

Beautiful!

Jamesweaver5 - 10 years ago

My 55 gallon reef tank!

Jamesweaver5 - 10 years ago

youtube.com/watch?v=efcHTcknhR4

Thomas O'Brien - 10 years ago

love the coral selection

David Camp - 10 years ago

Can you do a new video of what it looks like now?

Scott Blackburn - 10 years ago

Very nice tank, I liked and subscribed. Would you check mine out and give me some suggestions?

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NATUREmag - 10 years ago

Great tank! Thank you very much for sharing it with us! Have a great week!

atticus27 - 11 years ago

what is that coral at 2:40 on top right like a claw?? sweet tank by the way, giving me ideas what corals to put in mine :)

15290calvo - 11 years ago

Put the plate on the sand bed n love the tank!!

Etienne StjeanduCouteau - 11 years ago

at least the music matches underwater movement. get another reef up soon.

Frank Taurisano - 11 years ago

Who is the music by ?

MrAquariummaster - 11 years ago

Hey nice tank check mine out!!!

Aja Rangel - 11 years ago

Beautiful tank! How many hours do u run ur light? What supplements do u feed with?

Anthony Prejean - 11 years ago

did you have a auto top off ?

Michael Consalvo - 11 years ago

What brand of HOB filter did you use on that tank? The water is crystal clear and everything looks amazing!

AquariumsbyZero - 11 years ago

Great looking tank!!

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christofficer3 - 11 years ago

I had to take it down because it was setup in my parents home. I was 22 at the time still living at home. It was covering a main vent from the furnace and made the room really cold. I didn't Think about it when I set it up.... lol. The HOT5 I would with out a doubt reccomend. Great output with minimal heat. Never needed a chiller. Never had problems with temperature swings. Led is coming around but they aren't reasonably priced for the fixtures that can actually support corals.

christofficer3 - 11 years ago

Pc.. I think those yellow polyps might actually be photosynthetic. Try target feeding. Note.. this tank is no longer running. Thanks for all the comments. My open brain got HUGE so did my bubble coral. They got so big I had to feed them sIlversides. Never ran protein skimmer. the HOB filters were awesome. Just goes to show if you can commit to 10% weekly water changes, you CAN have a beautiful reef tank without fancy stumps and protein skimmers. Remember S.P.S. S.tability P.rovides S.uccess

pcamantea - 11 years ago

awesome. wish my yellow polyps were that yellow. Mine are brownish. Do you know if this is a lightining issue or just species?

chrly sheen - 11 years ago

how is the filtration with the hob filters?

tag7696 - 11 years ago

Nice open brain! Must be huge

Benjmin Aunger - 11 years ago

Hey i have a 150 gallon tank and i want to get a snowflake eel in it but i also want it to have the amazing colors of your tank is it okay to have your corals and anemones and the eel? please help

Cheeken LaorLever - 11 years ago

NICE SONG <3 LOVE IT

christofficer3 - 12 years ago

at 1:30 is just a big toadstool. the bulbs are 2 10K and 2 actinic- both coralife. put the zoas up high.. atleast halfway up

PowderTangJon - 12 years ago

Very nice. What is the coral at 1:30? Also, what bulbs are you using on your fixture? I have a 4 bulb t5 system but I can't figure out the lighting that brings out the colours of my zoas.

GloriaVanderpump - 12 years ago

love how the mandarin fish is hiding away! :)

Chase Baker - 12 years ago

i have the same exact lights on my tank check them out! you tank s extremely heathy great bio balance

Mansa Musa - 12 years ago

love it!

1jaedon - 12 years ago

Great looking tank!

Paandemonium - 12 years ago

how is the mandarin working out for you? is it eating well?

muffemod - 12 years ago

I like your feather duster a lot. Very beautiful.

CoralFish12g - 12 years ago

sweet baby jesus this is like my dream tank!!!!

christofficer3 - 13 years ago

@andre1000 Great! ill post an update soon

christofficer3 - 13 years ago

@rpmccleary Its a Rose Bubble Anemone

andre1000 - 13 years ago

hows the lighting treating you?

christofficer3 - 13 years ago

@maxx56dog Workin on it :P

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CoralFish12g - 13 years ago

sweeeeet... great colors in your tank...... check out my tank

Jose - 13 years ago

AWESOME!!!!!!

maxx56dog - 13 years ago

nice tank, it looks like there is not much flow in there, i would add some powerheads if i were you.

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