Guarda's 20G Cube

Joined livingreefs when I got my first tank last year then upgraded to this 20 Gallon in October. Admittedly I defected to ManhattanReefs as it is local but I miss the great people and advice I've met/gotten from this forum. Thought I'd give a quick update. Tank's been up for about 6 months with a bout of cyano at month 3-4. Other than that I've had no major problems and have great growth, imo attributed to the ESV salt I've started to use this year. Pardon the crappy pics. I have no excuse lol. Let me know what you guys think.

Hardware
Elos Mini with E-lite
Elos NS100 skimmer
Elos Osmocontroller
Reefkeeper 2 with temp and ph probe
Vortech MP40
Ecoxotic Stunner Blue LED Strip to give me some more blue
Stealth 50W heater
Aluminum 40 bulb led spotlight for fuge
DIY led strip for even more blue (I wish I lived in the psychedelic 70's)

Software
False Perc 2" (Samsung)
True Perc 1" (Nokia)
Blue Mandarin 2" (Sony)
Orange Linckia 2"
Hector's Goby (Rompope)
8 Nassarius Snails
4 Nerite Snails
1 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab
2 Margarita Snails

Rbta

Dendrophyllia
Superman cyphastrea
Xenia
Hammer coral, frogspawn
Assorted zoas
Rainbow acan
Mushrooms or yumas, can't really tell
Red mushrooms
Green favia
Green Platygyra
War coral
blue chalice
pink chalice

Garf's Bonsai
Orange Digi
Blue acro
Psammacora
Superman monti
Green and red caps
Blue Stylo
Green Birdsnest

Month 3



Sony


Stormtrooper


This is Romaine


This is Rompope


Month 5


Month 6 (taken a few days ago)


Month 6 top down shot


Sad attempt at a diy led





And for fun, here's a video of my mandarin eating from my hand.
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And Samsung, always wanting attention, wanted a clip too.
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Welcome back! We are happy to see you again. :D

Your tank looks so beautiful. Incredible job. I can't get enough of your pictures.

Hey Biff! How ya been? Looking for your build thread now... Hope it's updated

Wow! Beautiful!!!!

Awesome looking tank!

Your tank is amazing!! I hope one day my tank looks HALF as nice!

Thanks! We should start an AA club, Aquarists Anonymous. This is a serious addiction!

Is that a hippo tang you have there?

Sir Alex said:

Is that a hippo tang you have there?

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:shock: I dont think so, somehow i think a tang wouldnt fit too snug in there!! :rofl:

I am still totally in love with Romain he is just so cute! Your tank looks fantastic great job!

guarda said:

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Look in the back right corner.

Eeek uh oh here comes the tang police LOL

I think, i hope, he returned it because it isnt in any other photos

LOL What the hell, howd i miss that?!?! :?
But yea im with little fish on this one.

Yep, had Toshiba for about two weeks. My upgrade plans got put off so I sold him. GF was not happy.

guarda said:

GF was not happy.

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But I bet the fish is

I have to admit though, I miss him too. In the short time we had him he exuded personality.

ha, you should have seen my BF when i mowed down the xenia patch. He was almost to tears over xenia of all things.

Yeah, the guy who bought it off me used to update me weekly and even sent me a few videos. I was planning on having a 3' by now but even that would have been too small for him by now. My apt isn't big enough for a 150 but I'm working on it...

Thanks :) Was just waiting for the mandarin police to ring my bell.

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AmberSunrise said:

I am still totally in love with Romain he is just so cute! Your tank looks fantastic great job!

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