This is my very first tank ever. It is a 20 gal with 30watt leds, 2 10w 10,000k leds and 1 10w super actinic blue hybrid led which is  3 chips 20000K + 6 chips 455nm Royal blues. The white kind of wash out the blue because they are so powerful, so I will be getting another blue led to balance it out. Here are some pictures of my tank.

*update*

I rearranged the rock in the tank which has made everything much happier, my wrasse comes out a lot more now that he has a million paths to swim, as well as there are two large caves under the rocks which the serpent and the fire fish love. As you can see I got my Mochas a RBTA and a GBTA they were hosting it them with in the first 36 hours of putting them into the tank, they host in both. Everything is growing and thriving including my daisy's which weren't doing to well after i got them but are recovering very well and are at about 75% of the colony is back and I and now just waiting for the toadstool I got, along with the BTA, from Pam to not be so angry. Enjoy the Pictures!

New rockscaping

Scarlet Crab having a staring contest with my phone.

Walter and lily in there new home.

 

RBTA being angry under blues- the picture doesn't to it justice.

Edited by BubbleGuppy - July 01 2013 at 9:40pm

Thanks for so many pics. They give us a good picture of the state of affairs and what to advise you to watch out for.

I agree with Connie.
The tank is so clean and white. Though it looks cool now, that's not exactly the best way to keep a healthy reef.

Until a lot more life (soft surface algae, coralline algae, bugs and worms) grows on the rock and in the sand, it could very easily get overloaded and suddenly there would be fish and coral death and/or a bloom of unwanted algae.

I'd recommend slowing down and enjoying watching things grow. I would not add any more fish and only add a few soft coral over the next two months.

Shells are visible on the sand. Were these live snails? How many snails are alive in the tank? Ideally, a reef tank should always have about one herbivorous snail (Astrea, Cerith, Margarita, Nerite) per gallon, but in the first 3-6 weeks that is usually too many because there is not enough algae for them to eat. When snails die they unfortunately add a lot of pollution which risks a bloom of problem algae. Add more snails as the algae grows more visible.

ASAP I'd add some macroalgae; Caulerpa and/or Cheatomorpha algae. In the first 3-6 months of a tanks life it goes through some major changes; changes that could be disaterous without some macroalgae to provide immediate water purification and a kind of living balance to the newly emerging life of the tank.

It's looking good. Have fun.


Edited by Mark Peterson - March 16 2012 at 6:33pm

Very nice tank! I'm glad to see that the corals are doing well. Are the daisies doing any better? Good luck and have fun!

Looking good - keep us posted on your progress

Linn

I'm in the process of building my stand for my 72 gallon. I have gotten the tank ready to switch over. 

Edited by BubbleGuppy - August 16 2012 at 6:13pm

updated pics?

I haven't updated on my 72 since set it up almost a year ago. So here are some pictures of my tank. :)

Edited by BubbleGuppy - July 01 2013 at 10:02pm

Very nice!