10 Gallon Mixed Reef

[Duds]

Hey all,

Suppose I’ll throw up a build thread for my 10 gallon mixed reef I have going. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while it’s been running since October 4th, 2022 so about three months now.

I started out with a hang on back filter which about a month later was replaced by a remora hob skimmer with a mj1200. I’ve never run a skimmer before but it seems to work quite well, water clarity and quality seemed to improve so sure why not. It has a basic 50 watt in tank heater hooked up now to a WiFi inkbird (love that peace of mind, just need to get the magnetic probe holder as the suction cups have let go a few times already), sicce nano voyager 1 powerhead to help with flow, and lighting the tank it has a clip on nicrew hyperreef 100 watt light. It has probably 15 plus pounds of live rock and 10 lbs I think of dry sand about a 1-1.5” sand bed. I use Red Sea blue bucket salt and use Red Sea liquid foundation supplements to keep everything in check. I do a weekly 10% water change which keeps most in check just mainly dosing for alk consumption which is done manually mixed in a cup of tank water with a hole at the bottom right into the tank. I also dose Red Sea reef energy plus daily since after Christmas and I like what I see from that so far more polyp extension and maybe better coloration from corals with no side effects to water quality. I had a brookynella outbreak killed off my clownfish so I just have a purple firefish with hermits snails and over 50 different corals 2 rock anemones 1 mini maxi carpet anemone and 1 green bubble tip anemone. It’s quite full some would say some would say there’s room for more lol. I think that’s it roughly for a rundown of the tank it’s simple but works well, this is temporary until I get my 40 breeder setup.

If you don’t like reading:


Equipment:
10 gallon tank
Remora w/mj1200
Sicce voyager nano 1
50 watt heater
Inkbird WiFi heater controller
100 watt Nicrew HyperReef led light
Red Sea blue bucket salt
Red Sea liquid foundation supplements
Red Sea reef energy plus

Livestock:
1 Purple firefish
1 Astrea turbo snail
1 Indonesian turbo snail
2 Banded trochus snails
2 Trochus snails
8 Cerith snails
3 Nassarus snails
8 Blue leg hermit crabs

Onto the corals my favorite:
Bambam zoas
Vampire in drag zoas
Tubbs blue zoas
Fire and ice zoas
Purple death palys
Rasta zoas
Blowpop zoas
Whammin watermelon zoas
Playboy bunny zoas
King midas zoas
Blue eyed blonde zoas
Utter chaos zoas
Mandarin orange zoas
Pandora zoas
Rainbow infusion zoas
Blue hornet zoas
Nuclear green palys
Mohawk zoas
Magician zoas
Captain America palys
Stargazer zoas
Fireworks cloves
Green star polyps
Red scolymia
Kryptonite candy cane
Tyree green toadstool
Fathead dendro
Duncan
Green branching duncan
Jack o lantern lepto
Red war coral favia
Red green mouth favites
Rainbow acan
Red acan
Green pink acan
Fender bender cypastrea
24k cypastrea
Meteor shower cypastrea
Raja rampage chalice
Monster bubble gum chalice
Bazooka joe chalice
Unknown green orange mouth chalice
Unknown blue red mouth chalice
Rainbow pocillopora
Watermelon psammocora
John Deere psammocora
Burning banana stylocoeniella
Green slimer
Blue milka stylophora
Forest fire digi
Bubblegum digi
Green pavona
Sunset monti
Green ricordia mushroom
2 rock flower anemones
1 mini maxi anemone
1 green (hulk) bubble tip anemone

I’ll end up posting more pics in here but there’s a couple to start with first is today the other two are older hope you enjoy!

Thanks
Stephen

 

[Seapets]

Hey all,

Suppose I’ll throw up a build thread for my 10 gallon mixed reef I have going. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while it’s been running since October 4th, 2022 so about three months now.

I started out with a hang on back filter which about a month later was replaced by a remora hob skimmer with a mj1200. I’ve never run a skimmer before but it seems to work quite well, water clarity and quality seemed to improve so sure why not. It has a basic 50 watt in tank heater hooked up now to a WiFi inkbird (love that peace of mind, just need to get the magnetic probe holder as the suction cups have let go a few times already), sicce nano voyager 1 powerhead to help with flow, and lighting the tank it has a clip on nicrew hyperreef 100 watt light. It has probably 15 plus pounds of live rock and 10 lbs I think of dry sand about a 1-1.5” sand bed. I use Red Sea blue bucket salt and use Red Sea liquid foundation supplements to keep everything in check. I do a weekly 10% water change which keeps most in check just mainly dosing for alk consumption which is done manually mixed in a cup of tank water with a hole at the bottom right into the tank. I also dose Red Sea reef energy plus daily since after Christmas and I like what I see from that so far more polyp extension and maybe better coloration from corals with no side effects to water quality. I had a brookynella outbreak killed off my clownfish so I just have a purple firefish with hermits snails and over 50 different corals 2 rock anemones 1 mini maxi carpet anemone and 1 green bubble tip anemone. It’s quite full some would say some would say there’s room for more lol. I think that’s it roughly for a rundown of the tank it’s simple but works well, this is temporary until I get my 40 breeder setup.

If you don’t like reading:


Equipment:
10 gallon tank
Remora w/mj1200
Sicce voyager nano 1
50 watt heater
Inkbird WiFi heater controller
100 watt Nicrew HyperReef led light
Red Sea blue bucket salt
Red Sea liquid foundation supplements
Red Sea reef energy plus

Livestock:
1 Purple firefish
1 Astrea turbo snail
1 Indonesian turbo snail
2 Banded trochus snails
2 Trochus snails
8 Cerith snails
3 Nassarus snails
8 Blue leg hermit crabs

Onto the corals my favorite:
Bambam zoas
Vampire in drag zoas
Tubbs blue zoas
Fire and ice zoas
Purple death palys
Rasta zoas
Blowpop zoas
Whammin watermelon zoas
Playboy bunny zoas
King midas zoas
Blue eyed blonde zoas
Utter chaos zoas
Mandarin orange zoas
Pandora zoas
Rainbow infusion zoas
Blue hornet zoas
Nuclear green palys
Mohawk zoas
Magician zoas
Captain America palys
Stargazer zoas
Fireworks cloves
Green star polyps
Red scolymia
Kryptonite candy cane
Tyree green toadstool
Fathead dendro
Duncan
Green branching duncan
Jack o lantern lepto
Red war coral favia
Red green mouth favites
Rainbow acan
Red acan
Green pink acan
Fender bender cypastrea
24k cypastrea
Meteor shower cypastrea
Raja rampage chalice
Monster bubble gum chalice
Bazooka joe chalice
Unknown green orange mouth chalice
Unknown blue red mouth chalice
Rainbow pocillopora
Watermelon psammocora
John Deere psammocora
Burning banana stylocoeniella
Green slimer
Blue milka stylophora
Forest fire digi
Bubblegum digi
Green pavona
Sunset monti
Green ricordia mushroom
2 rock flower anemones
1 mini maxi anemone
1 green (hulk) bubble tip anemone

I’ll end up posting more pics in here but there’s a couple to start with first is today the other two are older hope you enjoy!

Thanks
Stephen

Wow Stephen You have a lot of stuff for 10 gallon and looks gorgeous

 

[Duds]

Wow Stephen You have a lot of stuff for 10 gallon and looks gorgeous

Yes I get carried away like a kid in a candy store. I just need some time to place things around the tank and I’ll have plenty of room haha. Thank you!

 

[Duds]

I was feeding my lone fish and dendro today and my scoly came out for a feeding as well here’s a few pics enjoy!

 

[Seapets]

Yes I get carried away like a kid in a candy store. I just need some time to place things around the tank and I’ll have plenty of room haha. Thank you!

I’m the same way lol !! You’re welcome

 

[Seapets]

I was feeding my lone fish and dendro today and my scoly came out for a feeding as well here’s a few pics enjoy!

Wow that’s amazing I’ve never seen a Scully doing that

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Nice selection of corals.

 

[Duds]

Wow that’s amazing I’ve never seen a Scully doing that

It’s my first ever and I love it they are so cool! Anything I can feed and tinker with is fun for me, I like to believe I’m helping them grow and thrive lol.

 

[Duds]

Nice selection of corals.

Thank you!

I’ve been reading your build thread, I see you like the ghl controllers over the apex may I ask why that is? Down the road I’ll get into a more automated bigger setup (just need to finish the basement is the deal with the wife lol)

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Thank you!

I’ve been reading your build thread, I see you like the ghl controllers over the apex may I ask why that is? Down the road I’ll get into a more automated bigger setup (just need to finish the basement is the deal with the wife lol)

Build quality and they always work.

 

[Duds]

Thought my tank was looking pretty good under blues tonight thought I’d share pic taken with the brs glasses.