Redneck Reefin

 

 

Follow along as I try to create a living ecosystem in my double wide!

 

The Equipment:

         ● 250 gallon acrylic tank 2ft x 2ft x 8ft

         ● 10 gallon Ocean Systems wet dry filter modified for reef tank

         ● 12 gallon Ocean Systems wet dry modified for reef tank

         ● Berlin Protein skimmer

         ● Ocean Systems Protein skimmer

         ● 10 mangrove plants in refuge

         ● 29 gallon breeder tank for sump

         ● Mag Drive 2220 GPH Main Pump  

         ●  55 gallon planted tank with 6” of mud, 24 clams and 2 oyster bars, water exits through bio balls to keep critters in tank.

         ●  Hamilton Technologies Metal Halide lighting system with twin actinic’s

 

 

The setup.

 

Baby horse shoe crab grazing

Sea horse close up

Sea Horse in refuge

Puffer fish hunting grass shrimp

Radio active snail

Filter and sea horse habitat

                                                                         Brown shrimp

 

Clown fish

 

Puffer hiding

 

Flower Pot coral

Live rock and blenny

Mud minnows

 

Shrimp Cocktail in 2 weeks!

 

Tank View

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flounder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pipe fish