Fluval 13.5 gallon Anemone Haven

[Tupes]

Not much right now but soon.......

Equipment- Kessil A80, AC 70 aquaclear hob filter modification with grow light and cheato and about 16lbs of sand from Coral Connection.

Soon all the corals will be in my 65 and this will be strictly RF Nems and some sexy shrimp. Not sure how I want the scape.

I also need some ideas for fish that wont get gobbled up, so most if not all gobies are out of the question.

I'm sure itll be asked but I have to take photos of the filter how I have it modded.

 

[BluewaterLa]

Looks good and keep up with the updates when you can sir.
for fish since you do not want many bottom dwellers or skippers how about a goby suggestion that is not what most would think of, A court jester or rainfordi goby.
These small colorful critters have personality that can be appreciated very well and they are not like others in the family that skip along the bottom or rocks and actually swim around the tank.
Or you could go with a mean pair of colorful damsels, something you can not keep with other reef fish due to the nasty little big fish attitudes they carry.
they may host up on the rock nems maybe possibly who knows. There are so many that are eye catching and I would like to have them but they are tank dictators without morals

 

[Tupes]

All the corals moved out.

Now I'm on the hunt for RFAs. Planning on doing a package from Rubio and hopefully I can find some locally also.

 

[Tupes]

With the rocks I'm planning on making an island or 2 and a swim through. I added 3 sexy shrimp and the fish of choice is a royal gramma that's been in the cave system since yesterday afternoon.

 

[Tupes]

So I took some photos of my hob fuge.

Just a simple modded AquaClear 70 hob filter
In the top down shot you can see how there is a angled piece and that's to allow me to put a piece of filter padding for when I stir things up and need the water polished. It also keeps the cheato away from being sucked up in the impeller, and I flip the cheato every couple of days so it grows evenly

In photo 3 I have a flap just so I can see in the filter without having to take out the cheato.

 

[smileyjoe]

I like it. What light is that on the hob fuge?

 

[Tupes]

This is the light and the filter media that I use for the fuge.

 

[Tupes]

Here's a sneak peek

 

[Tupes]

More to come...

 

[Tupes]

Here's some of the fire.

 

[smileyjoe]

You are right about one thing. That is some fire RFA!!! Nice colors @Tupes

 

[roid reefs]

You’ve now inspired my wife. I now have to get a desk tank and move my mantis shrimp from the evo13.5 to make room for an RFA tank with a clownfish. Lol

 

[Tupes]

Here's my money shots. Who dont like a top down...

 

[Tupes]

Here is a FTS. Unfortunately it was after the light were off for a while so everything isnt fully opened

 

[roid reefs]

What are you using to take those pictures?

 

[Tupes]

A camera

What are you using to take those pictures?

 

[Tupes]

Galaxy s10 w/ orange camera filter

 

[BluewaterLa]

Nice work on the mini fuge and thanks for sharing the light info you used.
Some nice coloration and patterns on the mini carpets !

 

[Tupes]

So far I have 15 RFAs, 3 sexy shrimp. I want to add at minimum 3 more shrimp (thinking a Pederson's), a few more RFAs, a pair of platinum clowns, and lastly a nice looking BTA.

 

[The GOB]

AquaSD has a nice offering of RFAs if you haven't checked there.-- https://aquasd.com/collections/anemones