7 Gallon Bowfront Reef

This aquarium was sold in mid-September, 2003
when our H. whitei seahorses began breeding.

The 7 gallon nano after yet another rearrangement.
Photo taken June 7, 2003.

This yellow clown goby was the first fish added to the 7 gal nano
after the rebuilding process began in May 2003.
Photo taken June 7, 2003.

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• All-Glass 7 gallon glass with black acrylic base and canopy
• one Tronic 50 watt heater placed in the filter's media chamber

• one AquaClear Mini with flow rate at high
• media holder removed and one full and one quarter Mini foams have been placed in the media chamber to facilitate heater

• 32 watt Smartlamp powercompact with one side ultra-actinic, the other side 10,000k premium daylight

• no quarantine tank

• RO water is stored, aerated and heated in a five gallon bucket for use with all our reefs

• add top up water
• make sure temperature is 72-76 degrees F.
• make sure power filters, lights and heaters are working

• 1 gallon water change
• lightly turkey baste substrate and rock to get debris into water column and into filter media
• clean filter foam in outgoing change water and replace any foam that has deteriorated
• break down and clean AquaClear Mini filtration system
• clean glass inside and out
• clean cover on light
• clean tank hood and base

• one colony of green star polyps
• one yellow toadstool that had been taken from the 42 gal hex
• one bubble coral, originally in the 7 gal, but had spent time in the 42 gal while the tank was being rebuilt over April and May 2003.

• one yellow clown goby
• one bi-coloured blennie

• numerous bristleworms
• two types of flatworms

• small leafed halimeda

• three astrea snails
• about four nassarius snails
• one peppermint shrimp

• about 6 lbs of mixed Jakarta and Fiji live rock
• 20 lbs of Carib Sea Araga Live sand

• had success killing aptasia by using CLR with Q-tips, tweezers and paring knife.  Rinsed rock with a large quantity of RO water after treatment.