Paul started small and got smaller!
His first tank was a 30 gallon salt water which he transformed into a reef.
Then he set up a 10 gallon reef!
Paul sent us photos of both.
The 10 gallon has (l-r): an open brain coral, button polyps,
Sarcophyton, a leather coral, and a Xenia coral.
Green metallic frilly mushroom,
clove polyps, and rare dwarf anemones.The 30 gallon tank has 30 lbs. of Aquarium Arts' cured live rock, a 24" 55 watt Power Compact lighting system, 2 powerheads for circulation, and a Bak Pak 2 protein skimmer. Here are some views.
Closeup of a Xenia coral
Green Actinodiscus Mushrooms from Florida (center), coralline algae-covered live rock (right).
A Blue Tang and a Clown Trigger cruise among various soft corals and feather duster worms. The Clown Trigger was not a good choice for a reef and Aquarium Arts recommended that it be removed because it was damaging the reef organisms. Paul returned it to his aquarium shop and traded it in on other inverts.
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