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Triple cascading display with mangrove tree

Tank 4 of 4 from Amazing Aquariums & Reefs Lives Up To Its Name

mixed reef
Style
A three-tank cascading display — a community reef, an open fish tank, and a shallow carpet-anemone display — unified by a large in-store mangrove tree and run off a single shared sump. Lit with a Kessil, a 150W 20K Radium halide, and a Hamilton Cebu halide/T5, dosed only B-Ionic via a Bubble Magus pump, and home to a Vanuatu-form melanopus clownfish.
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Equipment

Gear in this tank

Lighting
Kessil ×1 $39.00in stock, Hamilton 150W 20K Radium metal halide ×1, Hamilton Cebu (metal halide + T5 mix) ×1
Skimmer
ATB
Dosing
two-part
Filtration
berlin
Husbandry

Protocols & Practices

  • Run all three cascading tanks off one shared sump with a single protein skimmer.
  • Dose B-Ionic two-part via a Bubble Magus dosing pump on the shared system.
  • Prefer shallow, wide tanks to maximize surface area and island-style aquascaping.
  • Mist the mangrove tree occasionally (every couple weeks) for a growth boost.
  • Keep it simple — no phosphate reactor, no carbon, just good RO/DI and salt.
Stocked

Livestock

Corals
2
mixed community reef coralscarpet anemones (display)
Fish
1
South Pacific melanopus clownfish (orange with black spot, Vanuatu form)
Inverts
2
large carpet anemone displaymangrove tree (grown ~7 years)