I thought I'd add my tank to the several ones posted here, though it's still new and not as beautiful yet. My tank is a 34 gallon cube (20x20x20), the Current-USA Solana system. Right now, everything is still stock. For those that might not be familiar with the system, that includes a decent skimmer, 400 gph return pump, and 150w MH pendant. I do plan on making some technical upgrades in the next couple of months, and they are as follows:
-24" Outer-Orbit HQI/T5HO, the 250w MH version
-2 Tunze Nanostream 6025 powerheads
-Tunze Nano 9002 skimmer
Depending on how the light acts, I may need to invest in a chiller and ATO system. Currently I'm just using the cheap bottles and go through about one a day. The tank does run a little warm during the day (81 F), but that doesn't seem to be bothering anything.
The middle chamber in the filtration area has been converted into a mini-fuge. I have about 5 lbs of LRR in there along with a big wad of chaeto. The light is a simple "under-shelf" flourescent strip from WalMart that's doing a fine job growing the algae. There is some sargassum in there as well. It showed up on the original LR for the tank and I was able to successfully transplant it into the little fuge. I replaced the cheap blue filter pad that came with the tank with a wad of filter floss that I change out once a week. I don't currently run any carbon on the tank, but as I get into heavier/more delicate coral stock, I may start to run it or Chemi-Pure.
Right now, my coral stock is pretty light, and I intend to keep it low until I finish with the powerhead and lighting changes, which will end up taking a bit, but it does give the tank more time to mature, so I can't complain much. I am doing upgrades with the intention of being able to keep a couple of different varieties of harder SPS, things more than just bird's nest and monti caps.
The current livestock:
Fish:2 TR Neon Gobies
1 Occelaris Clown
1 Cherub Pygmy Angel
1 Pylei Fairy Wrasse
Corals:Couple rics, shrooms, and zoa
Branching GSP
Long-polyped Toadstool
Frogspawn
Red and Green Favia
Green and Purple Indo Acan. Lord
Bird's Nest
All of my corals I've bought just as frags, so the tank's coral life does look pretty small. In addition to that livestock, I of course have the CUC of mixed inverts and I also have a male harlequin shrimp. Here's some pictures, starting with my most recent FTS and side shots.
The funny blue stuff under the frogspawn's frag plug is a poor job at hiding the putty I used to cement the plug. The frogspawn is a single head that I got for free because it had some pretty excessive damage. It has been slowly coming back. Here's after the first week.
Some of the other coral frags:
Here's a nifty, tiny zoa polyp that hitch-hiked on a ric's rock.
The harlequin and his first star:
He demolished that star in less than a week and promptly molted. He's on his second now, moving much slower. I originally wanted a mated pair, but the oppurtunity to get this little guy for free from someone tearing down their tank popped up, so I jumped. He's still less than full size, and I may try to get a female to see if I can get them to pair off. I have heard mixed information on whether or not they will pair happily or if they'll try to kill each other.
Lastly, the fishies. I'm not exactly good with macro shots of them, so please bear with some of the blurryness.
And displaying, sadly with flash so the colors aren't as great as they are sans flouresence.