Nano reef full tank shot(1 pic)

[SLACkra]

hope you guys like it!

Andrew

 

[pugsly]

Nice mate, i miss my old reef. I had a 100l going for a couple of years, when i switched to MH i just could keep up with the algae and water changes and didnt have enough time for it..

Toadstool is nice, whats the big red coral xenia??

Is it just the clown in there or any other critters>?

I had about 10 hermits (various sp.) couple of stars including a beautiful red brittle, few sea slugs and a fantastic coral banded shrimp in mine for a while, he was great to watch.

 

[MrBredli]

How much maintenance does something like that require?

 

[SLACkra]

big red coral? oh thats my big red clump of algae! pretty thing, grows amazingly fast. provides good nutrient export.

heres what i have:
1 x amphiprion ocellaris
3 x hermits
6 x tronchus snails
2 x peppermint shrimp
3 x missilaneous snails
6 x types of zoanthids
2 x leather corals
6 x types of mushroom corals
1 x open brain coral

and then all the lil critters that came with the live rock.

Nice mate, i miss my old reef. I had a 100l going for a couple of years, when i switched to MH i just could keep up with the algae and water changes and didnt have enough time for it..

I am collecting the equitment to setup a 183L saltwater. 3ft x 18" x18" lit by a 250watt metal halide run on an electronic ballast. normal overflow, sump etc. going to be an small polyp stony coral tank! i doubt it was the mh lighting that made the algae grow, more likely excessive nutrients, phosphates etc etc.

andrew

mrbredli you posted while i was typing.

well depends on how much maintenance you want to do. a larger tank low bioload(not alot of things that crap) and its alot easier.

daily I:

-top off with reverse osmosis filtered water
-feed the clownfish and target feed peppermint shrimp(moisten up some flake food suck it up with a pippette and put the food basically in their mouths)

most people do water changes weekly i don't really have a schedual. i have a old cooler next to the tank full of freshly made up saltwater, way more than needed for 1 water change. whenever i think the tank needs it or notice a slime layer on the surface of the water(build up of organics on the surface) i do maybe 2-3 litres.

then there are a bunch of other small things that you do that take no time at all.

but thats for a reef tank, for a fish only tank(no corals, no invertabrates, no liverock) it would be alot less work.

cheers

Andrew

 

[pugsly]

I love those peppermint shrimp only ever saw 1 for sale were i am and it was $150.. I DONT THINK SO!

I was going to set up a 120 Gallon or 400L tank in my 4x2x2 but ended up taking herps up as a hobby and thats my Beardeds home now! I still have the MH and lots of other stuff if I ever want to get it going but just too much maintenence.. Looks unreal though, I have seen some absolutely amazing reef setups..

I think a Royal Gramma would go well in there mate, or even a Mandarin Fish if its well established. If not there are heaps of awesome Gobies around too, just means a higher load i know but i reckon its worth it.

 

[redline]

hey SLACkra

nice setup u got there.

 

[beknluke]

Awwww - it's looking great hun (And just to carry on what people say on RTAW lol) YOU CLEANED SOME OF THE GLASS!! lol
Yuo have such agorgeous little tank - and so well kept!
I reckon mine would almost pay me to send it to you lol - you top up daily?? I have been topping it up when I notice Which is when about 2cm of water has evaporated and the corals are starting to look sick All I can say is that I am glad that I don't have any fish in there :shock:
Congrats hun - and good luck with your biggin! I'm sure it will look UNREAL
Bex

 

[SLACkra]

I love those peppermint shrimp only ever saw 1 for sale were i am and it was $150.. I DONT THINK SO!

$14 each, group order came from western austrlia. the $150 shrimp are cleaner shrimp, either skunk cleaners or the more $$$ blood cleaners.

I think a Royal Gramma would go well in there mate, or even a Mandarin Fish if its well established. If not there are heaps of awesome Gobies around too, just means a higher load i know but i reckon its worth it.

i like the bioload being low, i tried to have a coral goby but i couldn't get him to eat(ended up spending around $50-$60 on the lil guy(only $15) to try to get him eating) a mandarin goby is a no-no in a tank under 50gallons unless you have an amazing refugium to allow a large colony of small invertabrates to breed.

YOU CLEANED SOME OF THE GLASS!! lol

no i didn't! i just gut a nice janitorial staff! i only clean the front glass now and then, the left hand side is a nice green if you notice! tiss snail food!

you top up daily?? I have been topping it up when I notice Which is when about 2cm of water has evaporated and the corals are starting to look sick

with my tank its easy to notice. the aquaclear 200, when the tank is full creates a nice current along the surface of the water, as the water evaporates the current aims down and gets my leather corals tenticles a moving. a nice lil silent alarm!

thanks for the compliments guys!

Andrew

oh beks to prove it was the my amazing janitorial staff check out this old full tank shot

 

[beknluke]

lol
I like it!!
Cheap yet efficient!