Christopher Marks Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 For October we're featuring @dapellegrini and his 5.5 gallon nano reef! Click the picture above to check out his reef profile! You can find Dapellegrini's ADA Rimless tank journal here in our Members Aquariums forum. Feel free to post any comments or questions you may have for Dapellegrini, and he'll try his best to answer them. Link to comment
Nick's Reef Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Congrats on the TOTM! I've always admired how clean and simple your tank looked, and how you are able to keep that look and have a great diversity of critters. I also love the scape. Great job and keep reefing! Link to comment
dapellegrini Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Thanks everyone I appreciate all of the help and feedback I got from this site along the way. woohoo! Link to comment
StevieT Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 crisp and clean, well worth the tank of the month! Link to comment
ajroy03 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 All i can say is.. About time dapellegrini! Seriously this is one of if not THE most amazing tank on nanoreef. Congratulations Link to comment
calvin415 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Congrats!!! Tank looks great! Can't wait to see the SPS really grow in! Did you pull the heater all together or just for the pics? Just wondering if you had any need for one? Link to comment
dapellegrini Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 The heater is in there, laid down along the back of the tank under the Powerhead. It does kick on in the evenings when it gets cooler. Thanks for the nice comments... Link to comment
yardboy Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Congratulations. Very, very nice layout. I'm curious about the zoanthids in the sponge. How long have you had your colony? I've wanted to try one but have been unsure of my success with the sponge. Link to comment
dapellegrini Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I'm curious about the zoanthids in the sponge. How long have you had your colony? I have had the colony since July, so about 3 months now (definitely not long term success yet). They are doing fine, but I think that they would be happier in a larger tank and farther away from the light. They seem much happier when the lights are out and with a good flow angled at them. I got this one from SeaLifeInc.net for $9 if I remember right. Link to comment
supraeli Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 i have been following the progress of this tank, and have been inspired since day one of the very artistic and clean lines of the setup. even the rockwork was arranged immaculately, and the entire look is very very professional. well deserved TOTM. on a side note, i used to do freshwater plants, and one would imagine that reefs would be more work, but amazingly i found that high tech planted tanks are insanely tiresome to maintain with the constant pruning and dosing elements and testing elements and battling algae... nice to see someone else also transition over. Link to comment
tyty22 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 very very nice i bet this will inspire many of us officaly unoffical contest contestants Link to comment
MR.FEESH Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Props for all natural filtration- it really is the way to go! Aside from that- lookin' gooooood. Link to comment
tinyreef Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 amazing progression and evolution! i liked your old planted tank too! congratulations! Link to comment
junkitu Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Amazing! One of the nicest smaller tanks I've seen. It looks much larger than it is. Well done. Congrats! Link to comment
dshnarw Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 love that zoa/sponge symbiosis Link to comment
SeeDemTails Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 love that zoa/sponge symbiosis Yeah that thing is sick!!!! Congrats again! Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Congratulations! Your tank is an inspiration of how picos are the ultimate bonsai reefs. Link to comment
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