c-stone Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Hey all. I have been lurking for awhile now and thought it was time to say hi. I started a 28g nano about 2 months ago now and just the other day put in my first fish and coral. I have been taking it very slow as I am new to marine aquariums. Anyway here is my system and some pics. 28g Nano Aqua Illumination Nano Vortec MP10 Elos ATO InTank Media Basket: Floss, Cheato, Chemipure Elite 32lbs live rock 2 Blue knuckle Hermits 5 Nassarius Snails 1 Turbo Snail Various other snails 1 Firefish 1 Clown 1 Bangai Cardinal 1 Lawnmower Blenny 1 Yellow Acropora 1 Pink Birds Nest 1 Frogspawn 1 Open Brain 1 Galaxy 1 Pulsing Xenia 1 Chalice 2 Monti 1 Acro 3 Rics Multiple Zoa's Any advice etc much appreciated! Link to comment
ednangel Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 to NR any more pics? Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Looking good and Welcome... If ya get tired of those hermits, get some Cerinth snails. Just not together as the hermits may/will kill the Cerinths. What else ya got planned for this tank? Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 Looking good and Welcome... If ya get tired of those hermits, get some Cerinth snails. Just not together as the hermits may/will kill the Cerinths. What else ya got planned for this tank? Yeah I was actually thinking of getting rid of some of the hermits as the seem to be kind of destructive. My LFS said he would take them in and trade for whatever cuc I wanted. to NR any more pics? Thanks! That's all the pics I have. I will post more as the tank progresses Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 Here is another pic from the side. Link to comment
fishfrau Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Nice start. It appears you've done your research and started out slowly. Welcome to reefing, and welcome to NR.com. Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 So I added a few more items to the tank. 1 red and green open brain coral 1 small colony of orange zoo's 1 leather coral 1 bangai cardinal fish 1 cleaner shrimp 1 lawnmower blenny An asortment of snails Everything is going well so far. I'll post pics soon. Also last night I saw two worms. They were in the live rock and were shooting out and back in like the where grabbing something. They aren't bristles that's for sure. I wasn't able to get a pic because it was dark and they were shooting in and out of the rock so fast. They were small, smooth white worms with no bristles. If anyone knows what they could be or if I should be concerned please let me know. Regards, Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 Here is some pics. More pics. and more pics aaaaaaaaand more pics. Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 Bump. New pics. Link to comment
Telekinesis Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Nice pics! Looks like you're off to a good start. Question: Your JBJ, which tank is it? LED? Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Nice pics! Looks like you're off to a good start. Question: Your JBJ, which tank is it? LED? Thanks. It's just the PC version. I was skeptical about the JBJ LED lights and with the difference in price I figure I can upgrade to a much better lighting system myself when the time comes anyway. So far the coral in there seemes to be happy with the lighting. Link to comment
Telekinesis Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Thanks! The reason I asked is because I also purchased the CF Quad. Just trying to get some opinions on the tank before it arrives at my LFS for pickup. Glad to hear you aren't having any problems with the lighting, as that's one of my concerns. It seems like a lot of people are having good success with the stock, so that's great. Just wanted to edit with one more quick question: What type of cam are you taking these shots with? Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Thanks! The reason I asked is because I also purchased the CF Quad. Just trying to get some opinions on the tank before it arrives at my LFS for pickup. Glad to hear you aren't having any problems with the lighting, as that's one of my concerns. It seems like a lot of people are having good success with the stock, so that's great. Yeah the CF Quad should be fine for most softies and LPS. One thing to look into is the upgraded media basket from InTank. The one that comes with it is terrible. I also bought the JBJ nano glo fuge light for the back. I have cheato growing in there and the nano glo works great for that. Good luck! Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 [quote name='Telekinesis' date='Dec 27 2010, 04:21 PM' post='3148099' Just wanted to edit with one more quick question: What type of cam are you taking these shots with? It's just an iPhone. Link to comment
c-stone Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 Just some new pics. Added: 2 Clowns 1 Frogspawn .. ........ .... Link to comment
c-stone Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Finally got a pic of the cleaner shrimp. He seems to be a lot less shy now. Also took a cool pic of the frogspawn under the night LEDs I thought I'd share. Link to comment
kayl Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thanks! The reason I asked is because I also purchased the CF Quad. Just trying to get some opinions on the tank before it arrives at my LFS for pickup. Glad to hear you aren't having any problems with the lighting, as that's one of my concerns. It seems like a lot of people are having good success with the stock, so that's great. Just wanted to edit with one more quick question: What type of cam are you taking these shots with? Don't worry about the quad - I've had my tank for a year and have had great growth - I only have a couple SPS though. Link to comment
c-stone Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Hi all. Just another update. The tank is coming very nicely. My clownfish is now hosting the torch coral which is growing like crazy. Also added some new things. EcoTech Marine 'Vortech MP10w ES' (Awesome!!!) 5 Ricordea. 1 Pulsing Xenia. Ricordea Link to comment
XIII Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Nice updates and additions. Link to comment
c-stone Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Took a pic today with the leather fully opened. The last few weeks it has stayed closed, but ever since I added the MP 10 it's opened huge. I think it just needed more flow. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Great looking 28g NC. Glad to see another one on NanoReef. I've had my NC up and running for a year + now. I ran the Quad light for about 8 months before going to T5's. How's the vortech? Have you done any other mods to the tank? Link to comment
Telekinesis Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Nice update, c-stone! Urbaneks, can you post a picture of how you have your T5's set up on the Nano? I didn't see a picture showing it in your thread. Maybe I missed it? Link to comment
c-stone Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Great looking 28g NC. Glad to see another one on NanoReef. I've had my NC up and running for a year + now. I ran the Quad light for about 8 months before going to T5's. How's the vortech? Have you done any other mods to the tank? Thanks. The Vortec is awseome. I got it as a birthday gift. I wanted one for awhile but couldn't justify flipping the bill for one. Now that I have it I can honestly say it's worth every penny. I think I will run the PC lights for about a year and then upgrade to LED or T5. Only other mods I have done is the upgraded media basket running floss, cheato, chemipure elite. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Nice update, c-stone! Urbaneks, can you post a picture of how you have your T5's set up on the Nano? I didn't see a picture showing it in your thread. Maybe I missed it? I will send you a PM, I don't want to hijack CStone's thread with pics of my tank. Link to comment
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