Sword Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Upgraded from a 5.5g. (Click here to view its thread) Equipment: Tank: 15G H AGA (20"L x 10"W x 18"H) Light: 20" Sunpod 150w - 14k bulb (Waiting for this) Filter: Cascade 150 (Taking this off probably) Powerheads: Maxi-jet 600 and Koralia Nano (Replacing the MJ600 with another K-Nano) Livestock: Fish: Darter Goby Crabs: Various species including two or three varieties of hermit crabs, several other crabs Snails: Several types including two or three Rock Snails/Whelks, Limpets Other: Brittle stars, feather dusters, rock anemones, pods Macroalgae: Codium, Caulerpa, Chaetomorpha, and others (from my pico - the only thing in the tank, besides one piece of left over LR, that didn't come from the beach) Please, feel free to ID anything you can. I'm having a hard time coming up with names for most of these critters/plants. Pics to follow! Link to comment
Sword Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 I apologize to our non-broadband capable users. Anyone have any tips for getting macro to take hold and grow well? This is my first real attempt at keeping macro. I think I also want to get an anemone. I think it would bring this tank together well. Link to comment
PBUEHH Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 looking much better then the naked 5.5! Link to comment
Sword Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 If you notice, in every picture, tiny there are feather dusters covering the rocks. Also, a few tiny anemones (I think) have shown themselves (as you can see in picture 10). Link to comment
Lalani Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Very nice. I love the different macros! Link to comment
spanko Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Following along here. Want to see this tank grow and what it becomes with the guiding hand of Sword! Link to comment
Deleted User 6 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 So awesome! I'm actually about to do something similar - you've given me some good ideas. Thanks! Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 sweet!! once i get out of school, off to USC for marine biology, then to the beach to make a tank like yours!! Link to comment
dirtwheelsfl Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 that non-hermit crab is a stone crab (very expensive in restaurants) Link to comment
Sword Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 I haven't updated this because it really just fell apart. The predatory crabs and snails destroyed the fragile rock in an effort to eat the feather duster worms. I will be transplanting the predators (hermit crabs, stone crab, other miscellaneous crabs, whelks) into the 5.5 again and resetting the 15 as a FOWLR (and eventually a reef) in the very near future. Just need to get a light for the 5.5. One last picture: A spaghetti worm, crawling on the critter keeper that I have a few pieces of live rock in (cycling for my pitcher project). Link to comment
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