ward827 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Hello all . . . I've been using this forum to great advantage in my pursuit of starting a nano reef tank and thought I should finally start my own thread.I will post better tank shots as I am able. Basically the gist of my tank is this:BC 14 started end of April 201214 lbs FLA base rock10 lbs live sandStock return pumpKoralia 240 phModified rear chambers per the usual:chamber 1 - 50 w heater, knocked out false floor, tab taken out for more flowchamber 2 - inTank media basket with floss/purigem/chemipure elitechamber 3 - stock pumpStock lighting with pc Actinics, pc 10000 daylight and 1 3 LED blue strip.Ordered a 50/50 pc to take the place of the 10000 daylight. Like the bluer tint a little more.CUC - from Reef Cleaners and reefs2gohermits, snails all doing a great job keeping the tank clean.2 false clowns that I had since march in a previous jelly tank (since sold, thank god)Pep shrimp to help battle a small aiptasia breakout. Pep won the battle.2 head frogspawn3 head silver xenia1 mushroom1 zo rock with 100+ polyps (gotta say, I got it for a steal, $39)That's pretty much it for now. I made a few noob blunders as I started and lost some coral but learned from those mistakes.Thanks for all the help out there!W- 1 Link to comment
ward827 Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Sorry for the sideways tank shot. Not sure why it's like that. Anyway, early shot of tank, post cycle. It has since changed a little. Rock on the upper right, foreground, has been removed and now the green zo's are in that spot. Will post a better pic when I can. W- Link to comment
ward827 Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 A more recent FTS. Added a few corals and dosed chemi clean for a cyano outbreak. Worked well. As of this post, the cyano on the sand bed is also gone. W- Link to comment
ward827 Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Tank is stabilizing pretty well. All params good. Here are before and after shots in my fight with the cyano. I dosed 1 time with chemiclean 2 weeks ago. Weekly 10% water changes every Friday or Saturday. Sorry for the not so great iPhone pics. Thanks for looking. W- Link to comment
ward827 Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Latest FTS taken 7/28/12. Link to comment
owenj Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Looks good, I like you're rock scape a lot. Did you order a CUC package from Reefcleaners or do your own individual numbers? Link to comment
ward827 Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 nice tank man Thanks! It's come a long way from when it started in April. W- Looks good, I like you're rock scape a lot. Did you order a CUC package from Reefcleaners or do your own individual numbers? Thanks! Yes, I ordered a CUC from John at reefcleaners.org. I ordered one meant for a smaller sized tank after hearing about how he always throws in extras! The dwarf ceriths have multiplied!!! The nerite's do a killer job keeping the back and glass super clean! Pretty amazing. Link to comment
got2envy Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Nice! looks great! nice and healthy Link to comment
ward827 Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Nice! looks great! nice and healthy Thank you! Appreciate the comment. W- Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Looks great! What LFS are you using? John sent me a killer CUC too, maybe I should have ordered smaller to... Link to comment
ward827 Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Looks great! What LFS are you using? John sent me a killer CUC too, maybe I should have ordered smaller to... Using DNA and Exotic Aquatics. Both are really good and you can find good deals on frags. That 100 plus zoa colony was a steal at $39 at Exotic Aquatics. It's probably 120+ polyps now. W- Link to comment
llab.yroc Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Any plans on upgrading the lighting? Link to comment
ward827 Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Any plans on upgrading the lighting? No plans yet. But you never know. I did replace the 10000 daylight bulb with a 50/50. I like the bluer look a lot more than the bright yellow/white look. Personal preference. W- Link to comment
ward827 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Close up of the candy cane and the maxima. You can see the xenia in the background. The xenia used to be on 1 plug and slowly (well, not really) started to migrate off the plug to the rock. I actually like it as it adds great movement to the upper level of the scape. I'll be fragging it I'm sure down the road. W- Link to comment
louy99 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I may be wrong but I believe the maxima needs stronger lights. Stock PC lights are too weak and will slowly died in a few months. That's what I've always read. Great job so far! Link to comment
ward827 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thanks. I'll keep an eye on him. So far he's doing well. W- Link to comment
ward827 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 FTS 9/8/12 Most recent additions: Devils Hand Leather Green Toadstool Leather (polyps were out, now has a slime layer and polyps in) Yellow Polyps Rainbow Florida Ric Miami 'Vice' Zoa's Everything else doing well. Xenia is a bit picky. Some open, some not. Oh well. Thanks for looking. W- Link to comment
Veng Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Bump, time for an update man! Lets see some new pics, stuff should be nicely grown in now. Link to comment
ward827 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Here ya go. FTS 12/19/12 with actinics on. As with all reefs, this is ever changing. I like where it's going and try to keep my hands out of the tank. The torch is on the right side and not fully visible from the front. Green toadstool leather is angry right now and slumped over. Should come around. You can sit at my bar and see the right side of the tank. W- And a shot of the torch. Gets bigger when the day lights come on. W Link to comment
ward827 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 12/19/12 FTS with daylights on. Link to comment
markalot Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Looks terrific, thanks for the update. Link to comment
ward827 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Looks terrific, thanks for the update. Thank you! W- Link to comment
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