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Equipment List:

  • Standard AGA 16x8x10 5.5 gallon
  • Current USA 2x 18 watt T5ho Nova Extreme
  • Dr's Foster and Smith brand 175 gph HOB filter w/ Surface Skimmer
  • Hydor Theo 50w Heater
  • Tunze Osmolator Nano

 

Livestock List:

  • Yellow Tail Damsel
  • Zoanthids x3: Tubb's blues, KP Aquatic's neon blues, KP Aquatic's blue w/ yellow centers
  • Palythoas x3: Nuclear Greens, Purple Deaths, God of Wars
  • Ricordeas x6: Florida Grape, Orange, Green, Tricolor, and Rainbow. Coming soon: Lani's Pink Yumas
  • Mushrooms x3: Purple, Green Striped, and Teal
  • Kenya Tree
  • Astrea Snails x3, Turbo Snail x1, Scarlet Hermit x1
  • Mantis Shrimp: Odontodactylus havanensis

Husbandry:

  • Daily feedings of NLS pellets
  • Weekly 1 gallon Water Change
  • Weekly PE Mysis spot feedings
  • MagFloat as needed
  • Monthly filter media replacement
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This will be display #4, plus 29 gallon QT and a temporary 55 gallon cichlid tank with some fish that are in limbo. 19 tanks total counting the sumps and empties.

 

 

I'm very aware of my problem. This tank is actually part of the end game. I've had a little bit of everything over the years and have decided this is a tank I want long term. That's why it's all new equipment, no half-assed compromises.

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I've been collecting frags like a mad man. The heater will be dialed in tomorrow and then I can pull everything from QT and aquascape this bad boy. Very happy with this setup so far.

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All cleared up and temp dialed in. Corals tomorrow if I don't stay at the office too late like I did tonight.

 

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I moved 14 frags over tonight and most of them started to open immediately. I have a few more things to frag from the 180 to move over, including Lani's famous yumas and some BamBam zoas.

 

Today's frags included green mushrooms, teal mushrooms, grape ricordea, orange ricordea, tricolor ricordea, two heads of candy cane and a bunch of zoas/plays: God of wars, red ufo's, rde's, watermelons, nuclear greens and purples, GB packers, and a few others that I don't know the names of. It's going to be a long day at work knowing everything should be open when I get home. Hopefully I'll have time to glue everything down tomorrow.

 

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I'm very happy so far. Hopefully my reds will open tomorrow. I still need to pull the few things from the 180, too. I'll probably glue stuff tomorrow, even though I haven't completely decided where everything is going. Guess I'll just wing it...

 

 

I'm taking suggestions on fish. I can't have a tank without at least one fish, I'm wanting something colorful and active.

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Nice!! I likey the blue damsel :)

 

Thanks. I like him too. I've had him for awhile bouncing around between different tanks. He's colorful and active, which are nice qualities for a nano fish. I might get him a True Percula buddy, but I don't want to overwhelm the bioload.

 

I added a few heads of BamBams from the 180, the opened immediately. I'll add one of Lani's yumas once I can get to them, they're attached to a rock at the bottom of the stack in the 180.

 

Still waiting on those red UFOs, I don't know why they won't open.

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New Fire Shrimp:

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New plate:

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Forest Fire digi, it seems really happy so far, great PE:

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Fire and Ice:

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Left to right: GB Packers, Bams, and some random green zoa:

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Rics and Mushrooms island:

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The big rock:

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FTS:

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Ignore the pissed off leather coral on the left and the zoa frags in the middle, they're going to another tank. I'm really enjoying this nano so far. I let the bottom get pretty dirty while it was covered in frags and I was letting everything settle in. I got it mostly clean last night, I'll get it the rest of the way next water change.

 

Sorry these are phone pictures. Once everything is settled into its glued-down spot I'll get out the real camera.

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