myarmolich Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Full Tank Shot:3-20-15: Hello, this is my first tank long ever on Nano-Reef, so let me introduce myself. My name is Matt and i have just recently started keeping a reef tank. I started off with a 10 gallon nano-reef, which i left up for about 2 months. I recently got the go ahead to upgrade to a 20 long aquarium, which imo is a much more favorable size. Current Equipment List: Aqueon 20l Aquarium WP-10 20lbs of live sand 20lbs of cured live rock Aquaclear 30 HOB Refugium 100w Heater OceanRevive S026 120w LED To Get: Smart ATO *added 1-28-15 RO/DI Maker Hydor Nano Protein Skimmer New Camera! (maybe a bit of a stretch!) Coral Stocking in 10 Gallon: Watermelon Zoas Candy Cane Coral Duncan (x1) Frogspawn (x3) Assorted Mushrooms (Blue and Red) God of War Zoas Planned Coral Stocking in 20 Gallon: More Zoas! (possible zoa garden/rock) Bubble Tip Anemone Possibly some SPS Neon Pink Stylo ASD Rainbow Stardust Sweet Rainbow Quadra Need to put more bright colors in so suggestions are welcome! Current Fish Stocking: 1 Onyx Clown 1 Snowflake Clown 1 Psychedelic Mandarin (Trained on Mysis, Brine, and New Spectrum Pellets) RIP 3-10-2015 (jumped) Im Looking forward to keeping an updated log, and getting my feet wet with a longer tank! Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 20 long is a great tank, lots more room for swimming fish, and more surface area for light loving corals. Do you plan on derimming the 20L yourself? Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Hoping to make the same upgrade in a few months. Following the progress here. Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 20 long is a great tank, lots more room for swimming fish, and more surface area for light loving corals. Do you plan on derimming the 20L yourself? ahh i love when things segway I just recently derimmed my 20long using some elbow grease: Still working on getting some of the excess silicone off the rim. any suggestions would be appreciated! Link to comment
NanoReefFL Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've always wanted to de rim a 20 L but feared coming home to a disaster one day Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've always wanted to de rim a 20 L but feared coming home to a disaster one day yeah, i can understand that fear. This tank has held water outside for about 12 hours now, gonna let it sit for another 48 to make sure that nothing happens. If heard lots of success stories regarding this tank size. Hoping to make the same upgrade in a few months. Following the progress here. welcome to the show Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 So i did a bad thing... My WP-10 came today, and i just HAD to set it up New Tank Critters: These shots were taken about 20 minutes after finishing the setup. Looking forward to adding more live rock, and for everything opening up! Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 So im hoping to make it up to my LFS today to purchase 2 turbo snails to help beef up my CUC. I also am going to start looking into getting a Mandarin. Does anyone have any advice on training/feeding a mandarin in this small of a nano tank? Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I would wait on the mandarin until the tank is much more mature. They can be touchy and if there isn't a ready source of pods for them to eat they often don't do well. A really good article is posted on this in the beginner section. Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 I would wait on the mandarin until the tank is much more mature. They can be touchy and if there isn't a ready source of pods for them to eat they often don't do well. A really good article is posted on this in the beginner section. I am definitely going to wait on actually getting the fish, i am just looking for possible training methods and such so i can familiarize myself with the method before i actually have to do it myself Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Since you started with live rock.. I would wait 6-8 months. If it was dry give it a year. Get some nice display macros to help give pods some homes. Don't get anything that would compete like wrasses etc. Definitely train him/her onto frozen. I have a red scooter in my 20 long and he eats voraciously. I started him on bloodworms minced up in a jar, gradually switched him to mysis and now he LOVES Rod's food. He will actually take bites out of the bigger pieces of shrimp in Rods actually. So far the tank looks great. I recommend the jar/shot glass method for sure, worked well for me. Tank looks really awesome so far, great work. Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Since you started with live rock.. I would wait 6-8 months. If it was dry give it a year. Get some nice display macros to help give pods some homes. Don't get anything that would compete like wrasses etc. Definitely train him/her onto frozen. I have a red scooter in my 20 long and he eats voraciously. I started him on bloodworms minced up in a jar, gradually switched him to mysis and now he LOVES Rod's food. He will actually take bites out of the bigger pieces of shrimp in Rods actually. So far the tank looks great. I recommend the jar/shot glass method for sure, worked well for me. Tank looks really awesome so far, great work. Thank you so much! I have some Chaeto in my HOB fuge thats been growing like crazy and was seeded with a copepod dose from reefcleaners.com. I still plan on waiting ~7 months to add the little guy to make sure he has PLENTY of food. It would be such a shame to lose such a beautiful fish. I do have a question regarding your setup. Do you have a sump for your tank? i noticed you have a skimmer and im toying with the idea of adding one to mine (hydor nano specifically) Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thank you so much! I have some Chaeto in my HOB fuge thats been growing like crazy and was seeded with a copepod dose from reefcleaners.com. I still plan on waiting ~7 months to add the little guy to make sure he has PLENTY of food. It would be such a shame to lose such a beautiful fish. I do have a question regarding your setup. Do you have a sump for your tank? i noticed you have a skimmer and im toying with the idea of adding one to mine (hydor nano specifically) I don't have a sump in fact, I rigged the nano skimmer I have inside my AC70 actually. Not the best solution but the NS-80 works really well. And it still looks decent enough. If I could have a sump... (aka if I had been smart and drilled..) I would have the biggest skimmer I could fit in a 5.5G tank. That being said... With any dragonet or a pair of clowns I would definitely use a skimmer especially in a small tank like this to allow you to overfeed. Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 I don't have a sump in fact, I rigged the nano skimmer I have inside my AC70 actually. Not the best solution but the NS-80 works really well. And it still looks decent enough. If I could have a sump... (aka if I had been smart and drilled..) I would have the biggest skimmer I could fit in a 5.5G tank. That being said... With any dragonet or a pair of clowns I would definitely use a skimmer especially in a small tank like this to allow you to overfeed. Definitely sounds good! You should post some pictures of your tank i would love to see your HOB with the skimmer Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 So semi-big update, got some new coral: Also, moved some coral around to better suit the environment: Also ordered a Smart ATO from eBay yesterday, so that should be here by the end of the week. Looking at purchasing a pair of snowflake clowns as i gave my baby to my sister for better care in her smaller tank. Im also going to look at getting a RBTA as my water has been pristine for the past week, and my rocks came precycled from my 10 gallon. Also going to purchase a reef test kit so i can look into dosing Kalk so i can grow some SPS so anyfeedback would be appreciated in that regard. Link to comment
k4ndyk1ng Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 this is looking sweet, following along... Link to comment
myarmolich Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Rather big update: Rescape! New Corals: Added some SPS, along with some more Zoas The coral addiction is really starting to consume me. waiting for my next paycheck to look for some nice torch coral and a pair of snowflake clowns. Has anyone had any experience with test kits for calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium? i want to start dosing 2 part, but need a test kit so i can determine where i am at. Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Salifert usually gets high marks for accuracy. Link to comment
myarmolich Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Updates! New Clownfish! (added yesterday) New Mandarin, found him trained on brine shrimp in the fish store (added 2 weeks ago) Now trying to get some torch coral! Also going to start looking for a BTA. Has anyone had any experience with them? im afraid about compatibility with my mandarin Link to comment
SandBed Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Looking great. I love mandarin gobys. Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 BTA should not be an issue with the Mandarin. Link to comment
myarmolich Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 BTA should not be an issue with the Mandarin. yay! i think when i get paid friday im going to look around for one. Theyre such awesome creatures. Also hoping to get more coral this weekend Link to comment
myarmolich Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Has anyone any experience for changing out live rock? im really interested in getting some dry pukani rock from BRS as i like the look a lot, and getting rid of the rock currently in my tank. Im assuming this might mess up my good bacteria? Any help would be appreciated Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 You can do it slowly over several weeks piece by piece, or cure it in a separate tub until its ready for your display. Either way you're likely to have a mini cycle when you switch it. Link to comment
NanoClown Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yo I found your link from RC, I just wanted to say you have a pretty nice setup there. Im really digging the rimless look. Maybe after some of my corals grow out we can do a swap, I noticed you're looking for some of the same corals I currently have. Link to my tank is in my signature. Link to comment
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