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12_Egg_Omelette's 12 Gallon Nano


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12_egg_Omelette

Howdy! I've been told I should start a build tread so I can not only keep track but everyone can see the progression of my tank as it matures from a nano tank to a nano reef.

 

FTS 2/2/15

 

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The Tank:

  • Nano Cube 12 Gallon non-delux Circa 2004

Filtration/Equipment:

  • Home made Media basket with filter floss, carbon, and purigen
  • Return - Maxi Jet 600 with hydro deflector
  • ATO - Puratek
  • Lighting - AI Nano with controller
  • Heater - Petco 50 W
  • Flow - RW-4 caused way to much flow, thinking MP-10

Sand/Rock/Water:

  • ~12 lbs. of rock live rock
  • ~15 lbs. of dry rock Circa 2004
  • ~20lbs. of CaribSea Arag-Alive Sand
  • Filter sea water

Livestock:

  • 2 - Ocellaris clownfish
  • 1 - Royal Gramma
  • CUC - Reef Cleaners (dwarf ceriths, nassarius, florida ceriths, nerites) + Hitch hicker hermits

Coral:

  • Frog Spawn
  • Green star polyps
  • 2 - Richordia (Blue/Purple) & (Green & Yellow)
  • Blastomussa Merleti
  • Birds nest
  • Finger leather
  • Birds nest coral
  • Kryptonite Candy Cane
  • Monti Cap
  • Fire & Ice Polyp

The ATO was a little picky at first but I got it wired up and I love it. If I had to get something else it would have been the Smart ATO

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The wife moved some of the corals around from the sand bed and this is what stuff is looking like now. 2/12/15 After a large water change.

 

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12_egg_Omelette

Updated Coral list

 

Maxi Mini

Superman mushroom
Orange Ultra Ric
Yellow Green Ric
Finger Leather
Monti Cap
Staghorn
Gold Torch
Frog Spawn
Blue Digi
Forest Fire Digit
Spongedes
Sun Coral NPS Coral
Hollywood Stunner Chalice
Forest Fire Digitia
ORA Purple Stylo
Australian strawberry shortcake
CC Pastel Shortcake
ORA Pink Birdsnest
JF Pink Branching cyphastrea
Setosa Montipora
Jedi Mind Trick
Tyree Flower Pedal
Tyree Strawberry Patch Mont
Harry’s Valentino Pocillipora
German Green Digi
ORA Screaming birdsnest
Chips Acro
Birds of Paradise
Zoa/Paly:
Fire and Ice
Fairy dusters
Darth Maul
Blue Zoas
Pink Zoas
Tangerine Zoas
Some other zoas
Three Blastos
Orange Acans
Rainbow Acans
Alpha Omega Favia
Orange Trachyphyllia
Three varieties of candy canes
Switched to aqua vitro salinity, feeding aqua vitro fuel, cyclopeeze, and pellets.
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