OpFor Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Started out with an established 10gal. free from a co worker. He kept saying, youll wanna go bigger, its easier to take care of. So did everyone else I talked to about the tank (minus you guys). He let it sit untouched for a long time though, so I ended up starting from step one. Within a month I traded two corals I didnt want that came with the tank for a 30gal. (Free or trades of unwanted stuff are the best!) In the 10gal. I have butt load of live rock, deep sand bed and various corals. I have a lawnmower, a red scooter, a Speringi Dottyback, and two temporary guests (a pair of clowns: Black Ice Extreme and potential other half, DaVinci). Before anyone freaks out about bioload and tank is too small for all of them, I am super diligent about maintenance and will be starting set up of a bigger tank next week. Everyone gets along, even though the Speringi tries to be the boss(he was in the tank I got him from). He tried to pester my scooter and got the scales scared out of him by the big dorsal fin. In the 30gal. I have corals, 1 Spotted Hawkfish, Black Ice bonded pair, starry blenny, Moyers Dragonet, 2 purple firefish and 1 surviving chromis. (His buddies got eaten by another temp guest, the fuzzy lionfish.) But wait, I hear it now, you cant have two purplefish in a tank that small. I bought them as a pair, ie: they were both in the same tank at LFS. So either I lucked out and got two females, or they really are a bonded pair. They share the same bolt hole and do not fight at all, I have video proof. In the next week, I will begin setting up my 54gal. corner tank that almost everything in my 30gal. will be moved too. Ive worked hard to build up a high copeopod population in both tanks (they are clouding up my glass) and besides some early on issues with nitrates, all is copasetic. I really hope good fortune and Posideon keep smiling down on me. I love the crap out of all my critters! Except the bristleworms, those just outright freak me out. Link to comment
sedatedlabmonkey Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Howdy. Welcome to nano reef. Your situation sounds similar to mine in ways. Sounds like you got a lot going on ;-) Link to comment
OpFor Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Oh yeah. I got this hobby hooked in my cheek bad. I did some additional research and decided maybe the 54 corner isnt the best option for me. 1: How the heck do you fit all filtration and stuff in/on it? 2: Seems to me it would be a big challenge to properly light it. While it does seem like a decent challenge, I think Im going to wait and see what pops up in my looksee for different tanks. There are alot, but Im looking for a unicorn formula of size, availability, room to aquascape and so on. We shall see. Link to comment
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