low-tech 10g psuedocorynactis/macro/shroom tank

[frootbat]

Decided to start up a tank for my pseudocorynactis. It was too messy an eater to stay in a 3g picotope, and too dangerous to livestock to put in my main tank. Because of the messy eating habits, I thought macro algae and shrooms would be a nice way to fill out the tank.

 

 

Equipment:

10g dollar-a-gallon tank

glass lid for evap

Aqueon Forge aquarium stand

Aquaclear 30 filter

Tetra heater

 

Lighting for now is a 22k superblu PAR30. That may be perfect, since the orange ball is NPS and all of the shrooms will be on the rocks on the right side of the tank.

 

I've got an Intank media basket on order, as well as a Finnex HOB fuge.

 

Current stock:

Orange Ball Pseudocorynactis

 

I have some macros coming courtesy of CCdillon, and I plan on going mushroom hunting this weekend.

 

Here's a full shot. The 5g on the bottom will server as a frag/quarantine tank.

 

[frootbat]

Added a Finnex HOB fuge and some shrooms.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Looks like you are off to a good start. Going to stay BB?

[frootbat]

Yeah, definitely BB. The psudocorynactis is a really messy eater...sometimes I'll feed him, and the next day I'll see most of what I fed him drifting in the tank, so I want to be able to clean easier. Also why I am making this a shroom/macro tank, the water is likely to be dirty. Probably feeding overly large portions, but there aren't many of these in aquariums so info is hard to come by. I might pick up some zoas or GSP for the glass bottom.