bottyfish Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hi everyone, New to this forum. Gonna be posting my 20G progress... Open to comments and suggestions. Thanks =============================================================== I'll update my FTS on this first post so that everyone doesn't need to go through to find it... Check out gallery --> Click Current FTS... Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Tank specs Setup Type: Mixed Reef Tank size: 20G 24x14x13 Sump size:10G 20x12x11 Stand: DIY Canopy and stand (wood) Equipment Skimmer: Tunze Nano Pump/powerheads: Mag 3, 2x Tunze Mini 5024.04 Lighting: MH DE 150w 20k with 2x 24w T5 ATI aquablue + Filtrition: 30lbs fiji tatoka/tonga LR, Two little fishy Phosban reactor, active carbon filtration Misc: DIY ATS, Ultra 1000VA 600watt UPS Background New to the nano scene and I wanted to give it a try, similar to bonsai tree growing I want to and hopefully be successful in capturing the natural beauty of the reef inside my nano. I have a 75G reef been going for about three years and this hobby has been very addictive to me, (with side effects of extreme pain to my wallet ) But for the love of the hobby, I needed another tank. Instead of getting a bigger tank, I thought I'd go nano. Livestock So far I have the following corals, frags, fish etc: 2x Black & white ocellaris clowns 1 x Catalina goby 1x Yellow clown goby 1x Purple dartfish 1x Blue stripe pipefish 2 x "sexy" shrimp 1 x purple/spotted porcelain crab 1 x red fire shrimp various snails Teal tip hammer Neon green frogspawn Pearl bubble RBTA snowflake pattern with green center (moved to another tank) Rainbow Trachyphyllia Purple Xenia Cespitularia Blue Xenia Cespitularia Various Ricordia Yumas Various Ricordia Floridas Powder blue Xenia Gold tipped cloves Red montipori cap Aussie Acans various colored mushrooms Monti Setosa FTS I will keep updating thread as more information arises... Thanks for looking. Link to comment
violinist Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 What's the coral in the bottom picture? Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 What's the coral in the bottom picture? I believe that's a candy cane sponge... Very nice pics!! Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 What's the coral in the bottom picture? Hi Violinist. Its called Trikentrion flabelliforme - White Line Sponge. Link to comment
kidd_77 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Tank specs Setup Type: Mixed Reef Tank size: 20G 24x14x13 Sump size:10G 20x12x11 Stand: DIY Canopy and stand (wood) Equipment Skimmer: Tunze Nano Pump/powerheads: Mag 3, 2x Tunze Mini 5024.04 Lighting: MH DE 150w 20k with 2x 24w T5 ATI aquablue + Filtrition: 30lbs fiji tatoka/tonga LR, Two little fishy Phosban reactor, active carbon filtration Background New to the nano scene and I wanted to give it a try, similar to bonsai tree growing I want to and hopefully be successful in capturing the natural beauty of the reef inside my nano. I have a 75G reef been going for about three years and this hobby has been very addictive to me, (with side effects of extreme pain to my wallet ) But for the love of the hobby, I needed another tank. Instead of getting a bigger tank, I thought I'd go nano. Livestock So far I have the following corals, frags, fish etc: 2x Black & white ocellaris clowns 1x Yellow clown goby 1x Purple dartfish 2 x "sexy" shrimp 1 x anemone crab 1 x red fire shrimp 2x red scarlet hermit crabs various snails Teal tip hammer Neon green frogspawn pinktip frogspawn Rainbow Trachyphyllia Purple Xenia Cespitularia Orange Yuma Yellow Yuma Purple, Orange Green Yuma Orange blue ricordea Powder blue xenia Gold tipped cloves Red montipori cap Aussie Acan various colored mushrooms FTS I will keep updating thread as more information arises... Thanks for looking. Love the photo of the full tank and the small photos like sticky notes. What did you use to make that effect? Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Love the photo of the full tank and the small photos like sticky notes. What did you use to make that effect? Hi Kidd, Photoshop to rotate the image freely then put them ontop of a the main pic. The pics of the corals themselves were not altered =) Just took them using a plain old sony cybershot... Thanks Link to comment
violinist Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 How long have you had that sponge? What do you feed it? Again, wicked cool piece. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Hi Violinist. Its called Trikentrion flabelliforme - White Line Sponge. White line sponge = Candy Cane sponge. It is a beautiful filter feeder! nice piece. Link to comment
redkneecoral Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 your tank looks amazing. great workmanship on your canopy Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 your tank looks amazing. great workmanship on your canopy Thanks! I was considering a vortech mp10. Wanted to get people's opinion on whether i should dish out that kind of money for a 20g? It could be my love for the hobby talking or it could be cuz its sooo sweet of a wavemaker/powerhead. How long have you had that sponge? What do you feed it? Again, wicked cool piece. Hi Violinist, Like Lou is saying it is a filter feeder and is not photosynthetic. I feed Frozen cyclopeeze soaked in a solution of selcon and garlic that i blend to a paste, i add a few drops of phyto. Link to comment
redkneecoral Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 i was thinking of getting me the same v mp10 for my 30 gal. But, i am not sure if this would be too much. Cuz from what I understand, these vortechs are really good. Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 i was thinking of getting me the same v mp10 for my 30 gal. But, i am not sure if this would be too much. Cuz from what I understand, these vortechs are really good. i watched the demo on youtube. the thing can make some pretty impressive waves. Not sure how much of a gap i have to leave so the water doesnt splash out. probably will get in trouble from my gf if i buy it anyway.. . gotta wish for a groupbuy or sale or something. Link to comment
violinist Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Some dude on here was selling them for 170 shipped, that's a pretty good deal. I got my last one for 175 from saltwatercritters.com with MP10SPECIAL coupon code but I don't know if it would still work. Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Picked up a purple (almost looks blue) monti. Here it is under just my ati blue+ So hard to go slow... *sigh* Link to comment
Billdemart Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Picked up a purple (almost looks blue) monti. Here it is under just my ati blue+ So hard to go slow... *sigh* Woah that is beautiful. Yes it sucks going slow. Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Read up on ATS (algae turf scrubber) and although i got the phosban and skimmer, gonna try and put together a DIY ATS to see if it decreases the algae buildup on my tank walls... Went out and bought some parts from hardware store. (looking at my sketch you can tell i don't major in art or draw blueprints for a living... ) Will keep everyone posted. Link to comment
Arkayology Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Nice tank. I am interested to see how these ATS work out. Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Alright got the thing up and running with some spare zip ties and tubing. Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Managed to grab a pic of my crab. Link to comment
redkneecoral Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 what type of an crab is that, looks interesting. Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 26, 2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2010 what type of an crab is that, looks interesting. Purple/Spotted Porcelain crab Update on the ATS Looks like its working... Link to comment
bottyfish Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 Picked up a crocea clam last night Link to comment
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