Nanobuds 10 gallon (not yet) Planted Mantis Tank

[Nanobuds]

Hey!

 

My week old 10 gallon mantis tank. planning to have it planted, with a few softies. and of course, a mantis!!

 

sooo... the lists!

 

Equipment

• Filtration- Aquaclear 70 fuge mod
  
• Heater - some 25 watt heater
  
• Tank -10 gallon AGA
  
• Light-Odessey 24 inch 65 watt
  
• 10 pounds of Live Rock
  
• 20 pounds of Live Sand
  
• PVC Piping for Artificial Burrows
  

 

Livestock

 

Inverts

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Mini Green Bubble Tip Anemone

 

Fish[u/]

3 Blue Chromis

 

Corals

Mushrooms

Zoanthids

YellowPolyps

Green Star Polyps

 

4-30

 

[got2envy]

Looks like a mantis paradise

 

have you been able to locate one?

[Nanobuds]

thanks!

 

not yet

 

if i cant find any locally then ill get one off Blue Zoo... however my LFS said they would e-mail me if they can get any in stock

[cheryl jordan]

Really impressive set-up you have going there. What are you planning on planting?

[Nanobuds]

thanks!

mostly marcos from got2envy... probably the Feather Prolifera, organism's blue macro , and Red titan macro from her. then i may order more from reefcleaners... im gonna get a CUC from him to keep the tank clean b4 the mantis and as a food supply. so ill just order some algae along with the snails.

[mdannyg]

i really like the scape/layout for this and the burrow.

[Nanobuds]

thank you!

[Bamato]

Make sure you call bluezoo to make sure they have one. I bought one there last week, and they called me Monday to tell me it was in poor shape and they didn't want to ship it. When I called today to check the status of my refund, they still didn't have one (despite their website saying they have one).

 

I've decided to cave in and get an Orange Spot instead.

 

I hope you find one My patience has run out after a month of searching.

[Nanobuds]

haha yeah i heard about that ... thats a bummer

 

if i cant find one by the time my tanks done cycling, then im jus gonna get an Orange Spot like you

[animalmaster6]

This definetly looks like a mantis haven.

 

Great job Ryan!

[Nanobuds]

Thanks AM!!!

[hlander]

Looks good! Can't wait to see it with a mantis inside!

[Nanobuds]

thanks!!!

[captainbastard]

Looks good. I had a smithii for a while, he was realllly shy though. Hope you can find a good one!

[Nanobuds]

haha i hope i do to, thanks!

[nanoreef-R]

If I say please, will you grow a GSP lawn in this tank?

[Nanobuds]

hmm... sure! ill move some GSP into it right now

[nanoreef-R]

[Nanobuds]

[lex0219]

Looks great! Can't wait to see it with the Mantis! I love the Layout though!

[Bamato]

The Ternatensis are pretty cool, and males have some really striking coloring.

[fishdaddy0831]

Awsome scape. I always wounded how people work in there tanks with a mantis swimming around.

[Nanobuds]

The Ternatensis are pretty cool, and males have some really striking coloring.

they are pretty awesome, but i cant find any for sale

 

Awsome scape. I always wounded how people work in there tanks with a mantis swimming around.

 

haha as long as the mantis is hiding and you dont poke ur hand in its cave it shouldnt hurt you lol

[Nanobuds]

Water Test **(from yesterday)**

 

Nitrate-12

Nitrite-0.01

Ammonia- 0-0.5

Salinity-1.025

KH- 6 (buffered this morning)

pH-8.2

[nanoreef-R]

What do you plan to feed?