Here's my 3 gallon eclipse

[Korbin]

Here are some big pics of my 3 gallon.  Its been running for about 4 months now.  I just buy my water at the LFS, and do weekly water changes.

 

Here's some specs:

 

about 3.5 lbs liverock

1 green striped shroom

1 red shroom

1 blue shroom + 1 baby blue shroom

1 candycane polyp w/star polyps on stalk

7 small blue leg hermits

1 peppermint shrimp named Jen

2 banded trochus snails

3 worthless astrea snails

1 margarita snail

 

Nitrates are at 0.  

JBJ clip on 18watt light

lexan lid - that I made myself

no filter, just a minijet

 

Heres the front of the tank.  I made that mushroom rock by attaching individual mushrooms on at a time.

 

Heres a picture of the candycane polyp that I bought for $2.  The picture doesnt do the color justice.  Its actually neon green in the center.  You can see the star polyps growing on the side.

[cjm033]

qoq nice tank but is that alge on the side of the tank? but its a nice set up giid luck,Chris:)

[Korbin]

Yeah thats algae.  All kinds of it, too.  I only scrape the front of the tank.  I guess I'm afraid my snails will run out of food.

[Drysocket]

Looks good.  

 

The picture of the CandyCane turned out really good.  I know you have the same camera as me. I just discovered that if you put it on the "autoflash" setting, your close-ups will come out much more clear.  The color get's kind of funky, though.  Doesn't seem to work to well for distance shots, though.  

 

That's a lot  of coralline for being up only 4 months.  Good deal on the candycane, too.

[SLOreefer]

i wish my tank would grow coralline that fast...i know it must be a pain to clean but ohwell....id be happy

[printerdown01]

Hey Korbin, do you supplement with anything, if not what kind of salt do you use (just curious about your calcium and other nutrient levels...)? Weekly or semi-weekly water changes (10, 15, or 20%)? By the way tank looks great!

[byrself]

that's a tight little tank.  nice coralline too.  i envy you =)

[Korbin]

To tell you the truth, I have no idea what my calcium and other nutrients are.  I just use premixed water that I buy from my LFS for $1/gallon.  Not bad for 3 gallons.  I use that to do my water changes, and I assume it replaces any lost minerals and nutrients.  I change about a half gallon a week.   My LFS does free water tests, in which they test for EVERYTHING, and they tell me that my water is fine.  So I don't mess with it.   The coralline has really taken off just this past month.  I guess I can find out what kind of salt they use at the LFS one of these days...  Sorry I cant answer your questions.

[koiman6]

nice setup

[Sahin]

That looks really cool.