scoopsfolks Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Here's my 16-gallon nano-reef. I have been collecting equipment to set up a 10g nano with a custom 8g fuge (which I still plan to set up), but I snagged this one off eBay for a bargain. The tank has been established for 6 months, and I've owned it for one. Here are the details: Amiracle 16x16x16 cube with built-in overflow and w/d filter Rio 90 pump for circulation Coralife 96-watt 20" PowerQuad 20 lbs live rock 5 lbs live sand Assorted mushrooms Pulsing xenias (quickly taking over!) Yellow Polyps Some macro algae Percula Clownfish Royal Gramma Tridacna Maxima clam Assorted small crawlies I do 2-gallon water changes weekly and dose daily with 5ml each ESV B-Ionic Alkalinity and Calcium. I use RO/DI water for evaporation makeup. I feed the fish flake food and add phytoplankton for the corals and clam three times a week. Current water quality parameters (Salifert test kits): Nitrates: undetectable pH: 8.3 Calcium: 400 ppm Alkalinity: 8.3 dKh Temp: 78 degrees I plan to slowly introduce more soft corals and unload some of the xenias. Link to comment
Puff_the_Reefer Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Very nice looking tank! I like the aquascaping... You should frag some of that Xenia and make some trades with local reefers. Link to comment
scoopsfolks Posted October 7, 2003 Author Share Posted October 7, 2003 Thanks! I'm hoping to find some local reefers interested in trading frags. I've got more than enough xenia to go around! Link to comment
adinsxq Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 why does this picture look more real than the tank that's sitting right here next to my monitor? my goodness. nice job. take more from other angles NOW. Link to comment
OxInYourBox Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Drool. Pom Pom. Wish I had that in my tank instead of garden variety. Looks f'n sweet. I agree with adinsxq-More pics and quick. Your tank is addictive like heroin... Link to comment
Dingo Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Wow, thats nice. Sooo clean. Link to comment
OneOfDaZZZ Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 I love the slashes of green! Link to comment
Physh1 Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Wow....impressive. I really dig that cube tank..... Cameron Link to comment
supernip Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 You have the most plain, simple and seemingly empty tank I've ever seen. Congrats on bringing zen to n-r.com. There's a beautiful flow to your tank and everything looks natural. It's the cleanest and most eyecatching tank I've seen in a long time. Kudos from me, Supernip aka Xenia master Link to comment
scoopsfolks Posted October 7, 2003 Author Share Posted October 7, 2003 Thanks for all the kind words. I really can't take too much credit here--as I said in my first post, I got the tank off eBay, including most of the contents. I've added the yellow polyps and the royal gramma since I bought it, and I guess I can take credit for the current aquascaping. And at the risk of creating a jealous rage, I will tell you that I got the tank, lights, live rock, sand, clam, xenias, mushrooms, clownfish, Kent RO/DI filter, dosing pump, food and miscellaneous maintenance items for under $175 and a 3-hour round-trip drive to pick it all up. My initial thought when I bought the tank was that I'd keep the livestock for the 10-gallon tank I'm setting up, and sell the tank and lights, but I've grown pretty attached to this tank, so I think I'll probably keep it and eventually have two nanos. I've already got the 10g tank, custom refugium, and a 96-watt PowerQuad retrofit. I just need to find the time to build a base and hood. I'm attaching a few more pictures. For those of you interested in the details, I'm using a Sony DSC-S70 digital camera (3.2 megapixels). I set the camera for +0.7EV over-exposure, macro focusing mode, and no flash. I size the pictures using Adobe Photoshop, and fine-tune the brightness and contrast if necessary. This is a wide shot of the entire tank sitting on the filing cabinet next to my desk. I get to watch this tank all day while I work! Here is a shot from the left side of the tank: Yellow polyps with a snail: Hairy mushroom near the top: Green mushrooms near the bottom on the left side: Small sponge growing on the live rock: Maxima clam from the front: And the same clam from the top. Notice that it appears a completely different color (more teal than purple) from the top. The color difference is much more noticeable than the camera is capturing. Link to comment
adinsxq Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 hey stupid, i spent the last six hours of class NOT PAYING ATTENTION because i was dreaming up a new tank. you suck. Link to comment
c3po Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Must say.. That is a very saavy buy. Well done. You didnt say where you found this? Link to comment
scoopsfolks Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 I found it on eBay. I have a search set up for anything reef-related in the Denver area and this showed up one day. Here's a link to the original auction. I picked it up in Colorado Springs. Link to comment
scoopsfolks Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 I picked up some sweet orange ricordia and rhodactis on eBay, and the seller threw in extra blue and green ricordia and a mithrax crab. The corals are settling in and the crab has been gorging on the macroalgae growing in the tank. Here are some recent pictures: The full tank: The two orange ricordia colonies: Some of the extra blue and green ricordia: And the rhodactis: Link to comment
Spencerx Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 very nice. super deal on it too. i am jelous. who did you get the ricordia from on ebay? Link to comment
scoopsfolks Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 Originally posted by Spencerx very nice. super deal on it too. i am jelous. who did you get the ricordia from on ebay? The seller's eBay ID is aqa4u. He's only sold a few things so far, but I would expect to see more of him once he gets a handle on lowering his shipping costs (he charged me $39 to ship, but I see on the box he paid FedEx a lot more than that for Priority Overnight service with Saturday delivery). I won both orange ricordia and the rhodactis (3 auctions) for a total of $32 plus shipping, and he threw in a bunch of blue and green ricordia and the mithrax crab. He also offered to include some turbo snails for free, but I declined. I think I got lucky because he misspelled ricordia and rhodactis and his pictures weren't that great. I certainly can't complain about the deals I've been getting on eBay! Link to comment
c3po Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Damn, you are one lucky SOB. Fully stocked tank and corals, whats the total so far.... under 300. **shakes head** wish i could be so lucky.. Link to comment
scoopsfolks Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 Originally posted by c3po Damn, you are one lucky SOB. Fully stocked tank and corals, whats the total so far.... under 300. **shakes head** wish i could be so lucky.. It's even better than that. I bought a truck full of aquarium equipment for $150 at a garage sale this summer (big w/d filter, Hydrothruster pump, canister filters, CO2 system, and more). After I bought this nano, I decided not to set up a large system, so I sold everything on eBay for $575. Net cost for my nano: about $0. Link to comment
pseudoreefer Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 SO YOU'RE THE ONE WHO OUTBID ME ON EBAY!!! -I'd been looking for months for a tank like that :*( I'd love to get some of those xenia from you. Where are you in CO? I also have some metalic green hairy mushrooms I could trade for them. Link to comment
scoopsfolks Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 Originally posted by pseudoreefer SO YOU'RE THE ONE WHO OUTBID ME ON EBAY!!! -I'd been looking for months for a tank like that :*( I'd love to get some of those xenia from you. Where are you in CO? I also have some metalic green hairy mushrooms I could trade for them. I'm in Longmont. I'd be happy to swap some Xenia for mushrooms. PM me and let's talk. Link to comment
Bodhi-Licious Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 nice tank, I wish I lived in colorado I could use some xenia oh well I love your ricordias!!!!! Link to comment
pseudoreefer Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Scoopsfolks, you have a pm Link to comment
skylsdale Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I'm curious as to how the xenia is doing? Is it out of control yet? Link to comment
scoopsfolks Posted October 29, 2003 Author Share Posted October 29, 2003 Originally posted by skylsdale I'm curious as to how the xenia is doing? Is it out of control yet? I'm constantly seeing new growth. I traded one frag to the LFS and today I just cut three stalks to cultivate another frag. More frags to follow--there just isn't a lot of room to do a lot in a 16 gallon tank. Link to comment
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