Jotun Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 The tank just hit it's 4 month mark and I just finished fighting a bad case of dinos. Now that they are gone, I have started stocking it. I have a Mandarin, 2 Emerald crabs, Watchman Goby, Peppermint Shrimp, Pistol Shrimp, Crocea Clam, 2 Hammer corals, Deer horn coral, 1 Zoa, and various mushrooms. More live rock and corals to come. I've also already started a much larger tank project to transfer this livestock to. http://oi56.tinypic.com/vsjnrc.jpg http://oi55.tinypic.com/2nh1doh.jpg http://oi54.tinypic.com/eb21e8.jpg Leeloo, the tank watching terrier. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Cool dog! What kind of light do you have on the tank? I have the same tank with a T5 light and have had some great success with it. What kind of maintenance schedule do you have going on the tank? If you are interested in a great maintenance schedule I have one lined out in my thread. Click my signature to get there. Link to comment
NanoReefNovice Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Nice! dog seems to like it Link to comment
Jotun Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Cool dog! What kind of light do you have on the tank? I have the same tank with a T5 light and have had some great success with it. What kind of maintenance schedule do you have going on the tank? If you are interested in a great maintenance schedule I have one lined out in my thread. Click my signature to get there. Thanks! I love her! She watches TV and my tank. I have a 250 watt sunpod with led moonlights. I do a 4 gallon water change weekly along with a ph test because the only supplement that I use is Seachem PH buffer to maintain a PH of 8.3. To eliminate the dinos, I raised the PH and cut my lighting schedule down. I am going for a hands off approach as far as additives. I use Tunze salt with the seachem PH buffer and that's it. I feed a little bit of mysis and phyto every other day. I have the Tunze 9002 Skimmer w/StevieT cup, Tunze 6025, AquaEuro 1/13 HP Chiller and a 100w Hydor Theo heater holding my tank at 80 degrees. Link to comment
Jotun Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Here's a pic of the Mandarin.. http://oi56.tinypic.com/2en2r9t.jpg I know that they are not nano friendly but my rock is filled with pods. I've had the Mandarin for 2 months and he is looking great. Everytime I shine a flashlight at the tank at night I see pods scatter EVERYWHERE. I will continue monitoring the pod level because the last thing that I want to do is starve a living creature. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Wow 250W MH on a 28g tank!!!! That is a lot of light. Best of luck with the Mandarin. They are cool but not worth the work in my opinion. Link to comment
Jotun Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Wow 250W MH on a 28g tank!!!! That is a lot of light. Best of luck with the Mandarin. They are cool but not worth the work in my opinion. Yep! I didn't want to be limited on what I can stock by my light source. The Mandarin has been pretty low maintenance so far. I have SO many pods that it has been thriving. I have seen no decline in pod population in these 2 months and he is happy. Link to comment
Telekinesis Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I love the pics with Leeloo. Nice tank! Link to comment
Jotun Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 I love the pics with Leeloo. Nice tank! TY! Link to comment
Jotun Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Some updated pics... http://oi56.tinypic.com/vdcox4.jpg http://oi53.tinypic.com/346s6xx.jpg http://oi55.tinypic.com/23j03mr.jpg Link to comment
Jotun Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 any heat issues? I have an Aquaeuro 1/13 chiller taking care of any heating issues. Link to comment
40+ Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Great pics - Well done on the Mandrin. I have one as well, fantastic fish, trives on frozen misis and brime. Mind you I got him from a buddy, 2 years old and well broken in on frozen food. Link to comment
Jotun Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Great pics - Well done on the Mandrin. I have one as well, fantastic fish, trives on frozen misis and brime. Mind you I got him from a buddy, 2 years old and well broken in on frozen food. TY. I just started mixing Nutramar into my feeding cocktail. The Mandarin seems to be picking at it. I wanted a more active fish so I have added a Solar Wrasse. He has been a great addition thus far. Link to comment
Jotun Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Snapped this while the Solar and Mandarin were picking around at the Nutramar on the sand. http://oi56.tinypic.com/p8xhx.jpg Link to comment
urbaneks Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Is the Mandarin eating frozen for you. Always want one but never have found one that is a good enough eater and I know my tank can't sustain one without it eating frozen. Link to comment
Jotun Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Is the Mandarin eating frozen for you. Always want one but never have found one that is a good enough eater and I know my tank can't sustain one without it eating frozen. It's a pig for the Nutramar! I noticed my pod population dwindling so I decided to either take on the task of training him or finding him a new home. It looked like he picked at it a little but not enough to satisfy me the first few times that I had added it to my feeding cocktail. I lowered a glass jar into the tank with just Nutramar in it and wrangled the Mandarin into it. I did this twice over a 2 day period. I then spot fed with Nutramar in a turkey baster at one of his favorite feeding areas. He is eating a ton of it now. I have noticed my pod population start to come back because he hasn't been eating so many of them. I read about the glass jar trick somewhere on these forums and I must say, it works. The Nutramar is what ORA trains it's Mandarins with. Link to comment
Jotun Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 I found my mini carpet anemone munching on a pretty large snack today. It just happened to be my very active and fun to watch peppermint shrimp. Good night sweet prince, you will be missed. Link to comment
Jotun Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Rescaped and made a "clam island". http://oi51.tinypic.com/ofobxj.jpg http://oi54.tinypic.com/fu55jm.jpg http://oi53.tinypic.com/nl2w6r.jpg http://oi52.tinypic.com/2dweu8h.jpg 2 Croceas and 1 Derasa Link to comment
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