SURVEYMAN46123 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Updated the original post with a new FTS shot. Below are a couple new photos as well. Rapunzel and Flynn the Clowns and their candy cane coral colony. 5 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Looks great! Seems like the hammer is doing better? Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 48 minutes ago, teenyreef said: Looks great! Seems like the hammer is doing better? Thanks Teeny! Actually that is a different hammer frag there on the bottom. The other hammer is in my office tank, however its still not doing great. I'm afraid its a lost cause. Quote Link to comment
funkskunk Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Great build, I've got a similar setup in the works. Nuvo10, a80, etc. Oh and happy one year anniversary with Nano-reef! 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Looking good! 1 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Day 249, and things are rolling along. Haven't posted much as I haven't made many changes honestly. My office tank has been shut down and the coral that I had placed in there are back in this tank. The hammer coral (center of pic Center of rocks) are starting to bounce back. Color is coming back and it seems to be quite happy in that spot. I have noticed some vermited Snails but they are not bothering my coral. I'll keep an eye on that and pluck them off when I see the need. Also the palys in the lower right corner are on a shell. They were given to me at a Frag swap and seem to be thriving. However upon returning home from a vacation I noticed some bubble algae on the shell. I removed the shell and palys from the tank and plucked the bubbles off. Rinsed the Frag in some tank water and placed it back in the tank. That's about the extent of things. The sicce .5 pump and spinstream are working great. Provides a good random flow and my torches seem to love it. I don't believe I'll be placing an extra powerhead in the tank. Still have yet to hook up the macro algae reactor. Just running filter floss and chemi-pure blue. Kessil A80 at 100% intensity and 50% color. Light feedings daily reef roids once a week, and change out the floss daily. 2 gallon waterchange and vacuuming the sand once a week. I clean out the back chamber and scrub the pump once a month. Okay im rambling.... sorry. 4 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 Pondering a switch to a lagoon 25...... 1 Quote Link to comment
gone_PHiSHin Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 58 minutes ago, SURVEYMAN46123 said: Pondering a switch to a lagoon 25...... haha the upgrade contemplation is almost inevitable the 25 lagoon is one of my favorite size tanks some things will transfer over but it'll be a decent chunk of change to get it going...tank, light, and more rock being the big ones Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 1 hour ago, gone_PHiSHin said: haha the upgrade contemplation is almost inevitable the 25 lagoon is one of my favorite size tanks some things will transfer over but it'll be a decent chunk of change to get it going...tank, light, and more rock being the big ones Yea I'm just pondering the idea now. If I do decide to do it, I will slowly acquire items so the switch will be seamless. We will see. For now I'm going to keep enjoying this tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
NanoxNoe Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 17 hours ago, SURVEYMAN46123 said: Yea I'm just pondering the idea now. If I do decide to do it, I will slowly acquire items so the switch will be seamless. We will see. For now I'm going to keep enjoying this tank. I currently have both and they are both great tanks! im doing a softie lps tank on the 25 and lps sps on the 10. 1 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 So I'm really struggling on what my next couple of corals should be. I want to keep it either softies or LPS, not ready to go into SPS land. I want some more blues, purples, reds, and oranges in this tank to help it "pop" more. Anyone have any suggestions? Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Zoanthids, ricordea, or acans all fall into those hues for your color palate. With all the sweeping tentacles in the tank, you really need things that can fill in the nooks. How is the hammer doing on the sand bed? Any plans to move it? 1 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 The hammer in the sand bed has been down there since July. It always seems happy, but I have been thinking of putting it on top of the rock in the the center to see how it does. Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 I have close to a month and a half of salt left in my bucket and I'm thinking of switching it up a bit. I'm using IO Salt. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment
gone_PHiSHin Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 i switched from RSCP to Fritz RPM about 4-5 months ago because my ALK was getting too high with RSCP. Fritz is great, would recommend. it mixes clear very quickly, love the params it mixes to, and i can get a 55lb box locally for $45 on sale. perfect salt for me currently, i don't have any reason to try anything else. 1 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Thanks @gone_PHiSHin ! I'll take a look at that this evening. As far as the tank goes, I moved the hammer that was on the sandbed to atop the rock. It seems to like it up there! I may move the Acans that are on the sandbed and find a nice small orange plate coral to put down there. 3 Quote Link to comment
R3rueda Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Wow, beautiful 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 This tank is looking fantastic! Little bit jealous . Great inspiration for my fusion 10. 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Love that top down shot! All the euphyllia look so good Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Thanks @teenyreef that's means a lot coming from the NUVO 10 king. Actually thanks to everyone that has followed and helped with any questions I have had. This forum has been a huge help. The knowledge shared on here gave me confidence starting my first Nano. It's not perfect or this stunning reef we see in the tank of the month posts. However I love it and I love sharing photos of it with you all! 2 Quote Link to comment
TatorTaco Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 On 12/2/2017 at 7:24 PM, SURVEYMAN46123 said: Actually thanks to everyone that has followed and helped with any questions I have had. This forum has been a huge help. The knowledge shared on here gave me confidence starting my first Nano. It's not perfect or this stunning reef we see in the tank of the month posts. However I love it and I love sharing photos of it with you all! I've seen your tank on NR and IG and enjoy seeing it every time. Even if you didn't get TOTM with this tank, it has certainly been a solid reference for others who consider the IM10 and it's possibilities. I'd love to see a brief video facing the front of then tank. I'm sure that pictures don't give the euphilia's movement justice. 2 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 8 hours ago, TatorTaco said: I've seen your tank on NR and IG and enjoy seeing it every time. Even if you didn't get TOTM with this tank, it has certainly been a solid reference for others who consider the IM10 and it's possibilities. I'd love to see a brief video facing the front of then tank. I'm sure that pictures don't give the euphilia's movement justice. Thanks man, I really appreciate that! In my opinion I still have a long way to go with it! 1 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Met up with a local reefer last night, and he gave me a small rock of GSP. I peeled off a few pieces and glued it to the back of my tank. Also was given a small frag of Spongodes Monti. I'm starting to run out of room, but so many more corals I want!!!! LOL Pissed my corals off last night placing things, so I don't have a great photo to share at this moment. 1 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 So a little bump in the road occurred this evening. When I arrived home from work I noticed the Spinstream nozzle wasn’t turning and there were a lot of micro bubbles in the display. My ATO float did not trigger the pump and the second chamber was pretty empty. So I unplugged the ATO and pump then checked everything. When I plugged the ATO back in it filled the chamber, however my Sicce 0.5 wasn’t pumping. Since we were leaving for dinner and a hockey game, I had to improvise so there would be some flow within the tank. I pulled out the Sicce, and planned on adding the stock pump back into the tank. Nope, that wasn’t gonna work... The tube had been stretched by the sicce pump to tube adapter, or whatever you call it. So that meant the back chamber was pretty uslesses. So the heater went into the display along with the pump. I was stressed about it all evening. Upon returning home I decided to give the pump a look over too see if something was stuck in it or if it just needed a good cleaning. Well unfortunately cleaning it and checking all that I could wasn’t going to work. The pump is dead. Ugh.... So my little Nano is gonna be a bit ugly these next couple days until my replacement pump arrives. I just hope my Corals and fish remain happy until Tuesday evening. I mean i have heat, live rock, and circulation. I should be okay right? ?? Quote Link to comment
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