WolveX's Nano 10g Tank Journal

[WolveX]

Hi all NR Reefers, my new nano 10gal tank finally complete cycled 2 weeks ago and CUCs have been living happily in their new home happily. Thank you everyone that had help me during my setup and all the recommendations. Finally, I have gathered all my photos and going to post in this journal. Here is the tank specification

 

Tank Size            : 39L (45cm X 29cm X 30cm)

                            10gal (17.7" X 11.4" X 11.8")

Water                 : RO/DI

Live Rock            : 5.5kg (12lb)

Sand bed            : Black Crystal Sand 1.5"

Flow                   : Wave maker (China Brand) (1000L/hr ~ 3000L/hr)

                                                                   (264gal/hr ~ 792gal/hr)

Light                  : LED (China Brand) Full Spectrum (claimed by LFS owner)

Test kit               : API Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, KH

 

 

Sorry for the photo quality because is from my Iphone 4s.

 

 

DAY 1 - This is initial LR arrangement with bare bottom to start the cycle

 

DAY 5 - Bacteria start to colonize

DAY 5 - Final Landscape with Black Crystal Sandbed

 

DAY 15 - Water parameter is good   Ammonia - 0, Nitrate - 0, Nitrate - 20

             50% water change

DAY 16 ~ 20 Water parameter is good   Ammonia - 0, Nitrate - 0, Nitrate - 5

 

DAY 21 - Adding CUC (2 Torchus, 1 Nassarius, 1 Electric Blue Knuckle Hermit)

 

 

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DAY 21 - After adding the hermit, it have a shock and stay at corner for a few days

DAY 21 - Nassarius is strolling arount the tank to check his new home

 

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DAY 21 - Once the Torchuses touch down, both start working on the LR

DAY 28 - Tank is quite clean, the glass were clear

DAY 28 - My kids name the hermit, "Krabby", Krabby is relaxing in the open

Kids also name both Trochus, one is "Sticky" because it always do the glass job and sticks on the glass most of the time. The other one is named "Upside-Down" because it likes to hang under the LR. Nassarius were named "Snowy" due to it pale color.

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DAY 28 - Found a Hitch hiker Feather duster worm in my LR

DAY 28 - Close up on one side of the scape

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DAY 28 - Found some hitchhike Coral (I believe). It glow bright green under moonlight (actinic light). Can anyone ID? Compare with the green algae, green algae cannot be seen under moonlight.

Day 29 - Found another hitchhiker  feather duster

Day 29 - Kraby out for posing

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Just added my first Coral - GSP frag into the tank. Will add in photo later. When I bought the frag, I asked the LFS owner to give me some unused shell for my hermit. He gave one but it came along a bristle starfish as hitchhiker. Unfortunately, it didn't stay in water for 6 hrs and was half dead when I reached home and notice it. After I place it into the tank, he was slowly healing as I saw it started to move. But, Snowy came out from her burrow and move straight to the starfish and suffocated it. At first we (me and my kids were watching the whole scene) thought Snowy was eating it, but she was only stomp on it until the starfish twitched to death and the she just strolled away from the scene.

 

This morning, I saw the starfish body by the rock.