Manfred Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) Hey There, I am Manfred and live in the Netherlands, so first let me exuse me for my bad English. Together with my three dogs and five cats (breeding sphynx cats is another great hobby of mine), its pretty crowded in my home, but I figured that there was still room left for a small nano reef... I started up a Blue Marine 60 (almost 17 gallons). I have used natural seawater, with real reef rock and added biodigest. The BL dimensions are 15.7 x 17.7 x 13.8 inches h x l x d and comes with the following equipment: 1th compartment backside: Pieces of real reef rock Filtermedia: Chemi Pure blue nano Filterfloss 2nd compartment backside Skimmer: Blue Marine Skim 130 Skimmer Tunze 9001 3rd compartment backside: Pump: Blue Marine Reefpower 600 / pompcapaciteit 660 l/h Pump Sicce Syncra Silent 1.0 950l/h/ 251 US gph (3rd compartment backside)Heating: Fluval Edge ATO Tunze nano osmolator 3152 Lighting: Blue Marine stocklight: Nano LED 11 Reefled 50Heating: Fluval Edge Streaming: Jecod SW-2 Inhabitants: Fish: Clownfish 2x Pseudochromis Fridmani Sorft coral: Ricordea Yuma Orange Green discosoma / green ears Brown dicosoma Rhodactis Indosinensis LPS: Pink tipped torch / Euphyllia Zoanthes sociatus blue yellow SPS: Green plate Montipora Australienis Montipora branched blue polyp Montipora encrusted Acroporo formosa green Seriatopora Hysrix (Bird's Nest) Seriotopora Calendarium Pocillopora Spp Green Inverterbrates: 4x sand snails Nassarius Vibes 3x Trochus snail 1x Blue hermit crab Like I already said I started with natural seawater, real reef rock and some Biodigest, so the starting cycle may take a while. It gives me the opportunity to think about, which live stock is going to live in the Little Blue One. Edited March 30, 2021 by Manfred added lifestock Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Cycling in with real reef rock is less fun, compared to live rock... I hope its worth the benefits.... Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Nice! What livestock do you think you will be adding? Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 On 17-10-2017 at 9:05 PM, dpoltsdsu said: Nice! What livestock do you think you will be adding? Thanx ..... I do have a list in my mind, but I a am not totally sure yet. Anyway I like to stock it with colorfull species, as much as possible, which are not too difficult to keep: Fish: Green Clown Goby Griessingei Goby Neon Blue Goby Clown Fish ??? Invertebrates: Fan Worms Tridacna Maxima (after all its namesake of our Queen) Acans/ Ricordea Quote Link to comment
TatorTaco Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 How is the tank and stand look very modern and stylish. You mentioned breeding sphinx cats? We definitely would love to see pictures! Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 Here an update.... I changed my skimmer for a Tunze 9001 and it runs perfect..... I also added an Jebao SW2 Powerhead.... and the biggest change is that I added Live Sand from Pink from Red Sea.... I must say starting with Real Reef Rock is pretty boring.... Oh and the first residents of my tank are 2 Trochus Snails !!! On 23-10-2017 at 3:29 PM, TatorTaco said: How is the tank and stand look very modern and stylish. You mentioned breeding sphinx cats? We definitely would love to see pictures! Hey thanx ... I am not sure this is the right forum to place pictures of my cats but her is one!! 1 Quote Link to comment
TatorTaco Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 19 hours ago, Manfred said: Hey thanx ... I am not sure this is the right forum to place pictures of my cats but her is one!! Nano Reef loves pictures of ALL pets, not just the underwater ones! Your cat seems quite annoyed at getting it's picture taken. :-) Quote Link to comment
RubenZ Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Freaky looking cat!!! but hey no allergies right. Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 On 6-11-2017 at 5:42 PM, TatorTaco said: Nano Reef loves pictures of ALL pets, not just the underwater ones! Your cat seems quite annoyed at getting it's picture taken. :-) Actually he is not annoyed... He is just curious what I was doing because I was making strange sounds to get him to look in the camera... 1 Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 On 6-11-2017 at 6:34 PM, RubenZ said: Freaky looking cat!!! but hey no allergies right. Haha I think he is stunning... but about no allergies, it depends if you are allergic for a cats' hair or for his skin scales... Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 For about three years my little reef was just running and homing two nemos. Now its time to actually add more life in tHe Blue Marin. I started with adding a Reefled 50 light ... which is fantastic....!! I also upraded the returnpump with a Sicce Syncra Silent 1.0 950l/h/ 251 US gph 2 Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 This weekend I been shopping at the "candystore" and bougth an ATO Tunze Nano Osmolater 3152. So I am done with topping of ro water every evening 🥰. I also bought a Hanna phosfate checker, its so much easer, I decided to buy every other month 😏😏😏, a Hanna alkalinity, a calcium and a magnesium checker. And as cherry on the cake I bought 3 little pieces of coral, a pink tipped Euphylia, an Acropora Formosa and a silver with blue polyp branched Montipora. May next buying will be some ricordea and I hope a Yasha Goby. As I want more SPS I start with testing again my,. The Blue Marin has been cycling with two Nemo's and some lost soft corals for 2 years, so testing wasn't necessary. I am curious what te parameters will be. 1 Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Yesterday I did some testing which has been a while 😊. N04 0,18 N03 35 N02 0 Thats too high ... I think It is because I I put some old rock back in the Blue Marin and did some scapimg with glue. I did a 40 % waterchange and will repeat that next week .... Hope things comes to normal values otherwise I will try a new Dutch product called Reef Fuel it is said it can do miracles when it comes to NO4 and N03 its an organic mix. Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Today, after the waterchange I tested Po4 en No3 again: Po4 0,15 = dropped 0,03 No3 20 = droppen 15 I hope after a few more waterchanges I will end with a nice Po4 en No3. Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 After a period of uncertainty, whether the remains of a dead Henkie had been found or wheter it was just his shediing, I can confirm that Henkie exchanged the temporary for the eternal. This morning his empty shell was found in the aquarium The Little Blue One. Henkie will be remembered as the most brave and combative hermit crab of its kind, who always did his cleaning job in dangerous waters with the most loyal care. Henkie will be missed 🖤. . 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 Monday I did a 50 % waterschange again, and dosed bacteria and today I did measure the values beneath. P04 = 0,07 dropped 0,08 No3 = 5 dropped 15 So I hope after another 50 % waterchange, Po4 and No3 are at acceptable rates. Meanwhile I suffer from diatoms. Not so mutch but I blow off the rocks and sand with a turkeyblaster and put in the first back chamber some floss which I removed after one hour. I will go on with this treatment untill the diatoms wil not appear anymore. Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 With great joy, I can announce, that earlier reports about Henkie, the hermit crab, that he msysteriously died turns out to be incorrect. Henkie has moved to a more luxurious shell after his molt and has taken refuge in the wild rocks of the Blue Marine Marine 60. Henkie is now ready to continue his important duties. 1 Quote Link to comment
Manfred Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Covered the streaming pump with some filterfloss to help eliminating the diatoms. 1 Quote Link to comment
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