10 gallon Sexy Shrimp "reef"

[Fish_Wiz]

Loving it! Gave up my sexies for seahorses, I do miss them but not the fact that they ate every meaty coral I had lol

[andrewkw]

1 hour ago, xellos88 said:

Macro looks like some type of Ulva. I'm jealous of your Xenia island, and it looks like you have them pulsing.

Thanks for the ID. It really pulses like crazy. Almost hypnotic when I turn the flow off. In my other tank it doesn't pulse at all but it's pounded by flow there.

[andrewkw]

Update on the nano reef : Growth is great, macro algae is out of control and sexy shrimp are doing well.
I probably will eventually cut things back, at least the macro but for now I like that it obscures the heater even if bits and pieces end up floating around and it may have absorbed a coral or 2 into the big ball of algae.

 

 

Also video update :

 

 

[andrewkw]

These days there are only 2 or 3 sexy shrimp left in the tank, but I have a pair of clownfish and it's become a nice muted softy reef. Sometimes I think about adding some more colour but I like this kind of look for this tank.

 

 

[cheesesteak]

This is a beautiful jungle! That paly wall is wild. 

[Elizabeth94]

Nice! I see your lates update was Jan of 2019. Good to see you kept it going. I keep thinking about setting up a softy only tank. 

[andrewkw]

It's a fun little tank. I have 3 other tanks and this one requires next to nothing. I occasionally change water with used water from other water changes.  This is my only tank with sand and the tiny layer certainly is a detritus trap which can be a pain. Most of the time I run a sponge in the mini hob filter and periodically a bit of carbon as the top of the water does tend to get filmy. Other then that though I feed the fish / shrimp and let it grow how it wants for the most part with only occasional trimmings.

I am a big believer in frequent water testing but not for this tank. There are no corals that have a skeleton and if I feel like something is off I will change 50% of more of the water with water that has known parameters faster then I can test it.