Dally Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Yesterday marked one year since the beginning of the saltwater journey for me! I’ve been on NR for a while but never got around to posting much. I’m happy with how my tank has progressed so I’d decided I’d share it! Let me know if you have any feedback or questions! More photos to come! 13 Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 nice tank, some info on it would be cool 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 That's a beautiful nano reef @Dally, congrats on your first year! How has the red starfish been doing for you? 2 Quote Link to comment
Friendly Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 please tell us more about your equipment, what you have stocked. etc! 2 Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Friendly said: please tell us more about your equipment, what you have stocked. etc! The tank is a 6 gallon Fluval Edge. I really like its dimensions. I was able to order the tank without its usual stand for about $60. The only other equipment is an Aquaclear 20, a 50w Aqueon Pro Heater, and a Current USA Orbit LED. I plan on upgrading the light to a Nanobox but the Current does well for all the coral in the tank right now. Here’s the stock list: Coral: Orange Acan Rainbow Lord Purple & Green Lord Striped Lord Grape Punch Lord Orange Mushroon Duncan Fire & Ice Zoas Unknown Red Zoas Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoas Candy Apple Zoas Haunted Forest Zoas Coal Mine Zoas Pulsing Xenia 2 Cherry Blastos Neon Blasto Aussie Yellow Hammer John Deere Leptastrea Red Rim Favites Moonshine Chalice Miami Hurricane Echinata GI Joe Favia Mint Massacre Favia Spitfire Favia Pipe Organ Aussie Ultra Green Torch Green Star Polyps Green Bubble Tip Anemone Rainbow Bubble Tip Anemone 2 Rock Flower Anemones Porcelain Crab Pom Pom Crab 2 Red Leg Hermits 1 Turbo Snail 1 Nerite Snail 2 Nassarius Snails 1 Red Starfish 2 Ocellaris Clowns I feed the clowns most days & spot feed the corals with Reef Roids the night before a water change. I water change about every two weeks. As the reef has matured it has become really low maintenance, and that’s the way I like it. With minimal equipment, things stay simple & I can spend more time enjoying my tank. Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: That's a beautiful nano reef @Dally, congrats on your first year! How has the red starfish been doing for you? The starfish had been super easy! I got him about three months ago & haven’t needed to feed him directly. He scavenges well & helps to clean the glass. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Your tank is beautiful. I would change nothing because it is progressing really nicely. Do you have a tank journal? 1 Quote Link to comment
Friendly Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 that's so beautiful. Chris, how can I nominate a reef for TOTM? also Dally, do your clowns host with any of the anemone? 1 Quote Link to comment
Gourami Swami Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 This tank looks great man. Impressed that you have so many different corals in there. Do you dose anything? 2 part? Or just water changes? Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 29 minutes ago, Friendly said: also Dally, do your clowns host with any of the anemone? Unfortunately not yet. The green bubble tip is still very small & the rainbow bubble tip is fairly new to the tank. I’ve seen them messing around with it, having it’s tentacles in their mouth, but no hosting yet. Hopefully they will eventually. 16 minutes ago, Gourami Swami said: Do you dose anything? 2 part? Or just water changes? No dosing! I’ve considered it, but just water changes have been enough so far. There are a lot of frags in the tank, so as they get bigger I might need to start dosing. I’ll just have to wait & see. Quote Link to comment
DaveMc Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Beautiful tank Doesn't look like it's 6 gallons....looks bigger 1 Quote Link to comment
paulsz Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I love that it gets darker in the back. Gives the illusion that the tank doesn't end, as well as helps hide the heater/filter. And the colours are beautiful 2 Quote Link to comment
Friendly Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 what'cha gonna do when the clowns get big? will get pretty cramped for them... Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, DaveMc said: Beautiful tank Doesn't look like it's 6 gallons....looks bigger 1 hour ago, paulsz said: I love that it gets darker in the back. Gives the illusion that the tank doesn't end, as well as helps hide the heater/filter. And the colours are beautiful Thanks y’all!! 1 hour ago, Friendly said: what'cha gonna do when the clowns get big? will get pretty cramped for them... I’ve been wondering the same thing. I went small because I’m in college so a small tank keeps me mobile. When I settle down I’d eventually like to upgrade to around a 20-25 gallon range. I might need to upgrade sooner though if the corals outgrow the tank. Quote Link to comment
paulsz Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, Dally said: I might need to upgrade sooner though if the corals outgrow the tank. You can just frag them if they get too big, no? Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, paulsz said: You can just frag them if they get too big, no? True. I haven’t fragged much so I’m a bit wary of it, but I’ll never learn if I never try. I’d definitely be nervous to frag my favorite pieces like the hammer & torch. Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 Here's a few of my favorite photos I wanted to share: Marco & Polo 2 Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 My pom pom crab that I almost never see decided to come out & be social today. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Probably my favorite inverts of all. What's your camera set up BTW? 1 Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 2 hours ago, JR! said: What's your camera set up BTW? I use a Canon 77D with a Sigma 17-70mm lens. I also use photoshop to try and make the colors look more accurate to what the eye sees. 1 Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Water change day!! 2 Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 I might have to upgrade to a larger tank sooner than a I expected. I can’t get the torch in a place that it won’t sting some other surrounding coral. Also, does anyone have any ideas for getting rid of bubble algae? I feel like I’m constantly removing it but I just keep seeing more & more. My battle against aptasia is also ongoing but I just keep going at it with aptasia x Quote Link to comment
SemperReef Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Dally said: I might have to upgrade to a larger tank sooner than a I expected. I can’t get the torch in a place that it won’t sting some other surrounding coral. Also, does anyone have any ideas for getting rid of bubble algae? I feel like I’m constantly removing it but I just keep seeing more & more. My battle against aptasia is also ongoing but I just keep going at it with aptasia x You can try a peppermint shrimp for aiptasia and an emerald crab for bubble. It's like six in one hand and half a dozen in the other. Chemicals added to a tank to kill pests or additional life forms to eradicate pests increasing bioload? 1 Quote Link to comment
Dally Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Well I’m sad to say that this tank took a turn for the worst. The worst part is that I’m not sure what went wrong. My corals all started looking bad, but the fish & inverts looked healthy. I tested the water, did multiple water changes, put in new carbon, looked for dead things, nothing seemed to help. Then I went out of town for spring break, nervous to leave the tank alone without me there to fix whatever problems arose. When I came back, the glass was filthy, most of the corals were closed up, all of my anemones basically disintegrated, some snails had died, but the fish still looked healthy. I moved what was left of the surviving coral over to my new UNS 5N nano, and the corals that survived are looking much better now. This tank will probably just become a bare bottom FOWLR tank. I might make it a reef again someday when I run out of room in the 5N and things stabilize. Sad to see it go, but all good things must come to an end. It had a good year-long run. And I’m excited to start something new in my 5N. Quote Link to comment
billygoat Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Very unfortunate to hear about the crash! I was amazed to see how vibrant and lovely the tank looked in the first few photos. Here's hoping that the next round ends up even better for you 🙂 Quote Link to comment
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