norbert Posted July 12, 2019 I added a clown to this tank a couple days ago so I decided to start a journal today! I previously had a 29 gallon nano for a couple years before converting that to a freshwater planted tank. I had never had a freshwater tank before (other than a small tank with a single betta) so I wanted to try something new. After a few months I decided I wanted to get back into nano reefing so I bought a waterbox 10 cube and an AI Prime HD. Equipment is the waterbox and ai prime, stock pump with carbon and filter floss, hydor koralia 425 gph pump, and 7-8 pounds of rock from my old tank that I bleached before adding. No sand so cleaning is easier and I can do whatever I want with flow. It's just the clown for now, although I hope to add another fish and a mix of different corals. Livestock suggestions are always appreciated! Here's the tank as of 7/12/19, any tips for taking decent tank pics would also be great: And here's a blurry pic of the clown: My only question for now is about the cloudy water, it's especially noticeable around the rocks with the light on (the picture is pretty close to how it looks in person). I just turned the light on for the first time yesterday so I don't know how long it's been like this. Is it just a normal bacteria bloom? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Clown79 Posted July 12, 2019 Tanks looks great. Actually @banasophia documented great instructions on taking pics. Check out the TOTM, it's really helpful. There are a lot of great corals you can do. Fungia plates, torches, hammers, acans, favia's, chalice, ricordea, leptoseris, scoly's. Rock flower anemones are great too. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post
norbert Posted July 13, 2019 Thanks, that photo guide is really helpful! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post
norbert Posted July 18, 2019 Alright it's time for an update already. My lfs had a buy-2-get-1-free sale on corals so I couldn't pass that up. Here's the latest tank pics (my photography skills are a work in progress): 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
norbert Posted July 26, 2019 I got a new coral yesterday and it seems to be doing well so far. This is my first ever sps, a montipora. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Ratvan Posted July 26, 2019 Looks like a nice start hows is the rest of the tank doing? Quote Share this post Link to post
norbert Posted July 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, Ratvan said: Looks like a nice start hows is the rest of the tank doing? A diatom bloom started yesterday so I'll probably add a clean up crew soon. All the livestock are doing well, although recently my clown has been picking at some of the corals, especially the zoas. I think he might be looking for something to host him. Quote Share this post Link to post