Hello Everyone! My first SW tank 10gal

[filefishfinatic]

13 minutes ago, 10gallonReefer said:

I don’t want sand. My flow causes sandstorms and I just didn’t like the look. Thanks for the suggestion tho

crushed coral would work, it has a larger grain size so it wont flow around. 

[Jakesaw]

9 minutes ago, TheKleinReef said:

I will admit, not having any pests is soooooo nice.

I'm guessing you quarantine everything that goes into tank for No Pests.

 

I went dry rock / dry sand for pest-free tank too.  So far I don't have any " identified " pests, but I do have strange creatures show up from unknown origin.  I got bubble algae with a coral frag ( that I quickly knocked off per advice of LFS as to how to do it ), and I found 2 uknown creatures just this morning ( Not a regular occurence, but it does happen )

 

I don't know if  linked creatures qualify as pests, but keeping your reef free of fish & corals only I would think requires one to QT everything that goes in.   

[aclman88]

22 minutes ago, 10gallonReefer said:

I don’t want sand. My flow causes sandstorms and I just didn’t like the look. Thanks for the suggestion tho

I am currently also going no sand and so far it definitely is helpful when identifying spots of low flow or dead spots where detritus accumulates.  Good luck with the tank!  I look forward to watching it progress.

[TheKleinReef]

45 minutes ago, Jakesaw said:

I'm guessing you quarantine everything that goes into tank for No Pests.

For Coral I dip and put it in. I should Qt though but I don’t want to maintain two tanks. 
red bugs still managed to get in but after interceptor I haven’t seen any sign of them. 
 

i meant more of no aptasia, weird algaes, or big critters. 

[A.m.P]

Love three stripes as well, they get biggish but I can't say it'll be too much an issue as a sole-inhabitant. 

Best of luck with the system, all mine are barebottom and started with dry rock as well.

[10gallonReefer]

Adding my first invert…

 

Blue tuxedo urchin!! Such a good deal on this guy I couldn’t pass him up

[10gallonReefer]

And it’s in 😎

[10gallonReefer]

War Coral Favia 

unknown Birdsnest 

 

now it’s a reef tank lol

[A.m.P]

Looks like a BOP, light green base and purple polyps.

[10gallonReefer]

1 hour ago, A.m.P said:

Looks like a BOP, light green base and purple polyps.

I was leaning that way but no given ID… I hate to assume anything these days lol

[10gallonReefer]

As of today Stock list is

 

3 Stripe Damsel

Blue Tuxedo Urchin

 

War Coral

BoP Birdsnest 

Green Birdsnest 

2 Duncans 

[filefishfinatic]

i would introduce some calerupa or sea lettuce. your urchin will require a lot of algae to eat and survive 

[10gallonReefer]

1 hour ago, filefishfinatic said:

i would introduce some calerupa or sea lettuce. your urchin will require a lot of algae to eat and survive 

I have nori to supplement feeding

[10gallonReefer]

So quick update….

Lost the birdsnests no idea why…Monti Caps are doing great.

 

Upgrades:

 

Kessil A160 w/ controller 

 

Stocking:

 

3stripe Damsel

Maroon Clown

 

Blue Tuxedo Urchin

Purple Tip Pincushion Urchin

4 Astrea snails

 

1 Red Monti Cap

1 Lavender/green Monti Cap

1 Purple Torch green tip

1 Branching Peach Hammer

1 Duncan

1 War Coral favia

 

starting larger tank soon so don’t call the police on me for to many fish🤷🏻‍♂️

[Jakesaw]

5 minutes ago, 10gallonReefer said:

3stripe Damsel

Maroon Clown

 

You got two grower fish in that 10 gallon.  

Tank looks good though.  

[10gallonReefer]

47 minutes ago, Jakesaw said:

You got two grower fish in that 10 gallon.  

Tank looks good though.  

There’s a total of 2” of fish in the tank my guys are little…I have plenty of time to get the 51gal settup(it comes in from drilling mid January)

[Ohmegg]

Cool! Very similar set up to my current experiment/setup except your doing bare bottom. This may be a good comparison as I had very good experience with a shallow gravel bottom. I used Dr Tim's one and only, and added some hardy non-leathers early on with an eye out for frag hitchhikers. Mine has been up for a little over 3 months now. 
 

[10gallonReefer]

14 hours ago, Ohmegg said:

Cool! Very similar set up to my current experiment/setup except your doing bare bottom. This may be a good comparison as I had very good experience with a shallow gravel bottom. I used Dr Tim's one and only, and added some hardy non-leathers early on with an eye out for frag hitchhikers. Mine has been up for a little over 3 months now. 
 

I’ve been up for 6 weeks or so… I used brightwell and pretty much everything I can from them… polyp labs for feeding corals

[Jakesaw]

16 minutes ago, 10gallonReefer said:

I’ve been up for 6 weeks or so… I used brightwell and pretty much everything I can from them… polyp labs for feeding corals

I wish I had measured nutrients earlier and adjusted them up.  Going the slow natural route with dry rock and too little bioload was a bit of a headache.  But good learning experience though.  

[mcarroll]

On 12/23/2021 at 5:26 PM, 10gallonReefer said:

birdsnests

These guys are very touchy, but strong fast growing corals once they settle in....I lost one overnight due to a (at least IMO) change in water flow.

 

On 12/23/2021 at 5:26 PM, 10gallonReefer said:

Kessil A160 w/ controller 

Nice!

 

Tank is looking good so far!!