Jaren45 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Once again I found myself with enough spare equipment to start up another nano. Going to take another crack at a bare bottom tank, as well as using a canister for the first time. Tank: Tideline 5.5g Light: Smatfarm g5 90w Amazon special Filter: Sicce whale stuffed full of matrix and nothing else Heater: Newa 25w Just turboed yesterday, 7/20 9 1 Quote Link to comment
lilopop11 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Nice rockwork .. this will be sps or lps tank ?? 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 hour ago, lilopop11 said: Nice rockwork .. this will be sps or lps tank ?? Planning on a bit of everything because I can't help myself. I've been getting more into softies lately so probably lots of gorgonians and rarer leathers if I can find em. 1 Quote Link to comment
Amnemonemomne Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 what livestock do you want in the tank? Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Amnemonemomne said: what livestock do you want in the tank? Thinking about a dozen sexy shrimp and maybe a trimma goby or something itty bitty 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Worked a booth at aquashella dallas today and of course picked up some goodies for all my tanks, for the 5g I got some true blue cespitularia, not open quite yet but i've been looking for this one for a while 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 9 hours ago, Jaren45 said: Worked a booth at aquashella dallas today and of course picked up some goodies for all my tanks, for the 5g I got some true blue cespitularia, not open quite yet but i've been looking for this one for a while Just wanted to drop by and say your scape is absolutely beautiful and unique! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Snow_Phoenix said: Just wanted to drop by and say your scape is absolutely beautiful and unique! Thank you! All my saltwater tanks have a similar scape at this point, just using zipties to hold the branch together, cement, then cut the ties off the next morning. Super easy with good results 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 Cespitularia finally settled in and is looking good Also I couldn't stand the bare bottom for more than about a week.. it might be better once coralline sets in but I can't bother to scrape the nasty bottom every few days haha 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 Had to add some of my favorite coral, I believe this is a grubes gorgonian 3 Quote Link to comment
Amnemonemomne Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 are gorgonians easy to keep? thinking about adding some into my tank in the near future. Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 7 hours ago, Amnemonemomne said: are gorgonians easy to keep? thinking about adding some into my tank in the near future. The photosynthetic ones absolutely, they like high high flow and good lighting, but my old grubes I was trimming every month or so to keep it from getting out of hand 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 Went up to work today to get some more cuc and of course had to grab a frag, this time some green pavona 2 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Don't know how well it comes across in pictures but the gorg has a nice subtle bright purple edge on every branch 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 Grabbed a couple of frags today, and also got an ato on here finally. Starting to look like a science experiment 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Everything is settling well, planning on getting some weak kalk solution mixed up to start dosing through the night. 4 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 Kalkwasser is a go! Tested for 4 days in a row and calculated a .3dkh or more drop a day. 35ml spaced out every 2 hours 24h a day is keeping me right at 8.2/8.3 dkh. woohoo! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 Side question, can anyone recommend another decent cheap light fixture? The current one makes my rock show up orange in person and has a pretty awful purple hue no matter how much I fiddle. I like a nice crisp white. Maybe a 2 bulb t5? Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Do they still make T-5's that small? 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 3 hours ago, debbeach13 said: Do they still make T-5's that small? No it'd have to be 24in unfortunately but I don't mind the light spill, this stand is well below eye level even when sitting down 2 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 17 minutes ago, Jaren45 said: No it'd have to be 24in unfortunately but I don't mind the light spill, this stand is well below eye level even when sitting down In that case go for the 2 bulb fixture! Blue + mixed with a white bulb (coral + or maybe an aquablue) would be great! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 It's still alive! Alk is holding rock steady at 8.2 and starting to get more coralline growth all over. Nitrate and phosphate is testing 0 with salifert though despite constant coral food feeding. I think I need a small fish! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 Added a teeny tiny springeri damsel to hopefully help with nutrients, as well as a monti setosa and a cap Quote Link to comment
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