chrisisthereefer Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 i added another lb of lr from a local reef club members tank that has been up for 7 months and a buncha shrooms from this weekends WAMAS frag swap.i also took out all the filter cartriges and biowheel and added a buncha chaeto to the filter area. the tank is still new and you can tell by the diatoms. this week ill probly pick up a cleanup crew and put it in there and start looking for a mantis for this tank. tell me what ya think -Chris 3 gal| 3 gal filter/fuge Link to comment
eidolon Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Awesome, I bet it'll look even better once everything grows out. I've always wanted to start a shroom only tank, but I've tried maintaining two 10G nanos and couldn't keep up with the maintenance on my schedule, so now I've got one 25G. What kinda lighting are you running? Is it going to be mushrooms specifically, or will you add a ric or two in the future? Definitely looking forward to progression/update pics in a few months. Good work. Link to comment
Carinya Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Nice. If I were doing a mantis tank, I'd definitely 'shroom it up. Looks good. How is the cheato lighted? What species mantis would fit in an eclipse 3? Link to comment
chrisisthereefer Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 im packin 1 7 watt t-5 thats a 65 k and a 13 watt 50/50 (gonna be changed to actinic) the chaeto is lit by the main lights, theres a space between the hood n filter that the light comes through. hopefully ill be adding a moonlight to the hood in the future. n wenneare (sp) is one mantis that i know will do good in a 3 theres a few other species that will do good too.ill be adding quiet a few rics (florida and yuma) in the future, i just wanted to get the basic shrooms established in the tank firts and then add the nicer more expensive stuff. -Chris Link to comment
brianemone Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 cool, get more shrooms now. cant wait to see how it progress's Link to comment
chrisisthereefer Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 i need to, hopefully ill hit up the lfs this week. Link to comment
Slim Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 One word of advice from my own experience with a 5gal tank and N. Wennerae. If you have any shrooms you don't want smashed make sure to put them on a decent sized rock. The manits I have moves a ton of rock around. Link to comment
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