Christopher Marks Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 [Posted on behalf of Mike Mendelson (aka fishguyis)] This is an oceanic 7 gallon bowfront nano reef with one 50/50 32w powercompact. It's been running for a year now. Link to comment
Strife Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Nice tank....mike if you ever read this...lemme come check out your tank whenever i come by canada... oh yeah...your store too Link to comment
adinsxq Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 I wish I had a nano reef as cool as that. I'm going to go cry in my pillow now... :*( the above statement was generated by tay-marks without the permission of the original poster... hehe Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted November 22, 2002 Author Share Posted November 22, 2002 Originally posted by adinsxq I wish I had a nano reef as cool as that. I'm going to go cry in my pillow now... :*( LOL Link to comment
Physh1 Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Wow.....very nice tank. Hmmmm.....gives me some ideas??? Cameron Link to comment
cranfordrd Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Wow, thats gaugeous!!!!! What is the substrate in that tank? Link to comment
fishguyis Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Hi everyone! Thanks for the kind words! Ok to answer a few questions: Stryfe... I do not have a store, the store you see the tank is a Pet Valu. I am in a joint ventureship with them. cranfordrd... the substrate is live sand, there are 5 nassarius snails, 7 astrea snails, 1 black sea cucumber, and a blood shrimp that act as my clean up crew. I will post full details about the tank very soon Have fun... reef safe... :D Link to comment
benny Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Awesome looking tank Mike, I should know having to see it as my background everytime i look at my computer screen. Talk about rubbing it in. X) Benny T Link to comment
Mnesarchus Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Gawddamn.. that is easily one of the best looking reef tanks I have ever seen. Fantastic work - great colors - great corraline. I'm in awe.. gorgeous. Link to comment
Strife Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 well..lemme come check it out..anyways..HEHE Link to comment
fishguyis Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Hi everyone! As promised, here is a complete description of my 7 gallon Nano. This tank originally started off as a 5 gallon All Glass Mini-Bow (purple). The one pictured is as stated above, just around a year old. The lightihg is a 50/50 32 watt Coralife power compact. There is a Whisper Jr. hang-on and a Penguin mini hang-on filter. The rock is Fiji and the live sand is from Florida. As for the livestock, it is as follows: Kenya tree corals torch coral Crocea clam flourescent green frilly mushroom red and "blue" mushrooms (they aren't so blue LOL) green striped mushrooms feather duster metalic green star polyps a small frag of Hydnopora candycaine/trumpet coral devils finger green Fiji finger leather brown and white button polyps 2 percula clowns 1 blood shrimp 5 nassarius snails 7 astrea snails sea cucumber 7 blue leg hermit crabs Again THANK YOU to everyone for their comments they make me blush!!! :blush: I do a bi-weekly water change of around a gallon or so, I add B-ionic, strontium and Iodine once a week and I have to weed the calurpa once a week or so as well. I change the filters at every water change (one the first week, the other the week after) As far as I can remember that's all I do to this tank. If anyone has any further questions please don't hesitate to contact me. My emil is fishguyis@yahoo.com Cheers!!! Link to comment
fishguyis Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Stryfe... Anytime you are in the area, come on down.... or should I say up! hehe. I would be happy to show ya my tank and the others that I have set-up here in Peterborough. M. Link to comment
cjm033 Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 wow now thats what i call a tank lol that is one of the nicest tanks ive ever seen,Chris Link to comment
tgrupert Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 This is exactly the type of stuff that people in my LFS don't beleive exist. Link to comment
Metznreef Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 very nice! that live rock has some sweet coralineB) Link to comment
Vijay Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 whers thast pet valu located i'd like to go check that tank out have you ordered anythin online most sites wont ship to canada and none of the lfs have ls Link to comment
fishguyis Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Hi Vijay: The tank is in Peterborough, if you would like to see it let me know and I will meet you there and we can chat! My # is 416-988-FISH (3474) I have never ordered any livestock online, I am an aquarium consultant so I get everything at wholesale. If you are having problems finding anything please let me know as I am in the GTA 2-3 days a week, and if I can help you out in anyway I would be more then happy to do so. Cheers!!! Michael Link to comment
anathema Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 How long has your clam been in there? Do you feed it Phyto? I have been contemplating one for my nano also and I have the same lighting. I was thinking of a squamosa however. I wonder how much I would have to feed it. Link to comment
Cam barr Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 nice tank no skimer on taht bad boy wow i wanna set up another 7 gal whith a cpr back pack humm your givin me ideas i like it muhahahah cam barr Link to comment
tgrupert Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Wouldn't it be cool to have a large CPR bac pac refugium on your tank that has it's own small bac pac refugium. Link to comment
Djm9288 Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 I have two words PHE- NOMINAL Link to comment
printerdown01 Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 SWEET SET-UP! I love it!! This is def one of the nicest tanks I've seen! Like a deezreef tank but with the focus on softies!! Couple of quick questions: 1) Is that one rock on the left side of the tank?? if so that was a perfect fit!! 2)Are those torbo snails (not not a mispelling of turbo) near your clown or are those regular astrea -they actually look pretty, LOL [hmmm could be the fancy camera work ]... You shoud be extreamly proud! Thanks for sharing it with us!! Link to comment
fishguyis Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 anathema : The clam has been in the tank for around a month, I haven't been feeding it anything, but I am starting to feed Kent's as of this week. When I do feed, I will be doing a weekly feeding of the suggested amount to see how things go. Thanks for the interest!!! Michael Link to comment
tgrupert Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 I always thought it was best to feed filter feeders a little bit every day. it may sound like a lot of work but it shouldn't be hard to shoot a load out of your pipette every other day. if you dose several things you can make ice cubes with them diluted with top off water and put one in every day or every other day. Just make sure you put it in a place the fish can't get to. It made things a lot easier in my FW tank. if anyone knows a reason it wouldn't work for a reef please let me know. Link to comment
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