dkk08 Nano Mangrove Tank

dkk08 · October 3, 2011

Finally! dkk08 is back into Marine after 30 months! Started my 36L Nano Space and IQ5 4 weeks back and now its time to reveal my humble simple setup.

36L Nano Space Mangrove Tank:

Decos/Equipments:

CaribSea Arag-Alive Indo-Pacific Black sand

Dum Dum Statue from Diaso

Liverocks from other reefers

Nano Mag (a great nano magnet!)

DIY Wooden airstone Skimmer with collection bottle(which is working very well, skimming fine foamy skim mate)

Flora:

12 Mangrove

Ulva sp.

Chaeto (in back compartment with 24hr LED lighting)

Fauna:

3 Hermit crabs

4 Lined Nerite Snails

Lots of amphipods or Copepods (which came from nowhere which in other words signal the "coming of age" of my tank :grin:)

Wish to have Livestock List:

Seahorse (most likely young barbouris, kuda or tiger tail)

Pipefish (most likely dragonface, jans or blue stripe)

Neon Goby

Red Spotted Goby

Red Striped Goby

Tailspot Blenny

Red Scooter Dragonet

Spotted Mandarin

A pair of tiny 1-2 cm captive bred Picasso clown (from a well known local breeder)

Of course the above is just a "wish to have list" so most probably I won't get all of them as 36L is just too small and too sensitive to over load the bioload with fishes.

Pictures will come later so stay tune! :cool:

Rxcp14 · October 3, 2011

Hi, may i know where u got ur mangrove? Thanks!

dkk08 · October 3, 2011

Hi, may i know where u got ur mangrove? Thanks!

You can get them at Serangoon North Petmart ask for Ben (the boss).

Or you may be able to find some bros selling online here. :thumbsup:

dkk08 · October 3, 2011

Nano Space

Filled with CaribSea Arag-Alive Indo-Pacific Black sand

Diy Skimmer version 1

It can actually produce real fine foamy skim mate

After some modification and attachment of a DOC aka collection bottle

dkk08 · October 3, 2011

Side by side with IQ5

Nano Space Scape version 1

Nano Space Scape version 2 (Latest scape as of Sunday 02/10/11)

IQ5 Scape version 1

IQ5 Scape version 2 (Latest scape as of Sunday 02/10/11)

HW33 · October 4, 2011

interesting diy skimmer :welldone:

air stone skimmer need to change the wooder block regularly plus empty the skimmer cup.

since ur tank is small a 20-30% water change i think is much easier and fastest IMO hehe.

dkk08 · October 4, 2011

interesting diy skimmer

air stone skimmer need to change the wooder block regularly plus empty the skimmer cup.

since ur tank is small a 20-30% water change i think is much easier and fastest IMO hehe.

Yap wooden air stone needs to be change like every 3-4 months I guess anyway its quite cheap...

As for skimmer cup, no worries as there's a collection bottle connected to the skimmer cup so I just need to pour out the bottle every 2-3 days can already...

Water change is definitely a must, a 20% change should be sufficient since too big a change would unbalanced the water parameters

dkk08 · October 4, 2011

Added this Macro Algae aka Macro Feast (Gracilaria pacifica)

This is how the tank looks like now! Red colors added

Gonna get somemore macros (which don't die easily) so that I do not need to do so much water change :yahoo: now my tank looks more like a MacroAlgae tank then a Mangrove tank :heh:

dkk08 · October 20, 2011

Some updates

Female Tigertail

Male Blue Stripe Pipefish

Dragonface Pipefish

Male Barbouri SH

anonymous2294 · October 20, 2011

Added this Macro Algae aka Macro Feast (Gracilaria pacifica)

This is how the tank looks like now! Red colors added

Gonna get somemore macros (which don't die easily) so that I do not need to do so much water change now my tank looks more like a MacroAlgae tank then a Mangrove tank