My Nano Tank

[Spidey]

Diary of my nano tank. Comments welcome!!

Added H2O, sand and rocks 8 Aug 04.

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5 Sep 04:

First signs of life..... well not exactly first sign....

added clownfish earlier, but they (3) did not make it...

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.. the deceased. RIP, 24 Aug 04.

Cause unknown, tank not ready?

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As the dust settles, life begin to emerge..... the reef is finally taking shape...

17 Sep 04 - Anemone

24 Sep 04 - Jewel

25 Sep 04 - Mushrooms

26 Sep 04 - Sun coral

[CKS]

added H20/ LR..etc same day?

[Fuzz]

I think you should cycle the tank and test the perimeters first before putting in the stocks... Oh man.. you just murdered 3 nemos...

[Spidey]

2/3 clownfishes dead probably my fault. 1 was injured already at lfs but i did not notice.

to CKS, yes, I added saltwater, sand, turn on pump, and then went out to get LR. Is this wrong??

Anyway, it was >1 month ago

[Fuzz]

hmm... nice banded shrimp... must be careful with this guy... I have 1 also... ate up my blood shrimp recently!!! expensive meal!

[yuji]

2/3 clownfishes dead probably my fault. 1 was injured already at lfs but i did not notice.

to CKS, yes, I added saltwater, sand, turn on pump, and then went out to get LR. Is this wrong??

Anyway, it was >1 month ago

The correct way is to go through the ANN cycle first. Any earlier and you put in the LS, most probably they will not survive.

[Spidey]

Ya, it is a real trouble maker.

I kind of suspect it to be behind the deaths of the other 2 clownfishes, but have no proof. Is this possible?

It was added with the first clownfish, and has outlived all of them, molted twice.

walks all over the corals and steals food from the anemone.

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Added Yellow polyps 2 Oct 04.

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Full tank shot 3 Oct 04

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Fat BTA...

[sengx2]

weee wats ur tank size. look nice

wat equip u using ?? no skimmer ???

[Spidey]

Tank is 350 x 200 x 230 mm.

No skimmer. Just Eheim Liberty 100 hang on filter.

[Explorer]

IMHO u need a skimmer. Btw what's your lighting?

[penyu]

Nice tank. Maybe its better to put in a skimmer. Maybe those normal air wood type will do. Better than having no skimmer.

[Spidey]

Using 2 x 9W PL. I am still searching for a better option for lighting.

I don't have a skimmer as the tank is too small. So changing water twice a week.

[aStRoBo|]

erm.. new to marine?

[Spidey]

erm.. new to marine?

ya

[mUAr_cHEe]

in contrast to wad the others say... actually... for my opinion that is... the tank is so small already.... then... you wanna put one more skimmer in.... it will be very ugly....

besides.... LS is not that much..... in my opinion is.... no need to put skimmer... but must be more hardworking.... do water change weekly.....

i was thinking of setting up a similar tank in the office... 1 feet cube perhaps??? then... the thing is.... dun stock too much.... proberly one or 2 fishes... and 1 coral... thats all..... maybe instead of fishes... put some kinda shrimps instead.... in this way.... u keep your bio load low.... and of course must do the water change weekly to prevent NO3 frm killing the LS lohz....

this is my opinion... no need to shoot or flame me....

i will run my tank how i see deem fit.... and spidey should also run his tank how he see deem fit... after listening to all the advice....

btw... spidey.... i have been your greastest fan since i was a kid....

oops... wrong spidey.... heehee.....

[szesteve]

Looks good!

You can get away without a skimmer for that tank size, IF you keep up with water changes.

I would also watch out not to stock so many corals at once. You're doing alot of stocking over a short period.

Take it easy, sit back and relax and let your tank mature.

Cheers & happy reefing!

[Spidey]

in contrast to wad the others say... actually... for my opinion that is... the tank is so small already.... then... you wanna put one more skimmer in.... it will be very ugly....

besides.... LS is not that much..... in my opinion is.... no need to put skimmer... but must be more hardworking.... do water change weekly.....

i was thinking of setting up a similar tank in the office... 1 feet cube perhaps??? then... the thing is.... dun stock too much.... proberly one or 2 fishes... and 1 coral... thats all..... maybe instead of fishes... put some kinda shrimps instead.... in this way.... u keep your bio load low.... and of course must do the water change weekly to prevent NO3 frm killing the LS lohz....

this is my opinion... no need to shoot or flame me....

i will run my tank how i see deem fit.... and spidey should also run his tank how he see deem fit... after listening to all the advice....

btw... spidey.... i have been your greastest fan since i was a kid....

oops... wrong spidey.... heehee.....

If I have a tank in the office, I will be looking at it all day long and not working haha.

[Spidey]

I would also watch out not to stock so many corals at once. You're doing alot of stocking over a short period.

thanks for the advice.

I will not be able to stock much more anyway.

out of space...