My Nano

[monpire]

Pic of my low tech tank taken with low tech camera

[monpire]

My Bubble land

[godzillaliu88]

even though it's low tech. but everything is doin well in the tank. maybe can add more water flow in the tank.

what lights are u using? t5s?

maybe can put a blue tube. helps corals to grow better.

[monpire]

Small Cup

[monpire]

Sorry, forgot to add the pic

[Alvin Tan]

i saw a place on the sandbed for a prata...

[beckbapegeneral]

hi, whats the specs of your tank? can share?

[potomotrygon]

nice nano tank... erm.. in the beginnering your corals will look beautiful.

reason being everything is well cycled nd your water parameters is good.

small nano tank not easy to maintain the water parameter due to the space.

this few equipments are so called a must.

skimmer, lighting and filtering..

place more powerhead to inprove the current in the tank.

advisable to do water change every week to maintain the beauty of your corals..

haha. this are some advise.

cheers....

[zanzan]

care to share ur tank specs?

[Lester]

mice and neaqt tank

[pixma]

Hi, can i know are you using any skimmer ???

[monpire]

Sorry all, been very busy with work so didn't have time to reply...furthermore..don't know how to use the quote feature very pai sei

Bro godzillaliu88, potomotrygon and Lester, thanks for the compliments, I totally agree that the tank need more flow...waiting to see the new product of tunze including the nano skimmer model...I'm not using chiller so temp will go up if equipment uses too much watts.

Bro beckbapegeneral, pixma and zanzan the specs are below

tank 51 L

2 qty of Ehiem Liberty 200 (for mech filtration and water flow)

Flourescent light 1 tube white + 1 tube actinic (previously using PL light however some corals changed to brownish.

No skimmer nor any other equipment

Temp is normally between the range of 26.9 to 28 degree (max)

Was using distilled water but bloody heavy as I need 30 bottles per month...just switched to sea water less than a month ago.

Niritate range 50 to 75 ppm (Salifer test kit)

Tropical Trace element

Seachem reef advantage calcuim

Tropical Mag

Sechem reef buffer

Marine snow

(Big thanks to Alvin for recommending all the additives...works well for my tank)

And you are right (Alvin), the spot is for my dream prata...still waiting for the right size and colour...hee hee hee.

Tank is between 8 to 9 months ago...

[monpire]

Introducing the Fox

[monpire]

Hammer close

[monpire]

sorry, let me try again...hammer close

[monpire]

Hammer 2

[monpire]

blasto

[monpire]

aiyah...stupid me..blasto

[monpire]

Small Cynarina

[monpire]

Mhy true octopus

[bukitimah]

Hi, that was a great tank you got there. I just wish I have one like that. I am about to start one of similar size so it would be good if you could share a bit more on your set up, where you got your equipment and cost.

[monpire]

Bro bukitimah,

There are alot of limitation for my tank, eg. cannot support Jewel and sun coral does not open fully as I can't over feed without skimmer...water will go bad.

An it will crash easily, my 3 attempts with anemone without T5 light failed flat, last attempt took a few of my coral and fish...boo hoo hoo.

My tank ($88) and hang-on filter ($60 each) I got it from Qian Hu, the small power head is when I feel marine snow to the corals (Twice a week).

I also new to this hobby, hope what I've shared is of some use to you.

[bukitimah]

You are already very advance as far as I am concerned. No skimmer and yet so great!

What do you feed the coral?

[monpire]

bro bukitimah,

I use marine snow by two fish, just 3/4 of a cup mix with tank water, twice a week by dripping. I switch off my mechanical filtration and turn on the power head for water circulation. Marine snow does not cause my nitrate to rocket up. Hope this help

[monpire]

My once white prata...now brown