Danano's Reef

[danano]

Here's a full tank pic taken on 28Oct03.

[danano]

Lime green monti cap and hot pink birdsnest colouring (& growing) nicely under T5s.

[DeepBlue]

As ever....impressive!!! I got to attribute my project to start a small tank again because of you....your tank inspires pple man!!!! some closeups? BRo...we are waiting

[danano]

bicolor blenny resting on monti cap

[flubberina13]

Colours are very well complemented...

[danano]

Thanks for the kind words DeepBlue.

Here's a close-up of 2 frags I took a few weeks ago... they have since grown and encrusted about 1/4".

[danano]

left half

[danano]

close-up of some frags that are retaining their colour and starting to encrust

[Morgan]

Hey danano

Very nice colours.....looks really good

Wish my tank was a little more colourful

[danano]

Small acropora colony I got from PR almost a month ago, developing a nice purplish-pink colour with light pastel yellow centre/body

[Joe_P]

Hey danano

Very nice colours.....looks really good

Wish my tank was a little more colourful

Well..... you can...

and all you have to do is to get a very small tank, have a massive frag seesion on whatever is in your current reef, take some of those frags and place in them....

and the best part is every reefer in SRC gets a frag from you.....

What Say Ya?????

and I wouldn't mind doing the coordination on your behalf.......

[Morgan]

Dream on Phang............

No way I'm going to frag those large colonies

Anyway this is

[danano]

Thanks Morgan! You've got lots of space... why not setup a small tank? Actually, one of the keys is to either lower your lights or place the corals within 12" from the surface or setup a shallow tank... need not necessarily be very small, just shallow.

[flubberina13]

dan...can ask what chiller are you using and the dimensions of your tank?

[Morgan]

danano.....not much space left in my house....can't setup any tank.

My neigbours already think I open a LFS.

[danano]

Colours are very well complemented...

Thanks Fluberrina.

I'm using a Teco TW4 (1/3hp I think). 30g tank is 24"x18"x18". 12g sump is 20"x14"x11". Chiller switches on 3 times a day on average for about an hour plus each time. I maintain the temp between 26-28C.

[woonming]

If only Dan tanks was at aquarama

Then i am sure a large crowd would gather around for a long time

[danano]

T5s 3" from the surface and 12" or less from most of the sps. Max flow rate is 4300 L/hr or 1130gph. That's a turnover rate of almost 38x.

[onghm]

Hi Dan,

Impressive seems too mild to describe your tank

May i know what's your daily cal/alk intake and your dosing routine ?

Thanks!

[FuEl]

I have 3 54W T5s suspended about the same height above the water..without fan to cool them down water temps reach up to 31 degrees celcius..

Quickly bought one fan and using it to cool the water 24/7..the taiwan brand bigbig clip on type..if not enough will have to buy one more..argh...actually real scared of the whole fan dropping into the water..

[flubberina13]

Thanks Fluberrina.

I'm using a Teco TW4 (1/3hp I think). 30g tank is 24"x18"x18". 12g sump is 20"x14"x11". Chiller switches on 3 times a day on average for about an hour plus each time. I maintain the temp between 26-28C.

hey...Dan guru...I suggest you keep a journal of your tank and the processes involved as I believe it will really be marketable...look at the actual product!!!

And where's Williammuk's?

[Cookiemunster]

Very very beautiful bro. Makes me ashamed of my own tank. But inspired to work towards something close to yours.

I am now determined to trying out sps cos I just can't understand how your sps can thrive under T5s. And they are not only thriving but growing as well.

Keep those photos coming. Its a joy to see your tank and photos.

[danano]

Thanks everyone!

May i know what's your daily cal/alk intake and your dosing routine?

30g is just about small enough where it may be more cost effective and not too much of a hassle to dose and not use a Ca reactor.

Here's how I maintain the water parameters... in addition to 10-20% water changes 2x/month with Tropic Marine salt, I dose trace elements, iodin/iodide and aminos daily. I maintain Ca between 420-450ppm and dKH at 9-11. I dose Calcium and Strontium daily. In addition, I add Reef Advantage Calcium to top-up water 2x/wk and Reef Builder 4-5x/wk.

My sump has a fuge compartment with thriving macroalgae and a healthy pod and mysis population. Fuge is set on a reverse photoperiod . My latest addition was an AquaC Urchin in-sump skimmer... sps are loving it! The hang-on equivalent would be the AquaC Remora.

And I use Rowaphos and Seachem SeaGel as well.

[reef2]

do u use DI water ?

[Dispar_Anthias]

Most nanos to me are usually not appealing but dan's tank is amazing