Ten's 2by1by1 Nano

[braincoral]

Thanks. For the comments.

hope that will have more babies coming...

[tench1]

After seeing lilo's Tank, i cant help to resist the templation of this orange beauty!

[tench1]

The plate is doing well, just fed it with shrimp this am.

Another addition over the weekend.

Introducing, Copperband Butterfly!

Very gentle fish that got bullied constantly by little Yellow Tang.

But its doing pretty well, nipping away on my LRs.

[marinakid]

any FTS?

[blue33]

wow thats alot of firefish

[tench1]

Sad to say, only 1 made it so far...

[blue33]

Oh sad to hear that. what happen?

[tench1]

absolutely no idea, did all i could do, acclimitised them, they actually feed but after a few days, found them lying all over the place and become food for my corals.

[tench1]

Sad morning, my Copperband passed away...@ ard 8am...zzzzzzz

[TayHongSiang]

Sad morning, my Copperband passed away...@ ard 8am...zzzzzzz

check your water parameters...copperband is known to be very hardy...

[mitlancer]

Sad morning, my Copperband passed away...@ ard 8am...zzzzzzz

if your yellow tang has been chasing it, may be stressed by the YT and too afraid to come out and feed and slowly died off... I have lost fishes this way to my Flasher Wrasse which I m trying to trap and let go......

[tench1]

Jim, ya i m guessing that as well. Its pretty weak and defendless against my little yellow.

sometimes i have to intervent to get the yellowtang off its tail... >.<" Its true, copperband didnt get to eat any foreign food i threw in, even cypofreeze...

Siang, probably the spike in the PO4 contributed, i have yet to test my water, but everything seems to be in good condition. Hopefully, nothing happens...

[tench1]

Sighz...Something happen to my tank in office over the night...

Morning arrived, and the whole thank was cloudy...

My Dottyback - Up lorry...

My Doc Shrimp - About to up lorry as well

The rest still managed to survive.

[Harlequinmania]

What happen ?

[tench1]

My analysis so far.

1. Water level were too low yesterday during the night.

2. Powerhead was switched on and forgotten to off it for continuous 5 nights

These 2 affected the temp in the tank.

3. Possible nitrate spike, that affected the fish and shrimp...

Thats what i think happened...

Any1 has any other possible analysis?

Ps: Currently, after adding water, all colors are back to normal.

[peacemaker]

Temperature swings can be disastrous, especially to nano tanks. Since this is an office setup, do consider as much automation as possible. Digital timer is a must, and having an ATO is gold.

[tench1]

Ato definity is gold! But having a tank beside your work desk is already quite prominient, not to say about having another ato setup.

Yup, I would place my bet on the temp spike, but so far, no xoral had suffered. still temp issue?

Checked my no3, max 5 reading... But the most ????? Questionis, how does my dead dottyback got into the betta boz filled with chaeto and corals frag,

Fish fights? It was once the king of this nano...well, I shall remeber this adopted pet, whose death will always be a mystey that will never be solved .

Anyway, had done a 50percent wc. Hope everything will be back to normal....

[tench1]

Ato definity is gold! But having a tank beside your work desk is already quite prominient, not to say about having another ato setup.

Yup, I would place my bet on the temp spike, but so far, no xoral had suffered. still temp issue?

Checked my no3, max 5 reading... But the most ????? Questionis, how does my dead dottyback got into the betta boz filled with chaeto and corals frag,

Fish fights? It was once the king of this nano...well, I shall remeber this adopted pet, whose death will always be a mystey that will never be solved .

Anyway, had done a 50percent wc. Hope everything will be back to normal....

[braincoral]

i think the key to a successful

nano tank is bioload~

As long as a single fishe up lorry in a

nano tank(esp without notice), problems may arise in

water parameter.

Keeping yellow tang in a nano tank is not very advisable

Lesser fishes, Lesser problems,

= less worries

[tench1]

Yeah, totally agree.

Infact, my previous life stock of 7 fishes were the max.

Any new one added, will contributed to death till 7 fishes maximum.

Now, i have only 5. Will not be adding anymore soon.

Once my home tank is ready, will be pulling all fishes home.

And this tank will be my frag tank. haha

[Terryz_]

Yeah, totally agree.

Infact, my previous life stock of 7 fishes were the max.

Any new one added, will contributed to death till 7 fishes maximum.

Now, i have only 5. Will not be adding anymore soon.

Once my home tank is ready, will be pulling all fishes home.

And this tank will be my frag tank. haha

When is it going to be ready...

[tench1]

Terry, my neck is getting longer...

The quotes are coming in at snail speed...

[Terryz_]

Terry, my neck is getting longer...

The quotes are coming in at snail speed...

Haven got quote yet???

[tench1]

Can you believe it, i only received 1 quote since...(i only asked from 2 suppliers)

Anyway, i had already scraped the idea of DIY wavebox. Too much risk involved.

Already got hold of 2 waveboxs waiting to be operational.

[Terryz_]

Can you believe it, i only received 1 quote since...(i only asked from 2 suppliers)

Anyway, i had already scraped the idea of DIY wavebox. Too much risk involved.

Already got hold of 2 waveboxs waiting to be operational.

It is really slow leh.. Yeah, it is better to get a commercial ones..