Aloysius's Humble Nano Reef Tank

[AloysiusMun]

Finally I see some fruits of my labour after 3 months of planning; had to do a lot of reading up as well as to meet my tank maker (Vincent from Aquarium Artiste) multiple times to set up the tank.

Before setting up the Main tank, I had already set up a holding tank for myOnyx clowns from Coral farm. I couldn't stop myself from buying them as they were just calling out to me!

The tank runs on a natural filtration of Live Rock (approx 8kg), LiveSand (1 Bag) as well as 1Kg of Biohome Plus in the Sump. Bacteria from Henry@Marine Life is being used for kick starting the Nitrogencycle.

There is no Skimmer used, I intend to use my Refugium to do nutrient export. Rowaphos is also used to reduce phosphates simultaneously.There is also a weekly change of 15% Saltwater mix.

A Hailea 1/10HP chiller is used to maintain the water temperature at 26degree celsius. LED lighting is used. A modified Maxspect 110W, 5 White LED changed toViolet LED.

Food feed includes:

NewLife Spectrum Small Fish formula

Henry'sReef Gourmet

ReefNutrition Live Phytoplankton

ReefNutrition Tigger Pods (whole bottle in Refugium)

Photo of Main Tank with Blue and White channels on:

Photo of Main Tank with White Channel ONLY:

Close-upshot of the Scaping:

CurrentLivestock list:

2xOnyx Clownfish (in Temp Tank)

1xVanuatu Flasher Wrasse

1xGreen Christmas Wrasse

1xBanded Starfish 1xSand Dollar

Intend to get: 2xPeppermint shrimp (aiptasia control, irritated with a few persistent ones)

2xMandarin fish (feeding pair from Henry@ML)

Some pics of my clownfish in the Temp Tank:

Picture of my Christmas Wrasse and Vanuatu Flasher Wrasse:

Con't

[AloysiusMun]

CoralsUnder White and Blue Channel:

MyFavourite Yuma coloring up slowly, developing green and pink stripes!

Somecorals under Actinic lighting:

There are still 2 more yumas in recovery as I split them and A Ricordea florida I did not picture as its still acclimatizing!

Hehe!

[Milch_Tan]

Hey bro! wow, cool set up there man!

plenty of real-estate in the mid-upper level of the tank man, planning to build up slowly? like ya flasher wrasse man, and last pic of zoa under the blue light, they're beautiful.

[AloysiusMun]

Yup yup build up slowly.

Kinda have in mind what corals I'm gonna keep. Mainly Softies; Zoos and Yumas.

[AloysiusMun]

Anyone knows how to reverse the fish sleep cycle? Especially for Christmas wrasse?

He has the habit of coming out of the sand at about 8am and by 2pm its back in the sand. I am trying to get them most active between 6pm-12midnight as that is when my tank lights will be on.

Would cloaking the whole tank for a few days and feeding only the tank at night change the fish habits? Of course the light cycle would be automated and regulated by the Maxspect.

Currently I'm feeding them twice a day and I will reduce it to one feeding at night at about 8pm.

Photoperiod now is also reduced, running only 4 hours from 8pm-12midnight as some of my corals were keep in a tank with just my study lamp and blue led on for 6hours, the intensity of the light is very much lesser.

Hence the acclimatization period of 4 hours photoperiod. Will adjust according when I observe the corals to be doing fine.

One more thing, would Peppermint shrimp attack any of the fishes? ESP Mandarins? Or would my Peppermint shrimp be whacked by my Wrasses?

[peacemaker]

Very interesting setup! Is your fuge and sump on the sides of your main tank? Care to show more photos on your filtration system?

You might wanna consider getting the mods to shift your tank thread to the Nano section.

[AloysiusMun]

Very interesting setup! Is your fuge and sump on the sides of your main tank? Care to show more photos on your filtration system?

You might wanna consider getting the mods to shift your tank thread to the Nano section.

Yup the Fuge and the Sump is at the side of my tank. Hmm photos huh, a bit hard to take as its totally covered up. I can shoot from the top but see nothing. Maybe I draw up a diagram over the weekend la.

[AloysiusMun]

Hi Moderators, can you please shift this thread to the Nano section? Posted in the wrong one.