Miniature Reef Wonders

[Lauya]

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[Solo77]

Haha. . .Siang walked out from pasir ris on sat evening. . To buy stock for u? Must patronize him more to thank him.

[Lauya]

Haha. . .Siang walked out from pasir ris on sat evening. . To buy stock for u? Must patronize him more to thank him.

Haha, you saw him? Ya, he go LFSing on the way buy for me the Yasha pair lol. Its Qiang not Siang

[Solo77]

Ya, saw him walking out alone. . And I was on my way there. . If not will tong bang him. . So u got the Midas from auntie? Any more fish u want ? Ops. . Ok. . Is qiang

[Lauya]

Ya, saw him walking out alone. . And I was on my way there. . If not will tong bang him. . So u got the Midas from auntie? Any more fish u want ? Ops. . Ok. . Is qiang

Got the Midas from Qiang, nvr read my thread properly

Currently keeping it at these stocking level for the time being. Don't think can stock it anymore. Unless those small gobies.

[qiang]

still can stock alot more hurhur

[notyourcheese]

Started a mini pico tank recently after decom of my fresh water planted tank.

My ex planted tank.

Planning to keep SPS on the top portion of the tank and LPS at the bottom.

Some info of my tank:

Tank size - 45cm x 25cm x 30cm

Tunze DOC skimmer 9002

Tunze nanostream 6045 with mechanical flow control - adjusted to around 2000lph

Iceprobe Tem chiller - maintaining temp at 27 degrees

Aquazonic Sirius LED light set 8.4w per set x 2 - testing this light on Walt smith purple humilis and Pink birdsnest, may change to PAR 38 LED bulb if needed.

Arcadia 1w Royal blue LED for moonlighting x 2

Dosing regime:

Brightwell Microbacter 7 - 4 drops every alternate days

Brightwell Biofuel (carbon source)- 3 drops daily

Pohl Xtra - 1-2 drops daily

Trace Elements - 1ml weekly

Brightwell KH Buffer - will do measure the consumption rate of calcium and kh once i stock it more with SPS.

Water change with D-D H2Ocean salt - twice weekly

i love the rummy nose tetra!

[Lauya]

still can stock alot more hurhur

Bad advice spotted....

i love the rummy nose tetra!

Thks, guess you kept FW as well

[Lauya]

Some updated tank info.

Filtration - Tunze Reef pack 200 with Rowa carbon and ZEOlith rocks in the overflow compartment. Dosing of Brightwell Bio-Fuel (carbon source) x 4 drops daily, dosing of Microbacter 7 x 5 drops once every 3 days. Zeovit coral snow once weekly, dose on the day before WC. Weekly water change of 1.5 gallon.

Additive dosing - ESV potassium iodide x 5 drops once every 2 weeks, ESV strontium chloride x 3 drops once every 2 weeks, 1 ml of trace elements once every week during WC. Pohl xtra x 2 drops daily. KH and calcium buffer dosing once weekly with checking of water parameters twice weekly for now. Coral vitalizer x 1 drop once every 2 days.

Flowrate in tank - 1500lph from the Tunze 6045(new version with mechanical flow control) and 800lph from the Tunze Reef Pack 200.

Lighting - Aquazonic Sirius LED x 2, Arcadia Royal Blue 1W led x 2 and 11W PL light x 1. Lighting ok for zoas and other corals but may not be enough for SPS in my opinion.

Temperature - Maintain between 26.5 - 27.5 with the Iceprobe TEM chiller.

Some random pics to share. No stocking of corals at the moment.

Can bros help me id this sps, is it a valida? It was totally dark brown when i got it, after some time in my tank, the brown have lighten up and show some blue coloration on its tips. But the purple humilis is still a bar of kit kat

[Lauya]

Some more random pics with FTS, still very empty. Planning to stock slowly and not rush into it.

The lump of sand in between the rocks is dump by the randall pistols shrimp. My kids likes to see how he dig the sand and spill it all over the yasha goby's face but the goby doesn't seem to care less.

[yikai]

oh such a sweet tank.

[qiang]

nice...lol how come the blasto become tat color...

now i get y u sae my midas look like a monster in ur tank liao haha

[Lauya]

oh such a sweet tank.

Thks

nice...lol how come the blasto become tat color...

now i get y u sae my midas look like a monster in ur tank liao haha

haha, now you can see from my pic the size of your midas in my tank

The blasto is still red in color but the color shown in the pic is orange brown. I took the pic with a normal camera after adjusting white balance still the same.

[Lauya]

Some more random pics with some new additions in my pico.

Purple humilis turn brown but now slowly show signs of green pigments on it, too much iron? i only dose trace elements, potassium iodide, strontium weekly and pohl's xtra daily.

Trying to catch the midas as its bullying the tailspot and yasha......

[Gouldian]

1 word...... "NICE".

[Lauya]

1 word...... "NICE".

[Lauya]

New update for the new year. A video for all to enjoy

Video

[desideria]

nice little tank!!! i likey!!! very colorful... I'm not having much success with my office nano/pico small tank volume sure is HARD!

[kaganesti]

Nice tank and scaping! unlike me.. just totally hopeless in scaping.

and nicely made video too

[Lauya]

nice little tank!!! i likey!!! very colorful... I'm not having much success with my office nano/pico small tank volume sure is HARD!

Thanks. Agreed that small tank volume have limited room for errors, that's why now i do wc twice weekly to maintain it so far so good. Anyway for nano tank maintenance is a breeze unlike big tanks

Nice tank and scaping! unlike me.. just totally hopeless in scaping.

and nicely made video too

Thank you, smaller tanks easier to scape i think . If give me a big tank to scape, probably i will make a mess of it

[poomoon]

nice i guess the challenge will be once all of em grow big ... for such a tank size, it's nice to see them corals look small and cute

[Lauya]

nice i guess the challenge will be once all of em grow big ... for such a tank size, it's nice to see them corals look small and cute

Thats what i like about small tank cos its cute.

Oops accidently deleted the video, here is the new link.

[nanos]

Thats what i like about small tank cos its cute.

Oops accidently deleted the video, here is the new link.

Very nice reef tank and movie!

[ambystoma82]

Nice rics...

[luchaolc]

Bro may I know where u brought ur iceprobe?