Josh's first and a half reef

[joshbbert]

Hello starting a tank journal for my 10g nano reef it started as a 4g pico in june if this year (my very first tank) and due to an emergency trip out of town and a boneheaded roommate the pico crashed the tank lives on but in a cheap 10g tank that im actually very pleased with. This is still very much a work in progress hope you like it

Livestock:
4 sexy shrimp
2 peppermint shrimp
Pom pom crab
4 blue leg hermits (mostly so I can watch them fight over shells)
Small rock boring urchin hitchiker
2 pink turbos
2 marg snails
2 small clowns
And a red dragonet that was being sold as a scooter blenny and starving to death I have tons of pods so I rescued him and after a couple of weeks hes got his color and belly back. I know this fish needs a bigger tank im working on the 75

Corals:
Hammer frog hybrid
Blasto welsi
Maxi mini carpet
Assorted rics
Assorted zoas and palys
Green goniapora
Red acan lords
Shaggy green shroom
Blue mushroom
Green monti cap
Purple monti cap (picking up tomorrow)
Pink monti cap (also tomorrow)
A red eye chalice I cant identify
2 small duncan heads
Pink ricordea yuma

Equipment:
Bare minimum
Aquamana 165 full spectrum china led
10g tetra glass
2 aquaclear 20's one modded to a fuge the other with media (soon to be replaced)
I ordered 2 wp10s that should be here this week and an hob skimmer fuge combo rated for 50g from cpr also this week
I finally got paint on the back a few days ago as well. This really was a rescue tank for the pico so Im still kinda building It as much as my budget will permit hope you like it heres the pico, the skunk is happy in my brothers tank I lost the gsp and the euphyllia

 

[joshbbert]

And the new home before paint
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[joshbbert]

After paint and yes I went blue im sure there are plenty of black backed tanks in my future and I wanted to have fun so for now, blue!

 

[joshbbert]

 

[zach_discus]

Wow talk about 10lbs in a 5lb bag!!
Very nice tank. Keep us posted with pics. Good luck and hope you get the chance to jump to the 75g.

 

[joshbbert]

And this is the mother colony my unidentified chalice came from and another frag I have yet to id as well

and the monti caps im picking up in the morning

any help with the ids would be much appreciated and being a nub I am always open to any constructive criticism thanks for taking a look

 

[joshbbert]

Wow talk about 10lbs in a 5lb bag!!
Very nice tank. Keep us posted with pics. Good luck and hope you get the chance to jump to the 75g.

Hehe thank you much. Gonna be a real slow build on the 75 as im moving in six months to a new state so im just buying equipment atm so far I have a sump that's it lol

 

[revhtree]

Tank is looking good!

 

[joshbbert]

With 3 monti caps in the tank now (yes im addicted to caps) what can I expect them to suck most out of my water their in with softies and lps thanks!

 

[joshbbert]

Tank is looking good!

Ty sir

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

The tank is looking good!! I like the blue background.

 

[joshbbert]

The tank is looking good!! I like the blue background.

Im glad im not the only one!! Haha

 

[joshbbert]

Some how I accidentally drove to the lfs and a local reefers house and accidentally bought a few corals now they are accidentally acclimating

 

[joshbbert]

Everything has settled nicley wish I had a better camera so you could see the color on the acan

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Looking great! Thanks for the pics and updates! 1smile1

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Great update!!

 

[joshbbert]

Thanks for following! Not often I get a pic of the rock boring urchin.

 

[joshbbert]

Lost a peppermint shrimp today in a molt poor dude, I drop iodide daily nso im not sure what happend. Set up a QT today finally although I am unfamiliar with the set up as its my first qt (better late than never I suppose) so any input is appreciated.

 

[joshbbert]

Decided against the hob fuge skimmer. A: the skimmer doesn't work and B: its incredibly ugly and I couldnt stand it even when I got the skimmer to work with modifications the micro bubbles were crazy so im in the process of drilling a new tank and plumbing it to my 4 gal pico and using that for the fuge and skimmer never plumbed a tank before wish me luck!!

 

[joshbbert]

Well id like to say it all went well but i broke the tank using the wrong drill bit haha. 1 12$ tank down, got the right drill bit and had a bit of practice with the broken one and i feel confident i can get it done tomorrow. i went ahead and did all the plumbing anyways and just used the "practice tank" for measurements so all thats left is getting this darn tank drilled update soon