A Home For Oysters and Odd Couples

[BrittaniPearl]

Welcome to my Nano in 90 entry!
While I was planning on just picking up a basic 10 gal, the dollar per gallon sale had me leaving with a 29 gallon tank
Equipment Specs:
Tank-Plain old 29 long glass
Dividers-from undergravel filter DIY
Filter-Whisper EX 30 HOB with chemipure elite
Skimmer-Coralife Biocube 29
Powerhead-Jebao WP-10
Lighting-6 bulb 144 watt T5HO fixture with LED moonlights


Current Livestock-
5 Turkey Wing Oysters (2 affectionately named Ron Weasley and Blackbeard)
2 Nerite snails
2 baby blue-legged hermits
1 Astraea turbo snail
1 Tuxedo Urchin (of doom!)
1 Maroon Clown
1 Snowflake Clown
Planned additions-Mandarin, Starry Blenny, Randall's Goby/Tiger Shrimp Pair

Corals-
Many hidden cups
2 Caribbean Rose corals (may not recover as they came bleached white, but including just in case)
2 Cladocora arbuscula
2 Siderastrea
A variety of macro
and last but not least...
1 Lonely Zoa Polyp (which is supposed to be a temporary addition so it can recover from Warp's rock garden, but now the clowns want to host it :faint:

 

[BrittaniPearl]

Tank is ready! Doing a custom AIO build, pics of the divider below. Made it with a 29 gal undergravel filter kit. It will have a fuge compartment and a front compartment for any non-reef safe hitch hikers Water going in Thursday night, live rock from Dale at FloridaLiveRock getting overnighted to arrive on Friday, live black sand to be added after aquascaping. Trying for a soft cycle to keep all the goodies alive Ordered a Jebao WP-10, new test kit, and chemipure elite today for the big start as well! First fish picked out as well, an orange stripe prawn goby with tiger snapping shrimp. Also thinking a mixed clown pair, likely platinum and a black morph of some kind ^_^

 

[Ryan2428]

Following want pics lol

 

[revhtree]

Following!

 

[BrittaniPearl]

Lights are in! 144 watt T5 HO with LED moonlights, and separate timers for each color bulb and the leds love them!

 

[Pete polyp]

I have the same fixture over my 29 and I like it a whole bunch. I think you will be very happy.

 

[BrittaniPearl]

Awesome Glad someone else has experience with it
Jebao WP-10 came in today, along with test kit and chemipure elite. Got the tank partitions siliconed in and lights installed ^_^

 

[Ryan2428]

Still following lol

 

[BrittaniPearl]

Thanks enjoy the ride of craziness that is my tanks

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

I'll be tagging along!!

 

[fishroomlady]

you sound like you definitely know what you're doing! Looking forward to your progress! have you thought about sexy shrimp and maxi mini nem? that would pop on black sand I think

 

[BrittaniPearl]

I like to just assume I have no idea what I'm doing and double check everything with the experts on sites like this I would love some sexy shrimp (that red would look great! thanks for the idea!) and a nem, but I'm trying to wait to see how I can maintain my water quality before I pick livestock, especially needy ones like nems I know for sure I want a Randall's goby and Tiger shrimp, but beyond that still up in the air!

 

[BrittaniPearl]

Warp has decided to set up offerings hoping for some awesome hitchhikers on today's live rock shipment

 

[BrittaniPearl]

My rock is gorgeous!

 

[Pete polyp]

Holy smokes that rock has some life on it!

 

[BrittaniPearl]

More rock pics

 

[BrittaniPearl]

Day 2 test results! Ammonia between 1 and 2, nitrite 1, nitrates 5 first very mobile hitch hiker as well, a snail!

 

[fishroomlady]

beautiful rock!

 

[BrittaniPearl]

Thank you
Did a 30% water change today and got a skimmer hooked up! Just adding some fun pics of one of the other clams and a very happy hidden cup coral with all its tentacles out and wavy

 

[BrittaniPearl]

Some more rock pics today! Ammonia is up to 4, doing a 14 gal water change tomorrow afternoon. All the cup corals are out and happy, clams still all responsive Took pics of all the anemones and some of the more colorful rocks today!