My 15g Tank

[eVANS]

This is my 15 gal (54LT) tank! I've been in the hobby for about 1-2 years and wanted to post some photos of my progress.
Tank sits at the end of the dining table. Corner weir is custom made from a plastic shop as I wanted a sump. (it seems that smaller tanks dont usually have an overflow)
I wanted to spend as much money on the livestock within the tank so I just went for a heavy duty plastic crate for the sump. Might post some photos of the sump next :becky:
I'm running a radion gen 2 and a Jebao wp10.

1 flame angel
2 black clowns
1 lawnmower blenny

 

[sucker]

supper nice

 

[Tahoe61]

Now that is one stunning nano. Your coral choices and placement is wonderful.

 

[reef_grrrl]

That is so gorgeous!

 

[Scubafrog]

Beautiful tank. Does your Flame Angel leave the corals alone? How does he seem to be doing in such a small tank? I was wanting a small one for my Biocube 29G but was afraid the tank was too small.

 

[Vanessa O.]

Gorgeous! An inspiration for sure.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Very beautiful tank, but 15g??? I have a 12g cube and my Ocellaris Clown looks 5x that size in it

If you multiply the width x length x height, and then divide by 231, what do you get?

 

[jmarcink91]

Gorgeous tank! Wow!
I also thought it seemed larger than 15g. What are the dimensions?

 

[FishnFriendz]

Wow...It is a super nice tank. Wonder if you are dosing anything? Please share with us

 

[eVANS]

thanks for all the kind words guys :smile:

 

[eVANS]

Beautiful tank. Does your Flame Angel leave the corals alone? How does he seem to be doing in such a small tank? I was wanting a small one for my Biocube 29G but was afraid the tank was too small.

My flame leaves all the corals alone (to my knowledge). I have never seen it nibble at a hammer in the morning when it hasnt opened up or at the acans. However I do notice it pecks at the live rock and grazes off it. I've heard they've been hit or miss when it comes to leaving corals alone but it hasnt been the case IME. They are extremely active and swim around the rock work ducking in and out of the holes. Big ups to flame angels He's fat and happy in my 15 so i dont see a problem within a 29

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Your nano looks amazing!

 

[eVANS]

Very beautiful tank, but 15g??? I have a 12g cube and my Ocellaris Clown looks 5x that size in it

If you multiply the width x length x height, and then divide by 231, what do you get?

I live in Australia so I measure in cm. My dimensions are 60cm x 34cm x 28cm = 57lt 57lt converted by google to gallons is 15g I believe ?

my clowns are 4 cm

 

[eVANS]

Gorgeous tank! Wow!
I also thought it seemed larger than 15g. What are the dimensions?

thanks jmarcink! My dimensions are 60cm x 34cm x 28cm = 57lt
57lt converted by google to gallons is 15g. ( I live in Sydney hence the cms )

 

[eVANS]

Wow...It is a super nice tank. Wonder if you are dosing anything? Please share with us

um... i dont really dose anything tbh I have a few random products around like alk booster and stuff like that but I can never be bothered testing and adding it into the aquarium. At this point when i took the photo I think I was running some carbon in a bag but thats not even the case anymore. Just a skimmer and water changes do it for me. Its been a pretty well behaved and stable tank for me so far. I remember neglecting it for a month and a half without a water change and it was still fine (just thicker algae build up on the glass). I just do 20L water changes approx every 2 weeks now. More if I feel that algae builds up faster on the glass. I my books if your need to clean your glass in under 4-5 days you need to change the water out. I guess just use your sense of intuition and your observing eye

 

[Nano sapiens]

I live in Australia so I measure in cm. My dimensions are 60cm x 34cm x 28cm = 57lt 57lt converted by google to gallons is 15g I believe ?

my clowns are 4 cm

Let's see...23.622 in x 13.386 in x 11.023 in = 3485.517 cu. in / 231 = 15.08 US gal. You are right! I think the overall length and narrowness of the tank is what makes it look much larger than it is. And your clownfish are still little nubins (mine are 7 cm and 9 cm).

 

[Scubafrog]

Thanks for the reply!

 

[FishnFriendz]

um... i dont really dose anything tbh I have a few random products around like alk booster and stuff like that but I can never be bothered testing and adding it into the aquarium. At this point when i took the photo I think I was running some carbon in a bag but thats not even the case anymore. Just a skimmer and water changes do it for me. Its been a pretty well behaved and stable tank for me so far. I remember neglecting it for a month and a half without a water change and it was still fine (just thicker algae build up on the glass). I just do 20L water changes approx every 2 weeks now. More if I feel that algae builds up faster on the glass. I my books if your need to clean your glass in under 4-5 days you need to change the water out. I guess just use your sense of intuition and your observing eye

Thanks for your quick response. May I ask how often you feed your tank? and what kind of food? Do you do the target feeding at all?

 

[sukimu]

+1 on the feeding routine???? Really lovely tank , a true inspiration!

 

[Scubafrog]

Congrats on the Facebook spotlight.