32 EXT Fiji Cube -Branching SPS

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

My first two tester corals are doing great and both showing growth and coloring up.

I think it’s time to hit up some of the local homies and get some more pieces for this tank!

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

So far so good!

My clownfish is a goon

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Do your maintenance folks!

This was on one of the Ai 16s I scored with a bunch of other great used stuff. I don’t think they ever cleaned it.

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

I like having critters in my refugium. Makes it less boring to check out

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

This crab was just cruisin around on my monti

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

I like the all blue plus look

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Finally got it. All of my fish in one photo!

Only 4 lol

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

Looking great! I love the bare bottom.

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Looking great! I love the bare bottom.

Thank you! Only way to go with a nano when you want it packed with acros!

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

If you zoom in, my gramma is in there, judging you.

 

[2Plus2]

What are we talking for fishes, n coral? Any dream fish/coral?

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

What are we talking for fishies, n coral? Any must haves?

I only have my 4 fish

2 Picasso clowns

1 gramma

1 six line wrasse.

Tank will be mostly acropora but tons of other sps.

Green slimer will be a must have.

And I really like shaggy milleporas!

I really like montipora but after my last tank, no encrusters, and the slowest cap variety possible lol

 

[dangit]

Love that bare bottom look! I’ve considered slowly removing my sand to get a bare bottom as well… not 100% sure just yet

Looking forward to watching this tank grow… hope those tester are doing well so you can more corals!

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Love that bare bottom look! I’ve considered slowly removing my sand to get a bare bottom as well… not 100% sure just yet

Looking forward to watching this tank grow… hope those tester are doing well so you can more corals!

Thank you I’m really enjoying it more than I thought I would because I really do love the look of sand. It just doesn’t fit my goals of this tank.

If you decide to remove the sand, do it sooner rather than later, and do it really slowly. The impact on the biological filtration of the tank can be harmful if done too quickly.

The testers are growing really well and colored up really nice!! It’s just too soon to pull the trigger on acro frags. I feel like the tank is going to going through an ugly phase but it’s not too bad. Most of the ugly is in the fuge. I’m staying on top of testing pretty hardcore. But I want to give it a couple more months.

I’m adding a ton of copepods this weekend and I’m excited for that. Hopefully that builds up on the tiny army.

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Surrre do got em!

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Made a quick YouTube shorts video of the tank.

I made a change to the refugium. Decided to ditch the miracle mud and rocks. It was difficult to keep as clean as I wanted. Rookie move but glad I did it early on.

Now it’s a glorious spinning ball of cheato and easy as heck to pull out and clean.

 

[2Plus2]

Looking mad clean!

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Looking mad clean!

Thank you!

Need to do an update soon. I have a new coral to document!

 

[dangit]

Tank is looking nice! How does the refugium plumbing work?

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Tank is looking nice! How does the refugium plumbing work?

Thank you!

It is currently running on a sicce syncra 1.0 with a valve to throttle it.

I want to try an AI Axis 40. I’ve heard good things about them and the ones I’ve seen in person were silent. Control with a DC pump would be nice.