Cheeto's 5 gal Zoa/Acan tank

cheetofingers · Feb 6, 2015

Hi everyone! Just wanted to start a thread for my nano. The tank was originally an Ecoxotic Ecopico, which is a 5.1g tank. I was originally running 10 of their light strips, but although I liked the color combo on the lights, they weren't the best. I switched those out for a Ecotech Radion Xr15w pro, and swapped out the small pump with an MP10. The tank is a little under a year old at this point, and the only maintenance I do on it is water changes of 1.5 gal every 3 or 4 days.

Anyway, here's some pics, let me know that you think

FTS

front zoas

some acans

Almost all of my frags were started from single polyps. Even the acans, even though they were transferred from my previous nano which was up for 3 years or so.

Shep · Feb 6, 2015

That is an amazing tank!

cheetofingers · Feb 7, 2015

Thanks Shep! I appreciate it.

Shep · Feb 7, 2015

No problem, always gotta compliment a fellow acan head!

cheetofingers · Feb 10, 2015

I made R2R's Facebook... I'm big time now!! :lol:

FishGuyTy · Feb 10, 2015

Awesome! I am assuming that mp10 is on it's lowest setting. How does it work? I have a Fluval edge 6 gal and I want to get one for it. It just don't want to blow it up too bad. I will have a similar stock list to you in the end and similar maintenance.

cheetofingers · Feb 11, 2015

Hey FishGuy, actually the MP10 is at about 25%, and it works REALLY well. With the exception of the small bald spot in the corner from it moving the sand around too much there. The corals love the MP10, Im glad I spent the cash on it. Cant wait to see yours, make sure you post a link in here when its up. The tank does really well with just water changes, and 10 ml of Calcium additive (for some reason I never need to add the ALK additive). Hope that helps

cheetofingers · Feb 11, 2015

FishGuyTy said:
Awesome! I am assuming that mp10 is on it's lowest setting. How does it work? I have a Fluval edge 6 gal and I want to get one for it. It just don't want to blow it up too bad. I will have a similar stock list to you in the end and similar maintenance.

I thought I had quoted you.. but I guess it didnt go through. I replied tho!

Canitolindo · Feb 11, 2015

One of the nicest looking 5 gallons

FishGuyTy · Feb 11, 2015

That's great! Well you a clearly doing everything right ! What light did you run before the XR15? Like I said, I have that Fluval edge and space is very limited to try and keep the clean look so I'm still deciding on an upgrade. I put a Fluval edge 12 gallon LED on it about 6 months ago and it's ok, not great. I will be getting an mp10 for it after seeing this! Thanks!