Coral Keepers 28 gallon Nano-Cube HQI build. (ALOT OF PICTURES)

[Coral Keeper]

Well, I got some window framing. I'm going to be building the cover right now. I'll post pictures when I'm finished.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here are a few pictures of the cover I finished today! Tell me what you think!

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here is my stock list:
Fish:
Large Female Maroon Clownfish
Royal Gramma
Yellow Coris Wrasse


Inverts:
1 Tear Drop Maxima clam
1 Crocea clam
1 Bumble Bee snail
2 Nass. snails
around 30+ lb of LR
30 lb of sand
Large Feather Duster
Purple Brush Gorgonian
Mini Brittle stars


Corals:

Softies:
Hair Mushrooms
Red/Teal Mushrooms
Xenia
1 Green and 1 Pink Florida rics
Eagle Eye Zoas
True Tubbs Blue Zoas
Pink with green skirt zoas

Leathers:
Toad stool
Large Cabbage coral
Kenya Tree
Colt Coral

LPS:
Metallic Green Torch Coral
Green Candy canes
Galaxy Coral
Purple Acans
Sweet Tooth Micro Acan
Blasto

SPS:
Hot Pink Birdsnest
Tubs Blue Polyp Birdsnest
ORA Green Birdsnest
Ponape Birdsnest
SUPER PINK Chalice
Tyree Blue Chalice
Pink and Green Chalice
Blue with green eyes Chalice
Lava Flow Chalice
"TEC" Forest Fire Digi
Red Digi
German Blue Polyp Digi
Miami Orchid
Purple tip Acro
"TEC" Pumpkin Patch Mili
True Leng Sye Montipora Cap
Idaho Grape Montipora Cap
Orange Encrusting Montipora
Red with Glowing Orange polyps Encrusting Montipora
BLOOD RED Encrusting Montipora

Plants/Micro:
Chaeto
Halimeda scabra (Money Plant)

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here is a picture of the clams that I just took 5 minutes ago.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here is a FTS that I just took. Sorry about the cloudiness, the dang Maroon clownfish decided to dig in the sand when I was taking the pictures.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here is a drawing that I just drew of how the tank will probably look like in the future. Its not going to be 100% like the drawing, but you get the idea. Tell me what you think!

 

[Coral Keeper]

Well, I forgot to add a few things and I found out that Chalice are LPS not SPS. So, here is an update on the stock list.
Here is my stock list:
Fish:
Large Female Maroon Clownfish
Royal Gramma
Yellow Coris Wrasse


Inverts:
1 Tear Drop Maxima clam
1 Crocea clam
1 Bumble Bee snail
2 Nass. snails
around 30+ lb of LR
around 2 lb of LR rubble in the fuge
30 lb of sand
Large Feather Duster
Purple Brush Gorgonian
Mini Brittle stars
Hermit Crab


Corals:

Softies:
Hair Mushrooms
Red/Teal Mushrooms
Xenia
1 Green and 1 Pink Florida rics
Eagle Eye Zoas
True Tubbs Blue Zoas
Pink with green skirt zoas

Leathers:
Toad stool
Large Cabbage coral
Kenya Tree
Colt Coral

LPS:
SUPER PINK Chalice
Tyree Blue Chalice
Pink and Green Chalice
Blue with green eyes Chalice
Lava Flow Chalice
Metallic Green Torch Coral
Green Candy canes
Galaxy Coral
Purple Acans
Sweet Tooth Micro Acan
Blasto

SPS:
Hot Pink Birdsnest
Tubs Blue Polyp Birdsnest
ORA Green Birdsnest
Ponape Birdsnest
"TEC" Forest Fire Digi
Red Digi
German Blue Polyp Digi
Miami Orchid
Purple tip Acro
"TEC" Pumpkin Patch Mili
True Leng Sye Montipora Cap
Idaho Grape Montipora Cap
Orange Encrusting Montipora
Red with Glowing Orange polyps Encrusting Montipora
BLOOD RED Encrusting Montipora

Plants/Micro:
Chaeto
Halimeda scabra (Money Plant)

Wish list on Equipment:
Vortech MP20
Refractometer
ESV B-Ionic Doser
IceCap 18 inch VHO Retrofit Kit - 2 Lamps
B-Ionic 2-Part Calcium Buffer 2 gal Concentrate (1gal each bottle)

Wish list on Fish:
A pair of Clown Gobys
A pair of Jawfish or a pair of Yashia White Ray Shrimp Goby
I know it sounds like alot, but the fish I listed above don't get very big (they also have a small bioload)and they are normally in/on the sand or rocks.

Wish list for Inverts:
One Cleaner Shrimp

Wish list for Corals:
Get rid of a few Softies/Leathers/LPS and add ORA Marshall Island Blue Bottlebrush
ORA Red Planet

Tell me what you think!!

 

[Sooner Reefer]

Man that's a big step up from having an 8g with xenia and frogspawn! Haha Very Nice! Too bad I'm still at the 24g with xenia and mushrooms haha.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Yeah. Thanks!! lol

 

[Coral Keeper]

Well, its been a while since I posted a FTS. So, here is a FTS that I just took 5 minutes ago. Tell me what you think! I'll post more pictures later today.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here are the pictures like I promised.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Forgive the diatoms. Still trying to get rid of them. I'm getting pretty close to getting rid of the diatoms completely.

 

[Coral Keeper]

I found a REALLY sweet site that sells SWEET Gorgonians for super great prices! I SOOOO want to get rid of alot of softies/leathers and replace them with Gorgonians. lol The Gorgonians are photosynthetic and are very hardy and easy to care for.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Well, I was at a local frag swap/party and got some goodies! I'll post pictures tomorrow!

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here are a few pictures of the Yellow Deep Sea Gorgonian I got from a local reefer. Its not the best pictures, but you get the idea. I'll take a few more pictures later today. The gorgonian is pretty much open 24/7.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here is a FTS that I took 5 minutes ago. Tell me what you think.

 

[rarelyseriousb]

me likey.

 

[Coral Keeper]

Thanks!

 

[Coral Keeper]

Here is a FTS that I took 5 minutes ago. Tell me what ya think!

 

[Coral Keeper]

Forgot to mention that I got some Seachem Reef salt and 2 damsels a couple of days ago. I also just came back from a LFS and I got E.S.V B-Ionic 2 part and I also traded with a local reefer and got a acan! Will post pictures later today.