Daniel's Glowing Nano Reef

[kacrocorals581]

Nice nano! Iv been thinking about trying out a nano .really like your setup good luck !

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Nice nano! Iv been thinking about trying out a nano .really like your setup good luck !

Thanks! This is the first I've ever done, and I'm having a blast with it. It's now one of my favorite tanks! ;-)

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[Daniel@R2R]

Ok guys, here are some updates! I thought I'd post a few shots of how everything is doing. I'm excited about how happy the corals are staying.

Notice that the SC Red Devil has 2 full polyps now!

The scoly has recovered alot of it's body

The "unknown lps" which I am now pretty sure is a cynaria has grown quite a bit.

The cuban lover zoas are all fully open and are coloring up nicely (sorry about the crappy pic).

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Both of the chalices (oddly enough both are different types of mumm eye chalices) have new eyes coming in.

The SC Morphing Mummy Eye has at least 2 new eyes.

The other mummy eye has one new eye and seems to like his new spot.

The SC Rainbown Rhodactus babies are growing.

this fungia has gotten HUGE! It puffs out quite a bit more in the evenings especially and touches the glass. I may have to move some stuff around soon to give him plenty of room.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Here are a couple of blue light LED FTS's so you guys can see how much this thing is glowing!! I love it!

 

[Duffam3434]

Looking Great!!

 

[Mike&Terry]

oh and just to make this clear, those are not my magazines. Lol

lmbo!

 

[Mike&Terry]

The tank is looking good, Daniel!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

The tank is looking good, Daniel!

Thanks! The replacement pieces. from Rare Reef will be here tomorrow, so I'm excited to make my last additions for the contest!!

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[Daniel@R2R]

Got the replacement pieces from Rare Reef today. There were 4 pieces in the bag, which was very generous of them! However, I only lost two of the original pack that came in the box (see the receipt in my previous posts), so to be fair, I figured I should only add 2 to the nano during the competition. Thanks to Mike and Terry for giving me permission to add the last pieces!

Here are the 2 pieces being added!

1 is a nice head of hammer coral.

The 2nd is a couple of mushroooms. I think these guys are ricordias, but I get those and yumas confused, so any help would be appreciated. the orange color didn't show up well in the pic, but I really like the soft glow they put off.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I also will be trying to set this up over the next few days. I've had it for a while, but the slide got misplaced (not my fault. I swear!!). Now that I found it again, I'll be setting this up to monitor my levels constantly. It's also a PAR meter!!!

 

[c_healy]

About time you set it up!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Hard to see it in the pics, but this is the seneye slide soaking...got to leave it in there for 48 hours before hooking up the seneye.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Got the seneye installed on Friday! So it is monitoring crucial parameters in the nano now.

I've had so much fun doing this build! I almost hate to see the contest come to an end. However, this means that I can do a few changes that I couldn't during the contest. Specifically, there are a few chalices, zoas, and at least one lepto that I will be adding to the nano (I'll also move one or two pieces to the big 180). I'll continue to update the thread from here on.

Thanks to JBJ, Live Aquaria, and Team R2R for an awesome contest that has me absolutely obssessed with nanos now!! Thanks Mike and Terry for all of your work and coordinating this!!

 

[c_healy]

I want some par numbers!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Ok guys! Here's a compiled list of all the livestock for this nano in 90. As you can see it turned out to be quite a packed out little 14g tank. We have some awesome sponsors here on Reef2Reef that are absolutely great to work with.



Total spent from coral budget is $497.49.

I'll keep this thread going as it continues to evolve.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Working on a new update with some new pieces, but not sure I can post it until the judging has been decided, so I'll hold off until after the 16th. I'll be moving a few pieces from my 180 that have been patiently waiting there. LOL

 

[markkazdad]

Working on a new update with some new pieces, but not sure I can post it until the judging has been decided, so I'll hold off until after the 16th.

Me too. Good luck!

 

[c_healy]

Looks great!!!!

Now txt me those par numbers.

 

[Mike J.]

Congratulations on winning the contest! Well done.