Unlike many of the beautiful tanks on here, this one is in need of some rehab.
This is my 10 gallon nano mixed reef tank that I started about three years ago. I set it up following Inappropriate Reefer's budget 10 gallon build; basic 10 gallon tank with an Aquaclear 70 off the side housing chaeto, some biomedia, a small heater, some activated carbon, and some filter floss. The display light is an Aquaknight led set to be on 8 hrs and I have a 50w led grow bulb pointed at the back of the filter set to be on when the display light is off. I added a gravity fed ato and temperature controller to help maintain stability.
Stocking currently consists of a clownfish, pistol shrimp, a couple hermits, some snails, soft corals, LPS, SPS, and a couple of NPS.
This tank has had some problems; ich, bottomed out nutrients, dinos, aiptasia, and vermetid snails.
A fallow period of a few months seems to have gotten rid of the ich problem. I think the dinos are finally on their way out after dosing nutrients, bacteria, and phytoplankton. I added a few berghia nudibranchs that have multiplied and are quickly ridding the tank of its aiptasia infestation, but the vermetids still remain.
Overall, I think the tank is beginning to recover and I'm beginning to see regrowth on many of my corals that had died back.
This is my 10 gallon nano mixed reef tank that I started about three years ago. I set it up following Inappropriate Reefer's budget 10 gallon build; basic 10 gallon tank with an Aquaclear 70 off the side housing chaeto, some biomedia, a small heater, some activated carbon, and some filter floss. The display light is an Aquaknight led set to be on 8 hrs and I have a 50w led grow bulb pointed at the back of the filter set to be on when the display light is off. I added a gravity fed ato and temperature controller to help maintain stability.
Stocking currently consists of a clownfish, pistol shrimp, a couple hermits, some snails, soft corals, LPS, SPS, and a couple of NPS.
This tank has had some problems; ich, bottomed out nutrients, dinos, aiptasia, and vermetid snails.
A fallow period of a few months seems to have gotten rid of the ich problem. I think the dinos are finally on their way out after dosing nutrients, bacteria, and phytoplankton. I added a few berghia nudibranchs that have multiplied and are quickly ridding the tank of its aiptasia infestation, but the vermetids still remain.
Overall, I think the tank is beginning to recover and I'm beginning to see regrowth on many of my corals that had died back.
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