First nano tank

[GallagherReef3903]

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[Tahoe61]

Great tank. I really like the look of the IM 25 gallon lagoons.
What else are you dosing? Anything to increase the N/P values?
Do you think the lack of skimmer helps to prevent bottoming out N/P?

 

[kevgib67]

Beautiful, is that a nem or torch front and center?

 

[GallagherReef3903]

Great tank. I really like the look of the IM 25 gallon lagoons.
What else are you dosing? Anything to increase the N/P values?
Do you think the lack of skimmer helps to prevent bottoming out N/P?

I'm doing the tropic marin np bacto balance and fusion 1&2 and to bring up the nutrients I just feed the tank a bit more. On the other side, when notice Phosphates getting on the higher end of my spectrum .18ish I just started using the brightwell microbacter purple m. If I'm getting anything over .2 and 45ppm for nutrients or more I'll try to remove some of it from the system with chemipure elite or if I feel like I need to be more aggressive phosguard/larger water changes. I haven't done a ICP test and rely on the fusion 1&2 for my trace so I try to stay away from a GFO for the most part. As far as running a skimmer, I ran one for a bit but the tank is in my bedroom and noise is a big factor for me, I don't like to hear running water or anything humming, so I've decided to try and let life in the tank do most the work and consume the nutrients via carbon dosing. The only thing I'm currently struggling with is a is coral warfare. Mushrooms on Monti caps and my huge nem likes lay on top of every zoa in reach and my uncontrollable green paly garden that I might try and remove this week to make room for a large wall hammer.

 

[GallagherReef3903]

Beautiful, is that a nem or torch front and center?

Thank you, the small frag upfront is a small torch that is left of my large branching torch that I got with a bunch of spinoid worms and had to frag out and that all that made it and the huge thing in the middle is a rainbow bubble tip

 

[GallagherReef3903]

Thank you, the small frag upfront is a small torch that is left of my large branching torch that I got with a bunch of spinoid worms and had to frag out and that all that made it and the huge thing in the middle is a rainbow bubble tip

Sorry I've moved frags around a bunch since that picture. If your talking about the small frag upfront, when I bought it I was told it was a cristata, but kinda looks like a hammer so I've just been calling it a frammer

 

[Palytoxxin]

For this being your first nano tank I’d say you’re doing a heck of a job!

 

[GallagherReef3903]

For this being your first nano tank I’d say you’re doing a heck of a job!

Thanks you! I guess I should rephrase that a bit, my first mixed reef nano tank. I've done saltwater before but never had a mixed reef just fish, inverts and a few anemones. But mostly just large cichlid tanks for the past 8 years.

 

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[Imrahilwjz]

Looks great!

 

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