Kord's nano frag

[KorD]

I decided to start growing SPS and LPS in a smaller tank until my lights in my main tank are up to the par they need to be at. My main display is still a nano at 29gal, but to me that is still a large tank.
This frag tank has been up and running now for about two weeks, and is going awesome! I have already seen some growth on the montie, and the war coral.

I guess you can call me a nano freak, this is just one of the 5 nano tanks I have around the house
So the wife would not yell at me again for setting up another tank, I rearranged a few things under the main display so I could put the frag tank there. Believe it or not, the tank being on that level makes it awesome for laying down and taking pictures of it, and just watching things slowly grow.

Tank specs:
5.5 gallon
Tom's canister filter ( running Seachems bag, and filter pad only)
Kessil A150w 15k light
nano skimmer
1 powerhead, and one nano pump for extra flow


Levels:
pH: 8.4
Ammonia: .25
Nitrite: .5
Nitrate: 5
Ca: 480
Kh: 11
Mg: 1360
Salinity: 1.026


Tank corals:
Green Hydnophora
Green Slimer
Pavona
Birds nest
ORA Hawkins "Enchinata"
ORA sunset monti
War coral
a few unknown zoa's and a few I do know.


And onto the pictures I'm sure you are all wanting to see..... I'm guessing a few of you skipped the reading part and moved directly onto the pictures :wink:


The full shot, main display nano on top, and frag nano by the sump.

I am running the nano frag tank separate from the main display tank. I am keeping the levels higher for the frags to grow, before I add them to the main nano.

Please keep following along, I am working on getting some close up pictures of the frags (if I can figure out this pesky camera issue)

 

[Shep]

Nice set up!

 

[KorD]

Nice set up!

Thanks.
I built the stand and have had a good time doing so. This main tank will be a year old in April

 

[KorD]

Here are a few picture of the corals and softies that I have in the 5 gal tank.


Unknown Zoa's

Sunset monti

Green Hydronophora

War coral

another set of unknown zoa's

 

[DailyKate]

**** that's nice.

 

[KorD]

Just a few more pictures for today... and since I can't figure out how to edit my first post... here is the link to the Nano Lovers NANO NANO Contest, and also because I have another tank I would like to show off!

ORA Hawkins "Enchinata"

Sunny D's

Pink Birds nest

Green Slimer

 

[macscale]

Very nice! I'll be following!

 

[fishroomlady]

very nice little setup you have there!

 

[KorD]

Thanks everyone. It was a long time coming for me to think about getting corals like SPS and LPS... I'm glad that it all worked out and I saved up for the new light above my 29gal... now I can not help but to buy the corals and wait for the light to be up to the right par...

I will post a few more pictures next week, maybe this time of my main nano display

 

[KorD]

Alright... I decided to try my hand at making a porthole for my camera... I guess I did not do such a bad job since it kept the water out

Here are a few more pictures I just took, hope you enjoy


My Sunny D's.. love these little guys!

Drop down look at the Green Slimer

My newest buy of last week.. The ring around this Favia just started to happen in the last day or two... This is just an amazing process to watch

One on few anemones.. It was no bigger then two inches when I bought it, now the oral disk is measuring 6 inches across... Defiantly the show stopper of my tank right now

And here is my Centropyge Angelfish... He just wanted to say hello

 

[Tahoe61]

Sunny D's so colorful. Nice images and tank.

 

[KorD]

couple of new pictures of my newly acquired corals
I'm so excited about them.. I never have had acan's before.. they are awesome to watch when they eat! I'll see if I can capture a few pictures of that this week.

 

[zesty]

Nice setup you have going on!

I think those blue zoas are Panama Blues.

 

[KorD]

Thanks, and I have no idea what they are... I actually gave up on trying to really figure out the names of corals.. LOL
If they look pretty, I like them

 

[zesty]

Thanks, and I have no idea what they are... I actually gave up on trying to really figure out the names of corals.. LOL
If they look pretty, I like them

I hear ya. I "try" to remember the names, but after getting a couple no-names, I turned into the same way. I love watching corals grow. My favorite coral is some SPS that I got as an accidental frag and it grew out really cool. I have no idea of what it is other than an acro!

 

[KorD]

A couple new frags for my display. zesty Thank you again... these are awesome!

 

[zesty]

Sweet dude! Glad you like them! They look good.

 

[KorD]

another shot of the tank... I'm in a battle with hair algae right now, but I am raising my Mg levels slowly over the last few days... I guess it is common for this type of tank. The levels are all perfect except for my nitrates which are off the scale and my small skimmer is not doing the job it should be.. I have been combating the nitrates with constant water changes every two days... Then again my zoa's are multiplying like horny little rabbits..

I'm calling this picture zoa lover