Time for another tank.
Realized I had quite a bit of left-over equipment stacking up in my closet ... including an unused 10g.
Decided to set myself a little challenge — set up a nano on my office desk using as much of it as possible ... along with DIY or cheap new stuff where needed. Then, put the savings toward filling it with mid-to-high-end SPS and fish.
Equipment (source):
Tank — 10g aqueon (closet)
AIO — sump (DIY)
Lid — (DIY)
Light — Orphek Altlantik V4 Compact (closet)
Return pump — Sicce Micra Plus (new, bought with credit card reward points)
Powerhead — Nero 3 (New, about the only high-end full-priced item.)
ATO top-off — Litermeter III ATO (closet)
Doser — (ebay, a cheap, adjustable persistaltic pump that will be controlled via a cheap outlet timer from Amazon)
Dosing reservoir — Crystal Reef Aquatics (closet)
Filtration:
Media rack — (New, from InTank. Bought with CC reward points. Will hold floss and GAC which I already have on hand for my 65g.)
Rock — CaribSea (closet, cured in my 65g sump)
Planned Livestock:
Helfrichi firefish (Nemateleotris helfrichi) x 1
Yellow cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus luteus) x 3 OR White-Spotted Dwarf Goby (Trimma cf. caesiura) x 3
Two-Spot Bimaculatus blenny (Ecsenius bimaculatus) x 1
Blue-Banded Coral shrimp (Stenopus tenuirostris) x 1 OR Yellow-Banded coral shrimp (Stenopus cyanoscelis) x 1
A few assorted snails
Current Livestock (as of 9-15-2021):
Helfrichi firefish (Nemateleotris helfrichi)
Yellow clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae)
Featherduster (Sabellastarte Sp)
Two-spot Bimaculatus blenny (Ecsenius bimaculatus)
Crocea clam
Gold banded coral shrimp (Stenopus zanzibaricus)
banded trochus snails
Astraea snails
FTS:
Realized I had quite a bit of left-over equipment stacking up in my closet ... including an unused 10g.
Decided to set myself a little challenge — set up a nano on my office desk using as much of it as possible ... along with DIY or cheap new stuff where needed. Then, put the savings toward filling it with mid-to-high-end SPS and fish.
Equipment (source):
Tank — 10g aqueon (closet)
AIO — sump (DIY)
Lid — (DIY)
Light — Orphek Altlantik V4 Compact (closet)
Return pump — Sicce Micra Plus (new, bought with credit card reward points)
Powerhead — Nero 3 (New, about the only high-end full-priced item.)
ATO top-off — Litermeter III ATO (closet)
Doser — (ebay, a cheap, adjustable persistaltic pump that will be controlled via a cheap outlet timer from Amazon)
Dosing reservoir — Crystal Reef Aquatics (closet)
Filtration:
Media rack — (New, from InTank. Bought with CC reward points. Will hold floss and GAC which I already have on hand for my 65g.)
Rock — CaribSea (closet, cured in my 65g sump)
Planned Livestock:
Helfrichi firefish (Nemateleotris helfrichi) x 1
Two-Spot Bimaculatus blenny (Ecsenius bimaculatus) x 1
Blue-Banded Coral shrimp (Stenopus tenuirostris) x 1 OR Yellow-Banded coral shrimp (Stenopus cyanoscelis) x 1
A few assorted snails
Current Livestock (as of 9-15-2021):
Helfrichi firefish (Nemateleotris helfrichi)
Yellow clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae)
Two-spot Bimaculatus blenny (Ecsenius bimaculatus)
Crocea clam
Gold banded coral shrimp (Stenopus zanzibaricus)
banded trochus snails
Astraea snails
FTS:
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