A small 5G fluval housing my mantis, a tiny tiger goby, and a royal gramma.
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Soft Coral Dominated
- Total Water Volume
- 5
- When did you start this tank?
- Aug 14, 2023
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 20.5
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 7.5
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 11.6
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- All In One Tank
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- My desk lol
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Stock 55gph pump
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Stock return pump in aio chamber and two cheap power heads placed on opposite ends of the tank.
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- One 10w Nicrew clip on light and two 3.6w 460nm artinic led strips
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- I just want simple softies, zoas, and macro in this tank. Haven’t tested par as the coral is growing in nicely :/
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- NO
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- Neither
- Water Temperature
- 76
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Had a 50w Aqueon heater but the tank runs 76f with just lights and pumps, took the heater out.
- Additional Equipment Detail
- The plan with this aquarium was to make it as simple as possible. The more equipment the more complicated everything gets, so three pumps and some lights is all I want in the tank. I do not plan on adding any more equipment to this tank.
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.1
- Specific Gravity
- 1.025
- Nitrate or NO3
- 10ppm
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.09
- Calcium
- 400
- Alkalinity
- 8dKH
- Magnesium
- 1200
- Salt Brand
- Instant ocean
- Trace Element Dosing
- None, I toss some reef roids in every few days for the gorg and filter feeders.
- Water Chemistry Detail
- Lots of macro and softies so I’m wanting “dirtier" water.
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Deep
- Live Rock
- 10
- Live Rock Type
- Premium live rock from TampaBay Saltwater.
- Nutrient Export
- Macro Algae
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- About 2g every weekend. Simple airline tube to get water out and dump fresh salt water back in with a jug.
- Nutrient Export Details
- Let algae grow and remove excess.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Basslet
- Goby
- Total Fish
- 2
- Coral List
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 10
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Starfish
- Snails
- Other
- Total Inverts
- 10
- Livestock Detail
- One outgoing N. wennerae mantis shrimp, one tiny tiger goby, and one royal gramma.
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- A Few Times Weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Still too new of a tank to tell, though what I think will make this tank successful is keeping things simple and consistent. A regular WC routine with no dosing means things should generally stay stable, or at least that's the thought lol.
If this tank can survive a move and still be running next year I’ll call it successful.
