Mr.Aqua 12 gal. long NPS tank

[M&M]

Hi, this is my first nano tank, since I bought a house earlier this spring I had to take down my Elos I had, I decided to set up small tank for my favorite NPS corals. Elos is patiently waiting to be set up when I complete house renovation, but for now this little tank gives me a lot of pleasure.

Basic info:

Mr.Aqua 12 gal. long
skimmer Macro-Aqua M50 HOB
AquaClear 50 HOB filter with carbon, purigen and siporax media
RW-4 powerhead for flow
small led fixture that comes with AIO 3.6 gal. Petco brand tank. Just enough to illuminate my tank, not enough to grow anything, especially algae :)

NPS 21 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 3 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 16 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 1 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

 

[Ssminnow81]

Really cool...
I love nps tanks

 

[Reef_a_holiks]

beautiful!

 

[Ahruk]

Gorgeous tank! What are you feeding?

 

[MrDJeep123]

Very cool!

 

[M&M]

Thank you! I feed my tank mostly frozen food, mysis and brine shrimp for suns and dendros. Also mix of smaller,different sized foods for gorgonians. Tank gets feed every day morning and evening.

few more pictures of happy corals

NPS 20 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 19 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 18 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 15 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 14 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 12 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

 

[pelphrey]

I've always really liked these tanks. They look much bigger than they really are!

 

[M&M]

New additions , tiger goby and staghorn crab

tiger goby by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

staghorn crab by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

 

[M&M]

Top view

top view by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

 

[Pfisherman]

Where did you get that crab? Was it local?

 

[M&M]

got it at Best Fish in Milwaukee. They had few of those.

 

[Pfisherman]

Okay, I'll just have to keep my eyes open in the Chicago area.

 

[CoralManz]

My dude you have just set off my need to collect nps corals, they're just so pretty. btw whats this one called I believe I've saw a similar piece at mt LFS.

 

[WarEaglesReef]

Stunning tank!! I'd love to try my hand at NPS sometime in the future. Your tank certainly serves as excellent inspiration.

 

[Sunshine22]

Is that Light giving off enough for growth, I just got one of these in a trade and I feel like this is a hard tank to light efficiently. I love shallow long tanks though so I guess its something I have to deal with haha

 

[CoralManz]

Is that Light giving off enough for growth, I just got one of these in a trade and I feel like this is a hard tank to light efficiently. I love shallow long tanks though so I guess its something I have to deal with haha

As he said "just enough to illuminate my tank, not enough to grow anything, especially algae"

 

[Sunshine22]

"small led fixture that comes with AIO 3.6 gal. Petco brand tank. Just enough to illuminate my tank, not enough to grow anything, especially algae" I think Non-Photosynthetic

Makes sense. Right on man well cool tank anyway, pretty sweet livestock too.

 

[CoralManz]

Makes sense. Right on man well cool tank anyway, pretty sweet livestock too.

Right?Makes me wanna start a similar system.

 

[Sam Boraks]

SOO COOL, I want to get some for shady spots in my tank but I go away on weekends would they live?