My 10g maldivian biotope

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

I just think it would be a good time to finally start a build thread, so this is a saltwater biotope I made, most inhabitants were collected or native to here,

Equipment wise, I have an internal filter as flow and a freshwater aquarium light with a wifi timer. It gets indirect sunlight and weekly water changes. Been up and running for 6-4 month (I don't remember)

As for the corals, I have some gsp, yumas, discos, a leather (that
For some reason isn't doing very well), lots of zoas , hammers as a centerpiece, and some wild sps to test it out.

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Dw abt the stocking, most fish are temporary as I catch and sell fish asa side source of income

 

[Fish Fan]

Very nice biotope build; following!

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Here some older pictures !

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Some how the day I started this thread, my lionfish ate BOTH my ghostpipefish even tho the bigger one was over double the size

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

THE BOXFISH JUST DECIDED YEAH IM NUKING THE TANK, IM GOING TO THE OCEAN TO DO A WATER CHANGE ASAP. ughhhh after 5 months too

 

[Fish Fan]

Some how the day I started this thread, my lionfish ate BOTH my ghostpipefish even tho the bigger one was over double the size

I'm not surprised at all

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

I'm not surprised at all

Tbh, I'm not either

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Not the first time keeping one, kept multiple times before, never nuked it tho

 

[Fish Fan]

THE BOXFISH JUST DECIDED YEAH IM NUKING THE TANK, IM GOING TO THE OCEAN TO DO A WATER CHANGE ASAP. ughhhh after 5 months too

Sorry to see this! Yes, boxfish can cause issues, but hopefully you have the ocean and can do some large water changes.

Good luck!

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Yeah, the torches have closed up and the lionfish is breathing a little quickly, nothing too bad tho, good thing I noticed the symptoms

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Just did a 50% water change, fingers crossed

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Luckily I was able to do about enough water change and no casualties happened

 

[Fish Fan]

Luckily I was able to do about enough water change and no casualties happened

Glad to see this!

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

I am having some post nutrient issues due to a big water change, torches are closed up. Fingers crossed it will work out

Glad to see this!

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Heres some more pictures, tank is looking okay after the small crash. Hammers were never better. The tang is such a photobomb tho.

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

New corals, a short polyp torch coral, somehow 9 heads even tho it isn't the size of one normal head and a candy cane