My first reef/nano

[Chris03079]

Tank is a 20L set up on 10/29/09

Added a 29gal. DIY sump/fuge on 11/20/09

Parameters as on 1/19/10
Sg.:1.026
PH: 8.2
Cal: 450
total Alk: 3.5meq/l
Mg.: 1290

Coral as of 1/19/10;

Blastro added 1/1/10
Sebae anemone added 12/26/09
Star polyps added 12/15/09
unknown polyps added 12/15/09

Fish & misc. as of 1/19/10;

scooter blenny added 1/2/10
Pair of false perc. clowns added 12/30/09
blood shrimp added 12/1/09
6 astrea snails and 4 Nassarius Snails
2 scarlet crabs 1 blue legged crab added 11/25/09

 

[Reefstang]

Good job. lol at the fact that the sumo is bigger than DT.

 

[ucantmakeme]

+1 on the bigger sump... lol

I like the minimal aquascaping PLUS getting a pillar. 2 nice touches.

BUT... you might want to move the rocks on the right a little more towards the center away from the glass to facilitate cleaning and Coraline scraping in the future.

 

[Chris03079]

Sump tank has a few scratches in it so the 20 stayed as the display.:bigsmile:

 

[Chris03079]

here is a pic of the tank tonight. hard to take a good picture under the LED night lights

There are 2 more pieces of rock that are normally on the right side but had to put them in the sump. I couldnt get 2 unknown crabs out of them.

 

[Chris03079]

 

[skinz78]

Looking good Chris, did you ever get the crabs out?

If not you can mix up a bucket of SW with a SG of like 1.035 and then dip the rocks that the crabs are in in it. The crabs should come out of the rock looking for water that isn't so salty.

 

[Chris03079]

Yes I did That is actually how I did it too. They both live in a freinds sump now. Thank you for the Idea anyways.

 

[btkrausen]

Looks good man, what kind of LEDs are you using on that tank? It looks like the blue night lights really light that thing.

 

[jabberkaycee]

Great job Chris! I miss my nano tank. You're params are right on track but you may want to watch the Mg. It's just a little low. Try to shoot for 3x's Ca and you can't go wrong. Keep the pics coming!

 

[Chris03079]

The LED's are cheap strands bought off of ebay, 72X1watt. not really night light more of a dusk / dawn transition light looking @ DIY LED setup in the future, right now the tank has 150Watt pendant & 2 X T-5's (24") and the LED's..MP10, Bio-pellets, GFO, tests as of yesterday
P/H-8.5
S.G.- 1.026
Cal.- 450
Total ALK.- 3.5 meq/L
Mg.-1350

 

[BlazinNano]

Nice looking tank man. Love the bigger sump.