Nano Sapiens 12g - Ye Olde Mixed Reef

[Nano sapiens]

Thanks, glad you like it.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Just a few pics of interest...

One might say this rock pinnacle is getting a bit crowded. Warfare is constant...

Blastomussa, always pose nicely for pics

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Love the new pics!

Gotta ask how you vacuum the sand bed without either tipping the corals and live rock or sucking the sand out?

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[Lalani]

Love this tank!

 

[Nano sapiens]

I vacuum around the live rock weekly. The rock work is quite stable, but I still have to be careful. Every few months I'll vacuum under a rock, then wait a few months and vacuum under another, etc. Also vacuum out the back chambers once a month.

I just use a standard 'Gravel Vac' with a plastic valve spliced in to control the flow (you can see it here in my 'cleaning kit'). By controlling the flow I can suck up just the lighter detritus while the sand, because it is heavier, just falls back down:

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Brilliant idea! Thanks for the tip!

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[Nano sapiens]

Hi Lalani! Thank you for stopping in. Hope you aren't getting tired of seeing yet another puffy Blasto pic

 

[NVTE]

Time for a 5th year update:

really nice tank. motivation for my 22 gallon CAD light as well.

 

[dcsaquarium]

Love it!

 

[spacetime]

Great looking reef!

 

[Nano sapiens]

NVTE, dcsaquarium, spacetime

...thank you.

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[Hentz]

Beautiful tank! Just got my 12 gallon cadlights tank back. Bought my heater and Hydor 240 tonight. Have a maxspect razor Nano running over it. Already cycled from live sand and rock from a well established tank. And all the LPS from my DT since I went all SPS.

Glad there's more 12g cadlights out there. Your tank definitely inspires me for my little nano! Good post. Following along.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Beautiful tank! Just got my 12 gallon cadlights tank back. Bought my heater and Hydor 240 tonight. Have a maxspect razor Nano running over it. Already cycled from live sand and rock from a well established tank. And all the LPS from my DT since I went all SPS.

Glad there's more 12g cadlights out there. Your tank definitely inspires me for my little nano! Good post. Following along.

The 12g is a great little tank with great proportions, IMO. Good luck on your start up.

 

[Nano sapiens]

A few pics of my Clowns playing in the overgrown Ric garden. These full grown Ocellaris Clowns use the Rics just like they would anemones since some of them are 6" across.

 

[rroselavy]

Some of your Rics are 6" across? :shocked:

Inspiring. Your tank reminds me what got me into reefing: Rics, Blastos & Yumas. Simply well done.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Some of your Rics are 6" across? :shocked:

Inspiring. Your tank reminds me what got me into reefing: Rics, Blastos & Yumas. Simply well done.

Thanks. Yeah, Some R. floridas expand to 6" and the R. yumas around 4-1/2". Quite a challenge to keep them away from other LPS/SPS in such a small tank. If they get too 'uppity', I chop the heads off and put them in the 'valley'.

As much as I like SPS, I really enjoy having corals in the tank that sway back-and-forth a bit.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Dec 2003:

 

[Mr. D]

Do you have other tanks, or just this one? Such a fun little tank.

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[ShippD]

Amazing little tank

 

[Nano sapiens]

Do you have other tanks, or just this one? Such a fun little tank.

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No, just this one I've had up to (6) tanks running back in the day, but it's too much to keep them all looking good.