Nano Sapiens 12g - Ye Olde Mixed Reef

[Nano sapiens]

Jul 2023 (15th Year):

Humble beginnings (Aug 2008):

Simple little 12g Cadlights AIO nano...pump, heater, DIY 'Complete Spectrum' wide-spread LED array, live rock/live sand (no mechanical/chemical filtration), DIY gravity-fed ATOs, 5% weekly water changes (1/4g, 2x/wk). Only additives are Kalkwasser (added to the ATOs), magnesium 2x/mo and a few drops of Iodine/wk. Easy-breezy to service and maintain.

CORAL:

• 'Ponape' Birdsnest (Seriatopora dendritica) - Diablo Corals
• 'Sunset Monti' (Montipora danae) - Neptune Aquatics
• Metallic Gold Pavona (Pavona maldivensis) - Neptune Aquatics
• Mint-Green Pavona (Pavona frondifera) - Sacramento Frag Swap (2009)
• 'Fallen Horizon Leptoseris' (Leptoseris mycetoseroides) - Legendary Corals
• Pink Stylocoeniella (Stylocoeniella sp.) - CA Reef Co.
• Green/Red Leptastrea (Leptastrea pruinosa)
• 'Lords' (Micromussa lordhowensis) - Legendary & Aquatic Collections
• 'Mini-Me Acan' (Micromussa amakusensis) - CaliKid, Jul 2022
• Orange Bowerbanki (Homophylia bowerbanki) - Diablo Corals, Oct 2020
• Yellow Bowerbanki (Homophylia bowerbanki) - CaliKid, Jul 2022
• Ricordia Mushrooms (Ricordia yuma, Ricordia florida) - Coral Morphologic (2009), Diablo Corals
• Assorted Zoanthids - Unique, Legendary Corals, CA Reef Co., Aquatic Collections, AquaSD
• Fat Tentacled Duncan (Duncanopsammia axifuga) - Aquatic Collections., 01/20
• Blastomussa merletti - Aquatic Collections, 01/20
• Blastomussa wellsi - Unique Corals 06/22, Aquatic Collections, AquaSD 04/22
• Blastomussa vivida- Aquatic Collections, 06/21
• Orange/Purple 'Lobo' (Acanthastrea pachysepta) - Diablo Coals, 10/21
• Scleronephthya sp. - AquaSD, 09/21
• 'Button Scoly' (Micromussa maxima sp.) - AquaSD, 04/22
• 'Mystery Stony Polyps' (small colony of unknown origin)
• 'Mystery Shroom' (purple base, blue tips)


Fish:

• Azure Damselfish (Chrysiptera hemicyanea) - 1 (Aquatic Collections, 07/21)

Inverts (CUC):

• Collonista snails (Collonista sp.)
• Bristleworms (Eurythoe sp.)
• Blue-legged Hermit Crab (Clibanarius tricolor) - 1
• Halloween Hermit Crab (Ciliopagurus strigatus) - 1
• Limpet snails (unknown genus/species)
• Small Redish Serpent Sea Star (unknown genus/species)

Thanks for visiting

 

[wysiwyg]

very clean looking tank i really like it

 

[Nano sapiens]

Thanks a lot. Since most of the frags I started with were smaller than a fingernail (and lighting is a very modest 28W) it'll take a few more years to completely fill out.

 

[buddythelion]

Nice to see that the yuma is still doing well! This is one of the cleanest nanos I know.

 

[707 Reefer]

Very simple but catches the eyes attention. I like it, keep it up!

 

[revsgirl]

Looks beautiful!!

 

[revhtree]

Very well done!

 

[Nano sapiens]

Nice to see that the yuma is still doing well! This is one of the cleanest nanos I know.

Thanks, Darwin. Yeah, your 'teal with yellow' Yuma is doing fine. Slowly worked it into an area with direct lighting and its doing fine.

 

[Saltwatertaylor]

Simple, but it looks very nice! I am a huge fan of nano reefs and cant wait to make one of my own. Looks awesome.keep it clean

 

[Nano sapiens]

Very simple but catches the eyes attention. I like it, keep it up!

Thanks for the nice comment. I'll be running 'as is' for at least another year...maybe longer.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Simple, but it looks very nice! I am a huge fan of nano reefs and cant wait to make one of my own. Looks awesome.keep it clean

Thanks! There is very little algae growth, so it usually requires cleaning only once a week.

I really enjoy these smaller tanks (used to have a 50g). When I started this tank I had simplicity in mind as well as efficiency (the cost in electricity is less than $50.00/year).

Tanks that people tend to keep running longest are those that have the least headaches/frustrations...and don't break the bank

 

[Nano sapiens]

Looks beautiful!!

Thank you very much!

 

[Nano sapiens]

Very well done!

Thanks, glad you like it!

 

[Saltwatertaylor]

Lol, well once a week isn't too bad at all!
The fifty bucks a year has to be a big relief. I would love to only have to pay that for my tank
Im excited to start my own when I get my own house. I am unfortunately in college, and don't have my own house yet. Maybe after med-school I will start one up

 

[Nano sapiens]

Lol, well once a week isn't too bad at all!
The fifty bucks a year has to be a big relief. I would love to only have to pay that for my tank
Im excited to start my own when I get my own house. I am unfortunately in college, and don't have my own house yet. Maybe after med-school I will start one up

Seems like a tanks energy costs go up exponentially with volume. I've seen a lot of college students with Pico or small Nano tanks. Great stress-relief from all that studying!

 

[Saltwatertaylor]

Lol yes it is. Last year I had a 20g but I had to bring it home for winter vacation, then back up after . Then when summer started I had to bring it home again. It was too much lol.

 

[BarbH]

Beautiful looking tank, I like the simplicity of it really catches the eye

 

[Nano sapiens]

Beautiful looking tank, I like the simplicity of it really catches the eye

Thank you, too!

 

[Nano sapiens]

I've run this tank for the last year without fish or inverts and that was okay, but it needed a bit of livening up. So, without further ado, the new stars of the show:

Red Headed Goby ((Elacatinus puncticulatus)

Barnacle Blenny (Acanthemblemaria macrospilus)

I also bought a very richly colored and healthy Pygmy Angel today, but it won't pose for pics just yet. These are always a bit risky for a reef tank, but since I've always likened them a lot I'm going to give it a try.

 

[catlitter]

almost didnt see your barnacle blenny! haha. nice rics btw.