Nano Tank - Home Office Work Desk

[ChantalWK]

Hi!

I'm new to reefing but I'm a long time freshwater fishkeeper. I owe to fishkeeping a lot of things like friendships, work and even my marriage! I met my husband through the hobby.

My first reef is a nano (almost pico, 6,6g) in my work desk, it's a very nice tank with rounded corners and built-in sump.


Filtration:

• Built-in Sump with Seachem Matrix and OceanTech Nano Rings as biological media
• Weekly partial water changes for maintenance of parameters

Lighting:

• OceanTech Nour Plus Marine

Livestock:

• Cloves "Red Sea"
• Cloves "Papaya Golden"
• Plate "Wagon Wheel"
• Candy Cane "Kryptonite"
• Mushroom Rhodactis from indonesia
• Mushroom Rhodactis
• Zoa Utter Chaos
• Zoa Sunny D
• Zoa Bloodsucker
• Zoa Rainbow incinerator
• Zoa Gorilla Nipples (maybe)

I've cycled it with Seachem Seed for about 1 month, with ammonia and nitrite tests almost daily.

The day my nitrite tested zero!

My RO/DI system, I use it in freshwater too.

My rockwork, that I slightly changed after adding more corals to have a better view of them.

First inhabitants! Cloves "Papaya Golden" and "Red Sea". I just love their "tiny hands"

A picture of how it is now:

Photography is another passion of mine, so I hope you enjoy some pictures of my Livestock. My plans are to cover the main rock with zoantids and having some assorted corals in the sandbed, like the plates and mushrooms. I plant to build a bigger tank so the mushs and candy cane may have a new home in the future, since my tank is so small.


Zoa/Paly? Bloodsucker

Paly Sunny D

Zoa Utter Chaos, my fav

Utter Chaos + Reef safe Asterina according to the store owner

Zoa Gorilla Nipples (don't know if the name is accutare)

Mushroom Rhodactis "from indonesia" (seller didn't knew any fun name)

Mushroom Rhodactis

Candy Cane "Kryptonite", at day and night (I've removed the vemetids since this pic)

Plate "Wagon Wheel"

Feel free to ask anything about my tank!

 

[Lebowski_]

Looking great so far

I call those red and green rhodactis "Forest Fire"...I just use it for all of the similar coloured red w/green base.

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[thefeds]

awesome, nice photos

 

[Rocktron1]

Amazing photos and colours in that little nano

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Some awesome looking photos!

 

[ChantalWK]

Looking great so far

I call those red and green rhodactis "Forest Fire"...I just use it for all of the similar coloured red w/green base.

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Thanks! Cool name


Thank you all for your comments

 

[Jcascioli]

Your little tank is cool and all.. but why is this being featured?? It’s a brand new tank with a few easy frags that haven’t had time to do anything yet… best of luck

 

[ChantalWK]

I don't even know the criteria to being featured since I'm new to this forum... no need to be sour to me

 

[ChantalWK]

Some new pictures and updates.

I have a bunch of copepods!

My zoas are probably eating them

Sunny D

Bloodsucker

I think I have a tiny brittle star living with my Rhodactis, or is it another critter?

The other mush is looking pretty today.

Very small frag of a unidentified zoa that I forgot to add to the list:

My rainbow incinerator that is going through some problems has 3 babies!

Cleaning crew:

Trumpet looking as green as ever, testing new lighting for the pictures:

More Utter Chaos just because it's my fav.

This week I'll probably have a bigger update (new frags).

 

[tinyfellows]

Your photos are amazing!

 

[1112-425XL]

Nice build, looking good!

 

[Juanzingo]

Nice Build!! incredible photos

 

[ChantalWK]

Thank you all for your comments

 

[ChantalWK]

I've got 7 new frags from two online stores this week! I


One of them impressed me with the cleanliness and quality of the frags, the other not so much. I will add a small review of each frag. It's the first time I've bought online.

I think that I tave all the frags I need to fill up the rockwork, now I just have to be veeeery patient and wait for the growth.


1 - Alien Antivenom - Sent a larger frag which was nice. It photographs well but I was not very impressed with it in person. It is a little dull in color and I don't know if it will color up eventually

2 - Halle Berry - The colors are promissing but the polyps are on the smaller side. But I think it will eventually grow because i've seen them in a friend's tank.

3 - Rose Nebula - I was not impressed, it's being very slow to open, the colors are dull and the polyps are small. I hope it will grow and color up eventually.

4 - Blue Agave - It's beautiful! The corals of the second store starting with this one are larger and more colorful.

5 - Hawaiian People Eater - OMG gorgeous, my fav from this batch. It's like a green Utter Chaos and very eye catching in person.

6 - Pink Zipper - Beautiful, a little smaller than I thought it would be. I like the ones with larger polyps. But it may eventually grow.

7 - Utter Chaos - FREEEBIE! The store sent this as a freebie and I was very happy because it's my fav. This one is different from the ones I have so I'll not place them together.

I will decide where each one will be placed yet, but here is a pic of the tank as it is now:

 

[MrGisonni]

Beautiful. That plate coral is amazing.

 

[ChantalWK]

Beautiful. That plate coral is amazing.

Thanks! The friend that sold me this baby plate has two larger ones and they're awesome

 

[TatorTaco]

Do you know the manufacturer of this tank? It looks like BioCube’s answer for a peninsula. I dig it.

 

[ChantalWK]

Do you know the manufacturer of this tank? It looks like BioCube’s answer for a peninsula. I dig it.

It's imported from China by OceanTech, brazilian brand, but they don't plan on selling it anymore. Too bad because it's a nice little tank.

 

[Lebowski_]

Anymore eye candy?

 

[ChantalWK]

Anymore eye candy?

Thanks for asking!

I do have new pics.


The tank as it is now. I'm very happy with it, the corals look good and are growing. I've glued most of my frags to the rockwork and I'm pleased with the result so far. I was mindful of colors and contrasts and I hope it looks nice when it fills up.

So, I went in a little shopping spree after a seller said he had some "Eye of Sauron" zoas and since I'm a Tolkien fan I drove almost 1 hour to see them. I was so disappointed to see that they actually were Mind Blowing Palys... beautiful but not exactly what I wanted. He had some nice zoas and I bought a couple of frags.

The Mind Blowing Paly. I plan on putting them on a new tank I'm building.

Candy Apple Mystic Green - my husband bought it for his tank but later decided he didn't like it that much so now it's mine

Magician

Pink Hippo

Rainbow VDM

Tequila Sunrise, hard to get his true color in pictures

I suddenly have a SPS! A friend gave me a frag after he accidentally broke his huge Pocillopora. I'll eventually move it to a larger tank. I thought I was not a SPS person but it's growing on me, I call it my tiny tree.

And I added a little goby to my tank! He is so tiny right now but I know I may eventually need to move it to the bigger tank

As for the older frags, the Alien Antivenom is growing on me, its color is improving and it has a nice glow. (I've since removed that pesky aiptasia if you can see it)

The Rainbow Incinerator is making a nice recovery, I have 3 new polyps that are looking fine and growing steadily

The Sunny D is growing fast

More Utter Chaos just because it's the most striking little fella

The Wagon Wheel is looking good