Sinibotia
Active Member
So about 3 years ago I set up a nano reef in a standard 10 gallon with some soft corals, a goby shrimp pair, and some inverts. Like all brand new reefers I had some struggles but overall I was mostly successful, until I made the mistake of adding a pink streak wrasse that threw off the microbiome of the whole tank and it turned into an ugly algae filled mess. I tore it down a little over a year ago to start a job that had me traveling frequently for up to 2 weeks at a time.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago, when my partner and I were checking out LFS in the city we moved to. She's become an accomplished aquarist herself, breeding challenging freshwater species and keeping beautiful planted tanks. So when we ran into a used nuvo 10, the works included, for sale at one of the LFS, we jumped on it; I'm confident she can (and is more than happy to) keep it running when I'm away.
I added the first inhabitants today: a yasha goby, a randalli pistol shrimp, and a frag of twizzler zoas. I would still consider myself green at this so this will very much be a noobs journey in reefing! The plan is a soft coral focused tank with maybe a big toadstool and some zoas. I will add some cuc when theres more for them to eat, some sexy anemone shrimp, and maybe one more fish.
Tank is a nuvo 10 with stock pump and a kessil A80 light.
Hopefully in due time I'll have something cool to show off!
Fast forward to a few weeks ago, when my partner and I were checking out LFS in the city we moved to. She's become an accomplished aquarist herself, breeding challenging freshwater species and keeping beautiful planted tanks. So when we ran into a used nuvo 10, the works included, for sale at one of the LFS, we jumped on it; I'm confident she can (and is more than happy to) keep it running when I'm away.
I added the first inhabitants today: a yasha goby, a randalli pistol shrimp, and a frag of twizzler zoas. I would still consider myself green at this so this will very much be a noobs journey in reefing! The plan is a soft coral focused tank with maybe a big toadstool and some zoas. I will add some cuc when theres more for them to eat, some sexy anemone shrimp, and maybe one more fish.
Tank is a nuvo 10 with stock pump and a kessil A80 light.
Hopefully in due time I'll have something cool to show off!
