Simple Nano

xellos88 · Jan 31, 2016

ArowanaLover1902 said:
Your tank is amazing. I'm new at this and don't know corals so i have to ask, what is that large coral with the clownfish in it?

Thanks. It's a Toadstool Leather coral.

ArowanaLover1902 · Jan 31, 2016

Thanks, it looks great

Michaelrunner · Feb 2, 2016

Just an amazing tank. Very new to this also Have a 29 g Nano running since Dec 27. Loving this hobby

xellos88 · Feb 2, 2016

Michaelrunner said:
Just an amazing tank. Very new to this also Have a 29 g Nano running since Dec 27. Loving this hobby

Thanks!

xellos88 · Mar 5, 2016

Crappy pic. I wonder if adding more of them makes them come out more...haven't seen him in a week.

LetItReef · Mar 5, 2016

What part of PI you from? Glad to see a fellow here at R2R.

xellos88 · Mar 5, 2016

LetItReef said:
What part of PI you from? Glad to see a fellow here at R2R.

I'm from Cebu.

xellos88 · Apr 1, 2016

Many updates. A fellow reefer was giving away yellow hammer frags and I couldn't pass it up. The frag was quite large so I had to get creative to fit it in the current scape and move some corals to balance it out.

April 2016 FTS

Yellow Hammer

My fave zoas

Evil pavona taking over

Zoas vs Leptastrea (so far leptastrea is winning)

Cave dwellers

My fave yuma

Side shot showing chaeto at the back

xellos88 · Apr 6, 2016

Friend's tank exploded so I had to hold onto some of his LS. He's got some nice LS and I'll be keeping the babies they make in my tank.

Will have a fellow reefer adopt the clam though, I don't think I can support a clam in my little tank.

RyanCSGO · Apr 6, 2016

looks awesome man. how difficult is it holding all the correct water parameters?

xellos88 · Apr 6, 2016

RyanCSGO said:
looks awesome man. how difficult is it holding all the correct water parameters?

No too difficult. Though now I have to monitor and increase my ca/alk dosage with the new LS.

HardyG · Apr 6, 2016

Love the clear backing. Don't see those too often anymore!

ScottMyers123 · Apr 7, 2016

good looking tank, I am glad everything is going in the right direction for you now.

xellos88 · Apr 30, 2016

Will be away for 2 weeks. Hopefully this won't be the last "nice" FTS I'll have for this tank. I setup a DIY gravity powered ATO and that's been running well for a week and I used kalk to keep alk/ca up. Also, everything is plugged into a UPS in case of power outages and I should have 4 hours of power with the lights on or 6-8 hours with the lights off(night time power outages). Lastly, my boss from the US bought me a Prime and I'll be getting that early next month (very excited).

brandon429 · Apr 30, 2016

Do you have a trusty helper while you are gone, or is this autopilot for two weeks I was curious

Tank is great
we can see ultra high res pics of the substrate pores, surfaces, calcifications etc. not any algae I see... good and consistent water quality is at work there. Even if there is some we can't see in the pics, the vast majority of visible rock is invader free and corals taking over space...indicates ideal light and feed as well

xellos88 · Apr 30, 2016

brandon429 said:
Do you have a trusty helper while you are gone, or is this autopilot for two weeks I was curious

Tank is great
we can see ultra high res pics of the substrate pores, surfaces, calcifications etc. not any algae I see... good and consistent water quality is at work there. Even if there is some we can't see in the pics, the vast majority of visible rock is invader free and corals taking over space...indicates ideal light and feed as well

Thanks @brandon429 ! It's going to be on autopilot.

xellos88 · May 15, 2016

Back after 2 weeks and just did a 50% water change and general clean up. I lost a candy cane "branch" because somehow it got dislodged and ended up on the sand bed (I blame the hermit crab). The SPS (mystery acro and pavona) look bleached and all the LPS and Zoas are not fully opened and looked ticked. Also a lot of precipitate have formed outside the tube from the ATO. My guess is that Mag must have dropped to cause this precipitate. I tested alk and it was at 5 dkh despite the kalk I added in the ATO. Thankfully the clam didn't die and everything (besides the candy cane face down on the sandbed) is still alive and should recover after a few weeks of care.