TMC Next wave 60, First Reef tank

[Tyberzann]

Hello All,

First time setting up a saltwater aquarium myself, although I have always enjoyed them from afar.

Tank has been running from late November now and once cycle was complete I have slowly been adding Fish and inverts to the tank.

The tank has been running 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5-8ppm nitrate, 9.6 DKH, salinity of 1.025, and a temperature of 25c.

The tank is currently has 2 small clownfish, 1 very shy fire shrimp, a turbo snail, 2 nassarius snails, and 2 blue legged hermit crabs.

I have a Nero 3 in the back for the majority of my flow alongside the return pump.

Looking to add some hardy soft coral in the coming weeks once I check my mag and Ca parameters are stable.

Below are some early pics, need a filter for my phone.

Any advice and criticisms are welcome!

 

[nuxx]

Looking good, have fun!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Have fun with your new tank!!!

 

[Tyberzann]

So far everything is going well.
Current parameters are:
Temp 25.00C
Salinity 1.0255
Ph 8
Nitrate 8
Phosphate 0.018
Mag 1400
CA 440.

Think I will be looking at getting my first soft corals in the coming weeks.
Threw a load of shells into the tank, The hermits love swapping shells around.

Also I have been playing around with the settings for my Nero 3, below is the settings screen for what I'm currently using and a picture of the position in the tank, its pushing in the opposite direction to the flow of my return pump.

Anyone have any input on how the above looks?

 

[Tyberzann]

Added my first couple corals a few days back now.

The polyps took a couple days before they full opened but now they seem happy. The little mushroom has been happy since Day 1.

Will give the tank a few more weeks before I add more.

Currently sat on 0 phosphates according to my Hanna Phosphorous checker so thats the next hurdle to try and cross. Nitrates are around 5-10 according to my Red sea test, think I will up feeding a touch and reduce my weekly water changes as all other parameters are good.

 

[bwagner_vt]

So far everything is going well.
Current parameters are:
Temp 25.00C
Salinity 1.0255
Ph 8
Nitrate 8
Phosphate 0.018
Mag 1400
CA 440.

Think I will be looking at getting my first soft corals in the coming weeks.
Threw a load of shells into the tank, The hermits love swapping shells around.

Also I have been playing around with the settings for my Nero 3, below is the settings screen for what I'm currently using and a picture of the position in the tank, its pushing in the opposite direction to the flow of my return pump.

Anyone have any input on how the above looks?

I run mine on “Reef Crest” mode 24/7.

 

[dstockwell]

Lookin good

 

[Tyberzann]

Couple more Corals in place now, got this little Zoa frag and a hammer coral.

Both seem happy after a double dip and a week in their places so going to leave them be.

Got a bit of brown hair algae at the moment but overall happy with how the tank is slowly coming along.

 

[bwagner_vt]

Looking forward to see this tank progress.

 

[Tyberzann]

A few changes over the last couple weeks, added a Conch and 2 more corals.

The conch is by far the best addition to the tank, its cleared the place of algae over the course of a few days, better thank all of my other CUC combined.

Got a different coloured Zoa and a torch coral aswell, both seem to be doing fine!

 

[Tyberzann]

Its been quite some time since i posted an update on the tank.

Had a battle with Dino's which the tank has made it through, but all in all things are going well. Added a urchin to the tank and he has been a demon at eating the algae on the rock and glass.

hopefully 2024 brings more success!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Tank looks great!

 

[Tyberzann]

Thanks, its coming along nicely now.
Looking to start a larger tank soon as only having the integrated sump on the back of the tank makes things harder at times.

 

[Tyberzann]

Just realised how wildly out of date this tank thread is now. Using the Nano tank mainly as an fishless observation tank now before any new additions go into QT or my new tank which I set up in Dec 2024.

Currently Henry the longnose hawkfish is in there waiting for their turn in medication whilst my QT tank is occupied. Had the hawkfish for a few weeks now and no sign of any disiease but will still put it through some fluke medication and maybe a couple weeks of copper.

Other than GSP doing its usual take over, the tank has been stable for atleast 12 months and other than glass cleaning and a fortnightly water change it requires very little maintenance.

Plan to keep it running as a back up/ observational tank as and when required.