Uk cold water rock pool

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Nems, nems and more nems! Keep them coming!
 
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Update photos on the micro tubs

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Orange sponge is doing ok feeding every second day
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Stunning Beadlet anemone and greeen gutt weed in the background
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Nice half grown green Beadlet stunning anemone
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Green// orange and. Red anemones and gut weed
 
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Few more pictures
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You are back to your original Nano Man, I can’t keep up with the name changes!
You know me . I am thinking of doing a native marine design in a whisky bottle don’t think anyone has done one and filter sand anemones algae rocks shrimps think it would look brilliant
 

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You know me . I am thinking of doing a native marine design in a whisky bottle don’t think anyone has done one and filter sand anemones algae rocks shrimps think it would look brilliant
I’m waiting for your pico anemone and invert tank in a shot glass!
 

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Why didn’t you say thimble
Are there any glass see through thimbles? I’ve only seen metal. Only top down viewing of the little reef!
 
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Getting a bit crabby lol
 
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Today’s pictures brought to you by world renowned National Geographic photographer @Nano man formerly known as Nman!
Just had a women in and she looked at them and she wants me to do her a punch bowl one . I am thinking money
 

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Hi everyone
I have set a native cold water nano tank from the uk coast line I just thought the fish shop is right at my door why not use it . I have been jumping rock pools and finding grate creatures all over the place when moving stones in theses pool . The tank I’ve used is a 34L fluval flex all in one so a small amount of water. Everything seems to be running good at the moment I could do with a small chiller to keep the temperature down and stable but I had my hands in some rock pools today and they were quite warm surprisingly. Cold water marine is all new to me at the moment to the basic method of keeping marine tank going are the same .
So tank content
Snails x 9
Hermit crabs x2
Anemone x1
Shrimps tiny x4
Blenny x 1
Sea lettuce x1
Kelp X1
And more but look nice but don’t know the names yet lol
So here is a look so far still got a long way to go . The only thing really good is everything inside the tank has cost me nothing. So more jobs to do tidying it up a bit and learning All comments welcome we can learn from each other . This thread will be updated as things hopefully progress
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Hi, sorry to bump this old post, but can I ask how your tank is getting on, and what snails you have? I'm starting up a cold water tank to resuce supermarket inverts with my daughter, and I'm struggling to find any snails/small crabs which could help the tank. Thanks
 
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Sorry I've been through this thread but didnt see it mentioned, any issues with condensation on the outside of the glass tank? I really want to try this but don't fancy constantly drying the glass 😂
 

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Sorry I've been through this thread but didnt see it mentioned, any issues with condensation on the outside of the glass tank? I really want to try this but don't fancy constantly drying the glass 😂
Hi, none yet. The tanks’s in the garage which is pretty much at external temperature. You’re only going to get condensation if the tank water is quite a bit cooler than the air. I imagine when I start using the chiller in the spring I might get some.
Apparently an acrylic tank won’t get condensation at all
 

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