my nano

[addam4208283]

i hope i can post this thread here, is this just for the contest or will it be used as a nano forum area after?
well after changing my mind over and over again i decided to go with a smaller tank than the 29. i decided to go smaller because i forgot that where i was going to set up my tank is not ACed in the summer and would cook for sure. since i am setting up now in my room and there is no space i decided to go with the 12gl NC DX. i had Chris mod the lights and fans for me, and i changed out the jbjjet600 to a maxijet1200. right now i am doing a leak test, and checking temps and stuff with tap water (started 4/2-4/6). on thursday i plan on heading out to lowes or hd and getting some 5gl buckets to mix some water over night; and on friday i hope to go to a local fish store that dakar and justdavidp helped me out in finding and get some LR and sand. well i guess thats it. i will post up a pic tomorrow just for a starter pic.
thanks for all the help.
ADAM

[addam4208283]

well i just went into town yesterday and got some LR, thanks again dakar and justdavidp. here are some pics of what it looks like and a little stole away.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%


ADAM

[addam4208283]

can anyone help me out and tell me what i am doing wrong with posting pics? i didn't see any img tags or URL ones.

[Dirt4dinner]

Adam,
I'm not real good with linking pictures, but I know if you download them onto your computer you can easily attach them, by clicking the "manage attachment" button down towards the bottom of your "reply to thread" page. I hope that helps, I would love to see the pics. -DIRT

[perpetual98]

I tried to fix your pictures, but I think it's a PhotoBucket issue. It says that you need to be logged in to see the pictures. Maybe you need to create a "public" album? I'm not terribly familiar with PhotoBucket though...

Eric

[lReef lKeeper]

you might want to use the image resizer on the homepage (top left, just above web directory). this way you know it will be the right size for maximum pic size.

[addam4208283]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/DSC02690mod.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/DSC02689mod.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/DSC02688mod.jpg

here are the pics sorry about the size all i could do.
ADAM

[addam4208283]

i just got my clean up crew this past weekend. the kid at the store said that they would clean up everything and take control of the alg growing on the back wall. what do you guys think of the crew, do i need to add anything else?
i got
5 blue leg hermits
2 red hermits
6 cerith snails
5 astrea snails

ADAM

[addam4208283]

some pics that i just took.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/DSC02840mod.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/DSC02838mod.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/bc43854a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/DSC02823mod.jpg

ADAM

[addam4208283]

can anyone tell me what is going on with these rpe's?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/DSC02839mod.jpg
ADAM

[Whoyah]

I am guessing you mean the ones on the right side that are closed up. You might do some night time spot lighting for zoa predators. My zoas were closed and had some white spots on them. I found a couple sundial dials and a zoa eating nudibrach was causing the problem. The frags are still recovering but slowly.

[addam4208283]

what does something like that look like? also where the hole is now there were two polyps there when i first go the frag.
thanks for the reply
ADAM

[lReef lKeeper]

this link is to a very helpful zoanthid site, it should tell you everything you need to know on what to look for ...
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=pnGallery2&func=main&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=384

[graphixx]

Adam, the tank looks good your off to a heck of a start!!!!

[addam4208283]

thanks for the reply. i have seen a couple things in my tank that could be causing the probs. thanks for the info guys.

graph thanks for the thumbs up. at the moment i am looking into buying a acan to put in there off of frag.org. i just need to do some reading up on them before i make the buy.

thanks for checking out the thread.
ADAM

[graphixx]

acans are pretty dang easy to take care of. you want to give them some space they will pack a nast punch and they love to be spot fed. I spot feed mine 3 times a week, they would eat every day if I would let them. good luck and keep us posted.

[addam4208283]

when you say give them their space how much are we talking here? i have a flat area in my tank that i was going to either put an acan or a blasto on. the closest coral for now is about and inch or two away, there is a ric as well as my blue zoos with green skirt.

also what do you feed yours, brine, mysis? will they also take food out of the water column?
thanks
ADAM

[graphixx]

I think the inch would be enough space to keep the other corals safe. I feed mine mysis shrimp and oyster eggs with a little cyclopeeze. they will take food out of the colum but they really really do well when you spot feed them.

[addam4208283]

haven't been updated this thread in a long time. i just took some pics of some of the coral in my tank so i thought i would post them here. let me know what you think
ADAM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/ADDAM4208283/salt%20water%20fish%20tank/DSC03095mod.jpg
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