Nate's 3g Nano

[nate_newton]

An Update: The Acan has sprouted 3 babies heads. The Happy PE didn't make it, I'm thinking too much par. The Monti Caps and Pocci are doing good, with great polyp extension. Also the Birds of Paradise has sprouted branches and extended since it has entered.

[Heidi]

Tank is looking great Nate! The only "named polyps" I have ever bought melted too. I now wonder if it was too much light I never thought about acclimating them, maybe next time I will have to try that. Your Montipora is looking very happy in there!

[MizTanks]

Whom ever I'm buying from the first thing I ask (even before $$) is what lighting have they been kept under~anyways...Nate your tank is looking awesome!

[nate_newton]

Tank is looking great Nate! The only "named polyps" I have ever bought melted too. I now wonder if it was too much light I never thought about acclimating them, maybe next time I will have to try that. Your Montipora is looking very happy in there!

Thanks Heidi, yeah its best to start most corals at the bottom and work them up. The red superman monti and birds of paradise will probably be looking for a home when the contest is over. Some zoas I have just go for no reason. What were the named polyps you bought?

Whom ever I'm buying from the first thing I ask (even before $$) is what lighting have they been kept under~anyways...Nate your tank is looking awesome!

Thanks, it's a little more difficult with this tank since it's led. Though they weren't in a bright area, there was a high PAR. Hard to say what the cause is when there's only 2.5 gallons of water.

[nate_newton]

The tank has been running since the beginning of January. A few corals have been added while others were removed. The tanks footprint is the size of an 8.5x11 sheet of paper. Birdsnest, Montipora's, an Acan, and Chalice have all been living in the tank together without filtration only a water change every 10 days or so. The tank is fed Cyclop-Eeze powder and Reef Chili. In January I started with 2 acan heads, 5 to 6 have grown in the past few weeks.

Current Stock List

• Electric Green birdsnest ($35)
• Purple/Red Montipora ($55)
• Acan Lord (free)
• Green zoa colony (free)
• Resident Evil Zoas ($15)
• Blue Acro ($15)
• HappyCoral Zoa ($15)
• Montipora Cap Green ($5)
• Flower Petal Cap ($10)
• Pocillopora frag ($5)
• Green Razzleberry Chalice ($50)

= $205

[Sir Patrick]

Glad to see this little tank still rockin!!!

[Heidi]

I am seeing that you removed the ponape birdsnest? Or is it just being called by a different name? I melted 4 of 6 of the "lunar eclipse" variety and I killed (darn superglue woops!) the first single HPE I put in there. The lunars have now grown from 2 to 8 (so 6 new grown) and the second round of HPE (4) has yet to look distressed. I don't see it but if you ever need to frag the Ponape birdsnest (the green and yellow spiky thing you have back in your march post pictures) I would love a chunk of that. It is weird but no matter what I always melt a few zoas from a clump when I first put them in. Maybe my tank is "toxic" lol
Anyway, that tank looks great Nate, I am going to do one of these up sooner or later! Maybe next nano contest I will hop in.
Heidi

[nate_newton]

I am seeing that you removed the ponape birdsnest? Or is it just being called by a different name? I melted 4 of 6 of the "lunar eclipse" variety and I killed (darn superglue woops!) the first single HPE I put in there. The lunars have now grown from 2 to 8 (so 6 new grown) and the second round of HPE (4) has yet to look distressed. I don't see it but if you ever need to frag the Ponape birdsnest (the green and yellow spiky thing you have back in your march post pictures) I would love a chunk of that. It is weird but no matter what I always melt a few zoas from a clump when I first put them in. Maybe my tank is "toxic" lol
Anyway, that tank looks great Nate, I am going to do one of these up sooner or later! Maybe next nano contest I will hop in.
Heidi

Thanks, Heidi I did move it back to the frag tank. The main ORA Birds of Paradise piece in here will be sold when the contest is over. I actually have frags of Ponape right now, (3) 1.5" and (1) 2.5" frag, all tight multi-branching. Marc has frags of all three of my birdsnest also.

[Sir Patrick]

Happy Birthday Man!!!!!

[Corvette Reefer]

very veryyyy nice! its coming along amazingly! looks great! keep it up!