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Phishcrazee's Nano Tank Build


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    MizTanks - Reefkeeper
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    FYI~Most beautiful tank!! What a wonderful eye for color you have, I'm totally impressed Also that's a Pineapple sponge growing on your snail kind a funny as it's usually found in the darker areas of our tanks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MizTanks View Post
    FYI~Most beautiful tank!! What a wonderful eye for color you have, I'm totally impressed Also that's a Pineapple sponge growing on your snail kind a funny as it's usually found in the darker areas of our tanks.
    Aww thank you, I'm blushing

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    Since today is the last day to add livestock to the tank, I took out a few things and switched them so I could add a few others things last night. Added a small zoa colony to the other zoas and paly's on the flat rock in the middle. Also removed the larger neon toadstool for a smaller frag of the same thing. Obtained some blue anthelia and pink encrusting gorgonian over the weekend, both small frags, for $10 each. Will have the final list and prices up here by tomorrow, with pictures too hopefully.

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    Table not posting quite right, grrrr
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    phishcrazee - Reefkeeper CR Member
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    I have the tank stock list with prices........will have some updated pictures very soon

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    Here's a list of the equipment I'm running on the tank......nothing too crazy, but it keeps everything nice and steady. I think I'm going to need a little clip-on fan for the summer months, as the heat has been creeping up a little higher than I want on warmer days, even with the A/C and ceiling fan on.

    • 24g Cardiff Aquarium with stand and standard issue skimmer, return & skimmer pump
    • Kessil 150w LED light fixture with goose neck mount
    • Tunze Turbelle Nanostream 6045 Pump
    • Ecoplus Aquaheat 200w heater
    • Tsunami Auto top-off
    • Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper Lite w/ pH & temp probes


    There's ~ 10# of live rock in there, as well as the bioballs that came with the tank for biological filtration. The macro algae does an excellent job of removing nitrates and phosphates In fact, I just ordered some potassium nitrate today to start dosing the tank, as I can hardly keep enough nitrates to see much growth in some of the macros.

    And besides the coral and macros, here's what's living in the tank.

    • Pair of mated orange skunk clown fish
    • 1 skunk cleaner shrimp
    • 12 cerith snails (they have laid eggs, so maybe more?)
    • 6 turbo snails
    • Bicolor dwarf angel
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    Looking great! Good job figuring out how to post your budget table too.

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    phishcrazee - Reefkeeper CR Member
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    A few updated pictures........

    An almost FTS
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    Fts.
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    Some of the macros. Top to bottom, violet dream, botryocladia, codium and purple sea rod (gorgonian). The c. barbata is behind the sea rod. The red gracilaria is not pictured here, but sits on either side of the tank near the back.
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    Decided to get a little more organized behind the scenes one day. Labeled everything that plugs in......
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    Rigged up a little "anchor" with some fishing line and frag plugs to hold down the codium, which would float away from where I had it about once a day I positioned the codium, then looped the line over the algae and buried the plugs in the sand. So far, so good You can see the line here, but is barely noticeable unless you look at it up close. I think I'll try and hide it a bit more though, but just wanted it anchored for now.

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    Anthelia and an unhappy frag of neon toadstool (just moved it around).
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    The zoas, paly's and the lone mushroom.
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    The bicolor angel. I really like this fish He's friendly. Great appetite! He's always tooling around, not a fish you have to go searching for. And of course, it's got gorgeous coloration. The only drawback so far has been that he ate the little "puffs" that grow on the ends of the c. barbata Otherwise, a great fish thus far. Hard to get a great shot of an active fish, but you can at least see the coloration.

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    That's it for now, have some actinic shots I'll try and upload tomorrow. Thanks for looking

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    The tank is looking great! I really like all of the macroalgae you're growing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom@HaslettMI View Post
    The tank is looking great! I really like all of the macroalgae you're growing.

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    Thanks Tom! Its been kind of fun trying to keep the nitrates and phosphates up for a change

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