10g Nano starting to look like a reef!!!!

TomV · 05-10-2004, 06:00 PM

Well, thanks to some generosity and caring by my fellow reefers, Teri and Tommyp, I now have some cool corals and the 10 gallon Nano is looking WONDERFUL!!

I am so completely pleased with this tank! Now, I really gotta work on getting my 29 Gallon to look this good!! I can't thank those two and EVERYONE else enough for your help, insight, and guidance!! I am so completely overjoyed with this tank!

Just this last weekend, I found tiny pods running around on my glass! There is a heavy concentration of them next to a "Pod Love Nest - Half of a Penguin Mini intake tube)! I got the idea from a website somewhere! Those pod lovenests (any tube that is about 4-6" long and too thin for a fish to get inside--set on the substrate in a corner) REALLY work!!

So, here are some specs and a couple pics!

Equipment:
10g AGA tank
96w Coralife Power Quad PC lights (50/50-Actinic/10,000k)
Seaclone 100 Protein Skimmer
Aquaclear 301 Powerhead set at half flow
Visi-therm 100w heater set at 78

Corals:
Colt Coral
Yellow Polyps
Brown Star Polyps
Green Star Polyps
Blue, Red and Purple Shrooms
Finger Leather
Various Zoanthids
Anthelia
2 kinds of Pulsing Xenia
Hairy Mushroom
Various Dusters of all kinds and colors

Inhabitants:
Cleanup Crew (Snails and a few hermits)
Vermitid Snails
Oscellaris Clown
Scooter Blenny
Bicolor Blenny
2-3 Asterina(sp) Starfish

When these corals start taking over and overpopulating---which I am told they WILL-- the extras will just have to find their way to the 29g!

TomV · 05-10-2004, 06:01 PM

The Good shot..

TomV · 05-10-2004, 06:09 PM

Since I can only post really SMALL pictures, I will post the Left and right sides of this tank.... Here's the left.

I am REALLY proud of this tank!!

TomV · 05-10-2004, 06:11 PM

And here's the right side.

Notice in the upper left is the Xenia formerly thought of as an Anthelia. The stalk has elongated and there are around 8 or 9 more pulsing heads off the main stalk.

Montanareefer · 05-11-2004, 05:11 AM

Very beautiful little reef you have Tom! You have done an excellent job and should be proud.

wooddood · 05-11-2004, 05:16 AM

looks great tom and i see the colt is doin better good job buddy

semigodd154 · 05-11-2004, 07:20 AM

looks like a nice nano but i think i would increase the flow in it you got some serious cyano bacteria in there try syphoning it out when you do a water change if you dont keep on it and get rid of it your gonna have bigger issues later.

TomV · 05-11-2004, 08:49 AM

Thanks for the comments, folks!

semigodd: The Cyano was a LOT worse before. I was overdosing the tank with additives and didn't realize it. It's being dealt with on a daily basis and receding.

sarah · 05-11-2004, 11:47 AM

Hi Tom, your tankis looking sweet, keep up the good work.

Sarah xxx

05-10-2004, 06:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	10g Nano starting to look like a reef!!!! Well, thanks to some generosity and caring by my fellow reefers, Teri and Tommyp, I now have some cool corals and the 10 gallon Nano is looking WONDERFUL!! I am so completely pleased with this tank! Now, I really gotta work on getting my 29 Gallon to look this good!! I can't thank those two and EVERYONE else enough for your help, insight, and guidance!! I am so completely overjoyed with this tank! Just this last weekend, I found tiny pods running around on my glass! There is a heavy concentration of them next to a "Pod Love Nest - Half of a Penguin Mini intake tube)! I got the idea from a website somewhere! Those pod lovenests (any tube that is about 4-6" long and too thin for a fish to get inside--set on the substrate in a corner) REALLY work!! So, here are some specs and a couple pics! Equipment: 10g AGA tank 96w Coralife Power Quad PC lights (50/50-Actinic/10,000k) Seaclone 100 Protein Skimmer Aquaclear 301 Powerhead set at half flow Visi-therm 100w heater set at 78 Corals: Colt Coral Yellow Polyps Brown Star Polyps Green Star Polyps Blue, Red and Purple Shrooms Finger Leather Various Zoanthids Anthelia 2 kinds of Pulsing Xenia Hairy Mushroom Various Dusters of all kinds and colors Inhabitants: Cleanup Crew (Snails and a few hermits) Vermitid Snails Oscellaris Clown Scooter Blenny Bicolor Blenny 2-3 Asterina(sp) Starfish When these corals start taking over and overpopulating---which I am told they WILL-- the extras will just have to find their way to the 29g! __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

05-10-2004, 06:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	The Good shot.. __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

05-10-2004, 06:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	Since I can only post really SMALL pictures, I will post the Left and right sides of this tank.... Here's the left. I am REALLY proud of this tank!! __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

05-10-2004, 06:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	And here's the right side. Notice in the upper left is the Xenia formerly thought of as an Anthelia. The stalk has elongated and there are around 8 or 9 more pulsing heads off the main stalk. __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

05-11-2004, 05:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
wooddood the wood dude Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CARMEL. INDIANA Posts: 3,450 View Gallery Karma Komment	looks great tom and i see the colt is doin better good job buddy __________________ 120 gal/in wall tank/starboard substraight/2 250 watt 10k xm metal halides/ 4 55watt 03 actinics/150lbs lr/scwd on return/scwd on a closed loop/aquaclear aquatics 200 pro wetdry w/skimmer. ask all the questions you have if we cant answer it we'll make up some thing. remember patience is the key to a kick ass reef. dave.

05-11-2004, 05:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
Montanareefer Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,334 View Gallery Karma Komment	Very beautiful little reef you have Tom! You have done an excellent job and should be proud.

05-11-2004, 07:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
semigodd154 Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: amsterdam ny Posts: 392 View Gallery Karma Komment	looks like a nice nano but i think i would increase the flow in it you got some serious cyano bacteria in there try syphoning it out when you do a water change if you dont keep on it and get rid of it your gonna have bigger issues later. __________________ 47g column 20x18x30 sps dominated mixed reef 250w HQI 14k approx. 1500gph flow(love you jake 9-03 to 12-03) Shaun

05-11-2004, 08:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thanks for the comments, folks! semigodd: The Cyano was a LOT worse before. I was overdosing the tank with additives and didn't realize it. It's being dealt with on a daily basis and receding. __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

05-11-2004, 11:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
sarah Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: england, midlands Posts: 486 View Gallery Karma Komment	Hi Tom, your tankis looking sweet, keep up the good work. Sarah xxx __________________ I am the way i am..so please be nice

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