Fido's Nano

[fidojoe]

So, here it goes-

My 2.5 Gallon Nano
3.2#'s of LR
.25-.5" Sandbed
AquaClear 150 filter
100w heater (waiting for the LFS to get the 25w in)
Coralife 2x 9w fixture (1 Actinic, 1 10k bulb)
Eggcrate top
Petsmart floating thermometer
Now I'm just listing stupid stuff Pics will come asap.

 

[fidojoe]

BTW, it was set up on 4/2/04.

The glass is a little dirty, cause i haven't been able to find a mag float small enough to fit in there without taking up half the tank.

Also, I don't have a backing on there yet, cause I can't decide what color I want.

 

[fidojoe]

My first aiptasia...ever! Don't worry, I have already injected him with kalk paste, and he is still retracted.

 

[fidojoe]

I also have a couple feather dusters in there that I pulled off my duster cluster that I got for my big tank. They have been in there since saturday, and all are alive, and opening, also, they are very responsive to my tapping the glass.

 

[drdrew]

fantastic. don't be afraid to chisel off a piece of that rock where the aiptasia is and throw it out the window. 5 minutes now could save you a lot of trouble later.

 

[fidojoe]

Actually, I'm not to concerned about it, cause I am going to have 2 shrimp in my tank, one peppermint, and either a cleaner, or another peppermint. Plus, the base of that sucker is inside a hole on the rock. I will have to take the dusters out before I get the peppermints tho, cause I have seen people's tanks be completely removed of dusters by peppermint shrimp.

 

[Gina]

Nice set up! It's so small! If you can't find a mag float at your LFS, let me know. My local fish store sells some that are about 1 1/2 inches long. I'll send you one. What do you plan on keeping in it?

 

[fidojoe]

Thanks for the offer Gina, thats very nice of you! I think I might be able to get my lfs to special order one for me, but I'll keep you in mind if I can't.

I will have mostly zoos, some GSP's, and other polyps. I might try to put a small peice of torch, or frogspawn. I have to try and frag my teal blue zoos to put in there, they'd be awesome.

 

[Gina]

Those are beautiful! I love their color!
No problem on the mag float. Let me know! I helped Johnny out once and got him a test kit. So, I don't mind helping others out!

 

[fidojoe]

I found a magnet, my lfs had some that they ordered for the JBJ nano cubes that weren't coming with them.

I also added another peice of lr, some gsp's, a margarita snail, a 3/4" fighting conch, a nassarius snail, and some cheato to the tank, from the 50g.

Things are going good in the tank, except for a little diatoms, and that big peice of lr in there is doing nothing for me (asthetics wise).

Here's an updated pic

 

[Montanareefer]

Nice little set-up!

Yeah Gina is a very generous person and we have so many on this forum. It's going to look really nice once it matures!

 

[fidojoe]

It's going to look really nice once it matures!

I hope

I have some zoo frags that I am going to plaster that nasty looking rock with But, I am going to wait another week, just to make sure everything is stabilized.

 

[Curtswearing]

Coming along great Joe!!!

Since you don't like that rock, have you considered turning that one big piece of LR into 2 or 3 smaller pieces? It's going to turn out great either way. I'm just thinking out loud.