SRC Member May&Bruce Posted August 2, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted August 2, 2010 Up close. Lots of holes and hiding places Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted August 2, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted August 2, 2010 8 days into cycling and 4 days since i threw in a market prawn. Prawn has finally disappeared and ammonia is around 1 and nitrates around 20, so coming along nicely. Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xian1925 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 nice neat setup you have there. can't wait to see all the corals that will bloom on that rockstructure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted August 16, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted August 16, 2010 We spotted a little crab that hitch-hiked in on the live rock (I didn't want to cure the live rock we bought as it has good coraline and stuff growing, as you can see). We did catch him tho - using a small glass jar with market prawn in it (sorry about pic quality - i used my Blackberry). Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted August 16, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted August 16, 2010 Tank has cycled for 3 weeks. Thanks to live sand and live rock, ammonia is 0 and Nitrates below 5. So we are starting to add some fish one by one. First was a sand goby, and next was a copper band. The malu fish go in first and the more aggressive later. Will start adding coral in another week or so, and more fish then too. Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torque6 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 The tank has been running for 6 weeks. Caught a total of three crabs using the glass jar trap I showed a few posts ago (it works really well). I think that's all the crabs now! Over the last couple of weeks we have been stocking the tank. The inventory is now: Fish Copper band Coral beauty Pair of banggai cardinals Pair of fire fish Pair of clowns Hector’s goby Tail spot blennie Pair of cleaner shrimps Little red fishCorals Torch coral Hammer coral Bubble coral Orange mushrooms Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Some of you might think that's too much for a 18" x 17" nano, but....we have a good sized sump, a high water return rate and an excellent skimmer (I highly recommend the Bubble Magus skimmer for a nano. Total water volume of the tank plus sump is around 90 litres (24 gallons). Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Hammer - just put in the tank about 3 hours ago. Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Bubble also just put in 3 hours ago Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Mushrooms and Hector's goby Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Firefish Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Clown and a banggai cardinal Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Little red fish - can anyone please name it? Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Tail spot blennie - real cute fish! Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Copper wanting cleaning Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Coral beauty and one of the cardinals Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Not sure if all the photos uploaded correctly Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Mushroom & Hector's goby Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted September 19, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 19, 2010 Trying to upload more... Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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