28 gallon nanocube

[dogfytr]

i got my nano ya for me will have stand on thursday . i went with the quad pc bulb tank due to money reasons i think ill be happy also picked up a 12 gallon aquapod for my sons room

[marinelife]

cool, can not wait to see pictures!

[dogfytr]

im going to do a week by week diary

[marinelife]

nice, that will be great to follow!

[chromiumlux]

Look forward to see these tanks grow.

[aquatic mouse]

A week to week diary is a great idea! Can't wait to see it progress!

[nate21887]

Sounds really neat, can't wait to see.

[dogfytr]

1872week one tank has some scratches bums me out and stand directions are horrible

[marinelife]

Interesting looking stand. Looks like it will be a nice nano tank.

[ghurlag]

Gonna be awesome!

[dogfytr]

week 2 20 pounds live fiji sand 15 pounds of live rock 1897

[chromiumlux]

looking good so far.

[dogfytr]

19171916week 3 25 pounds of live rock will be added on thursday and cleaner crew next week added 1915some zoo frags and mushroom rock from 90 gallon water test good turned filter compartment into refugium with 3 types of macro running leds on fuge1914

[ghurlag]

That's looking nice :)

[Telekinesis]

Looking good. Which hood did you end up going with? MH/LED/CF?

[dogfytr]

105 watt p/c and i know its a ways off but for christmas im going to upgare to led

[Telekinesis]

That's cool. That's what I started out with as well. Upgrades can always be made later.

[dogfytr]

19301929got some more rock and protien skimmer 1928

[chromiumlux]

Looks good, looks like it is starting to cycle

[dogfytr]

195419531952new additions to nano this weekend got a mated pair or clowns and moved a couple pieces from my big tank1951

[aquatic mouse]

Cute! Are they occelaris or pecula?

[dogfytr]

solomon island percula the little guy is eating pretty good now the big guy is a total pig if anyone has some stocking ideas im all ears

[nate21887]

Some type of gobie or small blennie would be cool...

[dogfytr]

20052004couple of new guys 2003

[ghurlag]

What kind of shrimp is that?

[dogfytr]

blood red shrimp ive see it cleaning the clown fish

[ghurlag]

That is a beautiful shrimp.

[chromiumlux]

Yeah those are pretty shrimp. Where did you get him?

[dogfytr]

got the shrimp and bta from gerbers

[dogfytr]

well bta anemone is on the move hopfully not on a path of destruction running over corals and snails i dont have much experiance with anemones i have a large rock with some orange and green shrooms on it and cant move rock without disturbing everything in the tank are the shrooms in trouble or am i being paraniod

[dogfytr]

well after the power outage things are starting to come back around23512352

[marinelife]

Very nice looking tank :)

[dogfytr]

after the led upgrade and losing battle with macro algea i have decieded to go with reef saver rock and increasing my sand bed to 2 inches i have started to remove all rock and add it to my 90 gallon softie tank and sump i will post some pics as soon as i get them resized

[dogfytr]

311330 pounds reef saver rock curing in water change water

[dogfytr]

3114this is a older photo but it says it all

[dogfytr]

3115led upgrade will be removing drivers from housing due to heat transer not into tank but i dont like the drivers holding heat like that

[dogfytr]

3116these are some led under the counter puck lights i got them from menards they have a frsted cover witch i removed from them with a dremel tool they also plug into a driver by the means of usb style plug i have three and the driver has space for six will be adding more soon sorry for the bad pic had to shove the camera between the wall and tank

[dogfytr]

3117this is the sand i will be adding to the tank to increase my sand bed to two inches

[dogfytr]

311831193120removal of a good portion of rock

[dogfytr]

picked this up at reef systems used will be using it on the nano as well going to try and run carbon and gfo in the same unit may or may not work gotten mixed oppions on the idea but worth a try3121

[dogfytr]

got the phosban reactor set up and running today picked up some gfo from coral cove thankyou lindsey

[dogfytr]

swapped out the rock this morning and added some live sand your idea of piping it in worked great andy31423143

[marinelife]

very neat!!

[chromiumlux]

Looks good. Dont forget to gently stir that sand in a bit. Dont want to smother all the critters and bacteria.

[dogfytr]

315031513152eveything seems to adapting well now i sit back wait for the cycle to hit then restock my cleaner crew and start buying some frags

[aquatic mouse]

Love the rockscape!

[dogfytr]

ty carrie added some snails and some hermits got a great deal from the guys at infinity coral im fighting off some diatoms to be expected all the corals still look good full expantion of polps i think i still need to beef up the cleaner crew a little i read astrea snails are good for diatoms ? they didnt have any at infinty might go to the cove tonight and check them out

[RN.......]

Diatoms will go away as the tank matures, I'm not sure if astreas eat them, I'm thinking they don't. Is it on the sandbed? If so some nassarius will help stir it up.

[dogfytr]

31573158sand bed good and clean just some brown streamers ive been blowning them of and doing 3 gallon water changes every 2 of days phosban reactor is doing a great job glass has been staying super clean

[DeniseAndy]

Love the rockwork!! Bummer you had to start over, but the result is beautiful. Love the pocillopora and ponape frags. Is that another seriatopora? The ponape will grow fast.

[dogfytr]

im up on the names new to the sps thanks my wife gets all the credit for the rocks

[dogfytr]

no more diatoms 3168also added some pods that i got from carrie no dought gurlag half order was insaine amount of pods

[UDGrad2010]

I am in love with that starfish. May have to add that to my list given it stays reef safe for you!