aggieMEDIC Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Since i'm new to this club how many people have nano's (under 30g) or pico's for that matter? what do you have in them? what kind of setup is it? tell me about them Tell ya about mine: 24g jbj nanocube pretty much stock, taken out some of the sponge in the back added some more carbon and live rock rubble back there had POS Fission skimmer but see another thread for how that worked out. since i just moved things have changed i ditched the old sand and put in the pavestone pulverised limestone probably 10lbs, 23-25 lbs LR. I was using the IO salt but my dad (not as inclined as I am) felt more comfortable buying the water so it has had Kent salt for the past three months. i still have some left but not sure whether to change to kent or revert back to IO. As for inhabitants: so far I have 5 green chromis i got on a trade, one false perc (my dad wanted to see some color swimming around), Lots of crabs (blue leg, and Zebra) a few snails (need many more), softies: 2 blue green rics (one with 2 mouths) A GBTA who has been hiding for the past year is very small but seems to be hanging in there. 1 single head of hammer coral (green w/ pink tips) Kenya tree, Xenia (just cut it all out and gave it away but it will grow back), some awesome really bright yellow polyps, a few zoas (like 6 polyps) Big GSP rock. Two BIG pink mushrooms (i think one is splitting so make it 3) I think that is it if i remember ill edit it on later. I am always looking for Zoas of any type or color. and im cheap so i'll take just about anything that is free thats my tank what about yours???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Check out the pictures of our tanks: http://www.austinreefclub.com/forums/viewt...topic.php?t=691 We have a stock 12G nano. It has all euphyllia. One 4 head torch, one head hammer, one head torch, and three head frogspawn. It has two clowns, a pajama cardinal, a rainford goby, and an engineer goby(the coolest fish ever). 2nd tank: custom 12G aquapod. 76 watts of PC 10 gallon refugium w/ custom overflow MJ900 and small rio for circulation. Tons of gobies 3rd tank: 2.5 gallon JBJ picotope 40 watts standard output florescent Aquaclear 70 fuge Various soft corals Prized Harlequin shrimp 4th tank 30G oceanic cube Home to the seahorses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iflytoohigh Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 i have a 3 gal pico with rics , anthelia, gsp, xenia , and a pair of sexy shrimp. i also have a 20gallon long with my fu manchu lionfish. i have some montipora caps and some digitata in there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneroller Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I have a 2 gallon pico but haven't set it up yet. It's one that Drew (dhayden) built. Still have to buy a micro pump that'll fit and a heater and.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 LOVE the sexy shrimp! blob7.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEW Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I have a 2 liter nano. I introduced in the "Howdy" thread in the welcome forum. So it is 2 liters, it runs off a bubbler and 13w actinic light. I have a montipora, birds nest, a gorgonian, several soft corals and lot of little live rock critters. I have had it for a year now and it is doing great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishtexan Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I actually have 2 picos. My 2.5G AGA: 20W coralife screw-in AC20 filter I have a frogspawn, xenia, a condy anemone, zoanthids, GSP, Gorg., and a small warratah anemone. My 1G kit: 7W light fixture Azoo filter I have xenia, GSP, rics, red sea xenia, and a small BTA clone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatman Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I have a 29 gallon Biocube. I am just beginning to add corals as I am taking it extremely slow in order to ensure that I am successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 prob lots of sp errors here but oh well. I have a 3 tank setup. 29 Gal bio cube Philosophy, don’t spend money on equipment I may not need. Let nature do the work. 25 lbs live rock stock filter/light on timers crushed coral substrate underground PVC network for eel 15% weekly water changes, instant ocean No skimmer Standard Carbon Filter Custom made carbon filter inserted in intake area Minor use of reef additives such as Kalkwasser and ph buffer Tap water, yeah that’s right tap water! Livestock 3 turbo snails 10 Nassarius snails 2 'other' snails 1 blueleg hermit 1 scarlet hermit 1 halloween hermit 1 electric blue hermit 1 brittle star Seabe clown Six line wrasse Snowflake moray eel Purple tip seabe anemone Orange digitana Pink Monti 2 types of Green slimier acro Yellow polyps Metallic green polyps Maroon mushrooms Metallic flesh and blue/green mushrooms Bright green zoos Zoos pink center long yellow tentacles Bright orange and blue zoos 2 species of Xenia Athenea Strange calcium encrusting cactus macroalgae with really big leafs that my gf brought me from her cruise Caulerpa brachypus Chaetomorpha crassa. Free floating ball FrogSpawn Feather duster And prob some other stuff I am forgetting. 3g Eclipse nano (up time 3 years) Philosophy – do as little as humanly possible with this tank. Stretch the limit with water changes. Stock filter Custom made 13w combo bulb and ballast in stock eclipse hood Sand substrate Filled to the top with live rock 30% water change every three months Light use of carbon. Tap water Very minor use of kalkwasser and ph buffer. Trace elements. Livestock 1 flag tail pipefish 1 yellow sea horse 2 Nassarius snals 1 turbo snail Some other black snail 2 blueleg hermits Xenia Green/brown mushroom Chocolate chip star (haven’t seen it eat coral yet…) Chaetomorpha crassa 10g quarantine tank Thin sand substrate Just an air stone and pump held down by a rock Standard lighting Dump waste water from 29g water changes in this bad boy Livestock Big pod population Lots of tiny starfish and worms Condylactis anemone…seems to live under horrible lighting and water conditions just fine. Chaetomorpha crassa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneroller Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Bardered, what kind of lights do you have on that 29G? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 stock lights. I have since switched to RO/DI water since that post. The concept makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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