Let's See Some Nanos...

[MrAnderson]

Hey everyone, I've seen some really nice BIG tanks around here on MR. How about some nanos?

Here's mine. It's a 6 gallon eclipse with a coralife 96W quad with a SunPaq 50/50 (10K/460nm)bulb. It's got 12lbs LR, about 1.0in sand, and a palm filter to keep bags of phosban and carbon (I keep two bags, and change each on alternating weeks). There's some Caulerpa mexicana. I also drip kalk at 3tsp/gal and supplement with baking soda and CaCl2. Also a Hydor pico pump at 150gph. Total flow is ~30X volume.

I have various zoanthid colonies, Pterogorgia sp., Xenia, A.horrida, A.nana, A.humilis, (3)M.capricornis(lime green, dk green/purple rim, and orange), (2)M.digitata (orange polyp, purple polyp),S.hystrix, Pachyclavularia violacea ... NO FISH!

It looks like a frag farm right now, it's a young tank, but I think it will look nice when it grows in a bit more. Please excuse the bleached birdsnest, it didn't like the last bulb change at all..

[ February 13, 2005, 11:38 PM: Message edited by: MrAnderson ]

 

[ShaunW]

Nice MrAnderson,

. NO FISH is a bold statement.

Would 30 gallons be considered a nano?

 

[jenniebutterfly]

mr. anderson your tank is beautiful

solbby, i consider anything under 50 gallon to be a nano. my tank is 36 gallons, but i don't have any recent pics of it right now.

 

[MrAnderson]

thanks Jennie

solbby: sure why not, I'd like to see some small tanks in general.

 

[jackson6745]

Mr. Anderson, very nice clean nano although you should localize that xenia before it covers every last inch of rock

No fish is the way to be in a small tank IMO since they really can create a "mess" in such a small water volume. By "mess" I mean phosphates, nitrates, alages etc...

Here is a pic of the center of my 65 gallon nano, but it's a lttle too big according to Jennie's standards The tank is no where near this blue in person though

[ February 14, 2005, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: jackson6745 ]

 

[jenniebutterfly]

hey jackson yours is nano compared to the ocean

, it is beautiful as well

i am going to try to get a pic of my tank, then i have to figure out how to post it, i still have not learned that yet

 

[ShaunW]

Rich, it that the efflo bottom center? Your tank looks completely different,

, you did quite a lot of rearranging.

I hope you put mixed reef on the poll, since I still see a zoanthid or two, .

 

[jackson6745]

LOL Shaun, I thought about putting mixed reef because of the left over zootasia and the rics from you but since the tank is like 95% SPS I figured what the heck, and votes SPS only That is the efflo in the bottom center.

I did change the reef quite a bit as I'm getting ready for the big move. All the less colorful stuff is gone and all the little colorful frags that I want to grow up stay

here's a full tank shot so you can see the BIG difference since last time. This tells it all.

[ February 14, 2005, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: jackson6745 ]

 

[ctxmonitor]

holy cow!! :-0

that is some awesome SPS you have there. Mind sharing some frag with me when my tank is up..

 

[bad coffee]

here's my current 20. I'm switching to a drilled 20 this week!

B

 

[Deanos]

Here is my 30g AGA 3-4 months old...

and my 10g nano at 10months...

More pics finally uploaded to my gallery.

 

[Astoria]

Here is my 37g.
Almost a year old

 

[DRZL]

My 36G BF, just posted up at MR.com

 

[marrone]

DRZl

Looks like you got alot of rock, you may want to get rid of some as your going to have trouble placing corals in the tank.

Michael

 

[jackson6745]

Michael I believe DRZL uses a foam back-drop so there actually isn't that much rock in there

 

[jenniebutterfly]

here is my 36 bow, i changed the aquascape since this pic was take though. it also looks like there is like no coral in here lol. but there is

jen

 

[marrone]

Even if he is using a foam back-drop it looks like it takes up alot of space and since most corals will come on rock it makes it hard to add corals.

I have the same problem as I used some piece of coral to prop up some rock which makes my tank look like it has alot of rock but it really doesn't. But by proping up the rocks it has caused me problems as when I've gone to added corals, that have been attached to rock, I've had trouble getting them into the tank or I've run out of room.

Michael

 

[DRZL]

Originally posted by jackson6745:
Michael I believe DRZL uses a foam back-drop so there actually isn't that much rock in there

Exactly

Most of the 80lbs of rock are in the sumpfugium

I just had an NJRC reefer come to pick up a coral, and he said it looked cramp in the pic, but not at all in real life. I will try to post pics from side views.

You cant really see it but there are 6 dif types of zoos spreadin on the wall. Anyway I usuallly chisel/dremel rocks down as i dont like the bulk they add, I am leaving it open for some SPS to branch out of it, Jackson your blue milli frag is doing well, chilling right on the alleged wall.


[ February 21, 2005, 05:54 PM: Message edited by: DRZL ]

 

[DRZL]

jennie

my 36G is BB, if i had sand like you, i would get a pistol shrimp/goby pair. If you ever see them u'll like it as they become real characters together. Im not telling you should just a recommendation

[ February 21, 2005, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: DRZL ]

 

[jenniebutterfly]

i have a lion fish in this tank right now. i plan on trying to get one when i set up my 29. i saw pistols at my lfs recently (a month ago), but that was the first and last times i saw them, so hopefully i will see them again after i set up the other tank.

jen