My 22g Cadlights Nano

[jck16]

After spending a lot of time in the Marketplace, I think I have my tank set up to the point where I like what I have. I wouldn't have normally created a thread just for it, since it's not that impressive compared to others I've seen, but I'm sure at least some of the number of great people here I've bought from and contacted might be interested in seeing what I've done with their frags and such. Pretty much everything (including the tank itself) was bought from people here.

Overall view

False perc, frogspawn, various zoas

Star polyps, spaghetti (?) leather, hairy mushroom, pumping xenias

More zoas

Equipment: Rear overflow/sump with filter pad, Chempure, Polyfilter, rock rubble, and return pump. JBJ Viper 150W 14K HQI w/ clip-on fan. Aqua C Remora. HOB refugium w/ chaeto. ~27 lbs of rock and 25 lbs of live sand.

I haven't kept up w/ my testing, but last time I checked, 10/5/08, it was:
SG: 1.026
pH: 8.2
Akl: 3.0 mEq/L
Ammonia: 0.1
Nitrite: 0.0
Nitrate: Didn't test but will next time

Let me know what you guys think (comments, criticisms, etc.)! I'm also thinking about putting either a maze brain or Lobophyllia in the center eventually, something eye catching.

 

[daaznmofo]

welcome.
the tank looks like it's coming along.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Nice tank.
I like the frag on your return. Pretty Nifty

 

[bruma bull]

simple but sweet, we all tend to over stock with rock and coral , you have nice.

 

[Custom King]

Cad 22g Tank!

jck16,

Tank is coming along nicely. Looking forward to see how it turns out over time. Keep us updated with photos!

Good Luck :fish:

 

[jck16]

Thanks all for the comments :squid: Yeah, Custom King, I'll keep things updated from time to time. It'll probably look more and more overstocked though...:lol:

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I like the cave!

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Nice tank

 

[blackbeard]

now you just need to fill it with acans

 

[nanoreefer22]

Nice tank!

Maybe you want to turn the light the other way as you'll get much better coverage in the tank You have it clipped to the side now, could you clip it to the back?

 

[jck16]

Nice tank!

Maybe you want to turn the light the other way as you'll get much better coverage in the tank You have it clipped to the side now, could you clip it to the back?

Thanks all!
nanoreefer: I forgot why I didn't clip it to the back...probably didn't fit because of the back compartment or something. Coverage seems decent with it on the side anyway, especially since I'm not planning on putting SPS in the tank.

I'd like to eventually get one or two nice frags of acans to let them grow out, but that'll be awhile from now. Want to let the zoa frags start growing out first (and give me time to save up :tongue.

 

[jck16]

It's been awhile since I updated this thread, but I have some pictures of the progress of my tank after a couple of months. Most of the livestock are doing well, but I've lost a total of 4 small colonies of zoas that pretty much spontaneously succumbed to zoapox (hence the empty frag disks that I need to remove). However, everything else seems to be doing fine. I think, besides maybe getting one or 2 replacement zoa colonies, this is about it in terms of what I'll be putting in the tank. I'm most pleased with the pink maze brain coral I got from WWOF and the blue chalice (although I feel like it could color up better if I had space to move it somewhere else).
Anyway, please let me know what you think!