My 10 gallon nano

[twelvejewelz]

The tank is over 2 years old now.

Equipment:

1: standard 10 gallon aga tank
2: aquaclear 110 converted into a fuge with cheato and lr rubble ,chemipure,alittle carbon(when needed), has the surface skimming atachment on the intake as well
3: nova extreme 24 inch 96 watt T5ho . 1 KZ fiji purple, ATI 2 blue plus, 1 aquablue special-- and 120 bulb Blue LED strip
4: 2 koralia nano , 1 small reo 90 powerhead
5: 50 watt stealth heater in the aquaclear fuge

Inhabitants:

1: 15-20lbs live rock
2: 2inch of carib sea ocean direct livesand
3: 2 ocellaris clowns
4: 1 yellow watchman goby/yellow pistol shrimp pair
5: 1 skunk cleaner shrimp
6: 2 pepperment shrimp(just added for aptasia control now i cant get them out!!)
7: 5 nassasarius snails
8: 1 astraea snail
9: had 8 Banded Trochus Snails

Corals:

1: about 6 different kinds of mushroom clusters
2: about 15 different kinds of zoanthid colonies
3: a pink birdsnest coral
4:Green Acropora millipora
5: acan head
6: GSP (green star polyps)
7:Montipora Digitata
8:monti cap

Care:
1: i dose the tank daily with vitamin c
2: add phyto, and marine snow about 3 times a week
3: 10% water change 1-3 times a week
4: top off every day rodi water
5: clean any alage off the front glass as needed with a magfloat
6: add trace element/amino acids about once a week
7: add a small amount of carbon sometimes just for water clarification
8: change chemipure and phosban once every 2 months
9: for the past month been dosing 2ml a day each of B-Ionic part 1 and 2 and already noticed a nice difference in coral growth

PH:8.1
SG: 1.026
Calcium: 450
Magnesium:1300ppm
Temperature:79F
Alkalinity:4Meg/L



Lighting Scedule:
LED strip 11am-11pm
2 blue plus 12pm- 10pm
fiji purple,Aquablue special 4pm-8pm


Pictures 5/15/2010:
FTS:



Left side:


Middle:


Right side:

 

[twelvejewelz]

Pink birdsnest:


Some Shrooms:


A few Zoas:

 

[twelvejewelz]

A few more Zoas:



Yellow Watchman Goby:


Purple tip Digitata:


Green Millipora:


My Clowns:

 

[aznt1217]

Sick 10 gallon!!!

 

[dubs]

yo that a nice little 10g u got there i like to see when peeps deck out there tanks

 

[twelvejewelz]

Thank you! after over 2 years i will be upgrading it this week to a 20gallon high to give me some more room. I want to convert it to mostly an sps tank

 

[L reefer]

Nice 10 gallon bro

 

[twelvejewelz]

thanks! heres a few more better shots that show the true colors of the tank:

Shrooms:


Left:


Right:


Pink birdsnest:

 

[twelvejewelz]

I got my order from marcorocks today of 25lbs of key largo rock.The rock is really great and im going to use it in my 20gallon high upgrade in a few days.Here it is:



messing with an aquascape. i think im goign to put a Red bubble tip anemone on the pedestal on the right side. the rock on the right is more round and flat on top:

 

[twelvejewelz]

new upgrade will be up next week wish me luck. i got a nice new octopus BH-1000 rated for 90gallons. Im gona do mainly sps with a nice rare zoa garden. my new tank should look amazing. ill keey you all updated with pictures . thanks for looking

 

[nemo]

Amazing how much you can put in in a 10 gallon

 

[anthony27]

that tank is awsom, excelent job

 

[twelvejewelz]

thank you for the kind words . Wait until you see the 20gallon sps / zoa dominated tank to come ! Anyone want some GSP? Ill be fragging it out and can probably make about 40 frags of it.Ill trade for a head or 2 of zoas or you can just have it

 

[ElevenEleven]

very cool love the goby