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Kuzujanakis
10/30/2007, 10:40 AM
All righty then!!!

The tank sports a pair of clowns and a rose anenome, along with a little clam. There are also 3 snails and a bit of red bubble macro algae just for the heck of it. Probably won't add much more in the lines of livestock. Maybe a small coral or two along the way...

I do plan on converting the center chamber to a fuge and add some cheato.

Here are some pics of the tank all set up and running nicely!

http://home.woh.rr.com/kujo/Nano1.jpg

http://home.woh.rr.com/kujo/Nano2.jpg

http://home.woh.rr.com/kujo/Nano3.jpg

http://home.woh.rr.com/kujo/Nano4.jpg

http://home.woh.rr.com/kujo/Nano5.jpg

http://home.woh.rr.com/kujo/Nano6.jpg

Everything was pre-cured, so there was not much of a cyle to worry about...
marinelife
10/30/2007, 10:59 AM
Looks great, that is a nice little tank!! My wife loves the anemone.
jpitts101
10/30/2007, 11:20 AM
Are you running the stock lighting on it? If so how's the clam doing under it? I just set my 14g biocube up and am still undecided what to put in it.
Kuzujanakis
10/30/2007, 11:40 AM
Yep, stock lighting... I wouldn't have added the clam, except that I purchased it from the LFS that had it in a stock biocube for the last couple months and it seemed very happy there.

So here is hoping! If it doesn't seem happy, I will just pull it and put it in my main reef tank.
jpitts101
10/30/2007, 11:44 AM
Great, I was hopeing you would say that. I've been reading in the nano forum for a bit now and it seems most people go in and upgrade their lighting. Thats one reason I bought this biocube, I wanted a tank that was ready to go with no upgrades or work to be done on it. I spend too much time on my 180, I dont have time for upgrades on my biocube too!! Great looking tank! Good luck!!
Kuzujanakis
10/30/2007, 11:52 AM
Well, I am far from an expert on these things, not had this tank all that long... BTW - Thanks "Marinelife"!!!

I am in the same boat, just hoping I do indeed have enough light for the clam and anenome! If not, there is always the upgrade lighting option...
NewMariner
10/30/2007, 12:21 PM
How long have you had this tank setup? I fear for that anenome. I dont believe the stock lighting is strong enough to keep an anenome and clam satisfied for the long term. If they dont die from lack of light, that tank is to small for their adult counterparts. Do you have another tank to put them in once they outgrow this tank?
Kuzujanakis
10/30/2007, 12:41 PM
I will be watching them very closely... I do have my main reef tank if either has any problems.
Ritten
10/30/2007, 12:52 PM
That is sweet looking! Makes me want a nano.
Dino
10/30/2007, 01:25 PM
That's sickenly beautiful, and very dangerous for somebody like...well...me to look at when you've been thinking about setting up a really small cube of some sort. :p
Capt_Cully
10/30/2007, 03:10 PM
looks cool. i just picked up an AP24. Planning on doing the same exact thing. 2 clowns and an anemone as only inhabitants.
Kuzujanakis
10/31/2007, 07:56 AM
Well thank you all so much for the comments! It sure is amazing how nice a tank can look with so little in it! Just 3 pieces of rock and a few critters...
marinelife
12/01/2007, 04:43 PM
Any updates on the tank :)