lets see your nano tanks :)

[demonboy279]

ok guys n girls heres my nano picture thread to go with the trilogy of threads im running. im going to try to get every picture i can off this site in this these 3 threads. anyone whos kept up with my 55 gallon thread will know what i mean.

i have this one which is for nano tanks. if you consider your tank a nano post it here :) id love to see them and i already had started a 10 gallon picture thread i didnt carry on to long. but ill link it so you can check it out. if the people who posted in that thread want to they can repost in this thread anyways :) i dont care lol.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=861282



if you have a normal or average size tank (55 75 90 and others like that) post them in this thread im linking. it is for any tank you consider bigger than a nano but cannot be over 100 gallons. i started this thread as a 55 gallon but im changing it. heres the link it already contains 5 pages of pictures to enjoy :)
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=854938&perpage=25&pagenumber=1





and this one is 100+ theres no cutoff line on how high it can go. that means if you have the money and have managed a 20,000 gallon tank post some pics lol.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=865977


remember this is for the nanos lol keep the pics coming please :)

[keithntracy]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/kanadianwannabe/IMG_3068.jpg
does our 10 gallon fuge/mantis tank count?

[demonboy279]

it definitely counts :)

i love mantis shrimp i aint found one yet but im hoping to id love to set up a little tank for one

[mascencerro]

Here's my 6 gallon system so far:

http://fourohfour.ath.cx/~sar/nano/PICT0094.JPG
the water is a little dusty looking because I just bought the little LR fragment in the corner today and had to do some rearranging.

http://fourohfour.ath.cx/~sar/nano/PICT0067.JPG
Here is from a couple days ago, before the frag and stuff getting messed up. Crappy picture, I know.. most of them are.


http://fourohfour.ath.cx/~sar/nano/PICT0016.JPG
This guy posed for me once...

http://fourohfour.ath.cx/~sar/nano/PICT0096.JPG
as did this one a couple times.

http://fourohfour.ath.cx/~sar/nano/PICT0018.JPG
I couldn't get this one to pose, he somehow knew I was getting ready to snap the picture and he would dart off.

There is also a green chromis I couldnt keep up with, and 2 hermit crabs and a turbo snail that I could not seem to get ahold of their agent to get photos of. Something about being on vacation and no photo ops.

This is an eclipse system 6, 3 lbs live sand, ~6 lbs live rock, 1 false percula, 1 green chromis, 1 y/t blue damsel, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 hermit crabs, 1 turbo snail. So far I've had no problems other than my first outbreak of SW ich and the clown not getting along with the chromis for a couple days (oh ya, and when the clown did not like the molly that I had acclimated to it). Now all is well. I eventually plan on getting some star polyps and some other hardy coral...

open for suggestions on good coral for a tank that size.

[demonboy279]

how often do you do water changes on a tank that size? it looks wonderful. is the clown happy? how longs it been setup for?

feel free to have discussions on the tanks here also. i dont mind the least bit :)

[ACBlinky]

Here's a picture of my 21g from today. Until recently this was a FOWLR, but I've added a few frags and I think I'm on the way to a nice little softy tank. The algae on the rocks is actually a very tiny species of Caulerpa (C. verticillada AFAIK), it's there on purpose ;)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a21/ACBlinky/21g%20FO/P6140113Medium.jpg

[mascencerro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7562974#post7562974 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by demonboy279
how often do you do water changes on a tank that size? it looks wonderful. is the clown happy? how longs it been setup for?

feel free to have discussions on the tanks here also. i dont mind the least bit :)

i've had it about 2 1/2 months now i think, I've done 2 changes of about 3/4 gallon each time and test about every 4 days just to be safe since its so small and new.

so far the clown seems pretty good, it swims all over, has its waddle, shimmy, shake thing going on, and is never late for dinner. Of course, neither are any of the other residents :) they love squid and shrimp.

[demonboy279]

that will be a beautiful softy tank. what is that coral in the top? thats some awesome positioning of the corals. whats the green though? is it macroalgae? its kinda hard to tell by the pic.

what do you have for a cleanup crew?

[ACBlinky]

Thanks! That's a Fiji yellow leather, Sarcophyton elegans. The green is macro - it's a species of Caulerpa (C. verticillada as far as I know, still looking for confirmation though). It grew off of the neon GSP frag and I've elected to keep it... for now. It's easy to harvest off the rocks when it gets out of hand, so I don't really worry about it taking over.
The CUC is pretty minimal, a few Hawaiian zebra hermits, a trochus snail, a few Astraea snails, some stomatella, dove and collonista snails (welcome hitchhikers) and a couple nassarius. I guess you could count the pistol shrimp as part of the crew, but he's better at making a mess than cleaning up :D

[demonboy279]

lol sounds like a good cleanup crew. ive got a little bit of caulerpa in my tank as well. hey it helps with water quality and its natural so why not lol as long as its not out of hand it dont look bad.

a fiji yellow leather you say.... i like it!!

[smy168]

My 24 Pod : Zoa tank with Gorgs.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/12379yellow_gorgClose.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/12379gorg1.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/12379xmas.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/123796_14v_1.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/123796_14v_2.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/123796_14v_3.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/123796_14v_6.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/123796_14v_5.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/123796_14v_4.JPG http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/12379purp_gorgClose.JPG

[demonboy279]

WOW! i bet that tank really glows in person. thats a lot of zoas. im not even gonna try to count all the different kinds lol. ive been thinking about getting some zoas for my 55g.

my favorite color is blue so that blue gorg really stands out to me. what species is it?

that yellow and red gorg is wow. lol its bright. thats probably one of the first thing a person notices when they look at your tank.

its beautiful.

is that a hawaiin feather duster? i think thats what mine will look like when it grows. i had 1 catch a ride on a rock into my tank that looks similiar to that. i cant be sure yet because his fathers only spread about as wide as a #2 pencil eraser lol.


the zoas ive been looking at are the ones with a purple center the red around the purple and the green tentacle things. well thats one of the kinds i want lol. you have some of them are they a pretty good choice?

i really like your tank lol.

[smy168]

updated the pics...look again

[demonboy279]

WOW!!!!! that is really amazing. that is pure beauty. i only wish i could get my tank looking that great. its crazy how beautiful it is lol. its not often i look at a tank and have to think "keep the language family friendly" lmao
its just so beautiful i really dont know what to say but WOW!

you know if you ever wanna donate that tank to charity im a great charity foundation HAHAHA! lol all kidding aside you have done a wonderful job with your tank. it actually made me speechless.

i absolutely love it.

[mascencerro]

That is one bad a** color collection there. Looks awesome, especially with the blue and orange/red thrown into it.

[demonboy279]

come one people dont worry if your tank dont look as great as that one. it will still be appreciated. and just because it dont have one type of beauty dont mean it wont still be beautiful :)

every tank posted will be appreciated. its not a competition. more like an amazing picture book to see all the different setups lol. his is colorful. but yours might have the best rockwork in the world or something else so post away lol.

[klhscooter]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/116058100_0912.jpg This is my first saltwater tank and I am hooked. If we make it thru this hurricane season, I go bigger !!

[smy168]

very cool, what kind of fish are you keeping in there? inverts? etc etc

[demonboy279]

that looks like a pink forest lol its pretty neat. it is an addictive hobby though isnt it?

anyone else?

anymore mantis tanks?

[demonboy279]

bump

[klondike4001]

Here's mine..... minus all the cyano.... The shot's over a month old, I'll get a new one soon.

http://jmastreptiles.com/images/DSCF0870.JPG

[demonboy279]

thats a pretty tank. youve gathered a nice little variety in there. do you have any fish hiding? what are those purple things youve got in there in the middle?

[Steven0000]

here is my 12 g nano cube

<img src="http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL617/3951265/10778826/156020068.jpg">

[klondike4001]

they are star polyps that hadn't opened yet, I've got a Canary Wrasse, everything else mysteriously dissappeared one night.

[daaaaaan]

almost 8 months old:

2 Clowns
1 Cardinal
1 Mandarin Goby (he was free)
a ton of corals
stock lighting (for now)


http://www.twinsenland.com/pics/misc/background.jpg

[SurfsUP]

I'm relatively new, just started to keep reef tank again after 2 years absence. Here is my new tank I just started up about 1 week ago. It's a 30g Oceanic cube tank with just rocks right now and I am waiting on my new sump to be done by Doss at acrylicsumps.com.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/1329DSC_0158_sm.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/1329DSC_0153_sm.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/1329DSC_0155_sm.jpg

[Fmellish]

SurfsUp, you did a great job with your rockwork. Kudos.

Josh

[calvin415]

Not mine, but I built it and helping set it up...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2100.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2102.jpg

Right
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2105.jpg
Center
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2106.jpg
Left
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2107.jpg

[demonboy279]

daaaaaan

your fish are a little camera shy aint they lol. thats a lot of coral. what exactly do you mean by "stock lighting"? looks pretty cool.


SurfsUp

i agree about the rockwork thats some great work. good luck choosing how to stock it.



Calvin415

thats pretty sweet how ya'll set that tank up. lol gives a reason to do the dishes haha.

[Flusher]

Here's my 6 G mantis tank (G. smithii). There's just one rock covered in aipstasia. I had more rock, but it was hard to keep an eye on the mantis. Ha ha.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/Flusher/mantistank2.jpg

Here's my 13 G nano reef. I'm still working on it...

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/Flusher/reef10.jpg

[rockindacheeks]

heres a FTS...

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b113/rockindacheeks/DSC00544.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

some close-ups...

got these guys yesterday...
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b113/rockindacheeks/DSC00535.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

the forest
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b113/rockindacheeks/DSC00541.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

[smy168]

Surfsup: incredible rockwork, what do you plan on keeping in there?

calvin415: what type of lights and filtration? Very cool look, total gallons?

Flusher: MORE ZOAS!!!!!that would make an awesome zoa mat!

Hey demon, where and when are you setting up bro? aren't you catching the itch yet?

Here's some showing off on the new redesign.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/12379tank_6_22_2.JPG

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/12379tank_6_22_2right.JPG

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/12379tank_6_22_2mid.JPG

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/12379tank_6_22_2left.JPG

[smy168]

rockindacheeks: WOW, love the multi colored zoas! fantastic set up! What's your specs? lighting? fish? WOW!

[rockindacheeks]

standard 10 gallon with an aquaclear converted to a fuge w/ cheato and LR. put a smaller impeller to leser the flow thru it. a mini jet for circulation. lighting is a 150W 20k XM on an ARO e ballast. ive got a black saddle clown, and a YWG in there somewhere.

thanks

[thor32766]

those are some sweet tanks, love the kitchen one.

[demonboy279]

flusher

are you trying to get rid of those aptasia or are you just leaving them? they are pretty big. that 13g is pretty sweet. what are your plans with it?

rockindacheeks

thats a sweet setup. youve got alot of zoas in there thats an awesome colony. what kind of fish you got?



smy168
ive got a 55g now and im moving soon so im not gonna set anything else up untill im settled in. than im gonna set me up a nano :) i cant wait but i cant rush it either it sucks moving a tank. i caught the itch a good while back lol. im just working on scratching it lmao.

thats still a sweet tank you got. it looks sweet :)
thats a beautiful tank. hopefully i can make mine look close to as good as yours

[Flusher]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7610311#post7610311 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by demonboy279
[B]flusher

are you trying to get rid of those aptasia or are you just leaving them? they are pretty big. that 13g is pretty sweet. what are your plans with it?

The aipstasia in my mantis tank is there for good. I think it looks cool, it's dirt cheap (free at the LFS), and it cleans the water. I always wanted to grow out aipstasia, and I figured a mantis tank would be a perfect place to do it. I won't get my fingers smashed trying to aquascape with frags, either. Ha ha.

I might tear up the 13 G nano later in the summer and replace all the rock with a cleaner layout. I've got too many smallish pieces of LR, and they're driving me nuts. I want to get a more uniform layering effect of corals, too. Decisions, decisions...

[demonboy279]

yea they actually dont look bad. they dont look like they are spreading very much either. a mantis tank is the perfect place to do it lol dont have to worry about everything like in a full display tank.

tear it down huh? them little pieces can be hard to work with sometimes. ive noticed that. it never hurts to have a few small ones though. ive found they can come in handy. the bigger pieces definitely are better for coral arrangements though. good luck redoing it :)

[iamtheone]

Here is a slightly older pic. Just getting started.

http://home.isoc.net/~sjdesign/images/reef.jpg

[demonboy279]

i love that rockwork. its awesome. that rock in the front bottom is cool how it barely touches and makes a cave. how old is the tank?

[daaaaaan]

I photoshopped the fish out of the picture, I like the look of just the coral...and by stock lighting i mean stock nanocube lighting that comes on the 24gallon when you order it (72 watts).....although I do plan on upgrading to around 150 in the near future.

[smy168]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7615409#post7615409 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by daaaaaan
I photoshopped the fish out of the picture, I like the look of just the coral...and by stock lighting i mean stock nanocube lighting that comes on the 24gallon when you order it (72 watts).....although I do plan on upgrading to around 150 in the near future.

Nano Cube comes with 72 watt stock?

[iamtheone]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7615232#post7615232 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by demonboy279
i love that rockwork. its awesome. that rock in the front bottom is cool how it barely touches and makes a cave. how old is the tank?

The tank at the time of the picture was about a month old, and thank you very much....

(GSP) just placed at the time of the picture. Not opened.

[critmin]

Haha, washing the dishes will never be the same again.



<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7607610#post7607610 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by calvin415
Not mine, but I built it and helping set it up...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2100.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2102.jpg

Right
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2105.jpg
Center
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2106.jpg
Left
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/calvin415/DSCN2107.jpg

[critmin]

Here's my 25g curved glass jebo.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/124555Tank2.jpg


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/124555Side1.jpg


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/124555reef6.jpg


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/124555Reef5.jpg

[demonboy279]

thats a beautiful tank critman. its colorful :) what kind of fish is that in the 2nd picture?

[critmin]

Thanks. The one with the yellow on the top is a cleaner wrasse.

[JmLee]

here ya go, my 29 gallon mantis/Softie tank.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/midniteimpreza/Kong5.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/midniteimpreza/Tankpic.jpg

[demonboy279]

that mantis dont mess with your softies? thats a sweet mantis. whatcha feed him?

[JmLee]

nope he ignores all the corals in the tanks. I feed him mysis and he gets the occasional snail or hermit when ever he feels like =).

[demonboy279]

thats cool. i didnt know if you could trust them with corals or not. i want a mantis myself. they are awesome.

[demonboy279]

bump

[demonboy279]

bump

[demonboy279]

i guess noone else wants to show off their nanos huh?

[masterqaz]

what would you classify as nano?

[Gregg]

Heres a quick pic of mine, a few months old now.


http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/gregg23/DSC00845.jpg

[slapshot16]

Here is my 10 Gallon Nano. About 3 months young.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/slapshot16/10GallonFullTankShot2.jpg

One more:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/slapshot16/FullTankNoFlashinJune.jpg

Last one:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/slapshot16/CoolTankShot.jpg

I keep rearranging the rock. Hard to resist.

[fishes2889]

3 weeks old......
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/fishes2889/DSCF0244.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

Steve

[demonboy279]

masterqaz anything less than 46 i reckon if you think its nano and its at least under 50 then post it here if you dont think its a nano post it in the lets see your 55g i have linked in the first thread. i have upgraded from just 55 gallons to anything between a nano and 100g.


wow amazing pics everyone... thanks alot :)

[picnic]

My 33gal 6 months just added some fiji LR cause its from the homeland,and it was $5 cdn a lbs couldnt resist.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i284/Picnic_01/100_0714.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i284/Picnic_01/100_0715.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i284/Picnic_01/100_0716.jpg

[picnic]

sry about the algea was too lazy to clean it before I took the pick.

[chrisstie]

Here's mine in the middle of a cyano fight\documentary. chemi-clean arrives today\tomorrow.. Plan to go shopping for this weekend for some new critters to add - its new aquascaping from my original design. I am thinking that big rock in the middle that juts out like a platform will be perfect for a mushroom forest or something that can get really nice and cover lots of area.. not sure just what to add there.

http://static.flickr.com/74/196262671_eea46f60a8_o.jpg

[demonboy279]

no need to worrry about the algae everyone gets it.... thats some sweet rock you got and at a great price to :) lucky you. im jealous haha...plenty of corraline too



i hope you get rid of that cyano soon. that stuff sucks :( but other than that its a beautiful setup...
that would look sweet getting that rock covered in something. mushrooms would be cool. it would be even better if they were frilly mushrooms :) or just an idea get a colony of different colored zoas to make a forest. what ever you do make sure to keep us updated :)

[ogredawg19]

Here's mine...kind of empty still. Notice almost all my corals are fast growers :) I'm kind of broke so I'll just let everything grow out and fill my tank up and also trades.http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/122815Front.JPG

[iamtheone]

http://home.isoc.net/~sjdesign/images/reef2.jpg

[rickb137]

2 month old 24G Aquapod

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k81/rickb137/Reef%20Tank/7-25-06.jpg

[klondike4001]

Love the gorgonians!!! What size is the tank?

[rickb137]

Thanks!

It's a 24 gallon aquapod.

[iamtheone]

new shot.

http://home.isoc.net/~sjdesign/images/reef3.jpg

[mfp4073]

http://www.mindspring.com/~cmmaggio/photos/tank/nanojuly1a.jpg

my 5 gal bowfront that was rescued from a neighbors trash (hardware only).

[CoralFiend]

Well, here is my entry. This is all DIY (except the skimmer). It's a 7.5 gallon and it has only been running for a couple of months. I am stocking it slowly and with small frags. Not much to look at inside yet, but thought you might like to see something different.

http://www.reefbucket.com//files/6/PR-7-06-1.jpg

http://www.reefbucket.com//files/6/LARC-002.jpg

http://www.reefbucket.com//files/6/PiratesReef_7-06.jpg

http://www.reefbucket.com//files/6/PR_at_night.jpg

[demonboy279]

ogredawg19
i love the rock work. im sure youll be happy once it grows out it wont seem anywhere near as empty. i know the broke feeling lol.

iamtheone
sweet setup i love the corals you chose. they really glow dont they lol.

rickb137
that tank is only 2 months old? wow it looks great. is that an anemone in the front? those gorgonians looks sweet

mfp4073
how old is that setup? theres plenty of coralline in there :) what is that thing in the top right? it looks pretty cool. i like it :)

[demonboy279]

coralfiend
its always nice to see something different and that is definitely different. thats an awesome setup you made. its awesome :) :) :)
and just because its not fully stocked dont mean its not something to look at. the hardwork you put into it made it look beautiful and the rockwork is awesome. i love the clam. ive been wanting one so bad. keep us updated with pics. i would love to see this one as it progresses :) i love the look.

[CoralFiend]

Thanks. It's weird and over the top, but that was the objective. I had some extra equipment left over from my three tanks lost last hurricane season and I was looking for something to do with some of it. I used the stand from my 45 for the cabinet / stand and built the tank and chest enclosure. Also built the sump. The 20 long on the bottom is divided in the middle and used for both fresh water top off and salt water reservoirs.

Since you want to see more pics, you might want to see the photo diary I did of the build.

Pirate's Reef (http://members.cox.net/piratesreef/PiratesReef1.html)

[demonboy279]

you did great work :) thanks for sharing it with us. ill definitely check out that diary you did of it. it would be great to see it come together.

[mfp4073]

my 5 bowfront is only about 3 months old. Seems to be running like a champ. After a phase of hair algae, it ran its course and is doing great. I did get a little bit of a leg up with cured liverock and sand from an established tank. I got the barnacle (was twice that size originally) from a local reefhead. Same person I got some of the rock and livesand from. The yellow polyps were on there as well as another small frag he threw in for free. The locals REALLY took care of me! ORCA people are #1 in my book!

[ogredawg19]

Coralfiend what kind of lighting do you have for your main tank? I was thinking about getting a clam but wasn't sure if I could house it with power compacts. mine is 130w

[CoralFiend]

I am running T5s (Current Nova Extreme 20" - 96watts total). But, the light sits only 1 inch above the surface. The clam is actually only about 5-6 inches from the light. The clam is an experiment. I am friends with my LFS owner and he just started carrying T5 fixtures. We were talking the other day about whether the T5s would work with clams. So, I brought one home to see. I am also target feeding it daily. I am skeptical if this will work. So far, so good though, but it has only been a few days. If the clam shows any sign of stress, I will bring him back to the MH lamps at the LFS. If I am fortunate enough to keep this clam happy and growing, it will eventually end up in my 140 that I am setting up now. There it will have 2 x 250 watt MH lamps.

[lilprincess]

My 2.5 month old 20L
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g163/vsteinec/Wholetank.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g163/vsteinec/Rightside.jpg

[CoralFiend]

I like the 20 long. The substrate looks cool! Like the aquascaping too. Well done!

[mfp4073]

I have a 20 long also. In the next couple of days I think it will be ready for pictures, I am pretty happy with how its looking!

[rickb137]

Thanks Demonboy
The thing in the front is actually a long tentacle plate coral. I bought it because it looks like an anemone but it will stay where i put it:)

[klondike4001]

Cube update, tank's been up and running for about 8 months...
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/klondike4001/front.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/klondike4001/rightside.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/klondike4001/leftside.jpg

[dp122098]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7844437#post7844437 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lilprincess
My 2.5 month old 20L
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g163/vsteinec/Wholetank.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g163/vsteinec/Rightside.jpg


LilP this is a nice setup. Where did you get you stock?

[lilprincess]

The terrible looking LR is from Fishy Business in Longwood (<- very disappointing), I will NOT be going by there again. The awesome LR is from Aqua-holics in Kissimmee, which I frequent and am very happy with.

About half the corals are from liveaquaria, the other half from Sea In the City in Orlando which I STRONGLY recommend. I've never been disappointed w/ either.

[mfp4073]

http://www.mindspring.com/~cmmaggio/photos/tank/20galjuly2a.jpg


heres my 20 long, still working on it, but its getting closer.

[demonboy279]

lilprincess
i love the tank its beautiful :) especially the sandbed. i bet its an eye catcher in person :)

rickb137
anytime :) and it does look alot like an anemone lol i like it

klondike4001
thanks for the pics :) the tank looks great. all kinds of life. and great placement of everything


mfp4073
thats a sweet tank. what kind of clown is that? and is that a giant xenia?

[mfp4073]

The clown is a pink skunk clown (anemonie fish). The other stuff is Anthelia I think, I still have a hard time remembering names of stuff.

[demonboy279]

i have a small anthelia in my tank. i love the clown he looks awesome. i know the feeling about not remembering names well lol

[ogredawg19]

Update on my tank.

I went from 25 gallon tall to 20 gallon regular because I felt like my corals weren't getting enough lights. but here's the updated pic of my new 20 gallon.

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http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/122815wholetankshot.JPG

[CoralFiend]

Update. My DIY 7.7 gallon, "Pirate's Reef" at 5 months. Morning pic. Everything not completely open. It appears as though stocking is officially closed! :)

http://www.reefbucket.com//files/6/PR-10-06-06.jpg

[klondike4001]

What lighting do you have over it?

[CoralFiend]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8287341#post8287341 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by klondike4001
What lighting do you have over it?

24" Current Nova-Extreme 96 Watt T5 - and I couldn't be happier with it!
Current Nova Extreme T5 fixture (http://www.championlighting.com/product.php?productid=20300&cat=633&page=1)

[klondike4001]

how do you like the look of the corals/clams under the T5's?

[CoralFiend]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8287435#post8287435 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by klondike4001
how do you like the look of the corals/clams under the T5's?

Love everything about the T5s. I had the CoraLife 96 watt fixture prior to this and just didn't care for the actinic bulbs. I even tried different bulbs from HelloLights that claimed to be true actinic. There is no comparison whatsoever in the CoraLife and the Current USA fixtures. IMHO, the Current is far superior - of course it costs almost twice as much too.

I also like that the Current has the lights on different circuits (actinic, daylight & moonlights). The actinics and daylight bulbs have separate switches on the fixture and the LEDs you can just leave on or put them on a timer. You can put all of the types of bulbs on different timers.

I love the way the corals look under this fixture. More fluorescence than the CoraLife. The clam has been in the tank now for close to three months. Seems to be doing just fine. I originally had him about half way up, but decided to try it on the bottom. Seems to be doing very well there. One note on the clam, he is target fed regularly with a mixture of cyclops-eze, DT's and oyster eggs.

[demonboy279]

ogredawg did the switch help your tank any? i hope so.

[chrisstie]

Here's an updated one of mine:
http://static.flickr.com/95/264385806_cf1f2c6561.jpg

[ogredawg19]

Another update :) and free bump

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r252/ogredawg19/FrontShot.jpg

[CoralFiend]

My image hosting site disappeared, so here is another updated pic of mine.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/owashee/PiratesReef-11-21-06.jpg

[dp122098]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8598719#post8598719 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CoralFiend
My image hosting site disappeared, so here is another updated pic of mine.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/owashee/PiratesReef-11-21-06.jpg


This looks a little larger than an nano tank to me. How big is it?

[CoralFiend]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8620873#post8620873 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dp122098
This looks a little larger than an nano tank to me. How big is it?
The "large" appearance was intended. The tank is 7.7 gallons. Here is a shot with a few objects in the foreground, which should bring the tank to a recognizable scale.

The rockwork of the tank was built with 10 pounds of very small rocks from cherry picking through my LFS's rock tub. Most of the specimens added were small frags. The tank is about 7 months old.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/owashee/PR2scale.jpg

[demonboy279]

im gettin my setup slowly but surely once i get it right ill post my pics :)

[demonboy279]

well its been awhile so heres a bump.... any compliments? maybe some pics of yours?

and wow yall have done some awesome jobs

[DaBenzsta08]

heres my 30 gallon reef after 4 months.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c14/DaBenzsta08/IMG_0514.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c14/DaBenzsta08/IMG_0515.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c14/DaBenzsta08/IMG_0537.jpg

[macperry]

Before:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/macperry/Tank2006.jpg


After:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/macperry/Tank2007.jpg

Happy Nano New Year!