-- A Particular Italian Nano Cube --

erisen · 03/22/2013, 10:22 AM

Hello everyone!
sorry if my english sucks

!
I'm an Italian boy and I'm writing here because the advice of friends and people who like my tank.

I have a nanoreef that measures 30x30x35 (20 liters) in use since January 2009.

In the past I have collected zoathids and Ricordea, for that reason my friends have always said that my tank reminded the 'American style’.

Last year, I had many problems with the Zoanthus (zoa pox, nudibranchs, necrosis) and I'm replacing the Zoanthus with acans :-)

Probably because of the LED and tridacna crocea (a large filter feeder in a small place), I have always had a thank with high oxidation, so I must to feed the corals very often (although I have 3 fish in a few liters) or soft living in difficulty as opposed to the SPS living very well and have never had a problem.

SPECIFICATIONS:

LIGHTING:
60 watts of LED cool white (10,000 K)
6 watt LED warm white (3,000 K)
3 watt LED red (612 nm)
30 watt LED royal blue (450 nm)
15 watt blue LED (470 nm)

photoperiod of 15 hours

MAINTENANCE:
change 4 liters of water weekly using salt Deepblue.
daily supplement of buffer (Ca, Mg, KH) with automatic dosing pump.

FEEDING CORALS:
Every day I feed corals alternately with:
- Liquid mash obtained with water, Calanus (reef snow), vitamins and reefbooster.
- Reef snow (Brightwell)
- fresh beer yeast

INVERTEBRATES

SPS:
acropora grandis
acropora microphthalma
acropora valida tricolor
montipora samarensis red
montipora stellata green
Stylophora pistillata 'milka'
Stylophora subseriata pink
Seriatopora guttatus purple

LPS:
duncanopsammia axifuga
Scolymia australis
Acanthastrea lordhowensis (colonies of various colors)
caulastrea echinulata
caulastrea furcata fluorescent yellow
Goniopora sp. green
Goniopora lobata red blu eyes

CLAMS:
Tridacna crocea 12 cm
Cypraea annulus and moneta
Turbo sp

SOFT:
Neospongodes sp. violet
Sinularia sp. fluorescent yellow
Gorgonia Pseudopterogorgia sp.
Gorgonia Isis Hippuris
Briareum sp. hawayano
Actinodiscus sp. (colonies of various colors)
Ricordea florida (colonies of various colors)
Ricordea yuma bicolor
Zoanthus sp. (colonies of various colors)
Palythoa sp. fluorescent green
Protopalythoa grandis
Sansibia blue
Sympodium sp.
Botryllus sp.

FISH:
Couple of Amphiprion ocellaris classic and 'black'
Pseudocheilinus hexantenia

erisen · 03/22/2013, 10:23 AM

with royal blue :-)

mooch1982 · 03/23/2013, 02:28 PM

Wow, i am surprised no one has responded here. Your tank is extremely beautiful and healthy!

Very well done...

Nivek0bright · 03/23/2013, 03:06 PM

Awesome tank really pretty

Chaotic Reefer4u · 03/23/2013, 03:13 PM

Beautiful, magnifico, tremendo. . .

secrest · 03/23/2013, 07:05 PM

Wow that is one awesome little tank.

TRENT_G · 03/23/2013, 07:29 PM

Sweeeet tank buddy. Keep up the good work.

nerdz · 03/23/2013, 09:54 PM

Beautiful tank!!!

Is feeding yeast common in Italy?

Kentech5 · 03/25/2013, 06:56 AM

That is an absolutely beautiful tank. Mine looks sad now.

autodave · 03/25/2013, 07:31 AM

Very well done!

dchec · 03/25/2013, 11:17 AM

This is quite remarkable! You've done an amazing job!

kingfisher62 · 03/25/2013, 12:16 PM

Your English may suck but your tank is incredible!

Good job.

To Reef Central

E.intheC · 03/25/2013, 04:22 PM

Very nice tank! Excellent colors, too.

kingfisher62 · 03/25/2013, 05:53 PM

You have so much in such tight quarters. Do you have a lot of warfare going on between corals?

erisen · 03/26/2013, 08:43 AM

Thanky you guys

!!!

erisen · 03/26/2013, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingfisher62

You have so much in such tight quarters. Do you have a lot of warfare going on between corals?

I placed the corals according to their chemical compatibility, so no chemical warfare

Only the Stylophora milka is burning slowly the montipora stellata green ... it grows above her.

erisen · 03/26/2013, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nerdz

Beautiful tank!!!

Is feeding yeast common in Italy?

Non tutti lo usano nè sanno che è una buona fonte di cibo per il reef.
In Italia il lievito di birra fresco - venduto in stick - è molto comune in tutti i supermercati e costa meno di uno euro.

erisen · 03/26/2013, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mooch1982

Wow, i am surprised no one has responded here. Your tank is extremely beautiful and healthy!

Very well done...

in fact I was worried, I thought I had done something wrong or that to wrote where I couldn't write

Graham670 · 03/26/2013, 09:48 AM

Awesome tank! Great variety of colors as well, thanks for sharing!

PEPECUN · 03/26/2013, 10:24 AM

Woooow !! Simply....Beautiful !!

Regards from Cancun, Mexico

MrIcky · 03/26/2013, 11:20 AM

That's a remarkable tank, well done.

biodegraded · 03/26/2013, 01:50 PM

Very nice indeed. What a riot of colors and textures. Under the royal blues it looks like a Jimi Hendrix poster.

rvlcf · 03/26/2013, 01:56 PM

Amazing Tank! Great job.

kidrobot · 03/26/2013, 02:28 PM

Beautiful tank!!!

blueavatar · 03/26/2013, 03:15 PM

This tank look sweettttttt

03/22/2013, 10:22 AM	#1
erisen Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ancona - Italy Posts: 14	-- A Particular Italian Nano Cube -- Hello everyone! sorry if my english sucks ! I'm an Italian boy and I'm writing here because the advice of friends and people who like my tank. I have a nanoreef that measures 30x30x35 (20 liters) in use since January 2009. In the past I have collected zoathids and Ricordea, for that reason my friends have always said that my tank reminded the 'American style’. Last year, I had many problems with the Zoanthus (zoa pox, nudibranchs, necrosis) and I'm replacing the Zoanthus with acans :-) Probably because of the LED and tridacna crocea (a large filter feeder in a small place), I have always had a thank with high oxidation, so I must to feed the corals very often (although I have 3 fish in a few liters) or soft living in difficulty as opposed to the SPS living very well and have never had a problem. SPECIFICATIONS: LIGHTING: 60 watts of LED cool white (10,000 K) 6 watt LED warm white (3,000 K) 3 watt LED red (612 nm) 30 watt LED royal blue (450 nm) 15 watt blue LED (470 nm) photoperiod of 15 hours MAINTENANCE: change 4 liters of water weekly using salt Deepblue. daily supplement of buffer (Ca, Mg, KH) with automatic dosing pump. FEEDING CORALS: Every day I feed corals alternately with: - Liquid mash obtained with water, Calanus (reef snow), vitamins and reefbooster. - Reef snow (Brightwell) - fresh beer yeast INVERTEBRATES SPS: acropora grandis acropora microphthalma acropora valida tricolor montipora samarensis red montipora stellata green Stylophora pistillata 'milka' Stylophora subseriata pink Seriatopora guttatus purple LPS: duncanopsammia axifuga Scolymia australis Acanthastrea lordhowensis (colonies of various colors) caulastrea echinulata caulastrea furcata fluorescent yellow Goniopora sp. green Goniopora lobata red blu eyes CLAMS: Tridacna crocea 12 cm Cypraea annulus and moneta Turbo sp SOFT: Neospongodes sp. violet Sinularia sp. fluorescent yellow Gorgonia Pseudopterogorgia sp. Gorgonia Isis Hippuris Briareum sp. hawayano Actinodiscus sp. (colonies of various colors) Ricordea florida (colonies of various colors) Ricordea yuma bicolor Zoanthus sp. (colonies of various colors) Palythoa sp. fluorescent green Protopalythoa grandis Sansibia blue Sympodium sp. Botryllus sp. FISH: Couple of Amphiprion ocellaris classic and 'black' Pseudocheilinus hexantenia

03/23/2013, 03:13 PM	#5
Chaotic Reefer4u ♥Acropora Aficionado♥ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hollister,Ca. Posts: 5,163	Beautiful, magnifico, tremendo. . . __________________ Live everyday as if it was your last, take time to smell the flowers, enjoy all things living, never take anything for granted, you just never know when your number might be up... Current Tank Info: * 90g. Reef Ready TruVu tank with 30g. Platinum Filtration Series Sump SpS Acro enthusiast *

03/23/2013, 07:29 PM	#7
TRENT_G Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 501	Sweeeet tank buddy. Keep up the good work. __________________ 120 (4X2X2), 2x250 Phoenix 14k MH with 2X ATI Purple Plus T5 HO, 2x Vortech MP40 ES, 400 gallon sump system. Current Tank Info: 120 gallon SPS Tank w/ 400 gallon sump......

03/25/2013, 12:16 PM	#12
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	Your English may suck but your tank is incredible! Good job. *To Reef Central* __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

03/25/2013, 04:22 PM	#13
E.intheC Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 5,373	Very nice tank! Excellent colors, too. __________________ -Eric

03/22/2013, 10:23 AM	#2
erisen Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ancona - Italy Posts: 14	with royal blue :-)

03/23/2013, 02:28 PM	#3
mooch1982 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 435	Wow, i am surprised no one has responded here. Your tank is extremely beautiful and healthy! Very well done...

03/23/2013, 03:06 PM	#4
Nivek0bright Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: north jersey Posts: 55	Awesome tank really pretty

03/23/2013, 07:05 PM	#6
secrest Tired Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,148	Wow that is one awesome little tank.

03/23/2013, 09:54 PM	#8
nerdz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 16	Beautiful tank!!! Is feeding yeast common in Italy?

03/25/2013, 06:56 AM	#9
Kentech5 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Hudson Falls, NY Posts: 368	That is an absolutely beautiful tank. Mine looks sad now.

03/25/2013, 07:31 AM	#10
autodave Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Menifee,Ca. Posts: 484	Very well done!

03/25/2013, 11:17 AM	#11
dchec Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 304	This is quite remarkable! You've done an amazing job!

03/25/2013, 05:53 PM	#14
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	You have so much in such tight quarters. Do you have a lot of warfare going on between corals? __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

03/26/2013, 08:43 AM	#15
erisen Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ancona - Italy Posts: 14	Thanky you guys !!!

03/26/2013, 09:48 AM	#19
Graham670 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Midwest City, Oklahoma Posts: 83	Awesome tank! Great variety of colors as well, thanks for sharing!

03/26/2013, 10:24 AM	#20
PEPECUN Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 8	Woooow !! Simply....Beautiful !! Regards from Cancun, Mexico

03/26/2013, 11:20 AM	#21
MrIcky Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 296	That's a remarkable tank, well done.

03/26/2013, 01:50 PM	#22
biodegraded Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coast Range, Oregon Posts: 380	Very nice indeed. What a riot of colors and textures. Under the royal blues it looks like a Jimi Hendrix poster.

03/26/2013, 01:56 PM	#23
rvlcf Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Fairfield, Ct. Posts: 136	Amazing Tank! Great job.

03/26/2013, 02:28 PM	#24
kidrobot Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Reseda CA Posts: 28	Beautiful tank!!!

03/26/2013, 03:15 PM	#25
blueavatar Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 32	This tank look sweettttttt