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Friday, July 20, 2012

For the past few months I have been edging to being a new saltwater tank. I have been doing lots of research and trying to dig up as much information as I can before I drove in.

So a few days ago, I finally took the plunge.

There is about 12 lbs of live rock and about 8 lbs of live sand.

Currently using Koralia Nano 425 powerhead for current.

I plan to mod my AquaClear 50 box with a AquaClear 20 motor into a macro algae refugium.

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My vision for this tank will be to have about 2-3 fish, a cleaner shrimp, and maybe a couple Turbo Snails. But my main focus will be on corals. Currently looking at soft corals like Zoanthids and Xenias.

So that is my current setup and please offer me any constructive criticisms.

Thanks for looking!

Sunday, August 5 2012

Just did my first water change today. Made my own RO/DI saltwater for the first time.

Let's see how things go.

I WANT MORE CORALS!

(Sorry for the dark photos...)

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Some of my new Zoanthids

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And my Green Star Polyps (though not so green) and Blue Clove Polyps

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Look forward to seeing this develop! I still havent gotten any corals into my tank yet.

Thank you. I hope all goes well as this is my first saltwater and I am a little worried. haha

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Sunday, August 5 2012

Just did my first water change today. Made my own RO/DI saltwater for the first time.

Let's see how things go.

I WANT MORE CORALS!

(Sorry for the dark photos...)

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Some of my new Zoanthids

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And my Green Star Polyps (though not so green) and Blue Clove Polyps

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Nano tanks are one of the hardest to maintain, Very little room for error. So if you keep it going, then a big tank will be no issue. I myself started out with a nano tank, might as well jump in head first, instead of wadding into the water. Good on ya!

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Nano tanks are one of the hardest to maintain, Very little room for error. So if you keep it going, then a big tank will be no issue. I myself started out with a nano tank, might as well jump in head first, instead of wadding into the water. Good on ya!

Thank you for words of encouragement :D

Thought I'd do some updates on this tank.

FTS @ September 19, 2012

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FTS @ October 1, 2012

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My two friends

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beautiful.

Thank you Mko. Do you still have your 15g running? I am dying to see an update!!!

Love it! I'm so jealous.

Thank you Sierra

Very nice looking tank! All of those corals are going to look so nice when they fill out.

They most certainly are. I am finding myself running out of space cause corals are so addicting and I just want more and more...

Hey what kind of lighting do you have on this tank?

All the photos above are with a single 24w T5HO @ 10,000k.

However, I have since updated my lights and the corals look way better. I should take some new photos...

I am currently using 2 Par38 LED light bulbs. I forgot the sepcific colors on them but the blue definetly adds to the enhanced colors of the corals.

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