Some random pics of my 12g nano

[PetPirate]

Here're some random pics of inhabitants of my 12g nano... I'll say up-front that it is connected to a 55g "refugium".... I hope it still counts (mods can feel free to delete if it doesn't)

Hope you like them...

"Salmon" the percula clown

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/clown2.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Clown1.sized.jpg

"Graham" the hi-fin banded goby (not great focus -- sorry)

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Graham_the_goby_1.sized.jpg

Cleaner shrimp

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/shrimp.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

Various zoanthids

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/zoas1.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/zoas2.sized.jpg

Dendrophyllia

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/dendro1.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/dendro1.sized.jpg

GSP

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/GSP.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

Clam

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Clam1.sized.jpg

Feather duster

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Worm_Clam.sized.jpg

Astraea

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/astraea_1.sized.jpg

Have recently re-aquascaped, so no decent full tank shots 'til everything settles down.

Cheers,

John

[Snookums]

awesome corals and cute fish :D

[lil_fishey]

whats your specs lighting ect.

[yibs]

Nice pics

[Mr. Eko]

Looks great

[PetPirate]

Thanks!

It's connected to a 55g FOWLR with 3 medium green-spotted puffers and wads of macroalgae.

The nano-reef tank is about 12g (it's got a sloping front.. need trigonometry to calculate the exact volume!). DIY canopy, DIY 150W halide , DIY actinic PC, DIY hang-in-back overflow to the shared sump.

Here're some old pcs of the set-up (about 4 mos od)...

*FORGIVE THE PATRONISING CAPTIONS... THESE WERE ORIGINALLY FOR ANOTHER SITE... INDEED I GOT MOST OF THE IDEAS HERE ON RC*

Click on the pics for larger ones!

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Nano1_001.sized.jpg (http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Nano1_001.jpg)

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Nano2.sized.jpg (http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Nano2.jpg)

[PetPirate]

Inside DIY canopy

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/Inside_DIY_canopy.sized.jpg

DIY actinic (just blue really)

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/DIY_actinic.sized.jpg

DIY Halide retrofitted into halogen fixture.

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/DIY_Halide.sized.jpg

Full tank shot under morning actinics... whole upper half of the tank still needs to be stocked. Sorry for the bad picture quality.

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/actinics_full_tank.sized.jpg

Note... I didn't originally make the newbie mistake of stacking all the rock against the back!! BUT, with my nice neat little island of rock in the middle, there was not enough space to put corals, and definitely no space for a clam! So, I recently broke down and just did the standard "stack against the back" -- lots more space for corals!!

[PetPirate]

Daylight just on.

Again, bad pic... sorry... but it gives a general idea. The top half is mostly still bare:

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/daylight.sized.jpg

[Bluemorningwind]

Man, that's nice.

Lots of good construction and top stock, also.

Your 55 looks clean, too. Very nice.

You obviously practice good husbandry . Very clean!

I enjoyed your photos, too. Heaps of detail and sharp. What camera do you use?

Not to get carried away, but sweet, sweet, sweet.

[vanmo92]

pics look good

[PetPirate]

Thanks for all the nice comments! :)


Here's more pics.....

Those neon green and red shrooms are nice... but why all the boring BROWN ones?

Not boring when you look closely.....

Look at the colours on this one:

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/shrooms_3.sized.jpg

And the intricate shapes on these ones:

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/shrooms.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/shrooms_4.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

Here you can see new growth on the dendro...

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/new_growth.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/GSP_extreme_closeup.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

Nighttime shots...


http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/dendro_close_2.sized.jpg

These things are all over the place... what are they?

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/thing_on_rocks.sized.jpg

[LTJGAlex]

You mean the baby brittle stars? Very neat hitchhikers and they grow fast!

Incredible pics, wow!

[PetPirate]

Originally posted by LTJGAlex
You mean the baby brittle stars? Very neat hitchhikers and they grow fast!

Incredible pics, wow!

Thanks!

Well, that's what I thought -- about them being stars... but these things never change location! Same number of "legs" and same position night after night after night (and day too sometimes). If they catch particulate matter, it moves along the "leg" like a conveyor belt!

[LTJGAlex]

If they catch particulate matter, it moves along the "leg" like a conveyor belt! [/B]

That description sounds exactly like a spaghetti worm (also a good 'hiker) but the pic is definitely brittle stars. Mine don't move either, they take up permanent residence in a rock hole somewhere and swing their cirri all night.

[PetPirate]

Thanks, it makes sense. They look like brittle stars after all. I was just thrown off by their couch potato antics!


After feeding the tank this evening, the shrooms got a bit "frisky"

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/shroom_eating_1.sized.jpg

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/shroom_eating_2.sized.jpg

[talksalt]

Your Clown looks very healthy and colorfull. Nice tank. :)

[PetPirate]

Thanks! He's hilarious - he spends most of his time nose-down, staring, absolutely captivated by the live rock. Very cute!

[KING OF THE REEF]

more pics please? btw get id of that hair shroom (oddly shaped tentacles) he will eat your fish (or he did that to me and I am just trying to help a fellow reefkeepr out) looks awsome

[PetPirate]

Yipes!

I thought it *might*, but wasn't too concerned as it closed very slowly.

I've snipped it down in size for now (It got too big for my feather duster, and I fear the duster's pretty upset about it), but will probably frag them into 4 each, and sell them off at the LFS once their grown out. Thanks for the heads up.

[PetPirate]

UPDATE...

Well, I've always said I don't trust crabs.... especially in a nano... but I broke down and got a hermit. No idea what kind he is (we only get pacific specimens here), but I'm watching him like a hawk for any damage...

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/hermit1_001.sized.jpg

I also got this leather / tree coral. I believe it is capnella (or possibly cladelia). At least I hope it is, and not Nepthea. I suppose time will tell. (Can anyone firmly ID for me?)

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/cladelia1.sized.jpg

But what's the biggest change?

I've started adding ozone:

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/ozone1.sized.jpg

With the UV and regular carbon use before, I thought the water was clear... but I was wrong! NOW it is clear! Here is a look *lengthways* through my 55 gallon, out the other side, across a 30cm gap, and into the nano, where you can see the capnella. It was difficult to focus, but in real life, you can't really see the water... it is invisible! The small things are little bubbles.

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/long2.sized.jpg

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/long1.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

Well, this is becoming a bit like my own personal photo album.... but never mind, here are some more pics I took today. Hope you like them!

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/salmon1.sized.jpg

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/redshroom.sized.jpg

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/shroom2.sized.jpg

Here you can see new growth on the clam... she's grown these scutes over the last month. Hmmmm...... you can also see the bit of glass that I can't get to to clean :eek2:

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/clam1.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

Comments, suggestions for improvement very welcome.

[ebzhighestbidder]

Looking awesome, Those are nice pictures, Love your tank

[dmccrary]

nice photography

[whatnot45]

How do u keep it so clean? what is ozone?

[PetPirate]

Thanks for the nice comments!

It's not that clean.. I just avoid shooting pics of the algae ;-)

There's an in-depth thread about ozone in the SPS forum... do a search for it.... in short, ozone is a O3, a powerful oxidizer that you can inject into your skimmer to increase production, and oxidise waste. It also makes the water crystal clear, and raises the ORP, or "reactivity", if you like, of the water.

[whatnot45]

Thanks sounds cool I should get me one of those but im still not sure what it does lol Ill go look at the thread

[PetPirate]

The thread is here: http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=517084

[WendyMc]

john, still looking great! Did your puffer put on that lipstick just for RC? You need to tell her nothing competes w/natural beauty;)

I just got my 1st dendros! Do you have any updated pics of yours? I'm wondering if you know where yours came from, & how the new growth is coming along.

[PetPirate]

Yeah, she's just fishing for compliments (groan). Sordid little fish.

I don't have update pics of the dendro at the moment... after a slight aquascaping change, the "evil rhodactis" actually crept up and was touching the dendro during the day. By the time I got home in the evenings, I didn't notice.

I finally figured out what the "burn mark" was on the side of the dendro colony, and promptly took scissors to the mushroom. Now I'm nursing the dendro back to health -- it'll take a few days. However, it hasn't grown in the 2 weeks since the last pics :-(

[PetPirate]

More photos?

Not very good evening shots, but what the heck:

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/actinic_shrooms.sized.jpg

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/actinic1_clam.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

And here's an updated full tank shot!

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/fulltank2.sized.jpg

[specrn5]

wow, awesome pics!

[whatnot45]

yup yup yup very cool

[WendyMc]

Originally posted by Jhong
Yeah, she's just fishing for compliments (groan). Sordid little fish.



hehe, FISHING for compliments! You're killin' me here!!

Way to teach that rhodactus who's boss.

Your full tank shot is great! What's that coral in the top middle, looks like a big finger leather or colt or something?

[Aframomum]

Jhong,

Those are some very nice pictures, esp. the macros of the ricords. I do believe your Capnella is in need of some fragging time.:D Everything looks really nice and the tank height goes really good with the halide. Good work,

Mark

[PetPirate]

Thanks both --- yes, it's capnella I think. It's only been in there a week in that photo! Really time to frag it??

I know, I know, it's too big (it wasn't open like that in the store)

Once it's settled in I'll chop it up a bit... bt I'll leave a bit more behind that I did for the rhodactis.

J

[PetPirate]

Here's a terrible, awful pic... but it shows the dendro after feeding... and lots of new growth.


http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/dendroupdate.sized.jpg

[WendyMc]

aaaw, the little buds are growing up! It is a happy little colony. Hey, you ever see ballanophyllia for sale over there?

[PetPirate]

No, not yet! Saw a huge green/black colony today though... like tubastrea micrantha, only with big polyps like dendro... very strange. Prob'ly just a big tubastrea.

Lots of branching sun coral suddenly available, too..... Saw a foot-long branch! I got a small twig, but may retuen as it's too many mouths to feed for a nano.


Anyway, here're some more pics.


http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/SalmonNew2.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/SalmonNew1.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/NewDendroNight1.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/NewCapnella2.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/NewCapnella1.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/NewGSPnight.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/CLAM2.sized.jpg
http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/CLAM4.sized.jpg

[vanmo92]

nice

[whatnot45]

they look awsome

[WendyMc]

I love your photography!

Are you sure you want to return it, when you have your puffer tank plumbed in? Is it the nutrient level that has you concerned, or time/effort? I may have a frag of a branching, tree-like dendro coming soon. VERY cool growth form.

[KING OF THE REEF]

hey do you have any info on the halide retro? i want to make one just dont know where to begin

[KING OF THE REEF]

um bump for you, i would like to know about your halide sytem (see my post directly above this one) thanks

[pimp2daizzo]

how much did the ozoen run you? and where did u get it?

[PetPirate]

Hi pimp.. I got it in Hong Kong. Around 1200 HKD for the controller and ozonator.

[PetPirate]

I've had a good bit of coralline growth!

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/3c_1_b.jpg


John

[olivia640]

You're tank is really pretty and you're clown is adorable!

[PetPirate]

Thanks Olivia!

[PetPirate]

Here's a shot of the Acro just after I bought it... this was several months ago. I'kll try to get an updated shot soon.

http://browseatwork.com/nph-proxy.cgi/000110A/http/www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/DIY-nano-reef/acronight.sized.jpg

[PetPirate]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6110844#post6110844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Imareefer
um bump for you, i would like to know about your halide sytem (see my post directly above this one) thanks

Hi Imareefer. Sorry I missed your posts....

I just did the "standard" halogen retrofit thing. I wrote a summary article on how to do this here: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1795