The Shrimp X's 5.5 Nano!!!

[The Shrimp X]

It has been set up for about 2 weeks, added everything from my 29 gallon reef. I added a little Yashia Haze goby last night, he already is out and about, and eating!!!!:D

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/66374tank_and_party_039.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/66374tank_and_party_040.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/540/66374tank_and_party_041.jpg


right now i have an ac mini fuge, an desk lamp with a 13 watt pc in it. I will be ungrading the lights to 70W mh in about a week. I also will be getting the new Fission Nano Skimmer for the tank...

The inhabitants are
8~ Baby cerith snail
2~ nassus snails
3~ baby Zebra Turbo snails
1~ orange Zebra hermit
1~ Tiny red legger hermit
1~ Tiny serpent star (maybe about 1 inch long from tip to tip)
1~ yashia Haze Goby (will be getting pistol for him on weekend)

Corals
zoos
GSP
Clove Polyps

[Andrew]

Looks ok but get a nice blue or black background and add more liverock to it.

[Henry22]

Not a whole lot more, I like the open look of the tank.

[The Shrimp X]

I have some Cured Tonga branched in my 29 that im letting grow some corraline on then im adding it to the tank. I will be getting the background this weekend...

[Agu]

Looking good.

How deep is the sandbed ?If you're getting a pistol shrimp you'll need at least a couple inches of sand and lots of rubble and shells. Make sure your frags are anchored down or they'll become construction material as well. A friend has the same combination and his sand is about 6" deep

Finally, you may want a cover. My first goby jumped, through eggcrate :( .

[The Shrimp X]

I have about 1-1.5 inches, but have lots of sand in my 29 that i will be adding shortly. I needed it to start to become "live sand"
I may add a cover, but am not sre yet...

[TCU Reefer]

Your clean up crew is pretty extensive.

[The Shrimp X]

why do you say that? All the snails are babies... As soon as they start getting larger i will put them in my 29. and take out more babies from the 29 and put them in the 5.5 (except for the turbos, as soon as they get bigger they will be out)

I new i was forgetting some things..
2~ Black stomotella snails
2~ nerite snails
3~ margarita snails

[The Shrimp X]

well here is an updated pic.

I added more sand last night, and more LR. I will be adding more at the end of the week.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/66374tank_and_party_042.jpg

[pimp2daizzo]

not bad u shoudl check my 5.5 out some time u may like it idk...

[cateyes]

have you gotten a shrimp for your goby yet?? if so, how did they take to each other??

[cateyes]

have you gotten a shrimp for your goby yet?? if so, how did they take to each other??

[The Shrimp X]

Not yet, the owner/friend of mine of my LFS tried to see if the wholesaler had any right now but they didnt... nuthing new so far.. except i added more sand, and a spegetti worm..

[Conceyted]

what in the world do you need a 70w mh for? Just get some pc lighting for a tank that small unless you want to do sps. If you do want to do sps you are going to seriously need to start thinking about what you will do for flow in that tank.

[The Shrimp X]

ya i want to have some sps... thats why im going to go with mh. plus then i am unlimited to what i want..

[Conceyted]

70 watts over a 5.5 limits you to only medium to high light corals. anything low light would literally have to have rocks built around it to shade it from that large sun you are putting over your nano :D

[The Shrimp X]

well sadly.. the goby went carpet surfing...
i aded new rocks and such.. and everything looks great
i will also be upgrading the lighting... probably not to mh though. most likely just lots of PC... will have more pics soon...

[The Shrimp X]

well sadly.. the goby went carpet surfing...
i aded new rocks and such.. and everything looks great
i will also be upgrading the lighting... probably not to mh though. most likely just lots of PC... will have more pics soon...