Aquariumgirl's nano reef updates

[Aquariumgirl]

Here are some more recent pictures of the 10 gallon and a link to my first thread with some pictures of when it first started
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=589962

[ghostbear29]

keep feeding those suns and you will be rewarded. that tank is killer. Great job!

[bennerkla]

GREAT sun coral!!! Nice clowns, great tank! Give us some specs for those who are too lazy to click on the link.

[Aquariumgirl]

benerkla:

here are the specs: 10 gallon,
18 lb LR,
20 LS,
AC 110,
backpack skimmer,
40W Compact Fluorescent 50/50

Livestock:
two clown fish,
two red star fish,
two sexy shrimp,
pistol shrimp,
sun coral,
red sponge,
carnation,
a type of clove with green centers,
hairy mushrooms,
watermelon mushroom,
red mushrooms,
green mushroom,
pink centered zoos,
white centered zoos,
red algae,
a number of small snails and I think that is it.

future livestock, pink cloves, blue sponge and frogspawn.

But still check out the link because it has my little 0.75 gallon pico tank!!

Was there anything I missed??

[KING OF THE REEF]

ya you need a fuge on this tank damn it looks so nice. wish my 10 looked like that when i had it up. (went to a 12 nano). try an aquafuge by cpr maye 75$ U.S. not sure how much canadian

[jplreef]

Beautiful tank. It's pictures like these that make it so hard to move my 15g along slowly.

[w30olds]

Excellent Smithers, Excellent!!!!

[steelhealr]

AG..how are you feeding your suncorals? SH

[Aquariumgirl]

Hey thanks everyone for the comments

SH: I feed the suns some mysis shrimp, cyclop-eeze, and a little of the pellets.

[Lincutis]

lookin good girl.

[leeweber85]

very clean! I like the orange theme

[Aquariumgirl]

Here is an updated picture. The new additions are: frogspawn, blue sponge, green, leafy macroalgae, a few more mushrooms, three large snails, and two blue-legged hermit crabs.

[digitalsteve]

its nice to see some good canadian reefs on here.


impressive looking 10!!!

[bennerkla]

Get that frogspawn more light than a 40 watt!!!! Green colors usually require more lighting. Try the Coralife 96 watt PC fixture, it has gotten great reviews. All your corals would do so much better.

[MHannon]

where did you get the sun coral?

[Aquariumgirl]

digitalsteve: haha. Thanks!

bennerkla: um, my corals are doing bad

sebae89: I got the sun coral from a local aquatics store here in Victoria

[gfk]

i would move that frogspan over to the side of the tank, they will sting other corals. might as well move it while you have the room

[cracker_monster]

awesome little setup!

[Aquariumgirl]

gfk: most of the corals are located on the sides, this spot gives it more room to expand, but thanks for the concern I'll try to keep everything away from the frogspawn.

[Aquariumgirl]

Hey everyone, here are some more pictures





This picture is an update of the pico, I had to move more of the mushrooms into the ten because they were getting big and they were multiplying.



I found this white hard coral growing on one of my live rock, this picture doesn't do this nice coral justice.



The round brown blotchs, are an unknow grown with tentacles, in the pico tank, but it seems something ate it (perhaps the hermit?)

[SuperNerd]

Aquariumgirl:

That is a REALLY goodlooking tank. Nice work!

bennerkla is right though, I think.
In general, the more colorful corals do require more intense light than more drably(sp?) colored corals (If someone can correct me then please do).

But if the frogspawn is inflating, expanding, and looks fleshy underneath its crowns then it will hopefully do fine.
If not...MAYBE you'll need more light but I'm not so sure. Just keep an eye on it.
It definitely looks like enough light to me!

Anyways, once again GREAT looking tank!!!

[moumda]

Beautiful tanks! You must be right on top of thinks with such small tanks. Very well done

[Aquariumgirl]

Thanks moumda, yes, sometime I get a little paranoid if I don't,

SuperNerd: Thanks!

Everyones suggestions and tips are kept in mind, I hope people don't think I'm being snooty about things, it wasn't my intent Just trying to have fun! I guess sometime one persons writings may sound different to another person.

The corals and fish that I keep I try to provide the best environment for them and when they are looking a little gloom, I try to help them out.

Thank you all for the great suggestion So far the frogspawn it fully expanded (much more then the photo shows) so, so far so good. I will upgrade the lighting when things start to change.

Well, lastnight we had a power outage (well on and off) for 8 hours!! I stayed up all night making sure that everyone was all right in my tanks. The temperature was probably the most concerning as it dropped to 70! Anyway, everyone made it, I'm glad!

[Aquariumgirl]

bumped

[gfk]

howd you get the temp up when the power was out?