My 30G Nano Reef Tank (Lots pics) - Page 5

anguswu · #**101** 02/08/2007, 01:38 AM

Actually, I don't suggest to use the external filter like mine. I use Eheim 1250 pump to suck the water from main tank and overflow from 1 inch pipe to main tank. I put ceramic ring, zeolite, phosphate and nitrate remover in the filter. The Marco 300P skimmer is in the filter also. I used a canister filter before, but I felt the canister filter is not good enough for my system. So I make the external filter.

I have only sand on the bottom of my main tank. Nothing else. About the liverock, I think I only have coralline liverock. I dunno any different kind of the rock, but I don't use the manmade one.

The salt I use is tropic marine salt, but every two weeks I will buy 5 gallons sea water from aquastore. I change 5 gallons water 2 or 3 times every 2 weeks. So I use both salt with water or sea water.

I don't what the meaning about "auto-top off". Can you explain?

Hope the information I provided may help.

Ocean In A Box · #**102** 02/09/2007, 12:44 PM

Hello -
I think your answers have helped me understand more.
Auto top off =
a way to automatically add fresh water to your tank caused by evaporation... in order to maintain stable salinity

I was wondering what system you may use for this, or do you just add it manually and then test your water more often?

Thanks,

anguswu · #**103** 02/09/2007, 01:34 PM

I add water manually. I draw a line on the tank and add fresh water till the line.

ok, here are picture I feed rhodactis with cyclopeeze.

Jovreefer · #**104** 02/09/2007, 03:49 PM

I am in love with that wrasse!!!! is he agressive?

m1enbo1 · #**105** 02/09/2007, 05:27 PM

do you feed your corals directly or just let the current carry it to them? and btw GREAT looking tank

anguswu · #**106** 02/09/2007, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jovreefer
I am in love with that wrasse!!!! is he agressive?

The wrasse does not attach fish and inverts. It eat little seastar, mysis shrimp, and feedstuff I gave.

anguswu · #**107** 02/09/2007, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by m1enbo1
do you feed your corals directly or just let the current carry it to them? and btw GREAT looking tank

I feed rhodactis directly with cyclop-eeze. Mix the cyclop-eeze with little salt water from my tank. And then dip it on the rhodactis mouth.

anguswu · #**108** 02/09/2007, 08:52 PM

fish pictures

Ocean In A Box · #**109** 02/10/2007, 12:02 PM

how did you make the mini-movie or moving picture? that's cool-

chillaxe123 · #**110** 02/10/2007, 04:30 PM

can you post a current stock list

anguswu · #**111** 02/10/2007, 08:04 PM

I use 'GIF movie gear' to make 11 pictures into an animated gif. The software is shareware.

Current stock,
Fish
Flame angel
Potters angel
twin spot wrass
Orange spot goby
Bicolor blenny
Scooter red blenny

Inverts
1 small yellow CBS
1 Fire shrimp
1 Camel shrimp
1 Anemone crab
1 Hermit crab
3 Boxing crab
1 Marble seastar

The purple firefish and yashia goby was eatten by the large CBS, and I move the CBS out.

bwest · #**112** 02/11/2007, 12:13 AM

I love your tank, it gives me some insight and inspiration for my new 30 gallon I just transferred everything to.

chillaxe123 · #**113** 02/11/2007, 08:13 PM

i did some reserch on the twin spot wrasse you have and they grow pretty big and are crustation eaters herse the site i found it on
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...cfm?pCatId=382

edwing206 · #**114** 02/11/2007, 08:45 PM

that scooter blenny is soo cool.

anguswu · #**115** 02/11/2007, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chillaxe123
i did some reserch on the twin spot wrasse you have and they grow pretty big and are crustation eaters herse the site i found it on
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...cfm?pCatId=382

Yes, the wrasse may grow big. Now it is only 3cm and slow swimmer. It really eat small inverts. I saw it eating the small seastar that only 5mm. I may catch it again when it grow big and move to a big tank.

anguswu · #**116** 02/11/2007, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by edwing206
that scooter blenny is soo cool.

I like the scooter blenny too. You willl see it swim at daytime. Keep knocking its head and searching all around in the tank.

At nighttime, it will hind its body in the sand and only the head is out of the sand.

anguswu · #**117** 02/16/2007, 11:17 AM

New mushrooms, I keep finding the blue shrooms. Here's my new collection.

edwing206 · #**118** 02/16/2007, 12:04 PM

the last two don't look like shrooms. are they?
very nice though.

anguswu · #**119** 02/16/2007, 12:17 PM

They are shrooms. They are rhodactis.

pulled in · #**120** 02/20/2007, 02:03 AM

I love the colors of you tank. I haven't seen colors like that in shops around here- where I live.

amazing, hope mine will turn out half as nice!

pulled in · #**121** 02/20/2007, 02:03 AM

I love the colors of you tank. I haven't seen colors like that in shops around here- where I live.

amazing, hope mine will turn out half as nice!

benya29 · #**122** 02/20/2007, 10:02 AM

do ur angels every fight its a small tank to keep 2

anguswu · #**123** 02/22/2007, 12:50 AM

The potters angel is smaller than the flame angel. When the potters angel came in the tank, the flame angel was biting it. At that time I have a hippo that bigger and active than the flame angel. So the flame angel not the boss and then the pollers stay safe. But now they live in peace and share their foods. I think I am lucky.

anguswu · #**124** 02/22/2007, 12:56 AM

Here are some of the photo I split the yellow rics.

It was 12 days ago when I cut it.
Before cut

cutting

After cut

After 12 days, I check they are totally splitted.

After cutting the base rock. They still have some stress because I touched them.

Finally, I stick both of them on the base rock. And all the jobs were done.

EWC88 · #**125** 02/22/2007, 09:12 AM

What type of rock did you use again?