First inhabitants in 10g

reefydude360 · Jun 5, 2019

Just added the first inhabitants in my little nano about a day ago and figured to show some pics

I added two small hermits as my initial cuc but the red one tried to murder the blue one so I have banished him into the filter for now until I get some empty shells. Will add a couple of ceriths and probably a trochus as alot of film algae is appearing on the glass. Added a small zoa colony to test out the lights and flow along with a green paly and a mushroom.

Oscaror · Jun 5, 2019

reefydude360 said:
Just added the first inhabitants in my little nano about a day ago and figured to show some pics I added two small hermits as my initial cuc but the red one tried to murder the blue one so I have banished him into the filter for now until I get some empty shells. Will add a couple of ceriths and probably a trochus as alot of film algae is appearing on the glass. Added a small zoa colony to test out the lights and flow along with a green paly and a mushroom.

Man I wish I could go back to these days, it's always so fun getting into the hobby for the first time and adding your first inhabitants. Cool critters

wkd4b11 · Jun 5, 2019

Congrats on taking the leap into saltwater! I would definitely suggest adding a powerhead for more flow. The aquaclear itself will not be enough.

reefydude360 · Jun 5, 2019

Oscaror said:
Man I wish I could go back to these days, it's always so fun getting into the hobby for the first time and adding your first inhabitants. Cool critters

It’s super exciting! And easy to go overboard with

sadly I had to learn my lesson the hard way a couple of years back when I first tried my hand at a saltwater tank.

wkd4b11 said:
Congrats on taking the leap into saltwater! I would definitely suggest adding a powerhead for more flow. The aquaclear itself will not be enough.

Thank you! More flow? Its the ac 70 that has 300 gph more or less and the tank is just 10g which gives me in theory 30x turnover or is like flow direction more important? I was basing this little tank on the youtube channel Inappropriate reefer that has had basically this setup for awhile now.

Pbh-reef · Jun 5, 2019

Congrats on the new tank!

wkd4b11 · Jun 5, 2019

reefydude360 said:
Thank you! More flow? Its the ac 70 that has 300 gph more or less and the tank is just 10g which gives me in theory 30x turnover or is like flow direction more important? I was basing this little tank on the youtube channel Inappropriate reefer that has had basically this setup for awhile now.

Oh okay. I didnt realize it was an AC70.
Also depends on what type of corals you decide to keep.
But yes flow direction is important as well so you don't get dead spots.
Those areas will collect detritus and your Aquaclear wont be able to filter it out.
I'd say keep doing what you're doing now and as you add more corals just keep an eye out to see how everything responds.

I keep an SPS dominated reef so high flow is important to me. I have ~100x turnover rate.