GS's evolving nano reef

[Gourami Swami]

Hello R2R
This is my first post on this forum! Just wanted to share my nano reef which is currently going through some changes, and get some feedback on the current direction. A little background- I am a long-time freshwater guy for 20+ years, only attempt at salt was a fowlr about 10 years back. Now, about 5 months ago, I got bit by the "reef bug", and set up my first small reef tank. Tank has been running well for past 4 months or so, corals doing very well. Have had trouble keeping fish alive, stemming from inadequate quarantine practices (learned the hard way). So I am going to be transferring everything into a new tank and using this glass aio cube as a proper quarantine tank.

Specs:
Tank: Imagitarium 6.8g AIO (soon to be replaced...)
Light: Hipargero LED
Flow: Hydor 300gph return pump
Filtration: Floss in AIO compartment, refugium chamber with submerged LED light growing gracilaria.
Stock: Tanaka Pygmy wrasse (RIP- lost to flukes)
Corals: Zoas, Ricordias (Yuma and florida), Xenia, Acans, Montiporas, Hollywood stunner chalice, candy canes, hammers (purp +green, neon tip), green birdsnest
Salt: Fritz RPM

current FTS

Video from one month ago

let me know any thoughts or tips! Will be updating as the reef continues to evolve!

EDIT: Current FTS 2-15-19

 

[Anirban]

Welcome to R2R and nice tank...

 

[NY_Caveman]

Looks great! Welcome to R2R!

 

[Jrmiller]

what a great tank. cant wait to see it grow in more.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Thank you for the nice comments!
new bowfront tank is cycling currently... in the next few weeks I will post an update with the new setup

 

[Gourami Swami]

Tank transfer complete, new tank is a 6.6g rimless bowfront, I like the rectangle footprint better than the glass cube. Plus the AIO is a removable insert which is much smaller, so overall it feels bigger, even though it's about the same size. Added a Jebao OW10 for more flow, and added more live rock, going to be buying some corals as well from UC tomorrow. Here's a FTS from tonight

Here's the AIO insert, first chamber has a submerged LED growing gracilaria, next water goes to small square chamber which is stuffed with floss, then goes through a hole in the bottom into the chamber with the pump in it, and there is chemi-pure blue nano underneath the pump.

 

[Zakery Murray]

What fish, or critters do you plan on going with?

 

[Gourami Swami]

Yellow okinawae goby will be added soon, have had it in quarantine for a few weeks now and it's doing great eating cyclops. Using water change water from the display tank (which is fishless with very low nitrates) for the quarantine tank. Then I will probably add one more fish at some point but no rush. Though I did see another tanaka's wrasse available, but decided against it for now.

 

[SliceGolfer]

Who is the manufacturer of the tank and the AIO insert?

 

[Gourami Swami]

Who is the manufacturer of the tank and the AIO insert?

Imagitarium is the manufacturer, can be bought at Petco. It comes with a plastic platform to look kind of like the fluval EDGE, I got rid of that and just used it as a normal rimless 6.6.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Here is the tank tonight, about a month after transfer to the bowfront.

Added a baby misbar clownfish to grow out, and a scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp

 

[NY_Caveman]

It is really beautiful, but you already need a bigger tank.

 

[Gourami Swami]

It is really beautiful, but you already need a bigger tank.

thank you,
I think the size is ok for the moment, but looking at something in the 30 gallon range in the pretty near future. want to get some more fish and this guy will need some more room. Right now he's under an inch long