Welcome to my nano thread!
So this tank began almost 2 years ago as an Innovative Marine 10 gallon tank...which was transferred to a 20 gallon... which has now become a Red Sea Reefer Nano (The tank that I should have just bought in the first place). It has been through a crash, multiple Dinoflagellate & GHA outbreaks, and coral losses to the point of me wanting to tear it all down and get rid of it - But I am not giving up on this tank.
FTS: 10/22/18 (A few days after the transfer from the 20 gallon)
Equipment:
Red Sea Reefer Nano (28 gal)
Lighting: Ecotech Radion XR15we + Diffuser
Filtration: Red Sea mesh filter sock + Media bag w/ Carbon
Heater: Cobalt Neotherm 50w, Aqueon Pro 100w
Return: Sicce Syncra 2.0
Circulation: Vortech MP10QD
Skimmer: Icecap K2-50
ATO: AutoAqua Smart ATO Micro
Other:
RO Unit: BRS 5-stage Premium Plus 75 GPD
Rock: BRS Pukani
Salt: Instant Ocean Reef Crystals
Equipment Settings:
Vortech: Lagoon Mode in lowest setting.
Radion: SPS PHX14 Coral Lab Template; 40% Brightness; Lights on at 1:00 PM, Night at 10:00 PM, Lunar cycle from 10:00 PM-12:00 AM.
Heaters: 78ºF
Current Maintenance Routine:
Daily: Clean Glass, Feed fish.
Every Few Days: Feed Corals, Blast rocks with turkey baster.
Weekly: 10-15% Water Change, Stir Sandbed.
Monthly: Replace Carbon.
Fish & Inverts:
Snowflake Ocellaris
Black & White Ocellaris
Sixline Wrasse (Became too aggressive, was killing inverts)
Sand Tiger Conch
3 Hermits
So this tank began almost 2 years ago as an Innovative Marine 10 gallon tank...which was transferred to a 20 gallon... which has now become a Red Sea Reefer Nano (The tank that I should have just bought in the first place). It has been through a crash, multiple Dinoflagellate & GHA outbreaks, and coral losses to the point of me wanting to tear it all down and get rid of it - But I am not giving up on this tank.
FTS: 10/22/18 (A few days after the transfer from the 20 gallon)
Equipment:
Red Sea Reefer Nano (28 gal)
Lighting: Ecotech Radion XR15we + Diffuser
Filtration: Red Sea mesh filter sock + Media bag w/ Carbon
Heater: Cobalt Neotherm 50w, Aqueon Pro 100w
Return: Sicce Syncra 2.0
Circulation: Vortech MP10QD
Skimmer: Icecap K2-50
ATO: AutoAqua Smart ATO Micro
Other:
RO Unit: BRS 5-stage Premium Plus 75 GPD
Rock: BRS Pukani
Salt: Instant Ocean Reef Crystals
Equipment Settings:
Vortech: Lagoon Mode in lowest setting.
Radion: SPS PHX14 Coral Lab Template; 40% Brightness; Lights on at 1:00 PM, Night at 10:00 PM, Lunar cycle from 10:00 PM-12:00 AM.
Heaters: 78ºF
Current Maintenance Routine:
Daily: Clean Glass, Feed fish.
Every Few Days: Feed Corals, Blast rocks with turkey baster.
Weekly: 10-15% Water Change, Stir Sandbed.
Monthly: Replace Carbon.
Fish & Inverts:
Snowflake Ocellaris
Black & White Ocellaris
Sand Tiger Conch
3 Hermits
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