Mr.Aqua 12 gal. long NPS tank

M&M · Oct 15, 2015

Hi, this is my first nano tank, since I bought a house earlier this spring I had to take down my Elos I had, I decided to set up small tank for my favorite NPS corals. Elos is patiently waiting to be set up when I complete house renovation, but for now this little tank gives me a lot of pleasure.

Basic info:

Mr.Aqua 12 gal. long
skimmer Macro-Aqua M50 HOB
AquaClear 50 HOB filter with carbon, purigen and siporax media
RW-4 powerhead for flow
small led fixture that comes with AIO 3.6 gal. Petco brand tank. Just enough to illuminate my tank, not enough to grow anything, especially algae

NPS 21 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 3 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 16 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 1 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

Ssminnow81 · Oct 15, 2015

Really cool...
I love nps tanks

Reef_a_holiks · Oct 15, 2015

beautiful!

Ahruk · Oct 16, 2015

Gorgeous tank! What are you feeding?

MrDJeep123 · Oct 16, 2015

Very cool!

M&M · Oct 17, 2015

Thank you! I feed my tank mostly frozen food, mysis and brine shrimp for suns and dendros. Also mix of smaller,different sized foods for gorgonians. Tank gets feed every day morning and evening.

few more pictures of happy corals

NPS 20 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 19 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 18 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 15 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 14 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

NPS 12 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

pelphrey · Oct 22, 2015

I've always really liked these tanks. They look much bigger than they really are!

M&M · Oct 28, 2015

New additions , tiger goby and staghorn crab

tiger goby by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

staghorn crab by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

M&M · Oct 28, 2015

Top view

top view by Mark Mikina, on Flickr

Pfisherman · Oct 28, 2015

Where did you get that crab? Was it local?

M&M · Oct 28, 2015

got it at Best Fish in Milwaukee. They had few of those.

Pfisherman · Oct 28, 2015

Okay, I'll just have to keep my eyes open in the Chicago area.

CoralManz · May 4, 2017

My dude you have just set off my need to collect nps corals, they're just so pretty. btw whats this one called I believe I've saw a similar piece at mt LFS.

WarEaglesReef · May 5, 2017

Stunning tank!! I'd love to try my hand at NPS sometime in the future. Your tank certainly serves as excellent inspiration.

Sunshine22 · May 9, 2017

Is that Light giving off enough for growth, I just got one of these in a trade and I feel like this is a hard tank to light efficiently. I love shallow long tanks though so I guess its something I have to deal with haha

CoralManz · May 9, 2017

Sunshine22 said:
Is that Light giving off enough for growth, I just got one of these in a trade and I feel like this is a hard tank to light efficiently. I love shallow long tanks though so I guess its something I have to deal with haha

As he said "just enough to illuminate my tank, not enough to grow anything, especially algae"

Sunshine22 · May 9, 2017

Narzyzz_12 said:
"small led fixture that comes with AIO 3.6 gal. Petco brand tank. Just enough to illuminate my tank, not enough to grow anything, especially algae" I think Non-Photosynthetic

Makes sense. Right on man well cool tank anyway, pretty sweet livestock too.