Need advice for Stocking a Nano

[Michael W.]

Those pics were when the tank was pretty new. And yes I do. Gravel vac whenever i do a water change. Right now I'm battling some really bad what I think is Dino on my sand bed. It took over one of my zoas heads so now I'm really heated. Could be a low nutrient problem perhaps

Another question, sorry. How do you keep from taking sand out of the tank when you siphon? That was one problem I had in freshwater.

 

[Joshua2598]

Another question, sorry. How do you keep from taking sand out of the tank when you siphon? That was one problem I had in freshwater.

I enjoy answering questions. The waste is lighter than sand and I crimp the hose before most of the sand reaches the top of the siphon. I used small grain aragonite sand and if i knew how quick it got dirty I would have gone with larger grains or even crushed coral. I suggest you use crushed coral or a larger grain sand

 

[Michael W.]

Think I mentioned before, dinoflaggeletes. Completely butchered the spelling I'm guessing. It's like cyano in your freshwater but worse because it kills stuff

Word Sounds funny but doesn't sound fun at all. Hopefully you get past that. If its any worse than cyano then that would be extremely annoying.

 

[Joshua2598]

Word Sounds funny but doesn't sound fun at all. Hopefully you get past that. If its any worse than cyano then that would be extremely annoying.

It's really annoying and I've seen people end/restart tanks because it got so bad

 

[Michael W.]

aaaaaaarrrrrrr just wanted to share my recent battle and how i won!!!!!!!!!
"i wish i took pics but i didn't.."
so about 3 weeks ago my tank broke out pretty bad i mean bad!!!!!! my coast to coast overflow would get plugged and almost overflow my tank..... so i did my research and found numerous methods and even asked advice from top dogs like sunnyx and Mark Poletti who both recommended light's out for 3 days and raise my ph...so i tried this on 3 different occasions no luck!!!! getting ready to put a hammer through my tank i kept on looking for more info and trying to figure out why it happened.... it could have been one of 3 things...
#1 microbacter 7 od.
#2 vodka od.
#3 my ro membrane.....
im really leaning towards number 3 since i just replaced my membrane like 2 weeks before this happened.... i have a kent hi-s unit and the membrane was like 115$ to replace..arrrr so i searched around and found air water ice sold cheap ones for like 35$... keep in mind i have the hi-s meaning silicate removal.... i bought el cheapo membrane that didn't have the silicate removal or what ever the kent has."dino's love silicates".. then my problems arose... so after trying numerous things and never found anything that would kill the suckers off, i talked to a local biologist in my local club...."he recommends hydrogen peroxide 1ml per 10gallons of water daily" so i give that a shot "scared" i have a full blown sps reef, i dose .5ml per gallon on the first day... day 2 no change, so i do the recommended dose and wake up day 3 and the tank looks better.... after 5 days of dosing h202 my tank is clean again "yeah!!!!!!" i went ahead and dosed it for 7 days to make sure they don't come back lol.... i must say since adding the h202 over 9 days ago i have not had to wipe the glass once it stills sparkles!!!!! hmmmmmm got me wandering if i should dose a couple ml per day for ever lol..... thought's anyone????

Don't know if this will help you but found this whole thread on Dinos

 

[Michael W.]

I enjoy answering questions. The waste is lighter than sand and I crimp the hose before most of the sand reaches the top of the siphon. I used small grain aragonite sand and if i knew how quick it got dirty I would have gone with larger grains or even crushed coral. I suggest you use crushed coral or a larger grain sand

What about something like black sand. That was my other though and it seems like that would have a harder time getting dirtied up

 

[Joshua2598]

Don't know if this will help you but found this whole thread on Dinos

Thank you, I've been aware of a dino theres but I'll just try to battle it with water changes and sand cleaning for now

 

[Joshua2598]

What about something like black sand. That was my other though and it seems like that would have a harder time getting dirtied up

That would work. Just look at the grain size. Sand is completely to ones opinion. You could ignore everything I've said and go bare bottom even lol. You do you for you sand just weigh the pros and cons

 

[Zindebaad]

My favorite fish in my Fluval 13.5 are fairy and flasher wrasses. However, experts say they need an aquarium of 55 gallons or more. Mine have done fantastically in the Fluval Evo.

 

[alex.mccann99]

You want fish that don't need a lot of realestate/swimming room. O. clownfish are cheap and don't get bigger than 3" at most. Do not get a maroon or clarki, they get much bigger and are often more territorial. My some has a 16 gallon in his room. Just have two small mocha O. Clowns, a bangaii Cardinal, hi-Fin goby and pistol shrimp. Got a few hermits, snails, etc. Also there's a porcelain crab that hitchhiked in from my tank when I gave him some of my rock.

 

[Ori]

In my evo 13.5 I have

1 tailspot blenny
1 yellow watchman goby
1 pistol shrimp
1 cleaner shrimp
3 astraea snails
1 trochus snail
1 emerald crab

hammer corals
Zoas
Mushroom

Everyone is doing great so far!

 

[MiniNina]

Get a tanaka's pygmy wrasse and maybe a yellow or black clown goby or both.
this fish is super cute