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08-23-2005, 10:07 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Long Island, NY
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|  New 10 gal Nano This is my recent addition to my arsenal of tanks, hehe. Started it on a whim with some old supplies and a few new ones. Right now it has around 12 lbs. of premium Fiji live rock, 16 lbs. live sand, a host of snails and crabs, and a cleaner shrimp. I recently added a Button Polyp colony, a Star Polyp colony, and some mushrooms. I have it with 9.6 wpg 50/50 (10,000K/actinic) and a powerhead with a spray bar for water movement. I've got one question and that's what is this type of coral that's growing on my live rock, it suddenly appeared one day. The overall tank  Cleaner shrimp  Mushrooms  Star Polyps  Button Polyp Colony  Now, for anyone who knows, I found this growing on my live rock. It suddenly appeared one day. Anyone have any idea what this may be? 
__________________ My 46 gal FW Community (Discus & Tetras) &10 gal Nano SW. And a pond & some other tanks too! Love having fish in the South American Biotope. Including tetras, discus, angelfish, SA cichlids, etc. Oh, and SW too  - Rich |
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08-23-2005, 10:30 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey
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| awsome lookin tank Rich! How long have you had it up? That DIY spraybar looks like its great for water movement, awsome idea.
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08-23-2005, 10:31 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hayward, CA
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| looks good....tough to say on the coral, perhaps a toadstool leather (sarcophyton)
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08-23-2005, 10:41 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Long Island, NY
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| I've had it running for about 5 weeks. Had a great cycle, hardly any ammonia peak. Funny thing is that this is easier than my discus tank!
__________________ My 46 gal FW Community (Discus & Tetras) &10 gal Nano SW. And a pond & some other tanks too! Love having fish in the South American Biotope. Including tetras, discus, angelfish, SA cichlids, etc. Oh, and SW too - Rich |
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08-24-2005, 03:05 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chesapeake, Va
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| very nice. curious did you get you livestock rocks from another tank of yours that you already had or did you purchase them special for this tank. And I need to get some real light on my tank, mind sharing what type of lighting your using on your nano that gives you that much wpg. |
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08-24-2005, 04:06 PM
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| its probably (dont hold me to this though) either PC lighting or T5
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08-24-2005, 11:38 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Long Island, NY
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| It's Power Compact (PC), the bulb is a quad 96W 50/50 10K/actinic. I figured I rather have more wattage than less in the tank, since I could always have it filtered to reduce some, but I haven't noted any problems yet! As for the live rock, I purchased a nice piece from the LFS. They usually have a big selection. The have varying types including Tonga branch/shelf, Fiji, and Caribbean. Then they have different types of each, being regular ($5.99), premium ($6.99), or super premium ($10.99/lb). The difference mainly is the amount of coraline algae, sponges, or corals. The super premium has a load of various life on it, usually including some coral and sponges. The premium rock might not have any big corals or sponges, but small growths of it. Just a few days ago some interesting coral popped out of nowhere!
__________________ My 46 gal FW Community (Discus & Tetras) &10 gal Nano SW. And a pond & some other tanks too! Love having fish in the South American Biotope. Including tetras, discus, angelfish, SA cichlids, etc. Oh, and SW too - Rich |
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08-24-2005, 11:46 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY
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| Is it a habit for cleaner shrimp to hang verticle like that? Every cleaner Ive seen sits on the rock just like that, and in the middle of the pile too Pretty interesting tank.
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08-25-2005, 12:34 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sunny Cali & Rainy England
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| I am new to SW, so please don't quote me on anything, but as far as I am aware, Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp often set up and maintain platforms which serve as fish cleaning stations. I haven't noticed a tendancy for them to set up thier platforms on vertical rock faces, but perhaps it makes the fish to be cleaned a little more accessible? Just an idea. Sweet looking initial setup btw....and to think my LFS tried to tell me that even a 30G was too small for SW.  Can't help with the ID.
__________________ 90G Tall Fish Only SW (+10G Sump) - Bluefaced Angel, Bicoloured Angel, Maroon Clown, Yellow Tang, Cleaner Wrasse, Scooter Blenny. - Skarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Orange Spotted Purple Star, Green Brittle Star, Longspine Urchin, Bubbletip Anenome, Condy Anenome, Emerald Crab. Last edited by RockingCricket; 08-25-2005 at 12:39 AM. |
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