| 10 Gallon Nano-Reef | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This tank is going to be turned into a nano-reef. This will be my first saltwater tank as well. I think this is going to be a very fun project. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment 96W Quad 50/50 Penguin 660 Powerhead(160gph) 75W Ebo Jager Heater mini HOB filter |
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| The most important part of a reef tank is the lighting. If you dont put enough into lighting you should not even try to start a nano-reef. From www.hellolights.com 1x96W Coralife Compact Flourescent hood w/ Quad 50/50 |
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| One of the best resources for starting a nano-reef is www.nano-reef.com There are alot of knowledgable people there on the forums and there are many articles to read. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Invertebrates 4 Astrea Snails 1Bumblebee Snail 1 Blue Leg Hermit (blue legs, red joints, two main claws black with white spots) 2 Large Fan worms and multiple small ones(came on LR) |
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| Soft Corals Colony of Green and Purple zooanthelle 14-16 Green Stripped Mushrooms Yellow lattice sponge or clathrina |
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| Small Polyp Stony |
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| Large Polyp Stony |
Fish |
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| Green and Purple/Brown zoos Yellow sponge |
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| Zoos after a month or so. || \/ |
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| Bad pic of Green Stripped Shrooms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Progressive Pictures Below | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (diatom algea bloom) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| snails took care of algea:) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I've had the base rock in for a while now. It has some algae on it, I need to get more snails and hermits. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||