Becki's Nano-reef system

[fudge7000]

Having had large fish only tanks in the past at my parents, now I have my first house I went for a nano reef (24gallons).

It now has a lot of live rock, 3 red hermit crabs, 5 turbo snails, 2 feather dusters and a strange black crab thats appeared, which i'll be posting pictures of to see if anyone knows what it is!! I also have a rather large bristleworm that has so far evaded capture.

Its going ok, but am having some nitrate problems, around 20-30ppm constantly. Am doing 20% changes every 2 weeks at the moment, am sure it will settle soon!

Sorry in advance as i'm sure i'm going to have loads of questions!!

Becki

[dobejazz]

Welcome Becki
Are you using anything for filtration? If you could let us know what type filtation skimmer ect you have that would help with figuring out the nitrates

[theplatypus]

Welcome to TRT Becki.

[fudge7000]

Hi, its a nano-cube 24 tank, which has sponge filter, activated carbon, ceramic rings and bioballs with a 290GPH pump.
It has an inbuilt surface skimmer, but i wouldnt consider it a protein skimmer, am having trouble finding one small enough for the tank, my local stockist doesn't do anything small enough.

http://www.jbjlighting.com/sys_24g_nanocube.html

that is the website for the tank if your interested!

thanks!
Becki

[jenajet]

Okay, ditch the ceramic rings and bio balls, they are nitrate factories. I run mine skimmerless and waterchanges do the trick. No problem with water quality. I am willing to bet the media is what is causing the issue. how long has the tank been set up? Oh and welcome back!

[Loverotties]

Welcome to TRT!

[dobejazz]

Originally Posted by fudge7000

Hi, its a nano-cube 24 tank, which has sponge filter, activated carbon, ceramic rings and bioballs with a 290GPH pump.
It has an inbuilt surface skimmer, but i wouldnt consider it a protein skimmer, am having trouble finding one small enough for the tank, my local stockist doesn't do anything small enough.

http://www.jbjlighting.com/sys_24g_nanocube.html

that is the website for the tank if your interested!

thanks!
Becki

Thats the same tank I have
I took out the sponge in the middle compartment, rings and bioballs. I did leave the 2 sponges in the 1st compartment but I rinse them in Fresh water every waterchange.

A skimmer isn't really neccessary as long as you keep up the water changes