2 Month Old 10 Gallon Tank.

[Petunia]

NICE! lot's of room for adding corals, mushrooms, etc. i like the way you've arranged your rocks.
have fun! keep everyone updated.

[piberoptikz]

Okay here's some updates! I purchased bunch of corals from a local friend two days ago.

+ Yellow Polyps
+ Xenia
+ Toadstool
+ Mushroom
+ Green Star Polyps
+ Tree Leather


- 10 Gallon
- CPR Bakpak 2 Skimmer
- Eheim Canister ( Only Liverocks )
- 60 W Stealth Heater
- Rio 600
- 10,000K 65W | 65W Actinic

* 78 F
* 1.025
* Ph 8.2
* Cal 450
* 10 % weekly water change

+ Fiji Liverock / Livesand
+ Percula Clownfish ( pair )
+ Yellow Watchman Goby
+ Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
+ Turbo Snails ( 8 pcs )
+ Blue Dwarf Hermit ( 3 pcs )
+ Feather Duster
+ Colony Polyps
+ Yellow Polyps
+ Xenia
+ Toadstool
+ Mushroom
+ Green Star Polyps
+ Tree Leather

[piberoptikz]

more...

[Petunia]

Looking good!! I hope that you aren't planning on adding anymore fish. I made this mistake in my 9 gallon and my nitrates sky-rocketed. Your tank is really looking nice. Keep us all updated as you go along. Thanks for posting pics... they really look good.

[Hondadude2k5]

mine used to look like that. now it is all in the 26 gal.

[Petunia]

I hear that HondaDude! I have a 9 gallon, only since October of 2005, and either need to purchase an additional tank or do a transfer. How did your transfer go, if that's what you did?

[darthteddy]

I just have a sugestion...Dump the rio. All expeiriences i have had with them all lead to problems. Now im not saying it will just i have had about 7 or 8 that carshed my tanks before i learned my lesson. Just sometihng to think aobut.

[piberoptikz]

I am not planning on adding any additional fish. I think a pair of perculas , goby and a cleaner shirmp are enough for a nano. In fact the other percula died recently due to brooklynellosis. So I decided to keep one percula for now and observe the behavior. I also wish to pair up my cleaner shirmp with another of its own. I did some research and found out that skunk cleaner shrimp do well in pairs.

Regarding the RIO...it' been almost 3 years since I bought my first RIO powerhead, since then I am still using the same RIO without any trouble at all. I guess I got away easy...I just keep 'em clean.

Ok inmates...I'm on my way to LFS to get another skunk shrimp.

[piberoptikz]

BTW darthteddy, I am currently running my Cpr Bakpak 2R+ w/ RIO 600. Do you have any suggestions for replacement with other good brand? Kindly let me know so I can dump the RIO before it gives me headache. I think 2 1/2 years of service ( Troublefree ) is enough for my RIO 600. Thank's!

[piberoptikz]

Here's the 10G project now.

Recently added:

- Xenia pom pom
- Toadstool
- Ricordia
- Kenya Tree
- Green star center zoos
+ 30 more watts.

[piberoptikz]

Added some Green / Blue Ricordias , Pink Xenias and Blue Mushroom.

[Petunia]

looking good! give your rics lots of room to grow and keep them away from your other corals, softies, etc. - they have a nasty sting.

[piberoptikz]

Will Do. 30G & 75G is on a standby just incase they grow faster.

[piberoptikz]

Just added a Maxima Clam today.

[piberoptikz]

Ok, here comes my 30G. ( cycling )