Hi All, I'm new around here. Pics of my 20G Nano

[WANANO]

Well here is an update on the tank which is around 9 months old. Tank has only 80L / 20G net of water. I water change twice a week at 25% each. IMO large water changes are the best way to keep the water quality up in such a small volume.
Tank has come a long way since the pics in the begining. Hope you enjoy.
Full tank pictures


Left side tank view


Right side tank view


Deltec MCE 600 skimmer

Equipment under the tank

Tank is basically complete. Will grow out a bit. So hopefully i can now sit back and enjoy. May add a few cleaner shrimps again in the months to come.
Cheers
Che

[garvondavis14]

wow, nice tank man, keep up on the updates...what fish/inverts u have in there? looks like a firefish, chromis?

[WANANO]

Originally Posted by garvondavis14

wow, nice tank man, keep up on the updates...what fish/inverts u have in there? looks like a firefish, chromis?

Thanks for the thumbs up

I have 1 chromis, i purple fire fish and one pair of tank breed ocs clowns.

Inverts are hammer coral, 2 torch corals, 1 daisy coral, 1 sun coral, a few xenia types, 2 elegance corals, Various morphs, sinularia, 2 maxima clams, 1 sqamosa clam, 1 x organ pipe coral and a few others which i have no doubt forgot about. 2 turbo snails.

I have a few pest crabs that came on the LR which will go once i set a trap for them.

Thats about it really, just a lot of coral in a small space.

Thanks again for the

Cheers
Che

[Loverotties]

Welcome to TRT!WOW your tank looks GREAT!

[Thefishmaniac]

Great looking tank...

[Leverage Lad]

Nice tank. I am very new in to reef tanks. Mind if I ask what is the device under the tank with the LCD that reads 7.89? is it a PH reader?

[ski1297]

The tank looks very nice and clean to! Welcome to TRT!!! Deltec very nice how do you like it?

[menelaus22]

would you mind providing an equiment used summary. Noticed you had a phosban reactor, etc.

Great looking tank!

[Casey]

Very nice

[WANANO]

HI All,

Thanks for the nice welcome and the thumbs up.

The meter showing 7.89 is a Dupla PH Alpha controller which I can hook up to a CA reactor if i decide to go down that track. This is my tanks LOW PH as the lights would have been on for max 1 hour when the pic was taken. Evening PH is 8.20.

Deltec is a good skimmer. I like the fact that there is no pump in the main display so it keeps the tank looking less packed with pumps etc. Since i run this tank sumpless i place my heater in the skimmer as there is a compartment where you can add a heater or carbon / phosban etc.

Been keeping marine for 15 years now but this is my first nano. Previous tanks include a 300G reef, 200G reef, 100G FO tank, 150G SPS reef and my clown breeding set up which i was raising 400 fry a month. That was a lot of work but rewarding. May go back into clown breeding again, but time will tell.

I got out of large reefs due to the running cost. Electricity in Australia is fairly expensive. Love the nano world, it's amasing what you can do in such a small space. A lot cheaper to set up and maintain and just as impresive.

All the best

Che

[WANANO]

Originally Posted by menelaus22

would you mind providing an equiment used summary. Noticed you had a phosban reactor, etc.

Great looking tank!

No Problems, equipment list as below:-

1. Tank 24x12x16 high
2. Lighting 1 x70W 14K Astralux / 1 x 150W 10K Ushio
3. Skimmer Deltec MCE 600
4. Tunze Tempreture controller hooked up to fan
5. Jager 75W heater
6. Phosban reactor which i use with Phosban and Purigen run of a Eheim 1048 pump.
7. Tunze Water level controller
8. Use a 4 stage RO/DI water for FW top up
9. 7 small power heads in main tank (600L hr each) on timers
10. Dupla Alpha PH controller - not hooked up to control anything just yet.

Dosing with Zeovit amino acids 1 drop daily / Zeovit Iodine 1 drop twice a week. I add Seachem reef buffer to my top up FW and i also add Seachems reef complete (1 cap twice a week). Water change twice a week at 25% each.

Tank parmeters yesterday where as follows:-

KH 6.4 DKH - raising to 7 where i usually keep it.
PH - 8.2
Nitrate - 5 PPM - salifert
PO4 - Nil - salifet
MG - 1300PPM
CA - 420 PPM
Temp 26.5 Deg Cel
SG - 1.027

many thanks and any further questions are welcomed.

Cheers
Che

[Sprayin70]

WOW!!! Your tank looks great!!! Welcome.

[kurbs]

Nice looking tank - Love the equip setup

[piberoptikz]

Very nice. Welcome!

[wharyat]

Great looking 20.

Welcome to TRT!!