Show us a full tank Nano pic !!!

[MarVida]

My 10 gallon office tank.

70W MH HQI, 28W PC, Hang on 'fuge, Seaclone 100 skimmer

[MarVida]

Oops! The first photo was of the tank 6 months ago, here is a current one.

[minireefer3]

sdo for those with 20 galo long, what lights do you have

[512148048]

i have 110 watts pc and 40 watts NO floresent
i cut the 40 and added 55watts of pc

[Geoff]

Originally Posted by MarVida

Oops! The first photo was of the tank 6 months ago, here is a current one.

how long has the tank been set up?

Nice tanks everyone!!

G~

[Andrew]

Here is my old 20g. I upgraded to a 40g about 5 months ago after having the 20 up for 2 years.

[csacord]

Here is my 16Gal Nano. I started it up May 5th.

18Tall
Tetra Tec PF300 HoB
19" 36w 50/50 PC
2 CA200 Power Heads
2 Snails
3 Peppermint Shrimp
1 Emerald Crab
2 Percula Clowns
1 Scooter Blenny

[csacord]

DUH...FOrgot the Pic

[Rails]

18 gallon Via Aqua, eco 40 style hang on fuge, CSL 80w PC with the KrackerG 70w ushio mod, 18lbs LR, lots of Xenia, some mushrooms, zoos, and a gbta

[dhoffroad]

here is my 10 gal.



coralife 96W quad
AC 300 fuge
SCWD closed loop
auto top off
corals: yellow gorgonian, pumping xenia, candy cane, zoo's, single ric, gsp
animals: perc clown, cleaner shrimp, diffirent snails, single hermit crab (hitch hiker), 2 emerald crabs, hitch hikers (bristle worms, mini brittle stars, fether dusters )
I am still trying to stock this tank with corals as I find them son now it dosent have verry much. right now I am working on a 10 gal fuge sump to add to this system .
for more pics of the diy stand and equipment see http://http://www.nano-reef.com/foru...threadid=36195
Thanks

[MarVida]

Geoff,
My 10 has been set up for 2 years.

[Deuce24]

Hi, my tank I believe is a deluxe nano cube (has two fans, and two 24watt lights stock). I just started cycling it yesterday (9-6-04) with 10lb live argonite sand, and 12lb live Fijian rock. On the front most left rock, you might be able to see some feather dusters that were attached to the rock I picked out. Can I expect these to die off while the tank is cycling? I also have some other "live" things in the tank, and are these expected to die off as well while the levels are stabilizing? Thanks! Can't wait to add more critters to my tank!

~Claudio

[dhoffroad]

coralife 96W quad
AC 300 fuge
SCWD closed loop
auto top off
corals: yellow gorgonian, purple leather, pumping xenia, candy cane, zoo's, single ric, single shroom, gsp
animals: perc clown, cleaner shrimp, diffirent snails, single hermit crab (hitch hiker), 2 emerald crabs, hitch hikers (bristle worms, mini brittle stars, fether dusters )
I am still trying to stock this tank with corals as I find them they are hard to find around here . for more pics of the diy stand and equipment see http://http://www.nano-reef.com/for...&threadid=36195
Thanks

[OodleyBoodely]

Originally Posted by Deuce24

Hi, my tank I believe is a deluxe nano cube (has two fans, and two 24watt lights stock). I just started cycling it yesterday (9-6-04) with 10lb live argonite sand, and 12lb live Fijian rock. On the front most left rock, you might be able to see some feather dusters that were attached to the rock I picked out. Can I expect these to die off while the tank is cycling? I also have some other "live" things in the tank, and are these expected to die off as well while the levels are stabilizing? Thanks! Can't wait to add more critters to my tank!

~Claudio

Hi, Claudio! If your live rock was cured in the store where you bought it you may not see much of a cycle. If it is fresh/uncured or spent some time out of the water in transit to your tank you could see a full cycle as dieoff on the rock decays. To preserve the existing life you should monitor the ammonia and nitrite regularly through the cycle period and do a water change as needed to keep the levels low. You don't have to be fanatical about it, remember that rock life already survived days out of the water in transit to your lfs, however, you can control dieoff by keeping the water quality up. HTH

[Deuce24]

Thanks oodley! I took a water sample in to my LFS (one week cycling) and they said it wasn't even worth testing, since in the next two weeks everything will be changing. I made them test it anways, and they said "everything looks like it should after 1 week." I find it hard to believe them that all the life in my tank (mostly feather dusters) and whatnot will die off, and that I should be expecting huge algae growth (brown and green I think they said) over the next 2-4 weeks, as so far my tank looks pristine and thriving. Is this always the case, and should I be expecting this? My live rock I purchased was in a big open topped tank with some pretty serious looking filtration, so that is promising for hopefully a shortened cycle. Thank you for the reply, I appreciate the many suggestions!