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Yes
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04-24-2006, 09:18 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,330
     |  Do you have a nano tank?
I have to say ... my 20 long is the hardest tank I've had - and the smallest!
Keeping acros, fish, etc.. in such a small tank is a challenge for me. I'm always realizing what I did wrong last week. For instance tonight I was marveling at some new red algae and wondering what could have spiked it.. I think it was because I noticed that my pH had been low and cranked the effluent on my calcium reactor... which raised pH but lowered alk... could this be, or is it from all the food I've been throwing since I've overstocked the tank with fish I shouldn't have?  Or is it my relatively new halide/T5 light and all of the above?  
Either way... this is a challenge. Do you have a nano aquarium going?  | 
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04-24-2006, 11:28 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 403
Karma: 37
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Matt, I am going to have a nano - a 20 gal long w/ ~20 gal fuge and 10 gal sump(also a 20 gal long tank) = 50 gal. Is it still consider a nano?
I am setting it up next week. I can't wait!!! I love it when I get to build/setup something! It's not gonna look all that good, but it's going to be a frag tank. 
O, yeah, I want to keep acros, montipora digitatas, soft corals, and a clam. Is 175watts of PC enough? How about 72watts of T5-HO?
Thanks!
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Started on Jan 24, cycled on Feb 17
125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
Equipments:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
Lighting:
110watts PC, 70watts NO
Resident:
2 Polyps Ricordia
Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
70 Blue Leg Hermits
25 Snails
Last edited by gkw : 04-24-2006 at 11:51 PM.
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04-25-2006, 06:28 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
Posts: 3,378
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Yup, I have a 12 gal nano ^^ _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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04-25-2006, 09:28 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
Posts: 999
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20gal high for me... 10gal sump is in the works
Marc. _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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04-25-2006, 09:50 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: IL Age: 34
Posts: 341
Karma: 132
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12gal nano cube DX with zoa's, mushrooms, BTA and 2 clowns. great looking little world of it's own. | |
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04-25-2006, 10:04 AM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone |
15 gallon aga _________  | |
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04-25-2006, 10:14 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
Posts: 5,812
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2.5 gallon nano here. It once held a mantis that died during a molt then a pair of harlequin shrimp which have been moved to my new-ish 46 gallon hex. Now it's just a temporary holding tank for a serpent star that will eventually go into my 180 gallon once it's set up and cycled. | |
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04-25-2006, 03:04 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
Posts: 1,294
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20 long, If that is considered to be one and a 10 gal.
They are the hardest tanks to take care of.'
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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05-01-2006, 02:48 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NC Age: 24
Posts: 68
Karma: 22
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24 gal nano dx its my first tank ...its given me some headaches but it will def. not be the last...i plan on doing a 150 next ... big jump but my brother has one so he can help me out
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24gal nano, xenia, green plate, orange zoos, orange spot gobie, 4 turbos, 4 scarlets
New tank 150 gal show tank, hippo tang, yellow tang, snowflake eel, 2 clarks, cardnial, toby puffer, dwarf loin, anemone, starry blenny, 4 blue chromis....im sure i left someone out.... | |
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