My 10G Nano

[ray j neal]

Here is my ten gallon nano guys and gals. It is nothing special. LS/LR, a few basic corals, common anemone, coral banded shrimp, domino damsel and a valentini puffer. Believe it or not, the puffer leaves the small amount of coral I DO have alone.

 

[krista921]

thats a 3 stripe damsel

 

[nacl+h2o fish]

RAY,
What a jewel! Thanks for sharing your Nano with the rest of us!
Would you share some specifics? You said it's 10g's, is it a commercial nano or a 10g glass w/ an Eclipse 1 hood? How long has the tank been established? Love to hear some more specific information? Thanks!

 

[ray j neal]

No commercial nano here. It was my girlfriends old goldfish setup! We now have five tanks in the house. 150, 55, 10, 10, 29. We are a bit crazy. Tank has been up about five months now.

 

[nacl+h2o fish]

Wow! Thanks for the info Ray...
What is the lighting and filtration system your using then?
I am trying to decide on a 12-24g Aquapod, Eclipse, JBJ, or Red Sea Max. All seem to have issues and as a Florida resident, I am concerned about heat build up, energy efficiency (in case i have to power it off my generator during a Storm) and effective filtration and maintenance.
Appreciate your thoughts....

 

[ray j neal]

I like mine alot. I am running a coralife ballast with a 65w 10,000 and a 65w actinic. Also have two lunar lights which stay on 24/7, so when the timer shuts off the lunar moon lights are on. For filtration a have a simple whisper 20 filter. Keep in mind though with a reef I don't really need the filtration. I alternate my skimmer from my 150 gallon to the 10 gallon every so often and pull out about a dixie cup worth of black skimmate. Right now being so cold I have huge temperature fluctuations though. The 150 varies around 0.3 degrees throughout the day. I won't even tell you how much the 10 gallon varies!

 

[groupergenius]

Looking good

Who needs those ugly ole goldfish anyway.

 

[nacl+h2o fish]

So Ray.... Let me get this straight. A $ 10.00 Perfecto all glass aquarium with a 'coral life ballast'(?) w/ actinic lights and a Whisper outside box filter are the extent of your equipment? WOW! Is the lighting a home built unit or did you purchase it as a unit? I mentioned that in Florida I was concerned about TOO MUCH heat

and your concern is the opposite.

More years ago than I care to admit, I used to use a power diatom earth filter to polish my aquarium water. What are you using in the Whisper box? If you were going to do a filter/skimmer combo.... any suggestions? Thanks Again!

 

[ray j neal]

Yesterday I wen't to do a water change and decided is was time to change things up. I don't know if I like it as much as the old setup, but the Damsel does. He has more places to hide/swim. The rock work no longer rests against the back of the tank.