My new nano pics

[clarkiiclo]

A perc a firefish and a goby?
Not really. They will all stay small. 3 fish max. The goby doesnt hardly leave his rockwork.
The firefish and perc are midlevel swimmers.
I do religous weekly waterchanges so Im not really worried about water conditions.

 

[clarkiiclo]

Ok I finally got a pic of my little buddy. The firefish has been moved to the hospital. He had Ich. He is much better and is in hypo. He should be coming home soon. I had to dismantle the entire rockwork to get him out!
AND as I was putting all the rocks back I got stung by a bristleworm

WOW that did not feel good. That was my first time getting stung. I dont want to do it again.:nope:
So here are the "redone" rocks.

 

[clarkiiclo]

.

 

[clarkiiclo]

It still looks sooooooooooooo empty.
I cant wait for some corals!

 

[jacknjill]

what elso are you gonna put in there?

 

[clarkiiclo]

No more fishys
A few more snails, Nassarius and maybe a few bumblebees
A couple of more hermits
CORALS!!!
I want a small frogspawn frag, some really nice zoos-just a small frag too
Some really nice mushrooms, a coco worm
Im not sure yet......

 

[jacknjill]

ok, i know thos may have been answered before buti dont want to go through the whole thread again. do you know about how much all the equipment, rock, sand, and cube cost you? not including livestock. how many punds of sand is that? im asking because you have really got me interested in starting a little cube. another thing, did this cube come with all this stuff? or was it seperate? thanx how many puonds of live rock is that?

 

[connor]

cool tank

 

[jacknjill]

also, is there any kind of skimmer or filter on there?

 

[clarkiiclo]

Well the tank was a present but I know it was 139.99
Sand was 19.99 and I have about 10lbs or so maybe a bit more
Eheim 600 PH 18.99
Ebo heater 18.99
Time Temp Monitor 12.99
Salt 29.99
I figure there is only about 7 or 8 pounds of rock right now, about 40 bucks worth
So right now minus livestock is about 150.00 give or take
Livestock- Yashia 10.99
Perc- came from my other tank
Firefish 12.99
Queen 4.99
Electric Blue Hermit 5.99
Assorted hermits 1.99ea
Assorted snails 1.99ea
Stomatellas Hitch hikers
Quick strips basic tests 9.99 per bottle
Thats about it right now
I want a few more snails and a keyhole
Also corals
My 75 gallon we have over 3K in and it still looks like poo

 

[clarkiiclo]

Oh yeah, the filtration is 3 compartments. First is 2 sponges, poly filter and a purigen bag
Second is filled with live rock and macro algaes
Third has the heater and the original pump which will be replaced with a 606 pretty soon

 

[jacknjill]

ok cool. do you happen to know where i could get one of these online? they dont have them at my lfs. what is a 606? sorry for all the questions, but you have gotten me really interested in this and im kinda trying to mimic yours.

 

[jacknjill]

also, what are macro algaes and is there a place to put carbon in? do you think it needs a skimmer

 

[clarkiiclo]

Mine came from a very popular auction site.
The 606 is a Mini-Jet 606 submersiable pump. The flow out of the stock pump is a bit weak for me and I have heard that there are some problems with some of the sotck pumps.
You could easliy put carbon in any of the compartments
The macros I have are Caulerpa,Cheatomorpha and Halimeda
I bought the Eheim, Ebo and TimeTemp from a Marine Depot or something like that... hint hint
I dont think it needs a skimmer. I do weekly water changes
Also there is a mod you can do to the intake that is supposed to create a skimming effect.

 

[jacknjill]

thank you for all the info. do the micros need anything special to live? like light or food? basically what do you have to do to keep them alive. do you think they make a difference? ithink i get what you are saying about the marine depot lol. they have lots of PET stuff.

 

[clarkiiclo]

Well I dont do anything really. They have been in there 3 weeks now and so far so good. I do know that they do like Iron so I may start dosing with that. From what I understand macros are filter feeders.
They get light from my main lights during the day
I havent seen any bad algaes yet and that is what I am trying to avoid. I HATE HAIR ALGAE!!
I bought a couple of light diffusers from the same place I got my moonlight parts from.
I like the diffused look better. The light is more even instead of spotlights.
I will get a pic tomorrow of the improved moonlight.

 

[jacknjill]

thats cool. im gonna start saving up so i can get everything at once. do you think that these fish would be ok in there?
percula clown
purple firefish
some kind of goby

 

[clarkiiclo]

I have the same fish.
Should be fine with good maintenance.

 

[jacknjill]

one more thing, well actually two. when this whole system is running, does it make a lot of noise? if so how loud and do you think i would be able to get to sleep with it on my dresser? snd question, if i got the classic instead of the deluxe, would i still be able to keep softies with that lighting?

 

[clarkiiclo]

I think I would opt for the deluxe. The price difference is well worth it.
I have my tank about 2' from my bed and I dont hear it:yes: