vibes 10 gal. nano reef

[php]

this is vibes tank so give him the credit not me thanks

 

[vibe]

if i ahd a digital camera i would have posted it myself
what does everyone think? and how do i get the tank to be brighter in the picture?

 

[ty_05_f]

Take a picture with you tank lights on and see what it does.

 

[bonermeister]

Are the lightsd in the tank even on?
Paint on a blue or black background, I think that will help liven up things.

 

[vibe]

yeah the lights were on at the time, and the flash on the camera was on. yeah im going to get/make a backgound soon. thanks, what does everyone think?

 

[nerdy]

What is the yellow coral in the corner? I can't seem to make it out!

 

[vibe]

its a yellow gonopora. it was a gift to me from some lady i talked to in the fish store

 

[vibe]

to the upper right are 2 ricordia, and a small toadstool leather. in the middle is a white gonopora and green star polyps. by the white gonapora are some hairy shrooms. and below that i have some brown button polyps. and to the right and behind the yellow gonapora are some more brown buttons.

 

[nm reef]

Looks nice for a lil nano....curious about how long its been set-up? The lighting you lists sounds a bit low.....how well has everything adapted to your lighting...and how long have the corals been under that lighting? I guess your filtration/circulation is adaquate because your system certainly looks stable and balanced.I'd keep a close eye on the goni's....they are extremely difficult to keep long term(but then you've heard that too...)
I'm just curious about how long your systems been set-up and how stable your system is.... it is very nice looking......

 

[vibe]

hmm, it all depends. my emperor has been in there for about 3 weeks now and does an awsome job. the pj has been alive for about 4-5 weeks already. and neon i got this week. i bought a 28 watt Aqualight 20" compact fluorscent lamp, but the bulb was bad, so i returned it today, and am getting a new one on tuesday. my lighting should be good. im taking that and mixing it with my 15 watt 50/50. that gives me 4.3 watts per gallon which i think could be good. what do you think? thanks for the compliment nmreef. my gonis look good. but unfortunatly, they only live for short periods of time in captivity. even expert reefers cant keep them for a long time. but they look mad cool. plus the yellow one was a gift, and the white one was only 25 bucks. cant go wrong there. yellow has been in there for 3-4 days, and the white one has been in there for 2-3 weeks now and both are doing well.

 

[vibe]

i mean upper left on the ricordia

 

[vibe]

with the 28 watt light taht im getting on tuesday, plus my 15 watt 50/50, what coral could i get? remember its a 10 gallon, and for those of you who go by the rule of watts per gallon, both of those together come out to 4.3 watts per gallon. any suggestions on corals to get would be appreciated

 

[plum70rt]

Nice Vibe, How bout some nice colored shrooms,
space is tight in a nano, start small

 

[vibe]

sounds good, ill probably get those to start of my new lights. im hoping eventually i could get a plate....what do you think?

 

[overanalyzer]

Originally posted by vibe
sounds good, ill probably get those to start of my new lights. im hoping eventually i could get a plate....what do you think?
I would do a search on Plate corals - as a lot of post's I've seen lately have been how hard it is to keep a plate - or my plate coral died.... I have a 20 and I am doing mostly shrooms, ricordea's, some xenia and zoo's. I have a candy cane in there and I am thinking about getting a small brain in the future for the sand bed .... I have 150 watts fo VHO and 13 watts of PC over it .... or roughly 8.sumtin' watts per gallon ....

 

[vibe]

tanks for the imput and coments. yeah ill try and get better pics. i used my friends camera and there memory card is running low. so i dunno. im thinking about getting some striped shrooms, they look pretty sweet.