vibe's 10 gallon bedroom nano
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its a little dirty because i just did a water change. heres a run down:
Tank size: 10 gallon
Placement: corner of bedroom
Set up: about 1 year and 3 months
Filtration: emperor 280
Lighting:
-2x40 watt PC + 1 moon-lite.
-1 10,000k bulb
-1 ultra actinic blue bulb
-8 watts per gallon
Parameters:
-pH: 8.2-8.3
-ammonia: 0
-trites: 0
-trates: 0
-Phosphates: .25-.50
-Calcium: 440
-alkalinity: 2.5 (a little high for my liking)
Live stock:
-1 PJ Cardinal (Oscar)
-1 long-fin fairy wrasse or carpenter wrasse (Musik)
Invertebrates:
-About 8 hermits
-2 turbo grazer snails
-2 living bumble bee snails (3 died)
-1 scarlet cleaner shrimp (Cosmo)
-3 queen conches
-1 lime green feather duster
-1 sand sifting starfish (bought it with only 1 leg, nursing back to health and doing fine)
Corals:
-Pulsating xenia
-Medium star polyp frag
-Pink bubble coral
-2 green striped mushrooms (used to be one. It had a baby within a month and a half!)
-1 purple spotted mushroom
-2 teal mushrooms
-6-8 red mushrooms
-1 purple and orange ricordia
-zolanthids (1 frag of brown w/ white center, 1 frag of lime green w/ orange center, and 1 frag of brown w/ bright fluorescent green middle)
-1 small frag of bright green button polyps (3 polyps)
Unwanted pests:
-Bristle worms (I have one that must be at least 4 inches long!)
-Some string like things that come out of a piece of my LR
-Algae (red on sand bed, and green slime on glass. Treating and deleting)
Water changes:
-I have to start doing them weekly. Used to never do them
Chemical dosage:
-Iodine (1 does every 5-8 days)
-Strontium (1 does every 4 days)
-Calcium: (I use a liquid buffer reactor. 1 dose every day, but stopped because of saturated calcium levels. At the moment I don’t have anything that relies on calcium like a clam. Dose changed to 1 dose a week.)
-Coral food: (1-3 doses every week depending on water quality)
Water testing:
-Water is usually only tested if a problem is noticed. Best indicator is the pulsating xenia.
-Schedule for water testing is needed and soon to come.
Any questions, comments, or suggestion please don’t hesitate.
Tank size: 10 gallon
Placement: corner of bedroom
Set up: about 1 year and 3 months
Filtration: emperor 280
Lighting:
-2x40 watt PC + 1 moon-lite.
-1 10,000k bulb
-1 ultra actinic blue bulb
-8 watts per gallon
Parameters:
-pH: 8.2-8.3
-ammonia: 0
-trites: 0
-trates: 0
-Phosphates: .25-.50
-Calcium: 440
-alkalinity: 2.5 (a little high for my liking)
Live stock:
-1 PJ Cardinal (Oscar)
-1 long-fin fairy wrasse or carpenter wrasse (Musik)
Invertebrates:
-About 8 hermits
-2 turbo grazer snails
-2 living bumble bee snails (3 died)
-1 scarlet cleaner shrimp (Cosmo)
-3 queen conches
-1 lime green feather duster
-1 sand sifting starfish (bought it with only 1 leg, nursing back to health and doing fine)
Corals:
-Pulsating xenia
-Medium star polyp frag
-Pink bubble coral
-2 green striped mushrooms (used to be one. It had a baby within a month and a half!)
-1 purple spotted mushroom
-2 teal mushrooms
-6-8 red mushrooms
-1 purple and orange ricordia
-zolanthids (1 frag of brown w/ white center, 1 frag of lime green w/ orange center, and 1 frag of brown w/ bright fluorescent green middle)
-1 small frag of bright green button polyps (3 polyps)
Unwanted pests:
-Bristle worms (I have one that must be at least 4 inches long!)
-Some string like things that come out of a piece of my LR
-Algae (red on sand bed, and green slime on glass. Treating and deleting)
Water changes:
-I have to start doing them weekly. Used to never do them
Chemical dosage:
-Iodine (1 does every 5-8 days)
-Strontium (1 does every 4 days)
-Calcium: (I use a liquid buffer reactor. 1 dose every day, but stopped because of saturated calcium levels. At the moment I don’t have anything that relies on calcium like a clam. Dose changed to 1 dose a week.)
-Coral food: (1-3 doses every week depending on water quality)
Water testing:
-Water is usually only tested if a problem is noticed. Best indicator is the pulsating xenia.
-Schedule for water testing is needed and soon to come.
Any questions, comments, or suggestion please don’t hesitate.
overanalyzer
Active Member
very cool!!
For the green slime algea on the glass I would try margarita snails. I also would say that your bristle worms are beneficial and not a nuisance. Also those "strings" that are coming out of your rocks are just filter feeders and help to get some stuff out of your water column .... they too are good or beneficial.
Very cool pictures!
For the green slime algea on the glass I would try margarita snails. I also would say that your bristle worms are beneficial and not a nuisance. Also those "strings" that are coming out of your rocks are just filter feeders and help to get some stuff out of your water column .... they too are good or beneficial.
Very cool pictures!
cliffrouse11bas
Active Member
Looks good. Ready for some more pictures...