20 gallon Nano Build

[Elliott89]

Hi Guys these are my plans for the tank

Fish:

Pair of Black Onyx Percula Clowns
Black Cap Gramma
Helfrichi Firefish

Corals

Mainly SPS
Rarer LPS eg Acans and Blastos
Softies
Ricordeas
ROSE BTA for the clowns

Equipment on Tank

TUNZE DOC Nano skimmer
Seio 820
150 watt 15K Aquamedic Aquastarlight MH
100 watt Heater
Loads of Quality LR

 

[Elliott89]

Completed Rock Structure

 

[fishes2889]

wow! I really like the rock work. Nice job dude. What kind of rock is it??

 

[Timothy01]

whta size is that tank lloks like a 26 or 29 box, if so the softies may not like that 820 it may be too much flow for them.

 

[natep206]

it says 20 gal. i like it. alot of quality stuff there. theres alot of ruble at the bottom. maybe its just me but i dont find that very attractive at all...

looks good so far with the bigger structures
ill be following
nate :beer:

 

[natep206]

nice fish list too man!

 

[Elliott89]

Thanks for the nice comments Guys

The Rock rubble is in there for 2 reasons really,one i thought it would make the perfect area for mushies and zoos to attach to
and hopefully given time completley cover the base and two that it would make a fantastic breeding ground for pods (kinda like an in tank refugium) that would help feed my fishes natural food

Elliott

 

[Timothy01]

my bad had multiple posts up at once and forgot the size, thats alot of flow for softies in a 20. i do like the rubble bottom though.

 

[natep206]

there will be pods in there. but i still dont think that softies will be able to attached to anything with out glue in that huge amount of flow. and if u have to use glue why would u have that rubble? and once u glue it youll have to put them in a low flow area that will still be pretty strong for softies.

i can tell this is going to be an AWSOME tank. but really i think it will look ALOT better with a nice fine sandy bottom. maybe get a bag of some nice fiji pink ls. and a trench in the middle of those two big peices would look sweet too.

its going to turn out awsome no mattrer what u decide on. id ove to see some new pictures

nate :beer:

p.s. that is some quality lr! it has a corcea clam on it! and some little softies and some macros if i see corectly. how mcuh did u pay for that per lb? would u be willing to hook me up with some possibly?

 

[Elliott89]

Thanks

If you were in England i would be more than happy to tell you where i bought the rock

But anyways im sure you can get Indoensian liverock in America
its more expensive but definatly worth it due to the diversity of shapes and macro life you get with it,it is also far superior to Fiji when it comes to filteration

It cost £15 per kilo in my money which im sure is somewhere in the region of $35? in your money? your LFS should be able to order indonesian liverock for you

Anyway i think i'll give the softies a miss,i didn't realise how crazy the flow would be with the Seio 820 its like a wavemachine lol

So Its gonna be SPS and LPS only

Watch this space more updates to follow

Thanks

Elliott

 

[Timothy01]

forget the lps they like low flow and will die off rapidly under an 820

 

[natep206]

thanks man,

yeah i beleive my lfs's suplier in indonesia was in the recent earthquake so right now that cant get anything from them. but ill ask next tiem im in. yeah im with tim. id say only sps. and only really nice sps. id say start out with a couple of really nice frag packs from people in the live stock selling and trading board. onless your lfs stocks a good veritety of sps.

ive seen really nice packs in there u should check it out.

nate

 

[natep206]

any updates?

 

[Elliott89]

YES!!! lol heres the update

Added a Blue Background and altered the rockwork abit,i am
now very pleased with the look,as usual let em know what you think

Thanks for your interest guys

Elliott

 

[Elliott89]

Any Feedback would be much appreciated

Thanks

Elliott

 

[natep206]

id get some nice cories to take care of the brown algae...but other then that looks nice

nate

 

[Elliott89]

Little update:ive decided to fill the tank with mainly rarer types of softies and LPS,so i have turned the flow right down on my seio 820

I'll post a picture update later

Elliott

 

[natep206]

updates updates updates!!!

fts please!
nate :beer:

 

[natep206]

bump!