8.5G Rimless Reef

[Seano Hermano]

Hello everyone. I'm a long-time lurker of this forum, but don't post much at all. I thought I would start a build thread and share my tank. I started this 10G rimless tank on June 2 of this year. It is a mixed reef tank and has a total water volume of 8.5 gallons.

Equipment:

BoostLED par30 bulb (x2) - 60* optics, 3RB/2CW combo
Hydor Koralia Nano 425 powerhead (x2)
Hydor Koralia Nano-Skim protein Skimmer
API and Red Sea Pro test kits


Stocking List

porcelain crab
sexy shrimp (x3)
tridacna maxima clam
tridacna squamosa clam

Corals I Have

red montipora cap. (6" x 3")
red monti cap frag (1" x 1.5")
button polyps
zoanthids (x7)
acan lobo
green aussie acan echhinata (5 eyes/2 eyes)
frogspawn (x5 heads)
chalice (x2)
war favia
neon green pavona (x2)
red blastomussas (x2)
blue clove polyps
green star polyp



Coral Wishlist

SPS
sunset monti
reverse sunset monti
superman monti
rainbow monti
purple haze monti
purple satin porites

montipora setosa - orange or pink
green montipora spongodes

montipora foliosa blue-green cup
strawberry fields monti cap.
flower petal monti cap.
green/ purple rim montipora cap. (Leng Sy)
highlighter green plating monti cap.
highlighter yellow plating monti
Idaho grape monti cap.

forest fire digitata

$500 efflo
$200 efflo
strawberry shortcake acropora
acropora millepora red planet

green slimer acropora
purple bonsai acropora
Reef Pets crimson tide acropora millepora
yellow aculeus acropora
ORA Hawkins acropora
WT "Lucid Dream" acropora frag

green birdsnest
pink birdsnest
purple birdsnest
birds of paradise

LPS
purple torch
aussie elegance

watermelon chalice
baby's breath chalice
toxic waste chalice
Miami hurricane chalice
Hollywood stunner chalice
ORA Sprung's stunner chalice

radioactive aussie acan lord
aussie rainbow acan lord
Miami hurricane acan echinata

Mayan sun favia
ASD blue blazer favia

short tentacle fungia

wellsophyllia
bleeding apple scolymia

Softies
ASD metallic pink ranger palys
Sunny D zoas
rasta zoas
candy apple red zoas
King midas zoas
ASD the shiznit zoas

Other
maxi-mini anemone

purple brush gorgonian

 

[Seano Hermano]

FTS 6/02/2012

FTS 7/17/2012 - painted the back glass and built a cabinet

FTS 7/30/2012

 

[Seano Hermano]

Updated pics later today with corals open...

 

[Sagz70]

Not a bad start.. Are you going to add any fishes? Even though you may be limited to 1 or 2, I see you already have sexy shrimp so I guess that would be enough.

 

[Seano Hermano]

Thanks.

I don't have any fish/ inverts yet. I was going to edit my post to say 'planned stocking list', but I waited too long to edit it. lol. Right now, I just have my cuc (ceriths, dwarf ceriths, nassarius vibrex, nerites, blue hermits). I hope to get the porcelain crab and sexy shrimp within the next few months.

For now the tank will remain fish-less. I may add a pair of neon gobies, and eventually the clam(s) when I have more time to care for the tank.

 

[TundraGuy]

Fishless nanos are so much easier to care for. You'll find the corals do better without huge waste factories (i.e. fish) to contend with.

Looks like your well on your way good job on the build.

 

[Seano Hermano]

Thanks again. I didn't have fish in my last tank (29 gallon), and that's the plan again, at least for a while. I hope to have this setup for several years.

As I get more SPS I plan to dose Brightwell Aquatics Reef Code A and B. Weekly 10% water changes with Red Sea Coral Pro salt will suffice for now though.

 

[kinkylizard]

Hows the protein skimmer working out for you...I was thinking of getting the tunze but thought that would be overkill so I started leaning over towards this skimmer. I heard that the hydor is very sensitive to water levels. Any experience with this?????????