Eheim 9g Pushing the Limits of A Nano

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Hello everyone,
This is my nightstand nano, and it kept me going while I was setting up my larger tank in the living room.

Equipment:
Eheim AquaStyle 9g
Stock Internal filter with carbon, filter floss, and purigen when necessary
Aqueon power head
Koralia nano 240 run occasionally
Stock Eheim led, with a wave point 6" blue led for supplement.



From my bed













Thanks for stopping in! Constructive criticism and comments welcome!​

 

[jonnyu]

Tank looks awesome

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Thank you Jonnyu!! I appreciate it

 

[rovster]

Looks great. Nice pichurs

 

[tgrove]

ha, looking for constructive criticism. you won't find any. great looking tank

 

[tonyyloww]

That's a nano... man that's look way to nice for a nano...

 

[knukles55]

Didn't know a tank like this was even possible polyp extension is insane on all your corals and that dendro is fire

 

[tommychip]

Thank you Jonnyu!! I appreciate it

you got any tips for setting up a nano? i just got a biocube and looking for help on how to maintain it.

 

[Fish2reef]

Awesome tank! Congratulations

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Looks great. Nice pichurs

ha, looking for constructive criticism. you won't find any. great looking tank

That's a nano... man that's look way to nice for a nano...

Didn't know a tank like this was even possible polyp extension is insane on all your corals and that dendro is fire

Thank you guys, I really appreciate the kind words. Im very glad you like it.

you got any tips for setting up a nano? i just got a biocube and looking for help on how to maintain it.

What are you looking for help with? I don't want to tell you stuff you already know, but if you have any specific questions I will gladly help with whatever you need help with.

Awesome tank! Congratulations

Thanks Fish2reef!

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Figure its time to update this.

The fish are gone, Bangaii and yellow tail damsel were both eaten by the Dendros, and the yellow bell damsel got bullied to death. Since then I have tried a baby yellow coris wrasse who was also eaten by something in the tank.

The yellow gorgonian started losing body mass, and I have moved it back and forth between here and my 45 gallon trying to get the polyps back out regularly enough to feed it back to health, no such luck as of yet, but I will keep trying until its really dead.

I have added some things, moved some other things, and lost a frag or two (Monti. digitata didnt do well for me, except the green one is fully encrusted and doing great)

I had a big issue with an extremely invasive sponge, and I'm still fighting it. Only thing that I have found that helped was a red spiny starfish. He went to town on it and hasn't stopped, but I don't think he can consume it fast enough to completely irradiate it. As long as its under control like it is now, I will live with it.

I did a big 5 gallon water change today (3 gallons out, 3 in, 1 out, 1 in, 1 out, 1 in) so I guess it is probably more like a 4 gallon change, but I really got into the rocks and sand with the turkey baster and cleared out some long-set-in detritus. Tank looks much happier now.













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[nivram]

Nice. What does the invasive sponge look like?

 

[Lacy]

Looks great.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Nice. What does the invasive sponge look like?

I will try to get find a pic from the outbreak!

Looks great.

Thank you!