Echidna09
New member
Thank you to everybody for voting me as July's Nano Tank of the Month. I have been working toward this since I got my tank last year.
I received my tank from my brother's boss June 2007. The tank is a JBJ Nano Cube 12. When I got the tank it had a JBJ K2 150w Viper on it. In September, I added 2-24 watt Helios T5HO III for actinics. In December I put on a Rio Nano Skimmer, which was replaced in February when I added a 5.5 gallon sump above the tank. The sump has a hole drilled in bottom right corner for a gravity-fed return, and a Rio 200 supplies the sump with water from the tank. In the sump I have an ASM Mini-G Protein Skimmer and rock rubble for mounting frags. In April I replaced my Viper light with an Aquamedic Oceanlight 250. I bought a fan from Target that points at the lights to keep them and the tank cool. Temperature is between 76-79 throughout the day. I have a nano powerhead from Fraggle Reef which is the only circulation since the main pump in the back went out a couple of months ago. I run 1/2 cup of Kent Reef Carbon monthly, and perform a 1.5 gallon water change weekly with Instant Ocean salt. Specific Gravity is 1.026.
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I supplement with ESV's B-ionic Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium buffers daily. I add 7.5 ml of Calcium, 5 ml of Alkalinity, and 7.5 ml of Magnesium every day. This keeps my parameters at 450 ppm CA, 9-10 dKH Alk, and 1350-1400 ppm Magnesium. I stopped adding iodine several months ago.
I have two fish in the tank - a Bangaii Cardinal and a Blue Lightning Wrasse. I feed them Spirulina flakes every couple of days.
I have about 3-5 snails and 2-3 hermit crabs in there, as well as one Emerald Crab. I also have two tridacnid clams, one Derasa, and one Crocea. The Crocea had a commensal shrimp living inside of it for a while, but it died a few months ago.
Coral is my main focus in this tank, and it is jam packed. I have over 50 different pieces in there including zoos, leathers, montis, acros, acans, chalices, and favias. I feed the coral a dense mix of Cyclop-eeze, H2O Coral Food, and H2O Mysis and Brine occasionally.
List of named corals -
Tyree Sunset Monti
Tyree Montipora Setosa
Tyree Leng Sy Cap
Tyree Montipora Undata
Tyree Dragon's Soul Favia
Pink Jade A. Stoddarti
Baby's Breath Favia
Meteor Shower Cyphastrea
Mummy Eye Chalice
Hybrid Watermelon Chalice
Spiderman Micromussa
Palau Nepthea
Zoos-
Red People Eater
True Rainbow
Purple Death
Nuclear Green
Armor of God
Armegeddon
Mohawk
Bam Bam Orange
Speckled Fire and Ice
I received my tank from my brother's boss June 2007. The tank is a JBJ Nano Cube 12. When I got the tank it had a JBJ K2 150w Viper on it. In September, I added 2-24 watt Helios T5HO III for actinics. In December I put on a Rio Nano Skimmer, which was replaced in February when I added a 5.5 gallon sump above the tank. The sump has a hole drilled in bottom right corner for a gravity-fed return, and a Rio 200 supplies the sump with water from the tank. In the sump I have an ASM Mini-G Protein Skimmer and rock rubble for mounting frags. In April I replaced my Viper light with an Aquamedic Oceanlight 250. I bought a fan from Target that points at the lights to keep them and the tank cool. Temperature is between 76-79 throughout the day. I have a nano powerhead from Fraggle Reef which is the only circulation since the main pump in the back went out a couple of months ago. I run 1/2 cup of Kent Reef Carbon monthly, and perform a 1.5 gallon water change weekly with Instant Ocean salt. Specific Gravity is 1.026.
[IMGhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/spydog143/IMG_0575.jpg[/IMG]
[IMGhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/spydog143/Sunset.jpg[/IMG]
I supplement with ESV's B-ionic Calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium buffers daily. I add 7.5 ml of Calcium, 5 ml of Alkalinity, and 7.5 ml of Magnesium every day. This keeps my parameters at 450 ppm CA, 9-10 dKH Alk, and 1350-1400 ppm Magnesium. I stopped adding iodine several months ago.
I have two fish in the tank - a Bangaii Cardinal and a Blue Lightning Wrasse. I feed them Spirulina flakes every couple of days.
I have about 3-5 snails and 2-3 hermit crabs in there, as well as one Emerald Crab. I also have two tridacnid clams, one Derasa, and one Crocea. The Crocea had a commensal shrimp living inside of it for a while, but it died a few months ago.
Coral is my main focus in this tank, and it is jam packed. I have over 50 different pieces in there including zoos, leathers, montis, acros, acans, chalices, and favias. I feed the coral a dense mix of Cyclop-eeze, H2O Coral Food, and H2O Mysis and Brine occasionally.
List of named corals -
Tyree Sunset Monti
Tyree Montipora Setosa
Tyree Leng Sy Cap
Tyree Montipora Undata
Tyree Dragon's Soul Favia
Pink Jade A. Stoddarti
Baby's Breath Favia
Meteor Shower Cyphastrea
Mummy Eye Chalice
Hybrid Watermelon Chalice
Spiderman Micromussa
Palau Nepthea
Zoos-
Red People Eater
True Rainbow
Purple Death
Nuclear Green
Armor of God
Armegeddon
Mohawk
Bam Bam Orange
Speckled Fire and Ice
. The nTOTM contest is run a month in advance, IE voting for August's nTOTM occurs in July, and the voting for my tank took place in June. I have a post stickied at the top of the forum for August nTOTM entries which will be voted on later this month. So far there is only one entry, so post your tank!
