Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoy my nano journey as I show you some photos through the years of how it has changed and grown.
So my nano tank is now 3 years old. It has traveled with me to 4 different apartments, and just recently in Sept. moved with me to my first house!
I used to take care of discus, so I have a good handle on how to take care of fish and the care that is needed. After leaving the freshwater hobby behind, I wanted to dive into some salt water. So I looked to craigslist for the best all in one deal I could find. Originally, I bought my fish tank with 2 clowns rock, and gravel. Little did I know, there were some tiny mushrooms, and Kenyan trees hiding in there that were too small to see. This tank was in the basement at a solid 58 degrees F when I showed up and the clowns weren't even moving more than a twitch of their fins. It was his brothers and he just wanted the thing to go to someone who knew what they were doing. I didn't think anything was going to survive that, as they had been down there for a month living like that. I was really only interested in the tank, but did my best to keep the fish alive anyway.
A couple of weeks later, the fish were swimming around healthy as could be. I was proud of my completely crusted coralline rock, and hit up my first fish show! This is where I bought a anemone (as all good nemo fathers would) and my care level increased. I saw many posts that it was impossible to keep nems in small aquariums, and being up for all challenges, I set out to prove people wrong. Eventually, this single nem grew from the size of a golf ball, to almost the size of a cantaloupe. This is when it decided to split, and I now had 2!
A year later, I moved back home one summer from college to my parents house and this tank I placed in a bedroom which people didn't visit often. This is when I realized my light was poor and started to cook my coral. Problem was, I didn't realize it until summer was almost over as I had been busy with friends and family and didn't pay much attention to the tank other than bi-weekly water changes and throwing food in. My nems died, and everything else barely hung on. I checked the tank temp and it read 84 degrees.... After moving back to college for my last year, I made sure my lid was cracked 24/7 at an angle so this wouldn't happen again. This worked for 9 months for me, and everything grew wildly. The heat the light generated had a place to escape.
I graduated college in May 2015, and got a job! With my first pay check, I went and bought a brand new Kessil! I went to another fish show that summer, and bought 2 more nems. The kessil was great, but now I have been filling my tank daily for the past 7 months with water due to evaporation. This doesn't bother me as it is only a cup in the morning, and a cup in the evening. Here are some photos to go along with my tanks journy
So my nano tank is now 3 years old. It has traveled with me to 4 different apartments, and just recently in Sept. moved with me to my first house!
I used to take care of discus, so I have a good handle on how to take care of fish and the care that is needed. After leaving the freshwater hobby behind, I wanted to dive into some salt water. So I looked to craigslist for the best all in one deal I could find. Originally, I bought my fish tank with 2 clowns rock, and gravel. Little did I know, there were some tiny mushrooms, and Kenyan trees hiding in there that were too small to see. This tank was in the basement at a solid 58 degrees F when I showed up and the clowns weren't even moving more than a twitch of their fins. It was his brothers and he just wanted the thing to go to someone who knew what they were doing. I didn't think anything was going to survive that, as they had been down there for a month living like that. I was really only interested in the tank, but did my best to keep the fish alive anyway.
A couple of weeks later, the fish were swimming around healthy as could be. I was proud of my completely crusted coralline rock, and hit up my first fish show! This is where I bought a anemone (as all good nemo fathers would) and my care level increased. I saw many posts that it was impossible to keep nems in small aquariums, and being up for all challenges, I set out to prove people wrong. Eventually, this single nem grew from the size of a golf ball, to almost the size of a cantaloupe. This is when it decided to split, and I now had 2!
A year later, I moved back home one summer from college to my parents house and this tank I placed in a bedroom which people didn't visit often. This is when I realized my light was poor and started to cook my coral. Problem was, I didn't realize it until summer was almost over as I had been busy with friends and family and didn't pay much attention to the tank other than bi-weekly water changes and throwing food in. My nems died, and everything else barely hung on. I checked the tank temp and it read 84 degrees.... After moving back to college for my last year, I made sure my lid was cracked 24/7 at an angle so this wouldn't happen again. This worked for 9 months for me, and everything grew wildly. The heat the light generated had a place to escape.
I graduated college in May 2015, and got a job! With my first pay check, I went and bought a brand new Kessil! I went to another fish show that summer, and bought 2 more nems. The kessil was great, but now I have been filling my tank daily for the past 7 months with water due to evaporation. This doesn't bother me as it is only a cup in the morning, and a cup in the evening. Here are some photos to go along with my tanks journy
