My first 12g nano reef experience

[ovidiu]

Hello,

This is my first salt water tank. I would like to have in a pair of clowns and some soft and easy to maintain corals.

Tank: 20x12x12 (12g)
Filtration: HOB Filter Aquael FZN2 (200g/h) filled with 0.2g of matrix
Heater: Fluval Tronic 50w
Light: Solar Duo Boy 26w (1/3 30000k si 2/3 10000k)

Live sand 10 pounds
Live rock 7 pounds
Ro/Di with grotech easy mix (1.024)

I added also Nite Out2 and Special Blend from Seachem.

The aquarium was started on 19.03.2012 and today's tests was:

PH 8.0
NH4 <0.25
NO2 1
NO3 50

Temp 25 C
Sal 1.024

 

[secrest]

Looks like a good start. I like the rimless tank.

 

[ovidiu]

Should I change water during the cycling period?

 

[Jmoney619]

I would change 20 percent

 

[xxlbreed]

i didnt change any water until the cycle was over, when it was i did, it lets you cycle faster as far as i know.

 

[ovidiu]

I added one more rock and I made a new aquascape:

Some eggs? Or what?

 

[HaKs310]

Do a water change after your tank has finished cycling.

I like the first aquascape, before the addition of the new piece of LR. But I think it should look really good once it is filled up with corals.

Following.

 

[ovidiu]

What about the eggs? Or what are they?

 

[HaKs310]

Eggs? Which picture?

 

[Uncle Elroy]

i feel he is talking about the second to last and the last picture

 

[ovidiu]

The last 2 pics

 

[troyman]

spread your rock around a little so water movement can flow through rock

 

[ovidiu]

New scape:

What is this?

 

[HaKs310]

New aquascape is sexy.

Can't ID the pictures though. They do look like eggs, and the latest picture looks like tunicates.

 

[neuro]

are you doing this without a sump or a closed system?

 

[HaKs310]

No sump, equipment list is in his/her first post.


Are you planning on adding a power head? A Koralia Nano possibly?

 

[ovidiu]

I(a boy) do have a Koralia nano 425. You can see it on the penultimate photo (left up corner)

 

[Ginu]

Foarte misto. The last aquascape is very neat and I must add that this is the 1st saltwater aquarium from Bucharest.

Neato, I'll keep an eye on this to see how it pans out. Good luck!

 

[ovidiu]

Salut. See this project ( http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1827226 ) Probably the best from Bucharest