New Mantis Tank Layout Help

[Bugs825]

NO lights are the "stock" lights that come on most tanks. In my case it is the 18" 15 watt bulbs. I have the one that was on my 10 gallon and i added the 2 from my 55 gallon.

That will give me 45 watts. Good enough for some softies.

Nathan

 

[rwhhunt]

yeah, plus with the mantis's try to keep the light a minimum. I am thinking about using just 15-30 watts of actinic or 15w actinic and 15W 50/50 : (75/25).
Let us know how the 45 watts works for some softies, at some point I would like to do the same...

 

[H2OLUVSME]

my 10 gallon N. Wenny home. he pretty much just stays in the rock on the right. hes burrowed it out to his liking. hes got 2 or 3 dorrsa and several hole just big enough for his eyes and antennae. ive since moved some of the rock to my main display, but this was the only pic i have. i just tossed the rcck in basically. i have quite a bit of rubble and shell in there for reconstruction purposes

 

[rwhhunt]

nice coralline!

 

[H2OLUVSME]

thanks! you should see it now. that pic is from back in January. my mantis hid for about 4 weeks and i thought he was dead. i didnt scrape the glass for that entire time and its horrible. i thought i was going to break my glass trying to get the mag float unstuck from the coraline.

 

[Bugs825]

Hey H2OLUVSME

What kind of lighting do you have and how do you add your calcium???

Nice tank and i love the coraline.

Nathan

 

[H2OLUVSME]

thanks for the compliment!

i have 2 13w spiral flourescents and 1 NO actinic. for a while my actinic was out and the coraline was steady growing even without the actinic.

i dont test anything but pH, sg and temp. i keep my levels straight by doing 1 gallon weekly water changes.

i dont have any filter on the tank, just 2 powerheads rock and sand.

 

[H2OLUVSME]

i just noticed one of my powerstrips went out on this tank. its been running with only one spiral light, for who knows how long.

 

[Bugs825]

WOW!!!

I love the coraline! What kind and size PHs are you using? I have a Maxijet 900 in my 10 gallon and it is making waves. It moves some water but I have lots of LR so the flow get restricted.

Keep the pic flowin'

Nathan

 

[H2OLUVSME]

my powerheads are marineland 301 and 201. i bellieve they are 170 and 95 gph repectively. i have the both aimed to the center so they beat each other up. its enough flow that i dont have any bad algaes, so im happy. ive got one dead spot behind the rock on the left that gets a little build up, but the crabs congregate there, and are easy pickens for the mantis.

 

[sharkdude]

I just posted a description of batou's realm.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=566213