oldest nano reef setup

My 2.5 is over three years old now, but has been rearranged a couple of times due to overgrowth of vermetid snails, hydroids, "tulip anemones", corals that got too big...etc. In these small spaces, you have to account for growth, and some organisms like vermetids and hydroids can grow and spread very quickly. Vermetids and hydroids, left to grow to trememdous proportions tend to irritate and/or kill nearby corals. I prefer my corals to nuisance organisms, so I choose to remove and replace any pieces of LR that have too many vermetids on them. Haven't had any issues with hydroids or those annoying "tulip anemones" that I had at one time, since removing those two years ago.
 
I asked this same question about a month ago and got some pretty hostile responses. I think I asked it with the same intentions as safemode. We just would like to see some older tanks instead of the new set ups. I understand that many people upgrade when they get to a certain point.
I personally have done things the other way. I had a 55gal set up for about a year and I decided that I could better achieve the things that were important to me in a nano. Everything about my tank that I loved is better showcased in a smaller tank. Plus I can monetarily go higher grade. People always say that the cost is the same, but lets face it - 24 inch lights are cheaper that 48 inch lights.
BTW, even the newer tanks look awesome so keep them coming.
 
My Nano is two years old today!

My Nano is two years old today!

Here it is today:
Aprilcubetank001.jpg


Here it is April 2005
CUBETANKAPRIL2005023-1.jpg
 
Is any of the coral in the new picture seen in the old picture? I'm not all that familiar with all the corals yet, but it looks like all different ones in the new picture. Did they all die or did you just get new types for a new look?
 
My seven gallon minibow was set up sometime long long ago. 01' I believe. Its gone through a few periods of neglect all tho I have always payed attention to the big things like top offs and temp. Its pretty much always been species specific.

However I have recently become active in a local club and needed to do a little trading do to he fact that. Frilly shrooms all tho loved very much by my false perc. Just get so large in that little glass world of theres.The only other things that it houses is a YW gobbie, pepermint shrimp, couple of dwarf hermits and Nass. snails

So I have added a a fews Zoas and a green tree coral recently and they have seemed to enjoy there home as well.

I think the key to my Nano's success has been basically a simple plan followed by not attempting anything that wasn't well inside of its range of possibilities and its limitations.

<~ Thats it over there. It has been rescaped since the additions but really. Still a little tank with "giant shrooms" and a couple of fat full grown happy fish. That needs very little more than a few moments of attention a day.

Im still lookin for a new camera might get around to more pics as soon as I get one I like.
 
Safemode
If you look close you will see most are the same corals. All the Montipora. Of course the pieces in the first picture are tiny. Look at the merlina (the green one) it is now in back of the stag. The stag was so small you can't see it in the first picture. Besides anyone would be hard pressed to find corals that large that fit so nicely together. A real feat!
 
Emerald
You must be talking about the millie inside the monti?? When I put the millie in my tank it was on the rock that the monti was growing on. Monti does not like the millie, so I guess it just grew around so It would not touch it. When they do touch the millie kills the monti, but the monti grows so fast they keep on growing together.
 
thats a beatiful tank =0) i've had mine setup for a little over 1 1/2 years but i go so slow it doesn't look anything like yours very
 
Also interested in pictures of the nano with the same inhabitants over the years.
I'm not qualified - always moving corals between the tanks, trying to find the better place for them, and giving away, when they outgrow the available space.
Mortality is very low, IMHE. No replacement - only adding the new, more interesting species, and making space for them.
 
Another reason that you don't see too many older types of tanks, is that at one point in your tank career, you are super excited at the art work you have arranged and created, but as time goes on, you get excited about adding something, or seeing something new in the tank, but you are less inclined to post a picture of your old tank. Probably because it has become old hat for you or something.
But also, there is an inherant transient nature to nano tanks. Some are set up by folks who cannot afford a larger system, but when they finally arrive financially they "upgrade".
Some only set up small tanks because they will be moving from an apt to a home and once they do, they "Upgrade"
Some get into the hobby, find out it's more work than it's worth to them, and quickly sell off all the small equiptment.

Indeed things will perish in smaller tanks just as they perish in larger tanks with trial and error. Sometimes the conditions of the tank just won't support the livestock, irrespective of the research done. Who knows why.

But keep asking to see the old ones, and eventually, someone may look at their tank and say, "hmmm perhaps it has been a while since I've posted a pic"

Thanks for asking!
Dogstar.
 
Re: My Nano is two years old today!

Re: My Nano is two years old today!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9630450#post9630450 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Victoria
Here it is today:
Aprilcubetank001.jpg


Here it is April 2005
CUBETANKAPRIL2005023-1.jpg
Click to expand...

your tank is really amazing!
 
I think nanos are easyer to get the mature tank look, because everything grows large for the size of the tank. There are problems though.... What do I do now??? Not that many reefer in my area.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

C
RSM Max Nano XL Plan / Build
2
Replies
21
Views
2K
griss
griss
BuckeyeFish
Nitrate control: 24g nano
Replies
6
Views
899
BuckeyeFish
BuckeyeFish
E
Ben’s back at it 20G long
2 3 4
Replies
70
Views
4K
ExitTrauma
E
C
Scored a complete setup for $100
Replies
13
Views
2K
griss
griss
F
New Reef - Need recommendations
Replies
13
Views
1K
Cdentata
C
Back
Top