Pics of my 20G nano... what do you think?

[MrMexReefer]

I just took these pics after arranging the rocks a couple of days ago. Im pretty new to the hobby, and have had this tank running for about 4 months, ever since my parents got a 60 gallon FOWLR tank (which they poorly maintain haha). What do you think??? Any obvious things im doing wrong????



General shot of the tank where most of the frags are:
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The other side of the 20 Long tank, (with nasty aipasia rock... i know i need to control this thing now... but im scared of peppermints eating my zoas!)

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close up of some frags:
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what kind of coral is this...? Does anyone knowwhat kind of lighting it requires? All it really does is release this silky web type of stuff all the time... haha
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and my only non-crab tank inhabitant:
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About the tank: 20G Long, 606 Mini-jet, Fusion Nano-Skimmer, Aquaclear 50 filter, Coralife T5's (24 inch, 10000K, 28 watts), and some kind of heater which keeps the temp rock solid (haha dont know where i got it), and im using a glass top. Is this recommended... or not ? Thanks for the input!

 

[MrMexReefer]

well, bump for tonite.

 

[KING OF THE REEF]

as far as pepermint shrimp eating your zoos, dont worry about them. i have about 4 in my 15 gallon (thread coming soon about it) and they leave the zoos and blasto's along with xenia alone. as far as that coral goes, i think and again THINK is the key word that it is a echino. but im not sure at all.

 

[MrMexReefer]

thanks for the input Kingofthereef, i definately need to get some peppermints going, before i have nothing but an aiptasia tank. Also, what kind of skimming do you do on your 15 gal? I have a nano fusion skimmer, which isnt worth its weight in fish crap. I havent had good experiences with keeping fish in my tank, but the corals are doing great...

 

[KING OF THE REEF]

i dont skim. lol. i am a firm believe rhtat skimmers are fish crap. i used to use air driven skimmers and they worked ok, then i switched to the nano fission which suck fish gills. now all i have is a cpr aquafuge with a filter pad and carbon. in my 24 gallon aquapod, however, i have a refugium. i think the all natural way to go is the best. You can buy an in-tank fuge for like $35 that will work perfectly. as far as fish go, what have you tried? i thin in a 20 gallon, unlike my 15, you should only keep a few fish. in my 15, i have 10 fish, no flaming me people, but i do constant maintenence, and my fish are small. in your 20, try a pair of cheap clownfish (false perculas, true perculas), a gobie or blenny or jawfish (depending on how deep your sandbed is, and maybe 3-6 green chromis. hope this helps, and ill post my new thread for you soon, most likely sunday when im not busy with homeowrk

 

[saxerphoner]

I just put a super skimmer 65 on my 20H and it's working great!! All kinds of crap coming out!