Yedgy
New member
Hi everyone! I have a BioCube 14 nano tank (about 10 gals actual water volume) with the following equipment:
3x24 power compacts (1 10,000K, 1 actinic, 1 10,000K/Blue) - 12 hour photoperiod
MJ900 for circulation
Koralia 1 for flow
Mini Chiller
I have no skimmer, but I run Chemi-Pure and Purigen continuously. I've converted one of the rear sump chambers into a refugium growing chaeto on a reverse-daylight schedule.
The tank will be dominated by soft corals and zoanthids; it will have no LPS or SPS. Wherever possible, I intend to buy aquacultured corals. Here's my stocking plan:
1 Heliopora (blue ridge coral)
2 Neospongodes (1 purple, 1 yellow)
1 Pompom Xenia
1 Capnella (Kenya tree)
1 Sarcophyton elegans (Fiji yellow leather - the centerpiece)
1 colony of Pachyclavularia (GSP)
Several vividly colored zoanthid colonies
A few vividly colored mushrooms (Actinodiscus/Discosoma, Rhodactis, Ricordea)
Other livestock is to be as follows:
2 Astraea snails
2 Nerite snails
2 Nassarius snails
1 shrimp (to be determined)
1 or 2 fish (to be determined)
1 harlequin serpent star
A few specific questions:
3x24 power compacts (1 10,000K, 1 actinic, 1 10,000K/Blue) - 12 hour photoperiod
MJ900 for circulation
Koralia 1 for flow
Mini Chiller
I have no skimmer, but I run Chemi-Pure and Purigen continuously. I've converted one of the rear sump chambers into a refugium growing chaeto on a reverse-daylight schedule.
The tank will be dominated by soft corals and zoanthids; it will have no LPS or SPS. Wherever possible, I intend to buy aquacultured corals. Here's my stocking plan:
1 Heliopora (blue ridge coral)
2 Neospongodes (1 purple, 1 yellow)
1 Pompom Xenia
1 Capnella (Kenya tree)
1 Sarcophyton elegans (Fiji yellow leather - the centerpiece)
1 colony of Pachyclavularia (GSP)
Several vividly colored zoanthid colonies
A few vividly colored mushrooms (Actinodiscus/Discosoma, Rhodactis, Ricordea)
Other livestock is to be as follows:
2 Astraea snails
2 Nerite snails
2 Nassarius snails
1 shrimp (to be determined)
1 or 2 fish (to be determined)
1 harlequin serpent star
A few specific questions:
- My tank is 12" deep from surface to sand. Will the S. elegans have enough light if I place it on the sand?
- Are these corals compatible? Should any of them be kept away from any others?
- Is this too much for a 10-gallon tank?
- Any special considerations I should be aware of?
