Silvers Nano Reef- Lots of PICs

[SilverGTS]

SPECS-

20H Petco $1 sale
AC70 Refugium
Reef Octopus BH1000 HOB Skimmer
Vortech MP10
Tunze ATO
Reef Keeper Lite Phase 1 / Marine Depot SE
Conduit Light rail
Rapid LED PAR38's x2
Boost LED pAR30 all Royal Blues
Bubble Magus Auto Doser- Future planned

Params-

SG 1.025
PH 8.2
Temp 77F
Phos 0
Nitrate 0
Ammon 0
Light cycle- Boost RB 9a-7p
Rapid 38's 10a-6p
MP10 set to Reefcrest
ESV 2-part Calcium
SeaChem Mag
5 gallon Water Changes Weekly

Livestock-

Misbar ORA Ocellaris
Partial Snowflake ORA Ocellaris
Green Mandarin Dragonet
GSP
Kenya Tree
Blue Cali Tort
Brown Digi
German Blue Digi
Orange Monti Cap
Superman Monti
ORA Birds of Paradise
Green Birdnest
Pink Birdnest
Green Milli
ORA Pink & Green Damicornis
ORA Plum Crazy
Neon Green Acro
Blue/ Green Acro
A. Hawkins
ORA Red Planet
Oregon Blue Tort
Strawberry Shortcake
Purple Acan
Green Acan
Green Hydno
Green Frogspawn w/ Blue Tips
Duncan
Orange Tree Sponge
Purple Plume Sea Fan
Yellow Finger Gorg w/ White Polyps
CoCo Feather Duster
Blue Orgasm Zoa
Spiderman Zoa
Orange Pom Pom Zoa
Blue Hornet Zoa
Eagle Eye Zoa
Dragon Eye Zoa
Candy Apple Green Zoa
Magician Zoa
Nass Snails
Turbo Snails
Red Legged Hermit Crab
Emerald Crab
Pep Shrimp for Apist control
ORA Ultra Maxima Clam

PICS-
In the beginning

Plum Crazy

Purple Plume Seafan

Ultra Maxima

Emerald crab hanging out

Yellow Gorg opening up at night

Mandarin chilling

 

[skaterzero22]

Great looking tank. Can we see a few close looks at the equipment. How is the fuge set up?

 

[SilverGTS]

Its just a AC70 modded for a fuge with a clamp on desk lamp. It had the temp sensor from the RKL and in the skimmer i house the heater and PH probe on the outlet side.

 

[nsyahron]

nice!

 

[JCKoenig]

looking great! How is your green mandarin doing? What have you been feeding it? how long have you had it?

I want one sooo bad for my tank, but not sue since its feeding "issues" haha

 

[miniwhinny]

Love your tank! Everything looks so healthy

 

[SilverGTS]

I have had the Mandarin for 2.5 months. The refugium has been running for 9 months and I replenish the pod population with tisbe and tiger pods once a month that I culture myself. Along with that I feed her a blend of micro-pellets, thawed mysis and bloodworms via a turkey baster.

-Chris

 

[fpv930]

The AC mod looks great. Do you run carbon in the system somewhere? I have a new 10g nano that I have started. I am running a AC20 but want to change to a bigger AC for a refugium.
Also, how the heck did you stock the system with coral so fast?

 

[SilverGTS]

Thanks for the comments. The tank itself has been running for 11 months. I started stocking SPS 6 months ago and got 75% of them from local club reefers. I run 1/2 cup of BRS ROX carbon and change every 2 weeks.

-Chris

 

[SilverGTS]

Most recent FTS. SPS growth has been insane.

 

[nsyahron]

thats a lot of sps in one tank...very nice!

 

[6Speed]

when was the 1 per gallon sale? ive been tryin to get in on that!

 

[Skeptic9962]

looking good =)

 

[secrest]

Wow looking really good.

 

[SilverGTS]

Thanks for the comments. 6speed the $1 a gallon sale seems to be like twice a year. If you are a petperks member they email you when it comes up.

-Chris

 

[ange062]

Lookin sweet! The InTank basket for the AC70 is really great, I run one on my pico and love it. Just a thought

 

[JDK]

Great tank! Is the red softie in the back right corner the sponge?

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

Great tank! Is the red softie in the back right corner the sponge?

yes it is...

i must say i really like the gorgonian in the upper left...very bushy..what are you feeding it?

 

[SilverGTS]

Thanks. The gorgs get a blend of Oyster Feast and Phyto Feast Live 3 times a day via a turkey baster.

-Chris

 

[napsterMS]

Your refugium filter is ingenious!!! I wish i thought of that