Some random pics of my 12g nano

[PetPirate]

Here're some random pics of inhabitants of my 12g nano... I'll say up-front that it is connected to a 55g "refugium".... I hope it still counts (mods can feel free to delete if it doesn't)

Hope you like them...

"Salmon" the percula clown

"Graham" the hi-fin banded goby (not great focus -- sorry)

Cleaner shrimp

 

[PetPirate]

Various zoanthids

Dendrophyllia

GSP

 

[PetPirate]

Clam

Feather duster

Astraea

Have recently re-aquascaped, so no decent full tank shots 'til everything settles down.

Cheers,

John

 

[Snookums]

awesome corals and cute fish

 

[lil_fishey]

whats your specs lighting ect.

 

[yibs]

Nice pics

 

[Mr. Eko]

Looks great

 

[PetPirate]

Thanks!

It's connected to a 55g FOWLR with 3 medium green-spotted puffers and wads of macroalgae.

The nano-reef tank is about 12g (it's got a sloping front.. need trigonometry to calculate the exact volume!). DIY canopy, DIY 150W halide , DIY actinic PC, DIY hang-in-back overflow to the shared sump.

Here're some old pcs of the set-up (about 4 mos od)...

*FORGIVE THE PATRONISING CAPTIONS... THESE WERE ORIGINALLY FOR ANOTHER SITE... INDEED I GOT MOST OF THE IDEAS HERE ON RC*

Click on the pics for larger ones!

 

[PetPirate]

Inside DIY canopy

DIY actinic (just blue really)

DIY Halide retrofitted into halogen fixture.

Full tank shot under morning actinics... whole upper half of the tank still needs to be stocked. Sorry for the bad picture quality.

Note... I didn't originally make the newbie mistake of stacking all the rock against the back!! BUT, with my nice neat little island of rock in the middle, there was not enough space to put corals, and definitely no space for a clam! So, I recently broke down and just did the standard "stack against the back" -- lots more space for corals!!

 

[PetPirate]

Daylight just on.

Again, bad pic... sorry... but it gives a general idea. The top half is mostly still bare:

 

[Bluemorningwind]

Man, that's nice.

Lots of good construction and top stock, also.

Your 55 looks clean, too. Very nice.

You obviously practice good husbandry . Very clean!

I enjoyed your photos, too. Heaps of detail and sharp. What camera do you use?

Not to get carried away, but sweet, sweet, sweet.

 

[vanmo92]

pics look good

 

[PetPirate]

Boring brown shrooms?

Boring brown shrooms?

Thanks for all the nice comments!


Here's more pics.....

Those neon green and red shrooms are nice... but why all the boring BROWN ones?

Not boring when you look closely.....

Look at the colours on this one:

And the intricate shapes on these ones:

 

[PetPirate]

Here you can see new growth on the dendro...

 

[PetPirate]

 

[PetPirate]

Nighttime shots...

These things are all over the place... what are they?

 

[LTJGAlex]

You mean the baby brittle stars? Very neat hitchhikers and they grow fast!

Incredible pics, wow!

 

[PetPirate]

You mean the baby brittle stars? Very neat hitchhikers and they grow fast!

Incredible pics, wow!

Thanks!

Well, that's what I thought -- about them being stars... but these things never change location! Same number of "legs" and same position night after night after night (and day too sometimes). If they catch particulate matter, it moves along the "leg" like a conveyor belt!

 

[LTJGAlex]

If they catch particulate matter, it moves along the "leg" like a conveyor belt! [/B]

That description sounds exactly like a spaghetti worm (also a good 'hiker) but the pic is definitely brittle stars. Mine don't move either, they take up permanent residence in a rock hole somewhere and swing their cirri all night.

 

[PetPirate]

Thanks, it makes sense. They look like brittle stars after all. I was just thrown off by their couch potato antics!


After feeding the tank this evening, the shrooms got a bit "frisky"