Western_reefers 28 gallon Nano-Cube HQI diary.

[Western_reefer]

I'm going to go to Home Depot and get some net to cover the tank today.

 

[Western_reefer]

I made a wall of Halimeda scabra (Money Plant) around the torch coral to keep the torch coral from letting its tentacles go too far. I'll post pictures later today.

 

[Western_reefer]

Here are a few pictures that I just took.
Baby hermit crab. He is TINY. Hes the only hermit I have.

Here is a FTS that I just took.

Tell me what you think.

 

[Lpabsolute]

This is a Sweet Looking Tank/Setup. Thanks for sharing!!!

 

[Western_reefer]

Thanks!! Np.

 

[itsdarrow]

hows the evap with the HQI?

 

[Western_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13809733#post13809733 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by itsdarrow
hows the evap with the HQI?

Ummm... Right now its like 1 gallon every 1.5 weeks(could be a bit more). In the summer it was 1 gallon every 4-5 days.

 

[Western_reefer]

Well, I got some window framing. I'm going to be building the cover right now. I'll post pictures when I'm finished.

 

[eagleONE]

It's cool to see a local on the nano! nice job

 

[Western_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13813321#post13813321 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by eagleONE
It's cool to see a local on the nano! nice job

Thanks!

 

[Western_reefer]

Here are a few pictures of the cover I finished today! Tell me what you think!

 

[Western_reefer]

Here is my stock list:
Fish:
Large Female Maroon Clownfish
Royal Gramma
Yellow Coris Wrasse


Inverts:
1 Tear Drop Maxima clam
1 Crocea clam
1 Bumble Bee snail
2 Nass. snails
around 30+ lb of LR
30 lb of sand
Large Feather Duster
Purple Brush Gorgonian
Mini Brittle stars


Corals:

Softies:
Hair Mushrooms
Red/Teal Mushrooms
Xenia
1 Green and 1 Pink Florida rics
Eagle Eye Zoas
True Tubbs Blue Zoas
Pink with green skirt zoas

Leathers:
Toad stool
Large Cabbage coral
Kenya Tree
Colt Coral

LPS:
Metallic Green Torch Coral
Green Candy canes
Galaxy Coral
Purple Acans
Sweet Tooth Micro Acan
Blasto

SPS:
Hot Pink Birdsnest
Tubs Blue Polyp Birdsnest
ORA Green Birdsnest
Ponape Birdsnest
SUPER PINK Chalice
Tyree Blue Chalice
Pink and Green Chalice
Blue with green eyes Chalice
Lava Flow Chalice
"TEC" Forest Fire Digi
Red Digi
German Blue Polyp Digi
Miami Orchid
Purple tip Acro
"TEC" Pumpkin Patch Mili
True Leng Sye Montipora Cap
Idaho Grape Montipora Cap
Orange Encrusting Montipora
Red with Glowing Orange polyps Encrusting Montipora
BLOOD RED Encrusting Montipora

Plants/Micro:
Chaeto
Halimeda scabra (Money Plant)

 

[Western_reefer]

Here is a picture of the clams that I just took 5 minutes ago.

 

[Western_reefer]

Here is a FTS that I just took. Sorry about the cloudiness, the damn Maroon clownfish decided to dig in the sand when I was taking the pictures.

 

[spook8282]

Western_ reefer, what are you using to prop thew hood on your Nano, and where did you get them?

 

[Western_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13855684#post13855684 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by spook8282
Western_ reefer, what are you using to prop thew hood on your Nano, and where did you get them?

I used Aqualight legs made my Coralife. I got them from a LFS. Here are a few pictures.

 

[Western_reefer]

Here is a drawing that I just drew of how the tank will probably look like in the future. Its not going to be 100% like the drawing, but you get the idea. Tell me what you think!

 

[spook8282]

Western_reefer,
How high up does that put your hood, and what are the benefits? I thought about getting those just for more air circulation, as well as not having to cut into my hood in order to put an additional power head in. Do you just lift it straight off for your water changes?

 

[spook8282]

Just a quick question for everyone. Ive had my tank up and running for about 4 weeks now. Added my clean up crew about a week ago. The problem im having is with what looks like substrate constantly floating in the water. someone told me to up my wave maker from 60 second intervals to 90 second and that didnt seem to clear it up at all. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[ReefnAv]

Looking good Moses!

One thing about the net lid that you might consider. with the really small fish typically in a nano, they can and will find there way through the holes. Many people use two layers in off setting patters so that it makes the holes smaller. HTH