Tank Journal Archive

[Dean Lovett]

Went to the LFS today to get mysis shrimp... came out with mysis shrimp as well as a green and purple button coral and green and purple ricordia.

Went back later to get another button coral... one that was green and showed the guy at the LFS my tank and I told him I wasn't happy with the reef scape... So instead of getting a Button Coral I got live rock.


So I went home and said "nope, I'm going to do it.."

I COULDNT BE HAPPIER WITH IT!!!

The tank now has height, depth and looks great!!

All the corals are drama queens in the photo below. @Ranibranch I will microwave them all later, show them who is boss.

 

[Lesley]

Always nice when it turns out like that ! Well done !

 

[Ziggy]

Sounds like a productive and positive day. Well done! The scape looks great!

 

[Dean Lovett]

Sounds like a productive and positive day. Well done! The scape looks great!

Thanks Ziggy and @Lesley love it too!

 

[Andrew B]

looks very nice, watch out you may get some die off

 

[Dean Lovett]

looks very nice, watch out you may get some die off

Thanks for the advice Andrew.

Thankfully the live rock had been the tank for 3 months. So I am hoping any die off will be minimum. :)

 

[Buddy]

Thanks for the advice Andrew.

Thankfully the live rock had been the tank for 3 months. So I am hoping any die off will be minimum. :)

It has more to do with how long it was out of the water during transit.

 

[Dean Lovett]

It has more to do with how long it was out of the water during transit.

Oh sweet!

It was out of water for about 10 mins max.

 

[Andrew B]

Oh sweet!

It was out of water for about 10 mins max.

wait did you say you bought new rock?

 

[Dean Lovett]

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wait did you say you bought new rock?

I bought cured rock.

 

[Andrew B]

o ok, still may be some die off just keep eye on it :)

 

[Dean Lovett]

o ok, still may be some die off just keep eye on it :)

No worries thanks for that! I'll be sure to keep an eye out!

 

[slin1977]

Kewl- you gonna need a bigger aquarium soon.

 

[Sam Parker]

Kewl- you gonna need a bigger aquarium soon.

Yep, was about to say next trip to the LFS will be for the upgrade!

 

[ezza]

I like it! Beautiful rocks and I love that leather.

 

[Rob]

I like it a lot, and have great thoughts about my original nano.....

My lessons learned.....
Don't be too tempted to put stuff on the sand bed, keep it clean and free of frags and place everything on your scape otherwise it can look like a junk yard. Use your nano space wisely you need to maintain some "free" space so the eye is directed to the scape
Maybe a small torch on the sand bed to give a little foreground if you cannot resist.
Now you have a nice scape think about colour combinations of foreground /background corals. When you choose a small coral place it next to another in the shop (maybe a cheaper one) and then start to see how an average looking coral paired with another of different colour or shape / height compliments one another. So buy two corals at a time and know where the pair will go. Otherwise you'll end up like me in the start and cannot resist that one coral every so often and end up with a tank full of non complementary corals.

 

[slin1977]

I like it a lot, and have great thoughts about my original nano.....

My lessons learned.....
Don't be too tempted to put stuff on the sand bed, keep it clean and free of frags and place everything on your scape otherwise it can look like a junk yard. Use your nano space wisely you need to maintain some "free" space so the eye is directed to the scape
Maybe a small torch on the sand bed to give a little foreground if you cannot resist.
Now you have a nice scape think about colour combinations of foreground /background corals. When you choose a small coral place it next to another in the shop (maybe a cheaper one) and then start to see how an average looking coral paired with another of different colour or shape / height compliments one another. So buy two corals at a time and know where the pair will go. Otherwise you'll end up like me in the start and cannot resist that one coral every so often and end up with a tank full of non complementary corals.

Great advice!

 

[potatocouch]

and make sure you be able to scrap off algae from your wall tank (left and right) without touching the corals or LR.

Space here space there :)