Landy's First Nano Tank

VehanLandy said:
It was all I could afford at the time, cuz it was emergency because we were going on holiday and water evaporates really fast in the tank and didn't have time to organise a tank keeper.
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Yea these small tanks evaporate soo quickly :m15: I've been topping up 2L a day manually on mine
 
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So weirdly, it seems like the clowns have decided to host the underside of my toadstool :m23: at least they aren't damaging any polyps
 
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So yesterday I, very stressfully, re-aquascaped the tank. After the boat decoration came out I wasn't too happy with how things looked and wanted to make some improvements and especially more space for corals. It's not as appealing as I would've hoped because I couldn't do as much as I wanted because I had to try my best to avoid snails and hermit crabs. But I have some big plans. I'm going to start trying to get one coral a month from now on if I can afford it. I really want to start increasing my coral population. My tank is really lacking colour.

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As you can see the toadstool is leaning to the side a bit. It tends to do this when I change the flow. Normally takes it a week or so to stand up again. At least all the polyps are extended. My next coral on the wishlist is I want to try a montipora.

And good news! A snail has finally discovered the algae spot that was annoying me.
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Y don't u just start off with some zoas first...they tend to b a bit cheaper and there's a nice range of colors to choose from.
 
If you in jhb..
PM I got a guy that sells frags for like R50/R100

How long did you have the torch?
 
In Cape Town unfortunately :/ otherwise I would jump at that deal.

I've had the torch for 2 months. That's how long ago I added a new coral.
 
ReeferB28 said:
How stable is this tank? And what are you dosing at the moment?
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Extremely stable. Paremeters rarely change. I'm actually struggling to get my calcium down because there's nothing in the tank that uses calcium fast enough. But because I use natural seawater and do weekly water changes parameters are extremely stable. The temperate fluctuates 0.5 degrees a day. It is about 26.0 at night and 26.5 at the hottest part of the day. But it's a steady change that happens everyday.
 
That's very good to hear do you check cal before and after the water change ?
 
ReeferB28 said:
That's very good to hear do you check cal before and after the water change ?
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Yep. I made a big mistake at the start. Once I got the torch coral I overestimated how much calcium it actually uses and I didn't have a calcium test at the time so I was dosing Seachem Reef Complete. Got some money for a calcium test kit and found out the calcium was at 520. The natural seawater has a calcium level of 420 to 450 so with water changes I have very gradually been bringing it down.
 
Great you learning very fast :m106: tell me do you do full test of the tank? And the NSW do you test the po4
 
ReeferB28 said:
Great you learning very fast :m106: tell me do you do full test of the tank? And the NSW do you test the po4
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Thanks! And unfortunately I don't have too many test kits. Basically just the essentials: Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ph(pen), Alkalinity, Salinity and Calcium. Those are all the test kits I have. I could get a phosphate test done on the nsw at the LFS if you are curious.
 
Yes do so magnesium and phosphates test if I may ask what is the parameters you got the test for sitting at?
 
Here are all the parameters which I tested today:

Temp: 26.2
Ph: 8.4
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5
Salinity: 1.026/35ppt
Alkalinity: 10dkh
Calcium: 495
 
All is great just the cal need to be lower and the test on mag and po4 but great work keeping the nano so stable
 
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