(Posted over a year after tank was setup)
My first marine tank. Decided to go with a 20G nano peninsula tank.
Equipment:
Tank: TMC Next Wave 85
Light: TMC Reef Ion 30
Wavemakers: TMC Reef Flow 2.0 Nano 1000, Sicce Voyager Nano 1000
Rock/Sand
Rock: TMC Eco Reef Rock
Sand: CaribSea Arag-Alive
Fish:
- 2x Ocellaris Clownfish
- 1x Red Firefish
- 1x Tailspot Blenny
Corals:
- 1x Frogspawn
- 1x Hammer
- 1x Candy Cane
- 1x Duncan
- 4x Rhodactis Mushrooms
- 1x Photosynthetic Gorgonian
- 1x Green Star Polyp
- 1x Montipora Digitata
- 1x Montipora Capricornis
Inverts:
- 1x Cleaner Shrimp
- 1x Peppermint shrimp
- 1x Hermit Crab
- 1x Trochus snail
- 2x Turbo snails
- 4x Nassarius snails
Testing/Dosing/Salt:
Testing: Salifert
Dosing: Tropic Marin All For Reef
Salt: Red Sea Blue Bucket
Tank on setup day (December 2022)
As expected, the tank was cloudy for a few days
I got my first fish in February 2023, which were a pair of Ocellaris Clownfish. As for my first coral, I actually added that before the fish in January 2023 just to give it a shot, I got a candy cane coral and it did not last long (around 1 month)
However, my first coral that I got and still have today was a Duncan coral, which I got shortly after the first fish (February 2023)
The first problem I encountered was a cyanobacteria outbreak (March 2023)
I just left it to go on its own however, it got too bad so I eventually used a turkey baster and blasted the sand. Unfortunately, that then led onto my next problem, which was a bacterial bloom.
After dealing with the tank looking like this for a few weeks, I went and purchased a nano UV sterilizer. This worked extremely well and cleared up the bloom in just a few days.
Since this is being posted over a year after the setup, I will fast forward to January 2024 and post the tank how things are today and update from here.
Main differences are:
Tank has been moved
Added more rock
Added more livestock
Thanks for viewing!
My first marine tank. Decided to go with a 20G nano peninsula tank.
Equipment:
Tank: TMC Next Wave 85
Light: TMC Reef Ion 30
Wavemakers: TMC Reef Flow 2.0 Nano 1000, Sicce Voyager Nano 1000
Rock/Sand
Rock: TMC Eco Reef Rock
Sand: CaribSea Arag-Alive
Fish:
- 2x Ocellaris Clownfish
- 1x Red Firefish
- 1x Tailspot Blenny
Corals:
- 1x Frogspawn
- 1x Hammer
- 1x Candy Cane
- 1x Duncan
- 4x Rhodactis Mushrooms
- 1x Photosynthetic Gorgonian
- 1x Green Star Polyp
- 1x Montipora Digitata
- 1x Montipora Capricornis
Inverts:
- 1x Cleaner Shrimp
- 1x Peppermint shrimp
- 1x Hermit Crab
- 1x Trochus snail
- 2x Turbo snails
- 4x Nassarius snails
Testing/Dosing/Salt:
Testing: Salifert
Dosing: Tropic Marin All For Reef
Salt: Red Sea Blue Bucket
Tank on setup day (December 2022)
As expected, the tank was cloudy for a few days
I got my first fish in February 2023, which were a pair of Ocellaris Clownfish. As for my first coral, I actually added that before the fish in January 2023 just to give it a shot, I got a candy cane coral and it did not last long (around 1 month)
However, my first coral that I got and still have today was a Duncan coral, which I got shortly after the first fish (February 2023)
The first problem I encountered was a cyanobacteria outbreak (March 2023)
I just left it to go on its own however, it got too bad so I eventually used a turkey baster and blasted the sand. Unfortunately, that then led onto my next problem, which was a bacterial bloom.
After dealing with the tank looking like this for a few weeks, I went and purchased a nano UV sterilizer. This worked extremely well and cleared up the bloom in just a few days.
Since this is being posted over a year after the setup, I will fast forward to January 2024 and post the tank how things are today and update from here.
Main differences are:
Tank has been moved
Added more rock
Added more livestock
Thanks for viewing!
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