26G Nano Reef | Coral Eden

[ThilankaPerera]

Current FTS - 20.11.2017

Background :
I’ve been a fan of Reef tanks for ages but always was afraid to start one myself so I kept myself busy with freshwater tanks. After reading a lot about them, especially this forum, I decided to start my first Nano Reef. My initial plan was to start something small, around 6 Gallons. But after going through this forum, I saw how hard it is to keep small aquariums stable. So I decided to start with a 26 Gallon.

Tank :
● 26 Gallon Custom Tank with a filter compartment in the back. Altogether around 30 Gallons.

Equipment :
● Resun 1000L/h Submersible Pump
● Jebao RW-4 Wavemaker
● Resun SK-300 Nano Protein Skimmer
● Zetlight ZA1201 Marine LED Light

Filteration :
● 30 Pounds of Live Rock
● 15 Pounds of Live Sand
● Filter Sponge
● GAC
● Purigen

Livestock:
Fish:
● Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica) x 1
● Black Photon Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) x 2
● Segmented Blenny (Salarias segmentatus)x 1
● Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)x 1

Inverts:
● Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) x 2
● Trochus Snails (Trochus radiatus) x 2
● Indian Sea Star (Fromia indica) x 1
● Maxi-Mini Carpet Anemone (Stichodactyla tapetum) x 2
● Maxima Clam (Tridacna Maxima) x 1

Corals:
● Zoanthids (Zoanthus sp.) x 4
● Mushroom Coral (Actinodiscus sp.) x 1
● Superman Mushroom (Discosoma sp.) x 2
● Hammer Coral (Euphyllia ancora)x 1
● Open Brain Coral ( ? ) X 1

FTS - 11.07.2016 - First Livestock Added

FTS - 11.06.2016 - Tank Established

Comments are appreciated.

 

[Krzydmnd]

Beautiful tank! Certainly looks like you've gotten it down pretty quickly! [emoji38]

 

[DeniseAndy]

Looks really nice. I like the rockwork you created. Nice caves and size.

 

[Sandroni]

This is an awesome nano! Love the scape

 

[ThilankaPerera]

Thanks for the comments everyone..!!

More Photos..!!

Open Brain Feeding

Hammer Coral

Maxi Mini Carpet Anemone

Ricordea Yuma

Discosoma Mushroom Feeding Response to Reef-Roids

Segmented Blenny

Enjoy..!!

 

[ThilankaPerera]

Sad news from Coral Eden.
I've bought my first anemone. An Orange Tipped Bubble Tip. I guess there was a conflict during the night and I found the female clown dead, mutilated. I suspect she attacked the anemone (She has a bad temper) and the anemone attacked her back. Since she is not used to anemone stings she met with her end. Anyways.. the anemone is settled down now and the remaining clown is showing some interest in it.

The Beautiful Culprit

I'll keep things updated..

 

[ThilankaPerera]

Update from Coral Eden..

My son was bummed out about the demise of his beloved Clownfish. So I bought him a new one to make "him" feel better. A standard Percula Clownfish.
He is showing more interest in the Hammer Coral than anything else for now.. He is "OK" with the old Clown.. Hope those two will get along..

Enjoy..!!