Reef Panda’s 15gal nano

[reefpanda]

Hi from Malaysia! New here and thought I would share my current build. Tank is coming to a month old.

Tank : 40cm all in one cube
Lighting : Ai Hydra 32HD
Skimmer : Resun SK300
Chiller : Hailea HS-28A
Wave maker : Jebao SLW 10M
Return pump : 1000L/hr
UV : 5W
Salt : Aquaforest Reef

Inhabitants : Blackstorm clowns, Zoas and Yumas. BTA and Acans next.

 

[revhtree]

Welcome Kev!! Nice start and how long you been reefing?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Love the frags in your tank!

 

[reefpanda]

Welcome Kev!! Nice start and how long you been reefing?

Thanks! Been reefing on and off since the 90’s and this is my 4th tank after a decade of being away.

 

[reefpanda]

Some shots taken today

 

[reefpanda]

Added micromussa and hammer yesterday. Fed the “acan” as it was sort of deflated and it looked much better today.

 

[Reef_at_Sea]

Hello!

We have an almost identical reef setup! we even use the same salt!
Are you planning to keep LPS or are you allready doing so?
If so, are you planning to dose something? Or change to a coral pro salt? Because my measured values with the AF reef salt is barely enough for LPS.

 

[reefpanda]

Hello!

We have an almost identical reef setup! we even use the same salt!
Are you planning to keep LPS or are you allready doing so?
If so, are you planning to dose something? Or change to a coral pro salt? Because my measured values with the AF reef salt is barely enough for LPS.

Hey there, yea I just added a micromussa yesterday and will be adding more when I find the ones I like. Currently I’m dosing All For Reef and still have some AF salt for a few more water changes. Once that’s gone, I’ll switch to coral pro.

How is your tank coming along?

 

[Reef_at_Sea]

Hey there, yea I just added a micromussa yesterday and will be adding more when I find the ones I like. Currently I’m dosing All For Reef and still have some AF salt for a few more water changes. Once that’s gone, I’ll switch to coral pro.

How is your tank coming along?

I have the exact same plan, haha! All for reef looks pretty interesting, do you like it? And do you think coral pro will be needed when dosing all for reef tho?

My tank is going pretty great, although it's still in juvenile state, i only have a couple of snails, 1 goby, 1 cleaning shrimp & 1 frag sinularia sp. coral in it. I will be adding more fish & corals soon, i just wanted to make sure that it's going along good before adding more livestock.

 

[reefpanda]

I have the exact same plan, haha! All for reef looks pretty interesting, do you like it? And do you think coral pro will be needed when dosing all for reef tho?

My tank is going pretty great, although it's still in juvenile state, i only have a couple of snails, 1 goby, 1 cleaning shrimp & 1 frag sinularia sp. coral in it. I will be adding more fish & corals soon, i just wanted to make sure that it's going along good before adding more livestock.

It will all really depend on what is the coral "consumption" in our tanks. If coral pro is able to support the growth with weekly water changes without the need for AFR daily dosing, I will rather switch to that. Less work lol. However sooner or later, we'll still need to dose when the coral grows out.

 

[Reef_at_Sea]

It will all really depend on what is the coral "consumption" in our tanks. If coral pro is able to support the growth with weekly water changes without the need for AFR daily dosing, I will rather switch to that. Less work lol. However sooner or later, we'll still need to dose when the coral grows out.

Yeah totally true, maybe it's smarter to use coral pro before dosing, saves money maybe?

 

[AlyciaMarie]

Beautiful set up! Those photos are amazing. Bare bottom tanks are so underrated.

 

[reefpanda]

Beautiful set up! Those photos are amazing. Bare bottom tanks are so underrated.

Thank you Alycia! Will try to post some pics every week

 

[reefpanda]

Added a few more Yumas to the collection. Some Zoa frags have started to multiply, so hopefully they’ll cover up their frag plugs soon.

 

[reefpanda]

Latest addition, Acantophylia

 

[reefpanda]

Added a couple of Cynarina and they love being fed. Water params have stabilized so added some sps to see how they’ll do.

 

[reefpanda]

Upgraded my lights to Ai Hydra 32HD and boy, what a huge difference in terms of coverage!

 

[reefpanda]

Added a surface skimmer yesterday and an updated full tank shot

 

[reefpanda]

Current tank parameters

SG : 1.025
PO4 : 0.1
NO3 : 10
KH : 9.3
PH : 8.3
TEMP : 25C

Top down shot

 

[reefpanda]

Replaced the Bubble Magus MiniQ skimmer with a Resun SK300, as it has an airline that I can run to my window or a CO2 scrubber in the future, if needed. Luckily it fits.