Fish 321's 10 gallon nano reef

[fish 321]

I figured I would make a journal for my maturing 10 gallon nano so here it is.
Tank- 10 gallon
Light- aquaknight led
Filter- aquaclear 20
Heater- fluval
Skimmer- Odyssea clean 100
Auto top off system
15 pounds of rock
Salt- instant ocean
Fish food- Omega One marine pellets
Coral food- Benepets reef food
Fish- black clown, chocolate mocha clown.
Corals- 4 disco mushrooms, candy cane coral, green star polyps.

 

[erinw347]

I’m not (yet) in SW but I love looking at reef tanks! following!

 

[fish 321]

I’m not (yet) in SW but I love looking at reef tanks! following!

I thought it would be hard but its really about as easy as freshwater. It just takes more time for water changes, closer attention to parameters, and more money.

 

[HarrisonAquatics]

Looks like you have your Aquaknight mounted WAY higher than mine, but what settings do you use?

 

[Jacklynn]

Approximately what were your costs to set this up? And what does it cost you to maintain? Just for curiosities sake.. as I may be interested in starting my own nano reef in the near future...

 

[fish 321]

Looks like you have your Aquaknight mounted WAY higher than mine, but what settings do you use?

I know I mounted it kinda high but it was still too bright so I had to lower my settings. I have the blues at 4 taps and whites at 9 taps.

Approximately what were your costs to set this up? And what does it cost you to maintain? Just for curiosities sake.. as I may be interested in starting my own nano reef in the near future...

I believe I spent around 200 dollars on the set up not including the fish and corals.

 

[Fishnpups]

Just want to admire your tank because i miss saltwater. Hope your babies stay chunky and happy.

 

[fish 321]

Got some new corals today a pretty good size chunk of a finger leather, a xenia, gsp, mushrooms, a chalice, and the owner of the shop even threw in a $90.00 hammer frag for free, so thats a plus.

 

[fish 321]

Corals are starting to open up.

 

[JtheFishMan]

Corals are starting to open up.

Your tank looks AMAZING!

 

[fish 321]

Your tank looks AMAZING!

Thanks! I am planning on getting some more corals next week.

 

[fish 321]

So it was brought to my attention that I was not sold a xenia but rather clove polyps.

 

[fish 321]

Leather opened up well and the candy cane is looking super plump. My corals were not doing so well and it turned out I just needed to lower my blues by 10% and that made them super happy.

 

[fish 321]

More corals. Added up the prices today and It came out to a total pf $477 of livestock in my tank.
New corals are birds nest, war coral, more candy canes, two more mushrooms, red montipora. Also added 5 astrea snails and 6 red legged hermits.