5gal. Nano Reef Construction

[Igor The Cat]

alright so its update time......w00+ first live stock, right now the tank contains:
1 Whelk Snail
4 Astrea Snails
2 Nassarius Snails
4 Red Leg Hermit Crabs
1 Pom Pom Crab (Hitchhiker, I plan to get another soon)

One Frag Of Hariy Mushrooms
One Neglecta Mushroom Head

im really happy with how the tank is turning out, I did lose one head on the hairy shroom rock, but i still have anotehr 20 or so. the Neglecta looks really good, but a Hermit was bumping into it rigt before i took the piks so its a bit closed up, currently im looking for some place to get some nice Zoas, as all i can find around here are real common and boring colourations, im looking for either a Red, or some Zoa with red and another dark colour (kind of like Fire & Ice) also i would like something to contrast the shape and colour of the shrooms i have, hopefully ill find something nice that will work with my tank. lol

so here are the piks

Tank Shot:

Shroom Rock:

(I dont have a pik of the Neglecta as its pretty boring as its closed up)

cheers

-Java

 

[Igor The Cat]

sorry for the blury shots, they are just quick handheld piks.

cheers

-Java

 

[Panther28]

Looking very good. I just wish mine would finish cycling.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

the trick is established LR panther. its like "seeding your tank". from FW. if you get all established stuff, you may notget a cycle at all.

 

[Limi310]

Looking good Igor. I would like to see a close up of the pom pom crab

 

[SALTY WATERS]

my dad (a professinal photographer)

Expecting some crazy cool CLEAR pics in the near future, no excuses for blured now that I read that part...lol*twirlysmi

Tank looks like it's coming along well.

 

[Igor The Cat]

sorry about the lack of updates....but my tank crashed...yes already my shroom rock wasent happy it seems as most all of the heads died overnight and semi-nuked the tank, the other losses where 2 hermits and both my Nass. Snails, so its time to start over well kinda...im now in the process massive repetative w/cs and the corals that survived are in a 'QT' Bowl lol and im hoping i can save them with my limited resources. i was talking to local reefer and he told me that seattle water, though decent for reefs (only 30ppm TDS) doesnt seem to be very friendly to shrooms at all, so now i REALLY need an RO/DI...argh

cheers

-Java

 

[Panther28]

How did your tank crash. I am worried now.

 

[Igor The Cat]

shrooms died, thats how.

cheers

-Java

 

[ram man]

bottled water at grocery stores works well

 

[Igor The Cat]

i wish i could get that...its pretty much completely un avalible or you have to buy WAYY too much for way to much money.

cheers

-Java

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

you can buy gallon jugs of really cheap ro/di water... around here walmart carries it for $.64 a gallon, and thriftway for $.79 i thinks its a pretty good price and i have a 10 gallon, it wouldnt be too bad on a 5 gallon.

 

[Panther28]

I get my RO/DI water for $.25 per gallon. and have 4 X 5 gallon containers so it costs me about $1.25 for 5 gallons. I think its not that bad. rather then lossing money when citters die or fish die.

 

[Igor The Cat]

the problem is that nobody sells RO water around here. at ALL

cheers

-Java

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

i'd say buy a unit, but that seems like overkill for a 5 gallon tank.

 

[SALTY WATERS]

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