3G Nano Tank!

[Badfishofbabylon]

A few more

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

2 more

 

[iDream]

are the zoas new? love the look of the pom pom or porcelain, whats he do throughout the day?

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

It's a porcelain, and he chills in the star polyps and filter feeds. As for the zoas they are newer to this tank they came from my brothers with a puffer who's was picking at them. So I am trying to get the healthy again, they seem to be getting better

 

[iDream]

okay, i was wondering if they were new since they werent very open

 

[mr_X]

isn't that type of porcelain crab actually referred to as an anemone crab?

 

[Jnam]

The rockscape looks fantastic!! As suggestdd before i would upgrade teh lighting I have seen on the interwebz some people doing an LED retro on your little tank that looks way nice...

Just a suggestion.

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

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[iDream]

fuzzy shroom? love sexy shrimps!

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

I'm not totally sure what type of mushroom it is because it was miss labeled as a $5 green mushroom at the fish store. So when I saw that I sniped it. There mistake, my gain. The sexy shrimp is very cool I'm thinking about getting another because they are perfect for the nano

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

The rockscape looks fantastic!! As suggestdd before i would upgrade teh lighting I have seen on the interwebz some people doing an LED retro on your little tank that looks way nice...

Just a suggestion.

The tank came with a LED light but I didn't think it was enough. So I switched to this compact 50/50. Everything seems to be thriving

 

[melosu58]

Looking pretty good.

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

Thanks Mel, even if its from a buckeye. Kidding. But for real Go Blue!!

 

[iDream]

yeah i dont think that LED could support corals at all

a few options (not very cheap, but hey!)

Ecoxotic PAR38 LED Aquarium Lights

nanocustoms

i *think* these would give enough power for any coral you want to keep!

 

[mr_X]

i think so too, however, those spotlights are just that- a direct and focused beam. they aren't like halides or power compacts with a wide spread.
i never ran one on a tank, but i was told they were for targeting a certain coral, rather than lighting a 3 gallon area.

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

Thanks for the link iDream, but thats a little too much for what I want to spend on a light for this tank right now. (it costs more than I spent on the entire tank) This tank is really just some thing to do till I get my 120 up. I am in the middle of buying a new house right now so I need all the cash I can get. I don't plan on add too much more to this tank besides one or 2 more shrimp and a mushroom. But in a few years those lights are something I would look in to.

 

[iDream]

yeah i kinda figured they were pricey, thats more for the people that would spend the same amount of money on a 25G as a 125G because they love the nano!

 

[iDream]

i think so too, however, those spotlights are just that- a direct and focused beam. they aren't like halides or power compacts with a wide spread.
i never ran one on a tank, but i was told they were for targeting a certain coral, rather than lighting a 3 gallon area.

you may be right, but over on nano-reef they use them for full on lights, or say about 5 for a 20long, never really kept up on them and see how they perform in the long run, but with a tank his size i dont see why having it just high enough to spread it out and keep its power couldnt work. but i am still trying to learn this lighting game

 

[Jnam]

I used the evil par38 on my 3 gallon pico for a while it actually works very well because of the optics. The spread covers about a 2ftx 2ft area with a nice blending. That was with the light about 12" above the water. IF you put it too close than indeed their is a spotlight effect.

The 10W coralife bulbs are ok for softies but you will be very limited in coral selection.

 

[mr_X]

I used the evil par38 on my 3 gallon pico for a while it actually works very well because of the optics. The spread covers about a 2ftx 2ft area with a nice blending. That was with the light about 12" above the water. IF you put it too close than indeed their is a spotlight effect.

that's cool! were you able to get PAR numbers? how about the corals? what did you have under it?