My 28g Nano Build

[11f150]

Hello everyone. I'm brand new to this forum and would like to say this is a great place with a ton of information. I've been a aquarium hobbyist for about 8 years now but have never gotten into saltwater...until now!

I have been lurking around on this forum and others for a while always checking out nano tanks and amazed at how good they look. I was at my LFS yesterday and ended up leaving with the following items:

-JBJ 28g Nano Cube CF-Quad
-21 lbs of caribbean live rock
-25 gallons of premixed saltwater (LFS is close to me, so I said why not)

I got everything set up last night and wow was it cloudy. Here is a picture of it from last night.


So it eventually started to clear up a bit before I went to bed and here and new pictures from this morning.





I'm going to be getting a new camera because all I have is my iphone at the moment. I think about going to get about 10-15 more lbs of live rock when I go back to the LFS.

I will take any advice as well along the way of this build. Thanks

[11f150]

So I believe I had something living in one of my live rocks...i see this red thing move a little and seen a puff of sand come out of the hole like something kicked it out.

[carey]

Looks good!!

Welcome to the forum by the way!

[11f150]

Thanks! I plan on keeping this thread updated as my tank continues to grow

[xxStLxx]

Welcome to AA. Hope you keep is updated on your tank. And If you can get a better pic of the creature in the rock maybe we could help identify it

[11f150]

Ok while I was trying to get a better picture of this thing inside a piece of liverock I observed it snapping back in the rock very quick. The first pic is with it out, then the second is when it moved back in. I have no idea what it is.

[Agentskeller]

I'm also building a tank just like yours I'll be following you, maybe we can help each other out.

[Qube]

Looks great so far!! I just took the plunge into saltwater in October with the same tank!

[11f150]

Originally Posted by Agentskeller

I'm also building a tank just like yours I'll be following you, maybe we can help each other out.

Yeah that would be cool, keep in touch.

[11f150]

Does anyone know what the above picture is of?

[Agentskeller]

What picture

[melosu58]

Just looks like a sponge to me. Good filter feeder. Nothing to worry about.

[11f150]

Well I have found a few aiptasia on my live rock so I ordered a kit to get rid of them. From what I read they are nothing but bad and can spread like crazy.

Also when I came home from work tonight I turned my light on in the tank and seen some strange long thin brown tenacle looking things that went back into the rock when I turned the light on.

This is getting pretty interesting and only my 2nd day with the tank lol.

[joy13]

You might want to keep this site handy Live Rock Hitch Hikers it sounds like the last one is a brittle star.

[11f150]

Thanks that's a good site

[Brooklyn2la]

I also have this tank and have to start over since all my fish died. I will be following your thread!

[11f150]

Originally Posted by Brooklyn2la

I also have this tank and have to start over since all my fish died. I will be following your thread!

Do you know the cause? What was your water parameters?


I'll be putting up a updated pic here in a few hours, I just added some more live rock and it looks so much better. I achevied the look I was going for. The tank is a bit cloudy so Im going to wait till tonight to take a pic.

[Brooklyn2la]

Originally Posted by 11f150

Do you know the cause? What was your water parameters?


I'll be putting up a updated pic here in a few hours, I just added some more live rock and it looks so much better. I achevied the look I was going for. The tank is a bit cloudy so Im going to wait till tonight to take a pic.

Look up my thread- I think it's the the sea cucumber that died
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums...ed-193397.html

[11f150]

Yeah Im sure your tank went into a cycle again. Yeah you can't listen to LFS people too much. For example, I was at mine today and I brought some water in for testing because Im still waiting on my kit to get delivered. Someone tested my water there that I have never dealt with yet. Anyway my tank has been up for 6 days keep in mind this guy comes out from the back and says "yeah your water looks pretty good your ready for whatever you want to do, there is only a small sign of ammonia." LOL

Sorry about your tank...Things to remember in the aquarium hobby is...nothing comes good out of doing things fast.

[11f150]

Ok here are some updated pic from the live rock I added today!



Starting to get pretty exciting I obviously completely rearranged the live rock I had before but I like this look alot better.