My ten sps/clam tank

[corriewf]

As promised I have taken pictures of my precious ten gallon.This tank has been through hell and back over the last 2 1/2 years. I have battle hair algae nitrates ect ect and lost a tank full of corals twice with the exception of a couple that made it the full duration.I have been sps bound for about 8 months now and in total this ten gallon holds over 27 different types of corals.I have 8 differnt types of snails and a cucumber.I have natural phytoplankton growing along with a very diverse fauna population.

Enough talking heres the pics.

 

[corriewf]

Ok, These were taken yesterday as I was trying to get some top down shots.I thought these pics looked cool as the light was in the background instead of right in front of my fac/camera.

 

[corriewf]

 

[corriewf]

Thanks guys!

I am using a sleek coralife 20 inch modded into a 70 watt metal halide with 36 watt true actinic.

Heres a link for the mod with pics of how everything was done.
http://www.saltcreep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=967

The most recent mod (actinic) is on page 3.

 

[mojoreef]

Welcome aboard Corrie!!!!!!! and a great looking tank for sure!!!!!!


Mike

 

[Beckmola24]

Awesome tank!!!! I like the pic of your neon dotty... I had one for over a year and it had such a cute personality. It would watch me cook dinner in the evenings and seemed intrigued by everything I did in the kitchen. He actually got to the point of recognizing me because he didn't act the same way with my husband

 

[CarlaW]

Awesome 10 gallon!!! I admire anybody that can keep stuff like you in a tank that small. Sounds like you had a heck of a time, but it has turned the corner now!! Keep up the good work.

 

[corriewf]

Thanks everyone!!! It sure did take alot of work to get this far.

Heres a couple more pics:

Hes waving.

in bag



Also my twin spot goby:

 

[corriewf]

Older pic of red zoos with actinic led

 

[corriewf]

Gotta keep it updated.

Just some shots I took the other day.

 

[SALTYDAWGY]

AWSOME tank! I am running a setup very similar to yours and hope to get there some day. Great pics.

 

[NaH2O]

Wow! Looking great!

 

[corriewf]

AWSOME tank! I am running a setup very similar to yours and hope to get there some day. Great pics.

All it takes is time. You will be there soon.

 

[corriewf]

Wow! Looking great!

Thank you. I will post some more pics later and keep this thread updated from time to time. You can see a lot of growth in these pics.

 

[corriewf]

I decided to frag my purple digita not because it was too big but I knew that in its current spot it would and I wanted to change the aquascape there a little anyhow. I decided that I would frag and mount in a way that would produce a thick well encrusted colony that wouldnt threaten its neighbors. Fragging sps is pretty easy.

1. break
2. superglue
3. stick in place
4. done
5. drink beer

Heres the shots to show you what it looked like sorta.

AND DONE!

I also moved my hammer to a better place.

 

[Skimmy]

wow, sweet nano! i love nano tanks! is that a linkia starfish?
also, is that a tort under 70w m.h.? looks like it's doing good!
im suprised the urchin doesnt knock everything over

 

[corriewf]

wow, sweet nano! i love nano tanks! is that a linkia starfish?
also, is that a tort under 70w m.h.? looks like it's doing good!
im suprised the urchin doesnt knock everything over

Well most of everything is encrusted, but I do keep superglue handy.

That is a linkia ive had for 6+ months and the tort is growing quite fast under the 70 watt/36 watt pc , which is surprising.

 

[corriewf]

I was staring into the abyss known as my little ole ten gallon wallet drainer..... kidding.

Anywho I noticed one of my large one foot bristle worm and thought I would get some pics of him. Pretty amazing that its one foot and in a ten gallon...

Here are the pics of it eating a sponge. I watch in amazement as it swallowed the sponge off the glass in whole. I had always thought that they actually ate via a tounge and licked.

This is his mouth open against the glass.

Just for kicks I took a pic of my brittle star.

 

[NaH2O]

Wow! That's really impressive, and great shot of it eating. Where is your rock from?

 

[corriewf]

Yeah I have never seen pics of them eating before. The one with the mouth against the glass is awesome.