Petco's Aqueon8 into Coldwater Marine Aquarium

[NemCrazy]

Haha yes they do! Mine smiles as he wears the white spotted rose as a hat:yo: your tank is looking sweet. I love how natural it looks. These aqueon 8's are the answer to people wanting to try Coldwater!

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Check this out I just found the cheap easy way to keep Nananax. No more collecting nudibranchs to feed him

Action is at 1:40 or so.

 

[NemCrazy]

Lol I just saw this on the fb feed. Now I want one, now that I know I have an unlimited foodsource 30 minutes away! It'll keep pests out while looking cool!

 

[AquaticEngineer]

No more worrying about a shaggy mouse nudibranch decimating your anemone population

I will see if I can get more, or I will let you know if the eggs hatch out.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Tank has been fluctuated between 59-68 over the summer, but it was slow changes. Lost alot of the deeper water stuff like the Corynactis when the temps got a bit on the higher end. So knowing the fluctuation range for this setup, I'm now only keeping animals that are found in waters above 60 in here since they all seem to be the species that did the best overall given the conditions.

Up to 4 Catalinas, 3 Zebras, 1 Blackeye Goby, and 2 Saddleback Gunnels.

Has Green Anemones (Anthopleura xanthogrammica), European Strawberry Anemones (Actinia Fragacea), and Australian Waratah Anemones (Actinia Tenebrosa)

Other Inverts inclucde:
3 Live Sand Dollars
1 Purple Urchin
10 micro hermit Crabs
3 Black Turban Snails
2 Jeweled Topsnails
1 Graceful Decorator Crab
1 Cryptic Kelp Crab
4 Brittle Stars

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Got a little snail vs snail going on I love the contrast between them.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Put a new housing and 60 degree lens on my DIY imitation kessil / ecoxotic cannon then hard mounted it off the above cabinet. Best part is this light only cost me just over $60 to make and puts out PAR equivalent of a 250w halide

The green anemones are really liking it now FTS at the end

 

[charlypooh]

What kind of snail is the orange one?


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[AquaticEngineer]

What kind of snail is the orange one?


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Its a jeweled top snail, here's a better picture of it from the interwebs. I think I have about 6 in my tank and another 15 in the holding system.

 

[NemCrazy]

They are awesome algae eaters!

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Scored a deal on a boat load of chillers and happen to get a random little half finished nano skimmer with a tiny venturi pump in the deal as well.

I got a little crazy with the free upgrades so it feels a little cluttered to me now, so I may end up putting this hole thing on a stand and moving it off the desk.

Turned out okay visually, but the skimmer is kicking butt and the chiller is keeping the tank at a constant 56-57F while the inside house temps are between 65-70F.

Mostly just started screwing around with it because I anticipate swapping over all the hardware into the Micro-Reefs 12x12x12 AIO made out of 1/2" when Mike releases them

Anyways, more pics

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Couple new residents now that the tank is sitting steady at 57F

Little bitty Irish Lord

Little Rainbow Scorp

Snapped a couple good ones of my Northern Clingfish when he came out to eat

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Photo Update New stuff in the tank!

Put this big neon green/yellow moonglow in the tank, he looks amazing under the RGB DIY kessil I did up!

Added some new sea stars since my temps are stable with the new chiller

Also, the new skimmer is cooking up skimmate!

Managed to catch all three of these guys in one shot during feeding time

 

[allenho1]

This is amazing! I'm tempted to set one up. What would you say is the upper temp limit for a coldwater setup? My daughter's unheated 10-gallon goldfish tank gets up to 70.