Camren's 12 Gallon Aquapod

I've had this little cube tank sitting in my house collecting dust for a while. After my 29 gallon reef crashed from a Sea Urchin Dying while I was on vacation, I decided I didn't want to get back into the hobby. Well, that didn't work out as planned I decided to set this tank up about a month and a half ago and let it cycle.

It's done cycling now, so I just added a little CuC.

Equipment:

Zetlight Mini
Maxi-jet 600 for a return pump
Petco powerhead from my 29 gallon
Filter floss in the 1st chamber
50w heater from the 29 gallon

Future Equipment Purchases:

Some sort of ATO, as I can imagine how much I would need to manually top off if I didn't get one.

Livestock:

5 Astraea Snails
8 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs

Future Livestock Purchases:

A lot of Zoas and Palys, and maybe a few LPS's. We'll see once I go to MACNA I'll probably stay fishless for this build.

Parameters:

Sg: 1.025
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Temp: 81 F

Here are some pics of the tank. The CuC is working hard already. I added them about 2 hours before these pictures were taken.









I will update as the build progresses.

 

Great Cam.

I used to love Aquapods, wish I still had mine.

You can do a lot with nanos and fairly cheaply.

Congrats on getting it up and going.

 

Thanks! I'm happy to finally have it up and running.

 

yay for you Cam! So glad you were able to find a way to get back into the hobby. I know how much you love it! Tank looks great!

 

Thanks! I was sure I wasn't going to set up another tank, but like people say, once you're in the hobby, you can't get out :

So the clean up crew is doing an awesome job. I'd say about 1/3 of the algae on the rocks is gone, and the algae on the sandbed is getting torn up from the hermit crabs.

 

So I figured I would ask you all before I made any purchases. What do you think I should put in this tank? I'm not really sure what I could grow with the Zetlight Mini, so I probably won't do any SPS.

 

hmmmm.......in terms of coral? Definitely some zoas. A nice variety would look cool.

 

Thanks Do you think I should get some sort of Shrimp or Crab? I was thinking maybe a Cleaner Shrimp, but I'm not sure yet.

 

So I just got back from my LFS. I picked up two Zoa frags and a Green Florida Ricordea. I also met SSDennis and CBsurfrider (Nice to meet you guys )

I'll get pictures of the corals after they're done acclimating.

 

Nice tank, a few LPS on the sand would be nice, along with some pretty macro algae (For the rocks)