Johns 26G Nano

Just over a month in. Just added my first fish

Thought I would share some photo's with you all. All comments welcome... good and bad, I'm new so please point out any mistakes or potential problems

My tank setup at the moment...
(not much colour, but im getting there ;D)




The 2 fish I added today...




My new cleaner shrimp...




One of my 2 snails (both the same)




And finally a few pictures of my hermits...










John

 

very nice! what kind of lighting do you have?

 

It looks like you have a litlle algae problem. That's normal for new tanks, but make sure it doesn't get worse. Keep your nutrients low and do regular water changes. Do you have any of your parameters to post? Besides that, the fish look really good as does the shrimp. Stick your hand in, see if your shrimp will give you a manicure.

 

I have no idea mate. lol.
Just the standard lighting that came with the tank. There is a UV kinda light and a normal one. Both tubes. Sorry I'm that not more help :-[

There are also a few LEDs for moon light which is kinda cool.


John

 

Yeah I know, I wasn't sure whether to leave it or not for my new crabs to eat. They seem to be munching into a lot of it, but i imagine I will have to remove some of it myself.

PH is at 7.8 - 8.0 (maybe a bit low?)
Ammonia is at 0
Nitrite is at 0
Nitrate is at 0

Salinity is at 1.022 (going to nudge that up a bit when i do my first water change)

Temp is at 78*F

Haha the fish seem to be settling in well, they have eaten most of my pods in the space of an hour!


John

 

PH is at 8.0
Ammonia is at 0
Nitrite is at 0
Nitrate is at 30
Salinity is at 1.024
Temp is at 77*F

Nitrates have slowly been creeping up, and my algae doesn't seem to want to leave. So today i'm going to add a very simple refugium. Small tank (maybe 10Gallons), with 2 compartments. One for all my macro algae, mud, critters etc; and the second one for the pump.

I will see how that makes a difference over the next few weeks.

I have some more pictures to upload, but photobucket is down for maintenance so will add later.

 

Here we go...

My new peppermint shrimp hiding!


Hermits fighting for a shell!


New clown...very pretty


Some new snails.


Mushrooms (not fully opened)


More soft corals.


Looking for a new home...


My new turbo...notice the bald bit of rock to the right. Hes hungry!!!


Some random little things that have started popping up


Clown


GSP


Freebie with my rock


Close up of snail


Gobby.


Cleaner shrimp having a little look around.


Tiny snail surfing the sand!


And finally... Anyone know what this red and green bits are? Red looks like algae. but the green looks like some kind of plant?

 

oh, and my brothers new bearded dragon!
very nice!

 

Woaw, i can say ive never seen a clarkii like that... I love it great addition