TWOLITREmedia's 18g Nano Reef (NEW Platinum Designer Clowns Added!)

+1 lol

Hope my scape comes out as well

 

LOL guys he is a pro.

OP great looking setup and rock work.

 

Nothing wrong with that! At the price of these bad boys you might be the one losing out on the deal depending on how picky she is for her necklace ;-)

Thank you!

Haha thank you very much, but I really don't think any of this is all that great. Check out my real work at TWOLITREmedia ;-)
Thanks for the kind words regardless!

It sucks because I was not as aware of how placing frags goes before scaping my main DT and I would have done things differently. With this nano I knew what I was looking for going into it. I think that's my best advice for nano scaping, basically visualize it in your head before you even go buy your rock!

Thank you sir ;D

Can't wait to update you guys with how ugly the cycle makes this tank look for a bit haha. So far nothing yet!

 

The nano is finally cycled! Here are some shots from this weekend (you can't see how grimey and grungy it looks now) but its on it's way down from the algea bloom and what not and is really starting to clear back up.

I now have a clean up crew of 7 hermits and 3 snails and a shrimp and goby pair hanging out. I will keep this the contents of the tank for another two weeks and beging adding some frags just to make sure it's totally good to go. Ammonia is at 0ppm no nitrites, and onlys 20ppm nitrates which is actually better then I was thinking with the amount of freshly picked uncultured live rock I used.

Anyways here are a couple photos, I'll try to catch some of the CUP and shrimp and goby during the day. Also finally fully set up the RKL unit to monitor my temp, control my heater, and set a light cycle now that there are some inhabitants.


New Fish! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

You can really see the film on the glass in this photos, ewwww.

New Fish! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

More photos soon!

 

Very cool! Can't wait to see more pics!

 

Quick updated on the nano as promised....

Here are some shots of the clean up crew newly added yesterday!

Woop woop more adds! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr


Woop woop more adds! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

7 hermits and 3 snails to start with for now....

Also picked up this sweet blood shrimp today for the nano as well! I love the colour of these guys


Woop woop more adds! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

That's all for now, more as things progress! RKL keeping my temp at a perfect 78 now that I finally programmed the unit the other day for my temp probe and heater, as well as finally adding the light cycle now that things are alive in there.

 

Congrats on the completion of the cycle. Looking good. Wondering what you will have for corals now.

 

Awesome setup!

After reading this I have finally decided which nano tank I want to get. Love the tank, and cant wait to see more.

 

Looking very cool TWO....I need you to come take pictures of my tank! What is your ultimate plan for the nano? I see from the beginning of your time here, you are now offiically a true reef junkie Two tanks already......So, just to clarify, you added another light that was the same as the one that came with the tank correct? I love the sleekness of those lights....

 

That's one awesome nano. The lights are kick ass too. You should do some timelapse videos once you get your control module.

*must resists the urge to start a nano tank*