BearTheSquare Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 (edited) Hey everyone, I figured I'd start a build thread on here to keep up with the progress of my tank that I started March 22 of this year. Thanks for looking! Equipment: IM Nuvo 10 gallon AI Prime HD (with mount) Sicce Silent 1.0 Return Eheim Jager 50 Watt heater Maintenance: Hella water changes Every other day scrape glass Fish: Black Ice Clownfish Corals: Zoanthids- Goblins on Fire Nebula People Eaters Playboy Bunnies Scrambled Eggs Rainbow Implosions? (DBTC) Rastas Soft Corals- Neon Green Toadstool Leather Orange Ricordea Yuma LPS- Red Acan Lords Green Branching Hammer Meteor Shower Cyphastrea SPS- ORA Pearlberry Pink Monti Cap Inverts: 6 blue-legged hermits March 22, 2019: April 22, 2019: May 22, 2019: Current FTS: Edited October 23, 2019 by BearTheSquare crimsonvice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 And here are some pictures documenting some of the coral growth so far... Hammer growth from April 29th to now: Scrambled Egg Zoanthids April 20th to now: crimsonvice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Looking really good! Thanks for sharing. What's next for the tank? BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 @Muttley000 Thanks! The goal right now is to fill in the zoa garden before the scrambled eggs take over the whole rock (I’d like to add rastas, playboy bunnies, and tubbs blues). Then I’d like to add a pink or red Monti cap somewhere mid level in the tank where it won’t do too much shading. And finally add some sps once I think the tanks ready and my job settles down to part time for school (hopefully around August/September). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Sounds nice! I’ve got some orangish red monti cap you can have if you want it when you are ready, just hit me up! I may be able to peel a few rastas off my plug for you too. To be honest I haven’t looked at them for a while but a month or so there were new polyps sprouting on it. I’ll have a look after work. BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 @Muttley000 That would be amazing if you could do that! I’ve always wanted to try Monti cap, do you have any tips on placement in a nano to make sure it doesn’t shade out the entire tank eventually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 35 minutes ago, BearTheSquare said: @Muttley000 That would be amazing if you could do that! I’ve always wanted to try Monti cap, do you have any tips on placement in a nano to make sure it doesn’t shade out the entire tank eventually? Fragging lol. It will fill the whole thing if you let it! BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Yes it will and relatively quick too! BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Finally got these glued down after 47 attempts... crimsonvice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Look who’s rocking a cool new colored username! BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 @Muttley000 #1 reason to become a supporter! crimsonvice and Muttley000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surjer Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Yay, another Nano! Tank looks great. I think that AI Prime might be on my short list. Keep it up! BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 @surjer Thank you! In all honesty it’s probably one of the best purchases you can make for a nano. Between the controllability and growth you get with it, it’s well worth the price. surjer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Everything looks great! Thanks for sharing. BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 Thank you @Joe! Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fishman Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Very nice! Love a nice clean cube BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Thank you @Jon Fishman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Had a great time meeting @Muttley000 this weekend, he’s a real stand up guy and was great to talk with. Got the Rasta from dbtc as well as a really nice ricordea Yuma and piece of monti cap. I also picked up an acan lord frag from salty critter in vermilion this morning. New Fts: Zoa garden is starting to fill in (need a few more colors still): DBTC zoa (hermit ripped it off the plug): Yuma: Muttley000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euphylin me Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 12 hours ago, BearTheSquare said: Had a great time meeting @Muttley000 this weekend, he’s a real stand up guy and was great to talk with. Got the Rasta from dbtc as well as a really nice ricordea Yuma and piece of monti cap. I also picked up an acan lord frag from salty critter in vermilion this morning. yep sounds like @Muttley000 for ya! Definitely one of the best parts of the hobby is meeting up with other reef tank nerds lol BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 Picked these up from @DonDon1 a couple weeks ago. Playboy bunnies and nebula people eaters. Not sure if I’m going to add any more zoas to the garden or just let it grow for the next 6 months or so. jakesweep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Nice additions! BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) Thank you @crimsonvice! I’m really debating on making this an all zoa tank right now lol. Edited July 10, 2019 by BearTheSquare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 New FTS, looking to add some more Zoanthids to the zoa garden pretty soon. Also thinking about getting a small clownfish to pair the black ice with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Tank is looking great! BearTheSquare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearTheSquare Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Muttley000 said: Tank is looking great! Thanks! The zoa and Yuma you gave me are doing great. Hoping the zoa is ready to frag in a month or two for dbtc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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