Aquanano 40 mixed reef

[Afonso]

Hi yall new to the salty box but not new to the forums, been using this forum for a wile but never had the time to start a tread.

So here it is my AN 40 equipment and current stock.

Tank: aquanano 40
Chamber 1: aquaroch rubble
Chamber 2: 1 gallon refugium, miracle mud and dragons breath macro
Chamber 3: siporax
Chamber 4: return pump + heater
2 external media reactors 1 whith ceramic rings and 1 whith rowa phos and carbon
Skimmer: 28g nano cube
Auto top of: auto aqua
Wavemaker: vmc v powerflow
Light: 18w nemo marine
Return pump: 500lph
HOB refugium 2 liters whith kent bio sediment sand and some caleurpa



CUC:
2 emerald crab
1 cleaner shrimp
3 blue leg crabs
2 dwarf red leg
2 turbo snails
2 nassaurius snails

Coral:

Sps:

Green montipora plate
Jade montipora digitata
Forest fire
Purple stylo
Purple unknown

Lps:

Green trachyphyllia
Green lobophilia
Green trumpet
Orange ricordea
Rainbow acans
Purple tip hammer

Softies:

Pink xenia
Green star polyps
Green mushroom

Thanks for watching feel free to drop us some feed back whatevers good or bad [emoji1] [emoji106]

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[Scott]

Welcome to the salty box it seems Big Thumbs Up

Feedback... looks good....
Why aquaroche rubble? Its non porus and surface area is nominal.... i would switch that out and replave with something like biohome or biobrick for huge surface area for bacteria colonisation would really help with maintaining params

Why no light over your fuge?? The algae could go asexual and start reproducing if allowed to follow ramp up and down of lights so maybe a good idea just a suggestion

No fish?

Tank does look good hope my suggestions help :thumbup1:

 

[CEECH]

:sign0016: to the forum nice tank you got there

 

[Afonso]

Welcome to the salty box it seems Big Thumbs Up

Feedback... looks good....
Why aquaroche rubble? Its non porus and surface area is nominal.... i would switch that out and replave with something like biohome or biobrick for huge surface area for bacteria colonisation would really help with maintaining params

Why no light over your fuge?? The algae could go asexual and start reproducing if allowed to follow ramp up and down of lights so maybe a good idea just a suggestion

No fish?

Tank does look good hope my suggestions help [emoji106]1:

Thanks pal, I got this rubble from abyss in Manchester they said it is more porous then live rock, it does a good job for pod culture do. I have my old an 40 light on my insump fuge, on my hob fuge I only added it 2 days ago as a tryout need to look for a small led that will look good in der

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[Afonso]

:sign0016: to the forum nice tank you got there

Thanks dude is a work in progress it's only 4 months old

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[Afonso]

Welcome to the salty box it seems Big Thumbs Up

Feedback... looks good....
Why aquaroche rubble? Its non porus and surface area is nominal.... i would switch that out and replave with something like biohome or biobrick for huge surface area for bacteria colonisation would really help with maintaining params

Why no light over your fuge?? The algae could go asexual and start reproducing if allowed to follow ramp up and down of lights so maybe a good idea just a suggestion

No fish?

Tank does look good hope my suggestions help [emoji106]1:

Also only one fish at the moment a tiny goby firecracker, looking for a nice fish yet it's a small tank so am looking at 2 fish at max

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[Scott]

Aquaroche is not porus at all.... its a concrete structure.... are you sure its aquaroche rubble?? Like your display structure....

If it is i suggest you replace it with more stuff with hige surface area like biohome or biobrick or something along those lines.... as your display is aquaroche too.... you have minimal area other than siprax and ceramics for bacteria you will struggle to keep no3 po4 under control.

I really like the hob fuge idea.... i would take all medias out of the rear sump replace it all with LR rubble or alfagrog or as above media nd use that hob fuge only to its full potential fill it full of algea and pods great idea for a little tank that Big Thumbs Up

 

[Scott]

Oh and lower your % on your razor light to peak at about 40% ish.... youll see less algae growth and your candycanes will puff up looking for more light like this

 

[CEECH]

Oh and lower your % on your razor light to peak at about 40% ish.... youll see less algae growth and your candycanes will puff up looking for more light like this View attachment 134142

lol is that the trick mine never grow lol

 

[Afonso]

Aquaroche is not porus at all.... its a concrete structure.... are you sure its aquaroche rubble?? Like your display structure....

If it is i suggest you replace it with more stuff with hige surface area like biohome or biobrick or something along those lines.... as your display is aquaroche too.... you have minimal area other than siprax and ceramics for bacteria you will struggle to keep no3 po4 under control.

I really like the hob fuge idea.... i would take all medias out of the rear sump replace it all with LR rubble or alfagrog or as above media nd use that hob fuge only to its full potential fill it full of algea and pods great idea for a little tank that Big Thumbs Up

It might not be aquaroch den, the stuff I have is very light very porous and very ££££ lol. I have some caleurpa blades arriving today hopefully. looking also to get some grass algae nxt week want to create a bit of a display fuge you know.

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[Afonso]

Oh and lower your % on your razor light to peak at about 40% ish.... youll see less algae growth and your candycanes will puff up looking for more light like this View attachment 134142

I was wandering why they were closed, I had it at 50% for a month or so and they were quite open, but wend I came back from holiday last week tough that the sps weren't getting enough light and put the light up. Been doing my head why they not been opening thanks for that pal

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[Afonso]

Mini fuge now complete whith caleurpa prolifera , Bryne shrimp and copepod

Now to look for a nano light for this, any recommendations are welcome [emoji1] [emoji108]

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[warby]

ahhhh found your thread now matey welcome by the way. tank is looking pretty good and I see the mushies have settled in nicely. will keep an eye out for updates.
as for nano lights what's your budget roughly?

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[CEECH]

I use this
Beamswork 3W High Power EVO Nano LED lighting

But it may be too big for your tank.

 

[Afonso]

ahhhh found your thread now matey welcome by the way. tank is looking pretty good and I see the mushies have settled in nicely. will keep an eye out for updates.
as for nano lights what's your budget roughly?

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Hi Simon thanks pal really happy whith the rics they look stunning, not looking to spend much it's only a small breather box probably around 260×100 looking for something small that can trow 6500 kelvin to grow the macro

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[CEECH]

Maybe this one could work for you .
AQUARIUM 24 LED CLIP ON LIGHT UNIT, WHITE & BLUE, FISH TANK, MARINE, TROPICAL | eBay

 

[Afonso]

I use this
Beamswork 3W High Power EVO Nano LED lighting

But it may be too big for your tank.

I really lyk the looks on this one as I would be able to use it on my upgrade in the future, do you know if is dimmable?

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[Afonso]

Maybe this one could work for you .
AQUARIUM 24 LED CLIP ON LIGHT UNIT, WHITE & BLUE, FISH TANK, MARINE, TROPICAL | eBay

This will work perfectly [emoji108] can probably put it on aquarium rim and bend it over the fuge thanks pal, my gf won't be impressed whith it already giving us a lecture the other day for having 7 plugs on the back of the tank, I'll have to find a way to fit one more der somehow

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[CEECH]

I really lyk the looks on this one as I would be able to use it on my upgrade in the future, do you know if is dimmable?

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This one is simply on or off. You can also use blue lights only or all of them.

 

[CEECH]

This will work perfectly [emoji108] can probably put it on aquarium rim and bend it over the fuge thanks pal, my gf won't be impressed whith it already giving us a lecture the other day for having 7 plugs on the back of the tank, I'll have to find a way to fit one more der somehow

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Hysterical good luck with that ha ha. My wife gave up annoying me about my tank Hysterical now i just hear the comment you care about your tank more than me from time to time Hysterical