leather nano

[weizer896]

My husband decided to take all of his leathers out of his main tank and put them in a nano. I wanted to post a pic and get some oppinions and suggestions on how to make it better :D

Anita

[weizer896]

Don't understand why pic did not post

[Pacman]

I think its off to a good start, leathers should do well in a tank with less light such as that one. I think you could maybe put a black background on the tank so that the filtration isn't visible; it also provides better contrast to see corals better. Also maybe a little more rock.

Otherwise I think it looks good, I'm glad you decided to go with sand. Unless you have monster flow and SPS, I prefer the look of a sandbed.

[GaryP]

Two questions/suggestions.

1. Leathers have a tendecy to produce a lot of toxins. I would remove the eclipse filter and just run a bag of carbon in the tray to help minimize that.

2. Are you feeding the carnation? Its very nice but they do not have a very good survival rate without being dripped phyto almost constantly. That's difficult, and expensivve, to do unless you are growing your own green water.

[weizer896]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Brian is running a skilter with carbon in it. Most of our corals we spot feed phytoplanton and zooplex, plus we are using the suppliments we bought at CB pets every 3 days. If there is anything else we should know or can do, please feel free to point it out.

Anita