My baby 5 gallon tank

[abbymedina]

Hi! my name is Abby, im new to this hobby and excited to build my 5 gallon tank! I need new lighting! where can I get this at a reasonable price, and what do you recommend?

Home to:
- GSP
- Electric blue hermit
- colony of 2 kinds of zoas
- flower pot
- 3 peppermint shrimp
- 2 Nassarius snails
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[reefreak]

Welcome to maast abby! most nanos people use is a par38 bulb.

[abbymedina]

Thanks! where can I find this? also I had pulsing xenia but it died while I was on vacation :( that was my favorite one!

[reefreak]

Check online what lighting do you currently have?

[Cammed_02]

http://www.directaquarium.com/product-p/9517.htm?gclid=CK7EmeOC_LECFWXhQgodeHEABw

I have seen these little guys in person and they are pretty bright! They come in a variety of bulb temps and number of leds as well.

Also, if you want xenia again, lmk I have several frags.

[allan]

Offer goes twice here for the pulsing xenia.

Tell us about your tank and welcome to maast. How long has it been up and running?

[abbymedina]

I've upgraded from an evolve2, I had that one running for about 2 1/2 months. Everything grew beautifully but I really want a fish. Nothing died on me till I went on vacation, I immediately did a water change when I got back and my Xenia started dying everything else survived happily. Now my tank looks empty and I have poor lighting so my corals aren't growing as nice as they did before. I just took that light off and put it on the 5 gallon. As for the light it says evolve 8LED. It's been running for about 2 weeks now.

[abbymedina]

Also, I'll kindly take a frag of Xenia! :)

[Scutterborn]

Welcome!! Looks like the Xenia is taken care of! If you would like, I've got some Zoas for you as well.
http://img.tapatalk.com/a6937b99-74b8-4342.jpg
Sorry, it's the only pic I have of them currently. They do pop in the moonlights tho


- Ben -

[abbymedina]

oh those are really nice thank you, what kind are they?

[abbymedina]

Heres everything actually opened up
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[Scutterborn]

oh those are really nice thank you, what kind are they?

I'll get a better pic shortly. As far as an id, green I'm told. Lol. I'm not sure. I'm colorblind and I just know when I see what I like!


- Ben -

[Scutterborn]

Here's the same little colony under 14k white LEDs.
http://img.tapatalk.com/4245386e-a4d3-41ac.jpg
If anyone knows what these are, lemme know!


- Ben -

[reefreak]

look like green tubbs.

[abbymedina]

Haha yes as far as I know I have green ones and orange ones. Those are really nice though, they're a lot bigger than mine.

[abbymedina]

Hey guys, the water in my tank is really foggy I don't know why. I've changed 2 1/2 gallons and it's still pretty foggy!! What can I do??

[Scutterborn]

Add carbon in a mesh bag. What happened to cause it do you think?


- Ben -

[abbymedina]

it looks like a tint of green in the water. I've been feeding my flower pot phytoplankton and its that deep green, i was thinking maybe the filter was soaked with it or something? what does the carbon do?

[350gt]

I would think the problem is the phyto... How much are you feeding and how often?

What are you using for filtration?


And chemi pure is really good or such a small tank... But get the elite as it has GFO.

[Mr Cob]

If it's the phyto... you should start doing small water changes after you feed phyto, in that small of a tank you do not have enough biological filtration to remove the excess food.

Nice tank.

[abbymedina]

3 drops every day, but I've been adding like 3 more drops cause it was looking kinda sad. Ok, thats what I was thinking. I have an aqueon quiet flow 10. Also my hermit molted 3 days ago and I don't see it in its shell, i've never seen it look so empty :( i hope its not dead??

[350gt]

I would stop feeding and do a water change ASAP.

Phyto if I do.... I only feed very little in my 110... But I feed only once a month maybe twice..

Im betting that's what it is..

[abbymedina]

the guy at the store told me every day :/

[350gt]

All tanks are different...

With yours being so small you have to Becareful how much and what your throwing in there...... That's the problem with little tanks, they can get out of whack pretty fast....

I might be wrong but even I wouldn't be adding phyto in my tank daily without expecting a algae bloom or some other problems to arise...


Its not your fault, it's a common mistake... I have had blooms of all types of stuff but with a decent skimmer and CUC, it gets taken care of quickly.. Plus keeping up with your water changes is key, especially in nanos..

[abbymedina]

Ok, I'll do a water change tonight. Thanks guys!
heres my tank and my poor hermit I don't see it in there :(
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[abbymedina]

So far I'm looking at these for lighting in my tank, what do y'all think? any other recommendations?

http://www.amazon.com/Wave-point-6-Inch-8-Watt-Daylight-Output/dp/B007ZK80YG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nT1?ie=UTF8&colid=W6MKFD9IBZ1A&coliid=I2Q9CMAKZLZVM9

http://www.amazon.com/AquaTop-21-LED-Clip-On-Light/dp/B004RJFC80/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nT1?ie=UTF8&colid=W6MKFD9IBZ1A&coliid=I1EN0JY53O4K8H

http://www.amazon.com/Fluval-Mini-Power-Compact-Lamp/dp/B004QSV8XK/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nT1?ie=UTF8&colid=W6MKFD9IBZ1A&coliid=I1L4DFR4CF397Q

[Zack]

Abby, check out LED wholesalers par38.

[abbymedina]

are there any with blue and white?

[abbymedina]

I ended up getting the OCreef PAR38 bulb 6blue, 4white, 2UV.
http://www.ocreef.com/ocreef_dimmable_par38_cree_led_aquarium_lamp

now I need a fixture, any suggestions?

also, does anyone want to meet up soon for the xenia and zoos? :)

[350gt]

Looks like a cool bulb...

[Scutterborn]

I definitely like that bulb better than the others you had listed. Good choice! If you would like a frag of he zoas, I could have them ready this weekend. LMK.


-Ben-

[reefreak]

glad you went with the par38 its a great bulb i have it over my 10 gallon and love it.

[abbymedina]

My tank is back to normal, I lost my hermit though. thanks for all the advice! :cry_smile:
Also I'm able to meet saturday with y'all just lmk what time. :)

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[abbymedina]

My new light came in! :) here it is...

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[itsbobbyz]

you might wanna take off the heat shield from the lamp. it helps the bulb stay cooler

[abbymedina]

Hey guys, so I've been busy being a teacher and my tank is now growing algae!! D: any tips?

[Zack]

What's your WC schedule like/ are you still using RO water?

[Zack]

Also feeding/ phytoperiod?

[abbymedina]

I hadn't changed the water in like 2 weeks cause my crab died and school started so I didnt have time to go buy RO water. I know i over fed my tank so the crab died. i just bought 3 crabs friday and did a 2 gallon change. i feed once a week now

[abbymedina]

what are those tiny tube things hermits spit out when eating?