chrislewistx
Thu, 15th Aug 2013, 04:25 PM
Hi there,
New member, I live on the Northwest side of San Antonio. I have kept FOWLR tanks in the past, and never pulled the trigger on a reef. Also, due to traveling with work I was away from the aquarium hobby for about 7 years. Last year I settled into one location and started a freshwater planted tank. The plan was to have one, maybe two tanks. 13 months later I am up to 6 planted freshwater tanks, 1 saltwater nano in progress and several planted mini jars.
I have been lurking for a while and decided to sign up, and I am looking forward to learning more about the hobby. My nano has been up and running for a few months now. The water parameters have been steady for quite some time. However, I wanted to have a good feel for how they would be effected by feeding the fish, evaporation, etc, before adding any corals. In the mean time I have been working on my rock scape. I have liked some designs better than others. Below is the current layout and I would appreciate any tips or tricks to improve it. I have a small tank, and bought too much rock so not much room to work with.
10 gallon tank
10lbs sand
20" coralife 96 watt power compact (also want to change this)
hydor koralia nano
Aquaclear 50 modified into HOB fuge with live rock rubble and chaeto
Aquaclear 30 with 25 watt heater, and as a space to run purigen and phosguard as needed.
1 yellow clown goby, 1 antenna goby, and assorted small snails for clean up crew.
21794
New member, I live on the Northwest side of San Antonio. I have kept FOWLR tanks in the past, and never pulled the trigger on a reef. Also, due to traveling with work I was away from the aquarium hobby for about 7 years. Last year I settled into one location and started a freshwater planted tank. The plan was to have one, maybe two tanks. 13 months later I am up to 6 planted freshwater tanks, 1 saltwater nano in progress and several planted mini jars.
I have been lurking for a while and decided to sign up, and I am looking forward to learning more about the hobby. My nano has been up and running for a few months now. The water parameters have been steady for quite some time. However, I wanted to have a good feel for how they would be effected by feeding the fish, evaporation, etc, before adding any corals. In the mean time I have been working on my rock scape. I have liked some designs better than others. Below is the current layout and I would appreciate any tips or tricks to improve it. I have a small tank, and bought too much rock so not much room to work with.
10 gallon tank
10lbs sand
20" coralife 96 watt power compact (also want to change this)
hydor koralia nano
Aquaclear 50 modified into HOB fuge with live rock rubble and chaeto
Aquaclear 30 with 25 watt heater, and as a space to run purigen and phosguard as needed.
1 yellow clown goby, 1 antenna goby, and assorted small snails for clean up crew.
21794