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So the summer has come and gone, and the 45 g is still up and running. We broke down the 57g this week to make way for the ELOS, so the packed with corals 45g is even more packed than it usually is. We have 4 frag racks in there, and every inch of available space is taken up by coral right...

It has (once again) been a while since we updated this thread. We finally decided to upgrade this tank, we bought a JBJ 12g LED nano. We set up the new 12g last night. It has 8 LEDs. We relocated the live rock from the old 12 g, and all of the live stock, into this tank. I did use a new...

Try the other inverts thread, if you have not already.

The zoas and the pipefish are looking great!

I have never kept a flame hawkfish, but I did have a long nose. My long nose was reef safe for about a year, after which he got big enough to start taking pot shots at my cleaner shrimp and my fire shrimp. I can't speak to the pipefish, but I would be cautious with the hawk and your shrimp...

Really beautiful, Phil! looking forward to following along.

I have a spare t5 fixture with movable legs. Call me if you want it, it is 24".

Start feeding newly hatched artemia with a brine net. Do so for approx. two weeks. The shrimp should start to consider the brine net safe; once it starts swimming into the net every night, scoop it out. This is how I removed a non- reef safe, but very smart, shrimp from our old 20g.

I trust strawberry crabs, and I second Mike, Kevin, and Phil's suggestions. I love pom Pom crabs, but if they lose their anems, they will steal coral. I would add acro crabs to the list I trust.

We have 3. The hermit that got one was an electric blue leg, he is currently in exile in our sump.

I love my Harliquin shrimp. just a couple of thoughts before you buy one: 1. They can have a pretty profound impact on water quality in a small tank. They eat the tube feet of starfish. . . Not the entire starfish. If you don't have a good skimmer, and a good clean up crew, be prepared to...

I think your decision to hold off on getting an anem is a good one. You have a pretty significant amount of coral in that tank; if you added an anem, it is likely that at least some of it would be stung by the anem. The clown in the photo looks like an ocellaris to me; the behavior you...

In other news, mike received his first angry phone call from his wife relating to the fish tanks. . . Can any of you guess who got to clean up the ro/di all over the floor??

Nice work! Looking forward to seeing it in action. How are the clowns and LTA settling in to the 30g?

Any time you have ammonia, your tank is going though a cycle becuases you have insuffient bacteria to break down the ammonia into nitrates and nitrites. The ammonia came from the livestock, not rotting food IMHO - they produced too much poop for the bacteria to deal with in the small tank...

I had a rio, it stunk. I would not recommend one. If you want an easy HOB skimmer, go with an aqua c remora. It is overkill on a 10g, but it will make your the nano a lot easier to maintain. If you are looking for a different HOB trickle filter, I would look at marineland (I may have an...

They come in VERY handy when setting up a small nano, especially if you want to keep inverts.

Darren = dnov99 I love my bangaai cardinal pair. I bought four aquacultured babies from trop (they were each the size of a dime), raised them, and gave two away and kept two. If you are flexible, get a small group of juveniles, and wait for the two dominant fish to pair off, then re-home...

The tank looks great, love the new zoos. I am a bit late jumping in here, but i saw your post about blue eyed cardinals. You may want to speak to Darren before you buy them, he had them and i don't believe he had the best experience with them if my memory serves me.

Sonny, the tank looks absolutely gorgeous.