Fishoholic's 2012 nano contest entry

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Myka

Laurie, 82F shouldn't hurt any of your inverts. My 90-gallon hits 85F everyday for the last almost 4 years. There are many inverts in there.

I was thinking that the swing in temp: 74 at night then 82 in the day, in such a small 2.5g tank, was what did the snails and crab in. However one crab and the sexy shrimp survived so who knows I did get a new 25 watt hydro heater that I added earlier today (which so far has kept it at 78) so here's hoping it won't drop too much at night. I turn the furnace down at night, which is why it gets colder at night, but still I thought the heater would keep it between 76-78.

[fishoholic]

The new hydro heater seems better but it's been warmer so hard to say for sure but so far it seems to keep the tank between 75-79 mostly 76 at night and 78 during the day.

Was a bit neglectful over the month of Dec. and I finally got around to scrubbing the acrylic clean (took almost and hour which is ridiculous for such a small tank!) Note to self clean tank with NanoMag scrubber more often!

The tank hasn't changed much other then the maxi's have moved around a bit and unfortunately one of my sexy shrimp jumped overboard and was found dried up on the desk

New FTS (couldn't get the colour quite right but it's somewhere between these two pic's)





I also must admit I'm getting bored of the maxi mini's so I am thinking of selling them, and turning the tank into a mini reef instead. There is a super cute tiny tailspot blenny (that Doug mentioned would look cute in there) that has me thinking of going this route. Not 100% sure yet, but being a fishoholic a fishless tank isn't very appealing.
Help me decide by letting me know which way you would go

[CherylMcKay]

Very lovely. Can't wait to see it as it fills in. How fast will those corals grow?

[lastlight]

amazingly you fit a cave and an overhang into your teeny tiny scape lol. looks great! hope you have a low profile scraper lol.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by CherylMcKay

Very lovely. Can't wait to see it as it fills in. How fast will those corals grow?

Thank-you, I can't wait for it to fill in either and I still want to add a bit more not sure how fast they'll grow under the Eco pico led's but I imagine it'll be slowish.

Originally Posted by lastlight

amazingly you fit a cave and an overhang into your teeny tiny scape lol. looks great! hope you have a low profile scraper lol.

Thanks Brett it's because I'm amazing that it worked out so well Actually it's more so cause I had amazing rock to choose from in Doug's sump I use a small very low profile nanomag scraper which works very well, at that is when I remember to use it

[Xadieu]

Where are the fishies? You can't call yourself a fishaholic w/o any fish in your tank!

[lockrookie]

She sends them on return pump quests to the big tank

[Xadieu]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

She sends them on return pump quests to the big tank

That must be a fun roller coaster ride for the fish

[lockrookie]

My guess is they are hiding or in qt thus far no worries but she has had it happen on another build thread

[The Grizz]

I likey the mini reef!! Corals look happy! & grizz approved