what cool thing would you do with a 15.5g nano?

Jason7504 · 12/29/2009, 02:25 AM

what's something cool that you would do with a 15.5g nano with 72w PC that you wouldn't do with your main reef tank?

Snakebyt · 12/29/2009, 02:50 AM

peacock mantis shrimp!!!

davez104 · 12/29/2009, 04:23 AM

Top off container for a 1000gal reef??? That would be pretty cool.

oregonanenome · 12/29/2009, 09:44 AM

All acan lord tank.

lordofthereef · 12/29/2009, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by davez104

Top off container for a 1000gal reef??? That would be pretty cool.

I feel 15 gallons would be way too small for a 1000g reef tank top off container unless you plan on filling the top off container daily, or more.

Hartdude · 12/29/2009, 10:37 AM

I second the motion for a mantis tank.

noahm · 12/29/2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Hartdude

I second the motion for a mantis tank.

+2, or something else specialized like a seahorse tank, ric garden, zoa garden, tube nems etc.

redfishsc · 12/29/2009, 11:21 AM

Quarantine, if you don't have one already. Just keep the biofilter going with a few hermit crabs that you can remove to a separate container if the tank is getting any sort of medication.

Frick-n-Frags · 12/29/2009, 11:31 AM

I would set it up with all blue/purple actinic range LEDs/pc's and only put bright flourescent green stuff in it like caulastreas and sinularias and some zoos that light up nice too. make that sumbeach look like the back of Spencer's Gifts

insane · 12/29/2009, 11:51 AM

A nice Mantis tank. Sea Horses would be cool too but a lot of work.

ChadTheSpike · 12/29/2009, 11:53 AM

I like frick-n-frags idea, that would be cool.

I would do sun corals and a trio of leaf scorpions.

15.5 gallons is really too small for most seahorses and too large for dwarf seahorses.

Jason7504 · 12/29/2009, 07:06 PM

hey chad,

i would love to keep seahorses but the tank is kinda small for the larger ones. Im leaning towards doing an all sun coral/dendro tank with some scorpians. Would a stingerfish work too?

lougotzz · 12/29/2009, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Frick-n-Frags

I would set it up with all blue/purple actinic range LEDs/pc's and only put bright flourescent green stuff in it like caulastreas and sinularias and some zoos that light up nice too. make that sumbeach look like the back of Spencer's Gifts

Thats awsome.

FranktheTankTx · 12/29/2009, 08:34 PM

Definitely would use it for a QT - as I already do.

ChadTheSpike · 12/30/2009, 09:00 AM

Im not familiar with stingerfish, but common names can sometimes add quite a bit of confusion, do you have a scientific name?

theyammieguy · 12/30/2009, 10:35 AM

I might turn my 12g into a zoa and zenia farm plus QT tank when I upgrade. Also thinking about making it a fuge.

chuckreef · 12/30/2009, 11:23 AM

I'd do one efflo right in the middle.

williamh · 12/30/2009, 11:27 AM

Mantis shrimp sounds cool, or a zoa garden.

Jason7504 · 12/30/2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ChadTheSpike

Im not familiar with stingerfish, but common names can sometimes add quite a bit of confusion, do you have a scientific name?

Choridactylus multibarbus

ChadTheSpike · 12/30/2009, 12:50 PM

That is very cool and small, Im not familar with their hardiness, but a species tank like this would be perfect... I say go nuts!! When I get home, Ill post some (bad) pictures of the sun coral / leaf scorpion tank that gave me inspiration for my comment. (its from the waikiki aquarium, btw)

THE GIMP · 12/30/2009, 01:46 PM

Frog fish!

kingfisher62 · 12/30/2009, 01:52 PM

A blue ring octopus would be cool! Ok, maybe not a blue ring but some type of tiny cephalopod if there is a variety that you can keep in a tiny tank.

ChadTheSpike · 12/30/2009, 05:26 PM

As Promised

and

Again, Im sorry they arent very good... Im not very good at pictures, but my ex wife was worse... and she took these.

Jason7504 · 12/30/2009, 06:15 PM

that is a sweet tank chad

but ive heard that scorpians and anglers don't move that much. are they boring?

FortyFour · 12/30/2009, 06:20 PM

Sea monkeys!!

12/29/2009, 02:25 AM	#1
Jason7504 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 262	what cool thing would you do with a 15.5g nano? what's something cool that you would do with a 15.5g nano with 72w PC that you wouldn't do with your main reef tank? __________________ Tank: 34g Solana 50% LPS 50% SPS Controller: Reefkeeper Lite (controls heater, lights,fan and monitors temp & pH) Light: Outer orbit (150HQI Phoenix 14k and 2 ATI Blue plus,1 UV super actinic and 1 fiji purpleT5's) Circulation: MP10 and stock return pump Sump: Stock skimmer, middle chamber refuge with chaeto and mangroves, filter floss,and a bag of carbon Top Off: tunze osmolator with 5.5g reservoir

12/29/2009, 04:23 AM	#3
davez104 Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Beautiful Central Queensland, Australia Posts: 205	Top off container for a 1000gal reef??? That would be pretty cool. __________________ 150gal closed loop SPS reef - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1736777 Current Tank Info: 700L total system volume, mega beckett skimmer, DSB, Cal reactor, 2 x 400W Icecaps in Lumenbright reflectors, Fishbowl moonlight computer, carbon and ecophos in FBFs. Flow via mega closed loop ;)

12/29/2009, 11:21 AM	#8
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	Quarantine, if you don't have one already. Just keep the biofilter going with a few hermit crabs that you can remove to a separate container if the tank is getting any sort of medication. __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

12/29/2009, 11:31 AM	#9
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	I would set it up with all blue/purple actinic range LEDs/pc's and only put bright flourescent green stuff in it like caulastreas and sinularias and some zoos that light up nice too. make that sumbeach look like the back of Spencer's Gifts __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

12/29/2009, 11:53 AM	#11
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	I like frick-n-frags idea, that would be cool. I would do sun corals and a trio of leaf scorpions. 15.5 gallons is really too small for most seahorses and too large for dwarf seahorses. __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun

12/29/2009, 02:50 AM	#2
Snakebyt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lubbock Tx Posts: 2,141	peacock mantis shrimp!!!

12/29/2009, 09:44 AM	#4
oregonanenome Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 87	All acan lord tank.

12/29/2009, 10:37 AM	#6
Hartdude Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ashland, NE Posts: 342	I second the motion for a mantis tank.

12/29/2009, 11:51 AM	#10
insane Moved On Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: under your bed Posts: 771 Blog Entries: 7	A nice Mantis tank. Sea Horses would be cool too but a lot of work.

12/29/2009, 07:06 PM	#12
Jason7504 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 262	hey chad, i would love to keep seahorses but the tank is kinda small for the larger ones. Im leaning towards doing an all sun coral/dendro tank with some scorpians. Would a stingerfish work too? __________________ Tank: 34g Solana 50% LPS 50% SPS Controller: Reefkeeper Lite (controls heater, lights,fan and monitors temp & pH) Light: Outer orbit (150HQI Phoenix 14k and 2 ATI Blue plus,1 UV super actinic and 1 fiji purpleT5's) Circulation: MP10 and stock return pump Sump: Stock skimmer, middle chamber refuge with chaeto and mangroves, filter floss,and a bag of carbon Top Off: tunze osmolator with 5.5g reservoir

12/29/2009, 08:34 PM	#14
FranktheTankTx Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 2,306	Definitely would use it for a QT - as I already do. __________________ Frank the Tank "What, I thought we were in the trust tree... in the nest? Are we not?" Current Tank Info: Custom Rimless 60g (30.5"x24.5"x18.5")

12/30/2009, 09:00 AM	#15
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	Im not familiar with stingerfish, but common names can sometimes add quite a bit of confusion, do you have a scientific name? __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun

12/30/2009, 10:35 AM	#16
theyammieguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 1,691	I might turn my 12g into a zoa and zenia farm plus QT tank when I upgrade. Also thinking about making it a fuge. __________________ "Ya'll can go to hell, I'm going to Texas". David Crockett. 12g JBJ deluxe JBJ viper 70w, maxi jet 900, Koralia nano, two false percs, softies, LPS, and SPS, about 25# LR and 2"-3" SB. Running since 3/22/07. Soon to add sump with skimmer Click my home page for pictures. 40g breeder upgrade in progress. Planning a 60g cube FOWLR.

12/30/2009, 11:23 AM	#17
chuckreef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Davis, Ca. Posts: 816	I'd do one efflo right in the middle.

12/30/2009, 11:27 AM	#18
williamh Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Posts: 67	Mantis shrimp sounds cool, or a zoa garden.

12/30/2009, 12:50 PM	#20
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	That is very cool and small, Im not familar with their hardiness, but a species tank like this would be perfect... I say go nuts!! When I get home, Ill post some (bad) pictures of the sun coral / leaf scorpion tank that gave me inspiration for my comment. (its from the waikiki aquarium, btw) __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun

12/30/2009, 01:46 PM	#21
THE GIMP Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Fullerton, California Posts: 694	Frog fish! __________________ AKA: Brando The Electrizian We're gonna need a bigger boat... If its not tied up or in a cage, I'll need a stick! Who is John Galt? Current Tank Info: 180 BB, ATB med ext, 2 Vortechs, Life Reef CARX, RKE, T5

12/30/2009, 01:52 PM	#22
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	A blue ring octopus would be cool! Ok, maybe not a blue ring but some type of tiny cephalopod if there is a variety that you can keep in a tiny tank. __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

12/30/2009, 05:26 PM	#23
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	As Promised and Again, Im sorry they arent very good... Im not very good at pictures, but my ex wife was worse... and she took these. __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun

12/30/2009, 06:15 PM	#24
Jason7504 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 262	that is a sweet tank chad but ive heard that scorpians and anglers don't move that much. are they boring? __________________ Tank: 34g Solana 50% LPS 50% SPS Controller: Reefkeeper Lite (controls heater, lights,fan and monitors temp & pH) Light: Outer orbit (150HQI Phoenix 14k and 2 ATI Blue plus,1 UV super actinic and 1 fiji purpleT5's) Circulation: MP10 and stock return pump Sump: Stock skimmer, middle chamber refuge with chaeto and mangroves, filter floss,and a bag of carbon Top Off: tunze osmolator with 5.5g reservoir

12/30/2009, 06:20 PM	#25
FortyFour Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 371	Sea monkeys!!