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    My first nano....a year later...

    Well its been a exhilarating but sad year. I have learned...and killed a few in the past year. Built and bought my way through it. My once 2.5 mini has grown and shrank finally becoming a home made contraption. A 5 gallon mini with a 2.5 mini as a sump, and a cut down 5 gallon hex front as a...
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    It's been six months...My first nano!

    I have a few questions for anyone that could help me with the problem I'm havin' with red algea. I'm dosin' the tank with mycin, to help kill the red... It seems like it is workin' but it's hard to tell. The more I look at it the more it seems to be spreadin'. I added a small hang on the back...
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    It's been six months...My first nano!

    well right now I'm gettin' ready to swap the 10 gallon it's in, to a 20. But I do have a older shot of the full tank. Well there are a few more shots for ya! Hope ya like em' When I get the two swapped out Ill post more. K?
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    It's been six months...My first nano!

    The 12th of this month it'll b 6 months since I started, My First Nano! It's been really fun. I started with a 2.5 minibow my girlfriend gave me. And a few Lbs of LR my friend sold me 4 pennies on a dollar. It shortly engrossed me to the point of spending hundreds of dollars in the past few...
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    We're movin' on up!!!

    On Jult 7th, I took a trip to see a friend whom set me up with some L.R. in April. I had it in a 2.5 minibow... The trip was for the rest of the L.R. he had gotton from another's breakdown. He was also nice enough to frag me off some of his own. 2 pieces of leater coral, 2 diffrent kind of zoos...
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    Update!

    It's been two months and three days since I started My First Nano! I broke my 50/50 light a week ago and had to wait for more to be shipped. I bought a 24 inch 50/50 20 watt to use in the mean time. "LOL, On a 2.5 minibow!" Since I have recieved 2 ten watt coral life bulbs to replace the 1 20...
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    EMERGENCY NO POWER...

    Hey... I don't know the whole situation of your living quarters arrangement. The best advice I can offer is, go and by a 12 volt converter and run a extention cord from your car. I don't have any advice on how to hook them up. But I do know you can power alot of stuff with a good one. And they...
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    My first nano!

    Well, it's been two weeks since set up. I had one of the snails die on me. He wasn't looking good from the start. He sat on the bottom of the tank for two days not moving. I took him out four days ago. There is another not looking so good 2day. Is it because of the size of the tank it's in? Or...
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    My first nano!

    Thanks, riftlaker for posting my pics! That's aweful WHITE OF YA!!! :mrgreen:
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    My first nano!

    My First Nano!!! To all of you out there I'm sorry for the lack of communication. A good friend sold me about 30 pound of live rock for 40$ That he had in a tank for awhile. "What a friend" I only have half of the live rock in the tank. He still has the rest for me to come get when I can find...
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    My first nano!

    I'm working on pics...It's been three days now and I've seen small star fish,new life on the rock itself,and it looks like some sort of eggs are on the rocks.I do have about 15 or 20 pounds of live rock 4 snails and 5 crabs in it for a cleanup crew.I've added fresh water once a day for top off...
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    My first nano!

    I started my first nano two days ago.It's a two and a half gallon minibow with a 50/50 light. I have a few questions about what I need to do? First I don't have any expierience with salt water tanks..."This is my first!"I don't have any cemicals to check the nitrites or nitrates..."PH...
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