I bought a .75 like Karita!!!

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chiliaddik

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Hey everyone! Sorry I hadn't been here in awhile...I am on vacation in Michigan and we just got back from Ohio yesterday after a 4 day trip. I found one of the .75 tanks, it's from Red Sea, but with AZOO lights. I won't be home until next Saturday (June 5th). I can't wait to get this home and start it up. Although I have tried my hand at smaller tanks, when I was newer into the hobby, and I was pretty unsuccessful. So...since Karita's has done so well...care to share some secrets to keeping this .75 healthy?? I have 2-29 gallon salts at home that are very sucessful and I thought I'd start the .75 with sand and water from those tanks...Help me out folks...I need some of your thoughts!!!! I'd like to have some LR and itty bitty coral frags in there only...no fish.

Tanya
 
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Karita

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Congrats on joining the club Tanya!!! I miss my tank... Although my corals are looking much better in my boyfriend's larger tanks with better lights! I still have a whole lot to learn in this hobby but do know that the azoo light that came with it is not good enought to sustain any kind of coral life very well. I am going out of the country for a month, but when I get back I am getting a mini aqualight with 2x9watt pc bulbs. Hopefully then I can really get things going!
 
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chiliaddik

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Hey just dave.... yes, I am aware stability is the key....it's the key to any tank. BUT, I am just curious about the .75 and it's stability...any tricks of the trade before I start? What changes have you made to your .75, I see you have a hood on there and different lights and maybe a small powerhead or a thermometer on the back? I just looked at the pics.

What I am saying about tricks of the trade....is like, should I just use some water and some live sand and live rock out of my coral tank to start it? (My coral tank is very healthy and stable) Do I want to make any adjustments to that itty bitty filter? Is there something better to put IN the filter for *filtering* instead of the little pads it came with? Do I want to consider more lights? Also, where would I buy more replacement bulbs for that AZOO 7w light that it comes with?? Anyone know??

I had a 10 gal nano that choked (I was way too new to even consider that small of a tank) and I helped a friend do one of these AZOO's and it choked (moreso on her part though, I just set it up with the basics), but I am very sucessful in the mid size nano's, I have 2-29 gallon tanks, one coral, one fowlr.

I am just asking newbie-nano-Q's before I start...Like I said, I am sucessful with my 29's, but this is WAY SMALL and I want to research a little before I get it going, ya know???

So, what do YOU do to keep your .75 and your 2.5 so stable???
 
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just dave

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No tricks. But because it's so small all the things get amplified. Make sure the temp is stable and evaporation is kept in check. I did make a little canopy and have two 7ws and a moonlight in mine. I also have a surface skimmer I made for the filter. I used a under the tank heater made for land hermits by FMR to keep the temps in check when the lights are off. It turns off when the lights come back on. All the rules apply the same as in any tank, you just get very little to no slack,so don't forget 'em. Many people have been doing small tanks for years. The only thing new is the equipment that is being made that can fit on 'em . I use to have to make just about everything. In big tanks we're looking at the forrest in medium size ones we see the trees. In the Nano we are looking at the leaves. All the "critters" we are amazed over are in larger tanks but in NANOS we can really focus on them and enjoy them. I've had/have reef tanks from 250 gallons and down( many at once) and these little guys have always been my favorite. Using stuff out of established tank would keep the tank from going through any kind of cycle. If that's a plus for you go for it. When I set mine up I run 'em empty for a few days to check temp. fluctuations and evaporation before I put any thing in 'em.
 
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Karita

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Yes... Just Dave, your tanks are incredible! Yours is what I strive for :)

Tanya: you mentioned the little "filter" pads that come with the tank. I was having REALLY bad algae problems (on the sand, LR, walls, etc) and was told (by mr. flame angel himself!) to take out both of those little pads and that pretty much eliminated the algae problem altogether. Just thought you might want to know...
 
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just dave

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I run carbon pad and Poly Filter in mine in such a way as to let it contact the water without having it forced through.
 
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Flame Angel

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just dave said:
I run carbon pad and Poly Filter in mine in such a way as to let it contact the water without having it forced through.
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How did you set that one up? So that it skims the surface?

-Flame
 
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Karita

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hey chiliaddik!
how is the tank coming along??? i just got home after being out of town for almost 2 months so my corals are still "on vacation" in my boyfriend's tanks. but soon we;re getting mine up and running again.
i hope yours is doing better than your first few small tanks... give us an update! and maybe some pics :)
 
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chiliaddik

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Karita said:
hey chiliaddik!
how is the tank coming along??? i just got home after being out of town for almost 2 months so my corals are still "on vacation" in my boyfriend's tanks. but soon we;re getting mine up and running again.
i hope yours is doing better than your first few small tanks... give us an update! and maybe some pics :)
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Hey Karita.....well....my life has been a disaster all summer and I never got around to monkeying with the .75 other than to put a Betta in it. The Betta did great, but I just recently took the tank apart to pack up because I am moving to Michigan (from New Mexico) next week. Got divorced...sold all of my aquariums and am ready to move on and I will start a new saltwater tank around Christmas or so.

I couldn't move the saltwater tanks with me to MI ...it was sad to sell them but they went to good homes with people that will take care of them. Boy, we never get the money out of them that we put into them, huh???

I will catch up with you all when I get to MI - I leave next Tuesday (8/17)

Tanya
 
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Stormquest

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Hi Karita

I have a tank that is alittle larger than yours and I love it. It is about 1.5 gallons. I have live sand, live rock and no filter. I do have caulerpa growing in the tank. I have 4 large ( for the size of the tank) pieces of live rock that are covered with mushrooms. I also have many polyps and a featherduster. the best thing about the tank is that I have 5 fish in it and they are doing great. They are two catalina gobies two flag finned gobies and a firefish. Also I have 2 hermits and 2 snails in the tank. My lighting needs to be brighter I only have 11watts on it right now. so good luck with your tank and if you can get some caulerpa, it will definitely help.
 
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djconn

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Sounds awesome. I can't believe you can pull off 5 fish in a tank that small. You must do water changes like every 3-4 days.

I'd love to see some pics!

Welcome to NT by the way :gh:
 
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Stormquest

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Actually, I only do water changes every 2-3 weeks and then only a cup or two. I think that the caulerpa does wonders. Plus my live sand is loaded with all types of worms. I even feed live brine shrimp daily. The gobies eat like crazy. I do need to add a heater, the cold weather is causing too many temperature changes.
 
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dragon79

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Stormquest said:
Actually, I only do water changes every 2-3 weeks and then only a cup or two. I think that the caulerpa does wonders. Plus my live sand is loaded with all types of worms. I even feed live brine shrimp daily. The gobies eat like crazy. I do need to add a heater, the cold weather is causing too many temperature changes.
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do they make a heater for that tank so small? I went to the LFS, and the owner was like....yeah, it's cool but there no room to accomodate a heater. It would be too big. Is there a pico heater out there?
 
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incysor

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They also have very small heaters called junior heaters at Walmart. Unfortunately several people seem to have problems with them. But then they seem to have problems with many of the smaller heaters. The Hagen heaters come in 25w, and 50w, in the 6inch size. I found them on marinedepot.com. The junior heaters are evidently smaller in size, but they are not adjustable, so if you decide to try it I'd try a container of water that's the same volume as your tank to see how high it's gonna raise the temp before sticking it in there. I kept finding pics/threads that mentioned having 5w heaters but the smallest one that I could find a name for was the junior from walmart, and I believe it's 7.5w. Another possibility for a 1 and under gallon tank would be setting it on a reptile warmer/heater. I read a few comments about people doing that on nano-reef, but didn't see anything that mentioned names or brands or anything. I believe that some of the pico tanks in the CORAL magazine mentioned do this as well.

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