wilson Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 hey im planing to set up a nano reef tank under 2 gal any ideas on corals / fish / shrimp i could keep would be great :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 you wouldn't be able to put any fish in a 2 gal. a shrimp might work (A small species however.) Corals would probably be limited to zoas, button polyps and the like. Have you looked up on http://www.nano-reef.com/ ? good info there. oh and read what i wrote on http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/hi-the ... 21836.html also for a quick rundown on reef tanks. (especially regarding stability in such a small water size) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 i think you will find a 2 gallon tank is called a pico also! try this link- its good! http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... id=1103379 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 thanks davidb ill go have a look at them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 any other info would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 dude- that link i gave you to reef central- have a look at the rest of that site- there is something like 200 new posts per minute so you are bound to find everything you need to know. otherwise post your questions up here and i (and others will strive to answer them!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 lol thanks davidb will have a better look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 tHEcONCH has just taken down his 8 litre nano because although he found it technically possible, it was a suprising amount of work to keep it healthy which made it a lot less fun than his main tank. The biggest problem was maintaining a stable temperature - even in tHEcONCH's fish room which stays pretty much the same temperature all the time, the nano's temperature still swung 7-8 degrees - tHEcONCH thinks that is because the smallest heater he could get was still too powerful for the volume of water, and the thermostat was too slow to react. That said, tHEcONCH kept small frags of zooanthid, sarcophyton, discosoma, Xenia, and Pachyclavularia in addition to the usual compliment of snails, starfish, etc. Most of those frags are now available at your favourite fish shop (bottom tank). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz_mitch Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 tHEcONCH.. I'd have the heater on a timer to come on when the lights went out. To keep it cool, while fans would work well the amount of evaporation would neccessitate an ATO on a tank that size (unless you were really vigilant). Have a look at the IceProbe Peltier chillers, they'd be perfect for a tank your size: saltycritter does them in 240v too I think: http://www.saltycritter.com/chillers/ic ... hiller.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 the wilson would like to know what tHEcONCH did with his heater and light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 the wilson would like to know what tHEcONCH did with his heater and light Hi Wilson - I've still got the whole thing - I don't really want to slpit because the other bits are useless without each other - you can buy the tank with backing paper, heater, filter, and light for (price removed) PM me. Mod Note. Sales go in the Trading areas. Mod Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 wilson wrote: the wilson would like to know what tHEcONCH did with his heater and light Hi Wilson - I've still got the whole thing - I don't really want to slpit because the other bits are useless without each other - you can buy the tank with backing paper, heater, filter, and light for (price removed) PM me. Mod Note. Sales go in the Trading areas. Mod Bill. ive already got tank and light john should be getting the heater this week all going well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 did you try it without the heater? maybe if the light was enclosed in a hood it would generate enough heat to keeo the temp high enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 the temp drop an night in winter would be too big. why not plumb in a sump making the whole thing 40L o so rather than 8 so you will be able to use the 50watt heater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 If it were my only marine tank then it might be worth the effort, but since I have a RedSea Max anyway I decided to just concentrate on that. Its just less hassle and allows me to have healthier and more interesting corals. The 8 litre was really just an experiment to see if I could do it, but I didn't find it that much fun really. The corals were OK, but didn't really flourish the way they do in the bigger system. The Max also allows me to feed relatively heavily because it has a protein skimmer whereas the little tank was already a bit marginal to start poluting the water with uneaten food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Hi Wilson - I've still got the whole thing - I don't really want to slpit because the other bits are useless without each other - you can buy the tank with backing paper, heater, filter, and light for (price removed) PM me. Mod Note. Sales go in the Trading areas. Mod Bill. Noted BIll, but I'm not interested in selling it to anyone other than Wilson - I'll PM him next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 with being a student i dont have the $$$ to get big system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Here's something to drool over. http://www.melevsreef.com/pico.html Part way down Melev says that he unplugged the heater and relies on the heat generated by the pump. But didn't say if he plugged it back in during the winter, or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 wow cool link i know thats 2 gal but how many L is that and what is that seahorse can we get them in nz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 6 litres i think of the top of my head- 6 0r 7 litres. dunno about seahorses in NZ check the Maf list. talk to reef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 7.57 Ltrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 but with the rock it would be less .... how big do those Cleaner Shrimp get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 that will depend if he is allowing for rock displacement or if that is the total volume of the tank. i have not seen a cleaner shrimp larger than 8-10cm in body length but im not sure if they can get bigger than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetom Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 can we get a range of zoos like that here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 can we get a range of zoos like that here? Yep, I have all of those and some better ones in my tank I should have taken photos before I took mine down - doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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