My Non-Photo Tank

[Funkateer_2]

Enjoy! Animals have been in here for several months. Fed daily LRS, ROE, and live cultured phyto. A dosing pump feeding various FM powdered foods is also a used several times a day.

Tank has no skimmer (in there but not plugged in), a CPR tumbler with AIO biopellets, and mechanical filtraiton. Tank gets huge water changes and gravel vacs weekly.

[BarryV]

Very nice, thanks for sharing.
Barry

[mark54321]

Great to see another NPS tank, everything looks very happy. How big is your tank?

[Funkateer_2]

Originally Posted by mark54321

Great to see another NPS tank, everything looks very happy. How big is your tank?

It's an IM 25 gallon shallow tank. It was a sad compromise, I've always had larger, more elaborate systems. Originally the tank was just a holding tank for my old pair of clowns and a rather rare Japanese collected Plesiops. Over time, I experimented with NPS and after some success I decided to dedicate the system to them, particularly the Diodogorgia genus.

Everyone (including me at one point) has a tank with some zoos, frogspawn, and a couple silly named acros. I just wanted to go in a different direction. I had great luck with corkscrews many moons ago, feeding a constant supply of enriched live brine shrimp, but unfortunately they seem to have gone MIA.

Anyways, here are some more pictures.





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[Devaji108]

man love the yellow and red finger gorgs.
so your saying you dose powered foods a few times a day along with feeding the fish?
asking as I would like to get a few on those gorgs. to add to my collection. All mine are non NPS tho and was thinking I could set up a doser to dose BRS reef chili 2x a day.

hope i dont high jack the thread. just LOVE the look.

[kimyatingi]

Nice tank!Without a skimmer what about phosphates and nitrates?How do You deal with them?

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[Reef Frog]

Have you had any algae problems yet? That's what did in my yellow finger gorgs years ago. But I was trying to keep them in a well lit hard coral reef, which wasn't a good idea. Do you consider them hardy in your system?

Great looking tank.

[Funkateer_2]

Originally Posted by kimyatingi

Nice tank!Without a skimmer what about phosphates and nitrates?How do You deal with them?

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I don't. The water chemistry is what many hobbiests would consider toxic. Nitrates are around 100+ ppm and phosphates are well into the 1-2ppm. I just removed the sand to see if it makes an improvement.

Have you had any algae problems yet? That's what did in my yellow finger gorgs years ago. But I was trying to keep them in a well lit hard coral reef, which wasn't a good idea. Do you consider them hardy in your system?

Great looking tank.

Very little algae aside from the standard green on the glass. I have a little bubble algae. The gorgs do occasionally grow algae on the tips. I just have to make sure to quickly remove it. I do consider them hardy but you have to be diligent with feed to maintain strong polyp extension. Feedings every other day would be a minimum. 2-3x a day is what they get on my days off when im home.

[kimyatingi]

Thank You for your answer!I also thinking about removing the sand ftom the tank,cause my nitrates are over 50.Chaetomorpha just started to grow fast,hope that it will be helpfull

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[Funkateer_2]

here is the tank sandless. Doing much better now

[Funkateer_2]

My 4 gallon filterless planted tank

[kimyatingi]

Originally Posted by Funkateer_2

here is the tank sandless. Doing much better now

Nice look!Maybe briarium or klavularia instead of a sand will look awesome.

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[Funkateer_2]

A little better photography. Turned the flow off lol.

[calk me Q]

the refugium is in the same system with the tank?

[Funkateer_2]

Originally Posted by calk me Q

the refugium is in the same system with the tank?

Not really. The refugium is an apocyclops rearing tank. Both tanks get complete water exchanges once every week or two.

[kimyatingi]

On the first photo in the right side of a tank the blue Gorgonia.How long it's in Your tank?I thought that kind of Gorgonians doesnt leave on the tanks long.

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[Funkateer_2]

Originally Posted by kimyatingi

On the first photo in the right side of a tank the blue Gorgonia.How long it's in Your tank?I thought that kind of Gorgonians doesnt leave on the tanks long.

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It's a blueberry fan (Acalycigorgia sp.). It has been the most stubborn on in my tank. Even when all other coral is happy it refuses to open up. I will probably lose it.

[kimyatingi]

Originally Posted by Funkateer_2

It's a blueberry fan (Acalycigorgia sp.). It has been the most stubborn on in my tank. Even when all other coral is happy it refuses to open up. I will probably lose it.

Thank You for respond!So no blueberry fan to me indeed!But it's so gorgeous!

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[GaG8tor]

I love it. I have a 20L bare bottom that I'm about to move my two clowns into. I have it beside a huge window and am toying with the idea of a few NPS or low light corals. I do not have a light on it yet and am kinda thinking about leaving it without light. I probably get 6-7 good hours of good natural sunlight daily. Any thoughts or ideas?

[Funkateer_2]

Some more pictures during feeding... I apologize for the blurry pictures and dying mangrove lol...

[Funkateer_2]

Originally Posted by GaG8tor

I love it. I have a 20L bare bottom that I'm about to move my two clowns into. I have it beside a huge window and am toying with the idea of a few NPS or low light corals. I do not have a light on it yet and am kinda thinking about leaving it without light. I probably get 6-7 good hours of good natural sunlight daily. Any thoughts or ideas?

Non-Photos should be fine as long as you commit to regular feedings and the corresponding nutrient export. Large water changes are key. If anything my animals are overlit.

[calk me Q]

Keep it on !!!
The key does lie in "regular feedings and the corresponding nutrient export"
However as i see it, the key is to keep regular feedings and the corresponding nutrient export as your daily routine as long as possible.
Lots of NPSers they gave up after a month's leave or several days'absence off their tank without care.

[GaG8tor]

Thanks. Put a stray piece of xenia on the rock the other day and it's growing. also have some small sponge and a couple of fan-type things growing on the rock. Hard to get good pictures of though.

[Fissues]

Holy wow. Makes me want to start up a new tank and fill it up with gorgs and sponges.

[GaG8tor]

Moved my clowns into my 20L bare bottom yesterday. They are really digging the pot.
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