Hi all

I thought I would share a few videos of my current reef set up. the first
video shows how it looked a couple of months after set up in December 2005.
The second shows how it has progressed in 9 months and the last is the
difference a year makes (December 2006)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlRIfqHt3s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXNkAz3tC7s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNSRuriNwrQ

Mark

Thanks for posting these links - you wouldn't believe how much you have
cheered me up....the tank is looking fantastic and it is amazing how much
everthing has grown and spread....I'm trying to set up a 60L Nano Reef
(been up since beginning of Sept) and needless to say it is being a
challenge (lost my cleaner shrimps this morning after a disasterous
Mushroom purchase). Seeing your tank just made me focus again on what a
worthwhile and rewarding project mine could be.

Thanks again
Gill

Thanks for posting these links - you wouldn't believe how much you have
cheered me up....the tank is looking fantastic and it is amazing how much
everthing has grown and spread....I'm trying to set up a 60L Nano Reef
(been up since beginning of Sept) and needless to say it is being a
challenge (lost my cleaner shrimps this morning after a disasterous
Mushroom purchase). Seeing your tank just made me focus again on what a
worthwhile and rewarding project mine could be.

Thanks again
Gill


Thanks for the comments Gill, it is getting there slowly!! I lost my cleaner
shrimps when first introduced, apparently they need acclimatising a bit more
gently than the fish as they are sensitive to the salinity changes. All was
well for the other two until I came home to find a Banggai cardinal with one
in it's mouth!!

I have just purchased my first hard coral after a great deal of time
debating about it. The first week it looked really good with great
extension, it is looking a bit sorry for itself at the moment though. Time
for a calcium test kit I think.

I have also just fragged my leather coral as it was too big for its new
position. A lot of worthwhile information on the GARF (http://www.garf.org/)
website.

Don't give up, you'll kick yourself ;0)

Mark


Even though I am down at the moment I'm sure not about to be

Nope, it's only a 60L Nano reef....sits on the worksurface in the
kitchen....I decided to try small first to see if I liked it before going
out and spending a fortune....It's got powerheads and a protein skimmer -
live rock does the rest - nitrates have been zero for weeks but I do get a
trace reading on phosphates - could be that the algae is using up the
nitrates. I do think some algae to outcompete the red stuff would be a
good idea - I had an idea of putting some in one of those breeder traps so
it could be easily moved out for asthetics.

Looks like I will be joining you in the nano stakes Gill. The forum I use

Looks like I will be joining you in the nano stakes Gill. The forum I use
has a sponsor that is selling the Orca TL-450 reef nano and it's stand (you
can have any colour you want so long as it is black :0)) for £140
delivered!!! (see here
http://www.marinefish-uk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=10543) For a small
tank with everything included, seems like a great deal and will suit me
nicely as a frag tank. There are a few members on the forum that have
already purchased it and seem very happy with it, fingers crossed.

Mark

I'm really enjoying my little 60L Nano which is now coming out the other
side of it's algae bloom - shame is I now seem to have lost the ability to
keep shrimps.....but once all is settled again I'll try again.


Have you got any pics?? I started to use alt.binaries.aquaria recently, but

I'm really enjoying my little 60L Nano which is now coming out the other
side of it's algae bloom - shame is I now seem to have lost the ability to
keep shrimps.....but once all is settled again I'll try again.



Have you got any pics?? I started to use alt.binaries.aquaria recently, but
it seems dead these days (apart from the odd bit od spam).

Mark


I've been keeping a photographic record of the tank ever since the first

I've been keeping a photographic record of the tank ever since the first
pieces of LR went in - I've been posting periodically about the tank on
The Freshwater Aquarium with pics ever since I started it in September -
need to get some recent ones though....My newsserver doesn't carry the
binaries groups so that isn't an option - I could mail you some if you
like.....

Gill

I've been keeping a photographic record of the tank ever since the first
pieces of LR went in - I've been posting periodically about the tank on
The Freshwater Aquarium with pics ever since I started it in September -
need to get some recent ones though....My newsserver doesn't carry the
binaries groups so that isn't an option - I could mail you some if you
like.....

Gill


That'd be good, if you don't mind. My email just needs the nospam removing
from the address to be valid.

Mark


Done....

Done....


Nice pics Gill. Any objections to me putting them in the gallery area of my

Done....



Nice pics Gill. Any objections to me putting them in the gallery area of my
site?

Mark


Feel free.....would the blog/diary help to go with them?

Feel free.....would the blog/diary help to go with them?

Gill

BTW what's the link to your site? - I had it once but am not sure where it
is