CaptainYooh's & Pinocchio's 10g Nano-Reef

[CaptainYooh]

Hi, everyone! My son and I have been cycling a new 10 g Nano tank for over 4 months now. The CUC has been in for for approximately a month. All water readings are good and the tank is ready for the corals and fish. We've been to Big Al's and Gold's a few times and found the frag prices very expensive. Someone suggested asking for help here at the Calgary chapter of Canreef forum. We would appreciate being able to get/buy some decent inexpensive coral frags and helpful advice from the experienced Calgary nano-reefers. Thank you.

Our equipment:

• CaribSea Dry Aragonite Fiji Pink Reef Sand 15 lb
• Aquarium Refractometer
• Eheim 1212 Aquaball Powerhead 2
• Instant Ocean Sea Salt Mix - 25gal Box
• Jager 50 Watt Heater 9 inch
• 18 inch Current USA Nova Extreme 2x18 watt T5 HO 10K/460nm (one normal, one actinic blue)

Set-Up:

• 2" sand bed
• 12 lbs of live rock
• CUC: 3 turbo-snails; 2 hermit crabs, 1 peppermint shrimp (we also had three nerite snails but they all died within two weeks)

Literature:

• The Simple Guide To Mini-reef Aquariums
• The New Encyclopedia of the Saltwater Aquarium
• The New Marine Aquarium: Step-by-step Setup & Stocking Guide
• Aquarium Corals: Selection, Husbandry, And Natural History