Summer Project

[sewerman45]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

How about a species tank for a nice angler fish or something similar?

That sounds cool. I think it's a bit small for most fish like that but I am going to look around.

Originally Posted by Myka

That planted tank looks sweet! I vote Frogfish or some little fish like a Pistol shrimp and Goby pair with a couple Firefish or something like that.

Yeah I had a lot of fun with the planted tank. I'm still tempted to do it but all I have left is my CO2 stuff and some lights. I think I want to do something in the small tank that I couldn't put into the big tank. Something that looks really different. That's why I was kind of thinking about macro algae.

Something like this:

[Myka]

That's interesting, I wonder what it looked like when it grew out, or if it was a fail. On that note, how about an non-photosynthetic tank? You could have one piece of rock like your pic and no sand, so you can pick the rock up to clean around it real well (cleaning is the big challenge with NPS).

[asylumdown]

I'd try and track down a peacock mantis shrimp.

[Dearth]

What about an anemone or jellyfish tank

[Cameron]

If you want to sell the 17 Id be interested.

[sewerman45]

Originally Posted by Myka

That's interesting, I wonder what it looked like when it grew out, or if it was a fail. On that note, how about an non-photosynthetic tank? You could have one piece of rock like your pic and no sand, so you can pick the rock up to clean around it real well (cleaning is the big challenge with NPS).

That is beautiful. I looked into that specific tank. It's pretty amazing but looks like a ton of work. I don't think I'd be able to feed the tank as much as it would need without overloading the whole system. Or maybe as the whole system is quite a bit bigger it'd be fine.. I'm not sure. I am going to look more into this. Thanks.

Originally Posted by asylumdown

I'd try and track down a peacock mantis shrimp.

That's also something I hadn't thought of. Is 17 gallons big enough for one? They are very cool. I'm going to look into it.

Originally Posted by Dearth

What about an anemone or jellyfish tank

Wow lots of good ideas. This would also be super cool.

Originally Posted by Cameron

If you want to sell the 17 Id be interested.

Sorry, I really like the tank and am not interested in selling it.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by sewerman45

That is beautiful. I looked into that specific tank. It's pretty amazing but looks like a ton of work. I don't think I'd be able to feed the tank as much as it would need without overloading the whole system. Or maybe as the whole system is quite a bit bigger it'd be fine.. I'm not sure. I am going to look more into this. Thanks.

Yeah, NPS is a challenge. I figure if you could keep that sweet looking planted tank, you'd be up for anything! I want to try a NPS takn sometime, I've never done it.

[gobytron]

some seahorses would look pretty sexy in that tank...

[rishu_pepper]

I'd second a seahorse tank.

IMHO the peacock mantis is too large for this sized tank. I had mine in a 30g (30" long) and it wasn't ideal, the 17g cube has even less length. They grow to about 6" and would need a lot of room to roam. A G. Smithii is a better choice as it's much smaller. The peacock is very prone to shell rot (it got mine, unfortunately ). You can't keep most corals as any decent coral-growing lighting will cause shell rot.

[sewerman45]

So far, I think I'm leaning mostly towards something like a nice looking display fuge with lots of different macros.

I stumbled on this yesterday though and it may be changing my mind.



How feasible to you guys think this is? It's pretty amazing. Is that GSP on the ground?