Moogled's 5 Gallon Fluval Spec V

[Moogled]

Thanks Mindy!

I actually met up with the forum member during my lunch break so it was out of water in a sealed damp bucket for about 4-5 hours.

I'm not sure if it mattered but I've read that bacteria die off can occur anywhere between after 10 minutes and an hour of being out of water.

I re-scaped the tank today. It still isn't quite where I want it to be but it looks good enough for now. I wanted the make the right side taller but the pieces are smaller which made stacking a bit difficult.

[Moogled]

Update:

I got a diatom bloom in the tank. I think the cycle may be coming to an end or it's also due to a longer photoperiod.

Currently I'm running a 12 hour light cycle with the LED's at 100% intensity from 10am to 10pm. It's just too much considering I only have a snail and hermit in the tank with no other livestock.

I'll have to program a shorter 8 hour light cycle and reduce the intensity to maybe 80%.

[Moogled]

Update:

It's been a couple weeks now. The tank is still going through its algae bloom but my CUC has been keeping it relatively in check.

CUC consists of:

3 Scarlet legged hermits
1 Margarita snail
1 Cerith snail

Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are all 0 ppm.

I had a Yellow Clown Goby in there for a week but traded him in for a Bangaii Cardinal which has always been one of my favorites.

I also made a media basket using plexiglass and egg crate. I am running filter floss, chemipure elite, and purigen in that order.



I purchased a few frags this week and got to meet several forum members like SteveConn, timmmmy55, and BC564 (Blaine).

Blaine even hooked me up with free frags! What a fantastic community.

Here they all are spread out in the tank. I haven't glued anything down because I plan to rescape the tank soon.

[Moogled]

Moved thread over to Nano-reef.

Doesn't seem to be much interest for pico tanks on this forum haha.

[Reefrandybar94]

you should post a link