Tuesday, July 1, 2014

New friends

7/1/14
It's been about a month since I started my Nano tank :) Everything's been looking really well, so today I decided to add some friends. Meet my Lemon Damsels - Loki, Olaf, and Lada!



Ammonia = 0
Nitrate = 0
Nitrite = 0
pH = 8.0
Salinity = 1.025
Temperature = 80F

I'm looking to add some Mangroves to the back of the tank. Something like this: 


Sunday, June 22, 2014

Updates

Everything has been going well! Levels are normal, temperature is stable. My army of snails just had three sets of babies.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Day 6,7&8

Nothing interesting to post. Past few days I have been letting the bacteria flourish, letting the critters help balance the chemicals, and keeping up with the salinity levels. So far, everything seems to be balancing out.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Day 5

5/30/14 7PM

Tank's clear and all the critters were hiding under the sand. Salt's been low and now nitrate's up (probably due to the snails added). Sorry no pictures today! :(

specific gravity = 1.024
salinity ppt = 33
pH = 8.2
nitrate = 2.5
nitrite = 0.15
ammonia = 0

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Day 4

Before
After
5/29/14 2:30PM
An army of snails has been added, along with a hermit crab. Dead rock was added and now waiting for zombification.

Specific gravity = 1.024
Salinity ppt = 33

Day 3

5/28/14 
Tank's all cleared up! And more Bristle Worms appeared.

Day 2

5/27/14 5:00PM
pH = 8.0
specific gravity = 1.026

Some Bristle Worms appeared from the live rock I bought at Petco. (I did remove them because I think they're gross looking..)

Day 1


(A bit of catching up already)
5/26/14 7:11 PM
pH = 8.0
Ammonia = 0.5
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 0
Specific Gravity = 1.019

After sitting for 2 or more hours the tank has finally cleared! Since the specific gravity was so low, I added a half a teaspoon  of Kent Marine Super Buffer - dKH.