magnetar68
Supporting Member
I am getting back into reef keeping after a bit of a hiatus. I started in 2010ish with a Red Sea 34 all in one. Then I upgraded to a custom 125G mixed reef and I converted the 34 to a Sea Horse tank. I then raise cuttle fish from eggs in 125G with the help of Rich Ross, a marine biologist at the Steinhart Aquarium. These guys only live for about a year. I then went back to a mixed reef for several years. I think my breeding clowns lived for about 10 years total. After getting out of reef keeping, I had a small planted tank in a Fluval Flex 15 for over 5 years.
So, long story short, I sent the remaining 3 freshwater fish to the Fish Barn in Orinda, and I am going to try to convert the Flex 15 to a Nano Clown Fish tank.
I travel a fair amount for work, so I need something simple. The idea I have is a clown fish with bubble tipped anemone tank. This should let me put the clown fish on a feeder and the anemones should be ok. I do not usually travel more than a week at a time. This tank should not need a lot of dosing.
I am also going try a bare bottom tank. Never done that and keeping sand looking clean over time takes a lot of work.
I will say I plan to wait several months before adding the anemones. They need a stable tank.
Here is the upgrade list for the Flex 15:
Mighty Jet medium pump
VCA Random Flow Generator conversion kit
InTank Media Baskets (1st and 2nd Chambers)
NICREW NavaReef 65 LED lights
Tunze 3151 Nano 3 ATO
Biosphere media (1kg) to augment the lack of sand
15lbs of Dry Rock
I am going to see how it does without a protein skimmer. I will likely run ChemPure blue and maybe Seachem Purigen in one of the media baskets.
So, long story short, I sent the remaining 3 freshwater fish to the Fish Barn in Orinda, and I am going to try to convert the Flex 15 to a Nano Clown Fish tank.
I travel a fair amount for work, so I need something simple. The idea I have is a clown fish with bubble tipped anemone tank. This should let me put the clown fish on a feeder and the anemones should be ok. I do not usually travel more than a week at a time. This tank should not need a lot of dosing.
I am also going try a bare bottom tank. Never done that and keeping sand looking clean over time takes a lot of work.
I will say I plan to wait several months before adding the anemones. They need a stable tank.
Here is the upgrade list for the Flex 15:
Mighty Jet medium pump
VCA Random Flow Generator conversion kit
InTank Media Baskets (1st and 2nd Chambers)
NICREW NavaReef 65 LED lights
Tunze 3151 Nano 3 ATO
Biosphere media (1kg) to augment the lack of sand
15lbs of Dry Rock
I am going to see how it does without a protein skimmer. I will likely run ChemPure blue and maybe Seachem Purigen in one of the media baskets.
