20G Nano Reef

[KeremAltinbasak]

Thanks.
Yes, I can't wait to see that image too. Maybe I can even add a sweet little Okinawa if I can find it haha. But lately I haven't been able to find many people selling phosphoric green starpolip. I couldn't get it because it was too far from my city. As soon as I can find it, I will buy it and paste it on.

Blue tang was very pleasant. It wasn't pictured, but it was probably behind the rock at that time. I'll try some close-up poses in the evening, I'm not very good at this, but I'll share haha.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Hello everyone;
A little uptade for tank. My little poor guy bicolor blenny is dead for no reason.
Friday evening everythink was ok. He eat food, plays in new home. After one day when i wake up and check tank. I did find him on the sand and cleaner shrimp eat hims flesh.

Im very sorry. I loved him very much. Anyway in the tank everythink is ok. In saturday i did the waterchange, cleaning windows and change the carbon. After this i did test the water in sunday. Nitrate again a little high.

Nitrate: 25 between 50
Phosphate : 0,04
KH: 10
Salinity : 1025
Ph:7,9
Temp: 25,1c

A video from my little reef;

 

[Sinkers]

7 fish in 20G is too much that's probably why nitrates are so high. Maybe a damsel killed the blenny? A bit too crowded.

With that many fish maybe need two water changes per week.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Yes, being crowded is a factor in high nitrate levels, but there seems to be another problem and I can't solve it. We will wait and see.

I follow damsels, they are just so tough on each other but since they are little devils anything can happen

7 fish in 20G is too much that's probably why nitrates are so high. Maybe a damsel killed the blenny? A bit too crowded.

With that many fish maybe need two water changes per week.

 

[Sinkers]

Yes, being crowded is a factor in high nitrate levels, but there seems to be another problem and I can't solve it. We will wait and see.

I follow damsels, they are just so tough on each other but since they are little devils anything can happen

Any dead snails you can't find? Could be increasing ammonia then converting to nitrates maybe?

Could test for ammonia see what happens.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Any dead snails you can't find? Could be increasing ammonia then converting to nitrates maybe?

Could test for ammonia see what happens.

2 conch 2 turbos 1 Nassarius all alive. Tank is very new and maybe the cycle not yet complete.

 

[Sinkers]

2 conch 2 turbos 1 Nassarius all alive. Tank is very new and maybe the cycle not yet complete.

Should have no ammonia though. Maybe check to be sure

 

[Nano_Tuners]

7 fish in 20G is too much that's probably why nitrates are so high. Maybe a damsel killed the blenny? A bit too crowded.

With that many fish maybe need two water changes per week.

+1. Bennys can be especially sensitive to ammonia.

I would narrow that 20g down to 2/3 fish and rehome the rest. A key to long term nano success is understocking and a light bio load

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Yes, I agree with you all. I made a little mistake by adding too much fish at the beginning. But right now I can't catch any of them. Maybe she can remove the clowns, but my little daughter loves them too, Of course, as you can guess, she calls them Nemo and feeds them every evening. They have gotten used to being handled and are eating from my daughter's hand. So it will probably continue like this for a while. I don't think I would add anything, except coral, of course.

 

[Sinkers]

Yes, I agree with you all. I made a little mistake by adding too much fish at the beginning. But right now I can't catch any of them. Maybe she can remove the clowns, but my little daughter loves them too, Of course, as you can guess, she calls them Nemo and feeds them every evening. They have gotten used to being handled and are eating from my daughter's hand. So it will probably continue like this for a while. I don't think I would add anything, except coral, of course.

Yeh the blue tang will need to go eventually anyway so it may as well be the first one to remove. Keep the clowns.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

I notice it's already starting to grow. I think it looks like we will be parting ways with him in a few months

Yeh the blue tang will need to go eventually anyway so it may as well be the first one to remove. Keep the clowns.