Rhetoric's 20 gallon 2 sided (2yrs! 12/21/24)

[Rhetoric]

Rhets nano is officially 2 years old. I added most recent shots to front of thread.

Currently running no filter/sock/skimmer.

Dosing 8.5 ml of All For Reef a day.

2-3 gallon water changes twice a month

Entry beginning

Entry 1 yr

Entry 2 yr

Dining beginning

Dining 1 yr

dining 2 Yrs

 

[Rhetoric]

I reset the dining side 7 weeks ago it with some birds nest. The birds will act as a temporary filler while the slower growing corals plug away. Mounting corals on vertical rocks has been a challenge.

 

[Rhetoric]

My 18 month old toad stool (one of my oldest frags) has grown very little. I've always had it off to the side of zoa rock.

Over time one of the green mushies has moved up the back wall. This gave birth to the idea of building up zoa rock and placing the toad higher up (more light??)

I hope it gets so huge that it causes problems up there!

 

[The_hobbyist]

Tank looks awesome! How often do you do water changes?

 

[Rhetoric]

Heya, thanks for the kind words.

I do 2ish gallon water changes twice a month. I don't run any kind of filters/skimmer so I view it as my primary mechanical Filtration.

9mls of All for Reef daily do the perimeter upkeep.

 

[The_hobbyist]

How many fish and what do you keep your Nitrate and Phosphate at? I am starting up a 20 gallon and want to keep it simple as well.

 

[Rhetoric]

I ran 3 fish for the first year and half but Nitrates where always dropping. Had to dose Nitrates to keep them up. So I added 2 more fish and now my Nitrates are much more stable 15-20ish.
My Phosphates are always dropping so I add 1/10 a teaspoon of reef roids twice a week. It keeps my phos .05 to .1

All of what I do has been a slow and calculated process. I test weekly without fail and make small adjustments.

I read a lot about 20 gallons before I started it up, never planned on more then 3 fish. This aquarium has a good size coral load and can handle the extra fish.

I try to keep fish that don't use each other's space.

1clown - water column
1 sixline - water column
1 tailspot blenny - lives in/on the rocks
2 orange spotted gobys (pair) - live UNDER the rocks.

So far no aggression issues.

I love my Nano. Let me know if I can assist more.

 

[The_hobbyist]

Thank you for the information. I will definitely hit you up with questions along the way.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

My 18 month old toad stool (one of my oldest frags) has grown very little. I've always had it off to the side of zoa rock.

Over time one of the green mushies has moved up the back wall. This gave birth to the idea of building up zoa rock and placing the toad higher up (more light??)

I hope it gets so huge that it causes problems up there!

Hoping your toadstool takes off with growth!

 

[Rhetoric]

Over the last few months I started noticing my clove polyps looking "chewed" on top. It's killed almost all the clove at this point. Then I started noticing it on some zoas. I thought it might have been the emerald that passed awhile back so I waited to see.

Today I saw this guy on a zoa polyp.

Seriously!

Look closer!!

Before today I would have been in "Camp fine" regarding Asterina star fish.

I've now joined the R.O.S (remove on-site) camp.... maybe it's not them but I've got a feeling.

 

[Rhetoric]

My father found an old picture of my 90 gallon from 1/21/2010. Fun find thought id post it.

 

[bo0sted2g]

Really enjoyed reading through this build, loved the house dress up for haloween. The tank has come a long way! Looking nice and filled in now. Following along!

 

[Rhetoric]

The gobies didn't freak out when I tried to photograph them tonight. I wish that little Platygyra grew faster. It doubled in size in 2 years.

A quick peak at Lemmy the Blenny

My 5th-grade daughter brought home neon art. She talked me into putting it here.

NOW ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS PLAYING PINBALL!