• Mini-N

  • Julie

Dear forum members! Welcome the new sailor from "Mini-Nemo". A brief description of my aquarium: Aquarium: SUN SUN 32 liters, started in November 2006, in my possession since March 2007. Substrate: DSB (6 cm). Lighting: 2 HDD-420B fixtures with two Hagen Power-Glo T5 lamps and two SUN SUN lamps (14000 K); Filtration: FZN-3 1200 l/h; Heating: Tetra HT 100, temperature 25 degrees. Livestock: a pair of Premnas biaculeatus, male - 5 cm, female - 7 cm, Lisa Debelius shrimp, Red Sea hermit crab, ophiuroid, 4 discosoma, rhodactis, sinularia, 2 sarcophyton, lobophytum, Caulerpa, Halimeda (although the latter is not growing very well), slightly more than 4 kg of "live rocks". Maintenance: weekly water change of 5 liters, filter rinsing, glass cleaning. I feed the premnas twice a day and top up the water to replace evaporation. I think that's all. I will be glad to hear

Kevin3114

I would like to see a photo of your aquarium.

Martha

I was a bit delayed – I was taking photos.

April3499

No pen? And what are the water parameters? A nice aquarium.

Monica

Thank you, Arovana. With your help. There is no pen, I haven't measured the parameters.

Christine

There are 3 ways regarding water parameters: 1. Don't measure and live peacefully. 2. Measure - everything is fine, cool. 3. Measure - deviations, start to worry and fight.

David3217

I'm going with a mixed approach: I'm not measuring, but just in case, I'm doing a bit of fighting (I bought this filter instead of the internal one with a sponge, added another light, started using carbon, and increased the amount of water changed by 1 liter (to 6 liters)).

Rodney3101

Is it really difficult to create a sea of such volume?

Ricardo7341

In general, it's not difficult to create it, but it's hard to maintain life in it. Unfortunately, I can't tell you anything about the launch – I wasn't the one who launched the system.

Ronald

Do you feed corals and disco anemones?

Wesley

I give the corals Coral Gro from Red Sea once a week and also support the caulerpa, but I don't do anything for the anemones at all.

Amber6362

How do you support caulerpa? Mine is growing poorly, becoming transparent and breaking apart. Or it gets covered with a red coating. Moreover, there are two types. And it is also being pulled by clownfish.

Lee425

There is not enough light, it doesn't grow in my 40 liters either.

Tina

I give GREEN from the same RED SEA. In general, it grows well on its own, but it does better with fertilization; sometimes I just throw away the excess.

Bethany

What kind of light do you have?

Darrell7542

Guys, please advise what to do if the caulerpa is not growing. I can't add more light. Can I throw its remnants out of the aquarium? It doesn't look very nice with it. Or is it better to place the algae in the compartment of the hang-on filter?

Caroline1599

Guys! Please answer this question: will the light be enough for a bubble anemone if there are 4 T5 lamps of 8W each in a 30-liter aquarium (2 SUN SUN at 14000 K and 2 POWER-GLO at 18000 K)? Is an additional actinic light needed?

Mariah

They will dig - there's nothing to be done about it. They won't calm down until they clear the area in front of the anemone to the glass. For now, you can put some filter with a sponge inside - until the murk goes away. Wash it every day and make sure the anemone doesn't bump into it.

Lindsey3628

What will happen if she bumps into him? She sat down next to me and touches him.

Teresa

It can pull in and tear.