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The 5.5 Gallon Nano tank

This is my blog for my 5.5 gallon Nano or pico or whatever, I lost track of what these things are called when they are under 10 gallons. Seems to be a different terminology between almost everyone in the hobby. I started this tank because I hadn't had a tank up for almost a year before 2/28/2010 and due to limited space and not knowing where I was going to be in the future the 5.5 offered everything I wanted. This is my second small tank the first one I had was a 2.5 and that was just too small. that tank filled up very quick and then was destroyed by an irresponsible apartment sitter while I was on vacation. Let's just say that the tnak was contaminated with Beer when I got back. I was pretty upset! In the past I have owned a 14 gallon Aquapod, 20 Long, 20 Tall, 125, 40 Breeder (my second favorite tank), and now the 5.5. This tank has really been the best tank I have had by far, and it is the first tank that I have actually been content with.







  1. Photo Progress of the tank

    About a month ago I dove head first into battling a cyano problem. Here are the updates from the start up until last friday

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    Updated 05-26-2016 at 03:36 PM by melev

    Tags: cyano
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry , ‎ Lighting , ‎ Equipment
  2. Quick update: More Progress

    After a few more water changes, adding some live sand and manually removing more algae I have come to this look.

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    I'm now heading out to add to my clean up crew and hopefully get rid of the rest of the hair algae in the tank.
    Categories
    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry
  3. Pictures as promised - The battle of the 20G Long Reef

    WARNING: PICTURES ARE GRAPHIC!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!


    Like I said in my previous post, this is rather embarrassing, but I'm trying to get it back on track.

    BEFORE
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    AFTER 10 gallon water change and picking up/siphoning out as much as I could.
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    I also added a bag of Chemi Pure in my AC70. Giving it one more day, and then going to do another 10 gallon ...
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry , ‎ Lighting , ‎ Equipment
  4. Wow, It's been a while!

    The last time I posted on this site was 6 years ago. Seems so much longer, but I guess with 3 moves around Texas in that time, it would seem longer. I went from Georgetown Tx, to San Antonio Tx, to Arlington, TX, back to where I am now, New Braunfels, Tx. Lots of time spent up and down the I-35 corridor! Anyways in that time I have gone through several tanks and none have survived the moves. I ended up selling livestock and tanks, but for the last 2 years I have had a 20 gallon long going. Well ...
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry
  5. A few new products tried

    On Saturday I finally got around to trying Coral RX, Flatworm Exit, and cyclopeeze. I noticed about a week ago some red flat worms showing up in my tank. Couldn't find a lot of them but seeing them to begin with had my a little upset . So I went on line and ordered FWE, Coral RX and Cyclopeeze. The first thing I tried was the coral RX, since none of my corals are glued in permanent places yet, I took all of them out and followed the directions on the bottle of 4 capfuls per 1 gallon of ...
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Feeding , ‎ Random Thoughts
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