Tropi's Ocean Free 34L

[Tropi]

I thought I might as well start up a tank journal for my OF 34L nano. My last tank was an AR620 that I had up for around 8 months but I downgraded to this one so it's my first time attempting a nano this small but so far I think I'm liking it more than the 620
I got it set up on April 1st and I used sand, rock and water from the previous tank. So far everything I'm using is what has come with it except I've switched out the Carbon for Purigen and got my Koralia nano 900 in the mail a few days ago. I'm trying to decide on a light to upgrade to so if anyone has any suggestions that would be great.

LIVESTOCK
Fish:
2 Ocellaris clownfish (one orange and one black)

Inverts:
1 Trochus Snail
Turbo Snails
2 nassarius snails
3 Cerith Snails
1 Janitor Crab
1 Pepperment Shrimp
1 Bubble tip anemone

Corals:
Green Star Polyps
Pulsing Xenia
Hammer
Green Morphs
Daisy/Duncan
Blasto's
Elegance
Zoas
Ricordea
Birdsnest
Montipora
Torch

I still need to figure out where I'm going to be putting the corals but here it is around a week or so ago, excuse how messy it looks


I can't decide if I should have this piece of rock on top or just leave it with the main piece, what do you guys think?

[Emperor_tang]

Nice tank!

I think I prefer it without that extra piece of rock on top. Doesn't look very stable or natural. Maybe put a decent size coral on top of you want to keep the height of the layout the same or similar.

Keep up the good work!

[Tropi]

Thanks
It doesn't move, it has abit of rock coming off it that's wedged between the main rock, but yeh I guess it doesn't look very natural. Might do what you suggested and look at some bigger corals, do you have any suggestions on any that might do good up there?

Just got a couple of zoa frags delivered today, it was my first time ordering from exotic aquaculture australia, will put some pics up when they are open and looking happier.

[Pommyman]

I like the rock ontop.

I have the same tank but think i have to much rock in mine. I like yours being a bit more minimalist. I got such a large piece because i plan on upgrading in 6 months.

Defo upgrade the light. I love my zetlight ($80) and it comes with a remote but i am going to look at getting a Wifi controllable one like the AI Prime.

[Tropi]

Thanks
I was starting to think that I didn't have enough rock in mine, but I like the look of the minimalist tanks. I decided to do some reading up on the AI Prime since you mentioned it Pommyman.

I'm hoping to order a new light this week and am trying to decide between the AI Prime and Kessil a160, does anyone know if the a160 is compatible with the spectrual controller or if the AI needs to be connected to wifi constantly to actually work? I'm not completely sure how that works and am worried about running up a huge internet bill if I went that way.

[Blur]

Can vow for the Prime, great little light, pretty minimal to look at

The prime doesn't need to be hooked up to the wifi to function. I just run mine through my phone (wifi is out of range) just means you can't access the control panel through a browser and has to be done through the app.

[Tropi]

Awesome, thanks for your help Blur.
I just ordered the Prime in white, now just need to wait for it to be sent and get here

[kodez]

Prime's are excellent bang for buck, tank is coming along nicely.

[Pommyman]

Hi,

Keep me posted on the Prime. I have still not got around to buying one yet but i will in the next month or so.

I have just heard things about the mount on the prime sagging a little but i believe their is an easy fix.

[Blur]

Yeah it does sag. i just put a cable tie between the attatchment and the stand part so it cant sit forward