Last week I visited my local fish shop and was greeted by an amazing sight - A two-headed seahorse! I immediately placed a deposit on it and went home to prepare my aquarium for it’s arrival. The seahorse currently resides in my main aquarium but will be moved into a purpose built 150l aquarium when it has established.

Making your own mix of frozen foods can be a great way of providing your fish with a nutritious food that can be fed on a regular basis or used as a treat to add some variety to your fishes’. This is something that I make myself and feed to my fish as a staple part of their diet. I have listed a number of ingredients below that can be included but you can add, substitute or remove any items to customise the recipe to suit your particular needs.

Here is I recent photo and video of my reef aquarium. It’s well stocked with soft corals and there are a few sps and lps in there too. I’ve been adding phytoplankton to the tank on a weekly basis and I have seen a real change in the growth of my corals, especially the leather corals.

I have been trying something new since I set up my nano reef and that is to run the tank without a cleanup crew. My theory was that since the aquarium was relatively small, I would be able to keep it clean with little maintenance. From the beginning, I would clean the glass daily and agitate the shallow sand bed to prevent detritus settling.

I haven’t posted an update on my nano reef in a while, so I decided to create a video of the tank. Since the last update, I have added a few zoanthid colonies and some macro algae and pretty much just let everything grow. All inhabitants seem to be doing really well and I think the reef is maturing nicely.

I have started setting up my nano and began by making changes to the back end of the aquarium. The back filtration chamber contains three compartments. I removed all of the media that was provided with the aquarium, as I will not be using it.

I have decided to set up a new reef aquarium. The aquarium is made by ORCA and is in the same design as the ORCA and Deltec 24g nanocubes. The aquarium is 30 x 34 x 36cm/12″ x 13″ x 14, which gives a water volume of 37 l./8 gal. (9.77 US gal.) for the main display area with a total system volume of around 12 gal. The aquarium has a built in filtration system behind a black divide, 18w 50/50 lighting and flow provided by a 300l/h pump. One great thing about the tank is the two built in fans that help to keep it cool.

Here is a sneak preview of my reef. I plan to post a lot more information about it and it’s inhabitants in following posts.