my nano tank journal

well i have added a gonodactylus smithii (mantis shrimp) and a few fish to my setup! about time i got some stock in there i think! the fish are... 3 fiji damsels and a sixline wrasse. thinking of adding more damsels i like the way they chase each other allover the tank... but then i would probably need a skimmer... or perhaps more live rock!! i have about 10kg in there now i think...

i also have alot of badass looking crabs with huge black pinchers but i cant bring myself to kill em... saw a big one holding eggs in there today!!! perhaps i will end up with a crab tank and no fish or corals left hehehe

also check out this HUGE brittle star! its like 5" across and i have no idea how it got into my tank!

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No need to worry about the crabs as the mantis will take care of them. Aren't you concerned about the mantis taking out everything in the tank?
 
i keep him well fed... but at the end of the day he is my favourite pet so if he starts killing fish i will give the rest away and just keep him in there with corals. he is pretty well behaved though, he doesnt even eat snails unless i forget to feed him.
 
time for an updated pic maybe?

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xcuse the tupperware containers, im fragging some mushrooms !
 
Looks great. Nice little shroom farms :)
 
(sort of) finished aquscaping the tank now. dunno if im entirely happy with it yet... but i cant really fit anymore rock in, so if anything i will take some bits out. the big zoa rocks near the top of the tank are going to get removed, once i frag all the zoos off them of course :) currently buying/fraggin morphs, so i will basically frag everything onto pieces of coral rubble and stick the everywhere, then let it all grow.
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I think it's fairly rare for one to be 100% satisfied with their aquascape. I started with a lot of rock and ended up taking quite a bit out and have rescaped so many times!!! Looks good though.
 
thanks mate :) its due to the help of people like yourself that the tank has been successful so far :)
 
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