Nano Reef Aquarium

Well 2010 hasn't been the best year for my reef aquarium. But i am hoping 2011 is going to be much better. I have better aquarium control with a reactor for phosphate control, replaced transformers for my LED Lighting, and some proper flow courtesy of the Vortech MP10. With balling light in use i can report things or finally looking good. 2011 should see me sell all my soft corals to prevent some chemical warfare with hard corals. This in turn will allow me to purchase some more LPS and SPS corals as well as a triple doser to aid "balling light" and maybe some additional lighting for the light demanding corals. This will be my last post before 2011 with that in mind i hope that all your aquariums flourish with growth and colour in 2011.

It's been a couple of years since i started this blog and i cant believe how many articles i have wrote based on personal experiences. With many mishaps and fantastic things that have happened in such a small amount of saltwater. I have decided to start a Newsletter where i will be publishing my articles before i publish them on My Reef Aquarium Blog. I will be keeping subscribers uptodate with news and new products available from this amazing hobby. Please feel free to subscribe. I cant stress enough that non of your details will be used or sold to any third parties. The subscription box is located to the top right corner of this blog.

As promised here some new photos with the aquarium re-aquascaped, again!! Now i have figured out how to do this i will be uploading pictures more frequently. Sorry about the quality, Phone Camera.

Thought it was about time i uploaded some photos of some of my corals, frags and fragged corals. Took me a little while to understand how to upload pictures, any how i will now be uploading pictures more regularly. Please understand some of these pictures are old and i have upgraded my equipment. Newer photos will follow soon.

As I said in my last post, It would appear that my look is changing. The replacement transformer's from TMC have arrived as promised. Big thanks Tropic Marine Centre. These replacement units are slightly larger to the original ones, lets hope they last and perform better than the originals. I Cant tell you how pleased i am now my lighting issues are resolved. With the bonus of having the new power-head from Vortech. Cant wait to see if there will be any improvements with coral growth and colouration. Hopefully the dreaded algae wont be able to take hold in any low flow areas now.

As i said in my last post about things not going my way. Last Thursday i was sat watching TV when i noticed one of my aquabeams intermittently flashing. I was frustrated, but thought i would be able to sort it the following morning due to it being late. Luckily, don't think that's the right word. I could smell something burning just as i was on my way upstairs to bed. It turned out to be the aqua-beam transformer. It was split open and red hot. I am so relieved that this happened when it did. The next day i decided to to contact TMC who manufacture these units. They were very concerned to hear about this and have promised uprated transformer's to be delivered as soon as possible, free of charge with the request i return the old faulty units. I await these units as i wright this post. The real frustrating thing is this as happened over the weekend. I just hope this wont have any effect on any of my livestock.

Quite a few posts ago in the aid to help reduce my algae and flow problems. I said that i was looking at getting the new Vortech MP10w es power head. Well i have finally managed to get the funds together and although these pumps are very expensive, they are well worth every penny. The power of this pump is amazing. It features loads of different flow programmes at variable speeds with a very sleek method of fitment and the abilitly to link together wirelessly to run together. As with all things i don't have the best of luck, the pump that arrived wasn't the wireless version but the supplier has promised to send me the upgrade board that can simply be installed into the controller.