Turbo Snails

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when safe_mode is enabled or an open_basedir is set in /home/discou45/public_html/1stopaquariumshop.com/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-mage/classes/rss_php.class.php on line 1

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when safe_mode is enabled or an open_basedir is set in /home/discou45/public_html/1stopaquariumshop.com/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-mage/classes/amazon.class.php on line 1

There is a new growing popularity in the reef keeping hobby called Nano Reefs. As the name implies, a nano reef is a reef aquarium on a small scale; 2.5 to 29 gallons. The price of a nano reef is also on a small scale, from the tank itself, the lighting, and it takes less live rock and corals to make a very dramatic reef display.

It was often thought that the bigger the aquarium the easier it would be to keep the water parameters stable. You could not keep corals alive without a massive trickle filter, large efficient protein skimmer, and powerful metal halide lighting lights. The bigger the aquarium the more gadgets you could add to make the water quality pristine, from ozone generators, redox meters, ph controllers, and calcium reactors. You had to be a marine biologist and a chemist to maintain a coral reef aquarium. The nano reef aquarium would seem to go against all these principles. Can we really keep corals alive in a 10 gallon aquarium with no sump filter or a protein skimmer?

What has been learned through the years more than anything is, most of the biological filtration occurs in the live rock and live sand. Lighting has also played a role in enabling the reef aquarium to become smaller with the advent of power compact fluorescent and the smaller HQI metal halide lamps. Having invertebrates that sift through and clean the live sand and live rocks ads to the ecological balance of the tank. Most of the trace elements are replaced through a strict regiments of 5% weekly water changes. There is yet to be a salt water mix that has adequate calcium and strontium levels for good coral growth and these elements should be maintained separately.

The best products to maintain calcium, strontium and other trace elements are made from aragonite, such as AragaMilk from CaribSea. So what is aragonite? Aragonite is fossilized coralline algae that has extracted minerals from the ocean to grow. Grinding aragonite into a fine powder and adding water creates a milky substance that precipitates quickly adding these minerals to the water naturally. Add a few drops to top off water to maintain calcium levels at 450 ppm. You will be amazed at the growth rate of SPS corals. Yes I did say SPS corals that can be easily maintained in a nano reef aquarium.

Fish For The Nano Reef Aquarium

Fish are a great addition to a nano reef, but you must take extra care of you nano. You will have to be sure to keep up with your water changes, because a small body of water can collect nitrates quickly. The following fish are nano reef safe: anthius, true and false percula, banggai cardinals, pajama cardinals, royal grammas, fire fish, clown gobies, pseudochromis, basslets, and most damsels. While you are not limited to just those fish, these are hardy and good for beginners. Keep the number small from 1 to 5 fish depending on the nano aquarium size.

Cleanup Crews For The Nano

A good cleanup crew will keep your nano reef running smooth, and free from algae, detritus, and other unwanted wastes. Commonly kept cleanup crew critters are red leg hermits, red tip hermits, sand sifter starfish, sand sifter gobies, turbo snails, and astrea snails.

Corals For the Nano Reef

There are may corals that are compatible with the nano tank. Soft corals would include zooanthids, zenias, star polops, and mushroom anemonies. Lps corals would include Fox Coral and Blastomusa. SPS corals do well with metal halide lighting. Acroporas and montiporas are the easiest to grow in a 24-29 gallon nano aquarium. SPS coral frags are the way to go in a nano reef. They are much cheaper and easier to ship. The benefits of buying corals online is the greater variety that cannot be found at your local pet store. Buying several items from the same seller can reduce shipping costs. Simply use some Marineland’s Hold Fast, which is a two part epoxy similar to plumbers epoxy, to glue the coral frag to a live rock. Be sure to give them plenty of space for growth.

For more information visit reefkeepingfever.com

RC Moore Content writer for reefkeepingfever.com

Turbo Snail Decal JDM Boosted Turbo Car Vinyl Sticker $3.95

JDM Boosted Snail Vinyl Decal Turbo Sticker *Any Color* $3.50

TREE SNAIL PEARALIZED GREEN TURBO SEASHELL LOT $29.99

30 TURBO SNAIL - SOFT CORAL & LIVE CORAL SAFE $12.00

Mexican Turbo Snail 10 - Pack $22.99

100 live astrea turbo snails coral reef $60.00

50 live astrea turbo snails coral reef $40.00

25 live astrea turbo snails coral reef $20.00

BLOW ME TURBO SNAILS DECAL STICKER jdm racing race car $0.99

(3) MANGROVES LIVE BREED TURBO SNAILS EMERALD CRAB Pods Shrimp Copepod Rotifers $18.95

BOOSTED SNAIL TURBO - 5 BLACK - Vinyl Decal Sticker - NOTEBOOK, LAPTOP, WALL, WINDOW, CAR, TRUCK, MOTORCYCLE $5.99 Made from High Quality 6 year Outdoor Vinyl. Will Stick to almost any smooth, clean, dry surface. Made Custom By Ikon Sign.. DO NOT SETTLE FOR CHEAP IMITATIONS! THIS IS A IKON SIGN ORIGINAL DESIGN...BUY FROM THE CREATOR, NOT THE IMITATOR! These designs are copyrighted and trademarked by IKON SIGN. Any products and designs reproduced, distributed or made into a derivative work without the permis...

Davis Cup Tennis ...

Amazing Sea Shells Playing Cards - Deck of 54 Cards $5.99 54 card deck (including Jokers,13 Clubs, 13 Diamonds, 13 Hearts, and 13 Spades). Each set includes 54 different images of shells and their names....

Importance of epiphytic diatoms and fronds of two species of red algae as diets for juvenile Japanese turban snail Turbo cornutus.(Report): An article from: Journal of Shellfish Research $9.95 This digital document is an article from Journal of Shellfish Research, published by National Shellfisheries Association, Inc. on April 1, 2010. The length of the article is 7120 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Impo...

Population structure and accompanying biota of the snail Turbo (Callopoma) funiculosus (Gastropoda: Turbinidae), on Socorro Island, Revillagigedo ... An article from: Revista de Biología Tropical $9.95 This digital document is an article from Revista de Biología Tropical, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2006. The length of the article is 3098 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTit...

Karyotype and fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses of the telomere sequence on chromosomes of the top shell Turbo (Batillus) cornutus (archaeogastropoda, ... article from: Journal of Shellfish Research $9.95 This digital document is an article from Journal of Shellfish Research, published by National Shellfisheries Association, Inc. on December 1, 2010. The length of the article is 2610 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: K...