Whats in your nano

[pdhenderson]

Looking for ideas to do to my 12.5 gallon and wonder what ya got in your nanos
please do tell

[Bun]

2 gobies, sps frags, mushroom, zoos, rics, emerald crab, two porcelain crabs, 1 bloodshrimp, in my 16g.
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[KevinFJB]

Mine is not set up any more, but here is are some pictures of it at ~ 1 year.

Fish: Clown, Royal Gramma
Clams: Two maximas (small)
Inverts: Fire Shrimp, emerald crag, few snails and hermits
Coral: Sun polyps, blastomussa, brain, moon, kenya tree, GSP, pink star polyps, goniopora (not recommended), gorgonian, mushrooms, zoos, xenia, candy cane, leather

I used a Red Sea Prizm skimmer (worked fine fro me, but not many fans of it here), penguin 125 (biowheel out) with a chemipure, 2 small rio powerheads, and the Coralife 96W 10,000K 50/50 actinic light hood (would not suggest trying clams under anything less).

[pdhenderson]

Kevin
I like your tank, nice job
Any details?



any ideas for lighting. I was thinking of getting a coralife unit but it has only two 9 watt bulbs, so I thought about using a light from a 5 gallon and placing two 20 w coralife 50/50's in it. The stupid tank is a hex so its kinda akward to do.

I was also thinking of builing a 2.5 - 4 gallon sump with a 2 gallon fuge lit by one 9w 6500k bulb. Would it work?

[KevinFJB]

Kevin
I like your tank, nice job
Any details?



any ideas for lighting. I was thinking of getting a coralife unit but it has only two 9 watt bulbs, so I thought about using a light from a 5 gallon and placing two 20 w coralife 50/50's in it. The stupid tank is a hex so its kinda akward to do.

I was also thinking of builing a 2.5 - 4 gallon sump with a 2 gallon fuge lit by one 9w 6500k bulb. Would it work?
Thanks - I listed some equipment details before the first photo.

I started with that same Coralife dual 9w, and then moved up to the Coralife 28W, and finally to the 96W --> I should have started there and saved some $$. Have you checked into the new Ice Cap halide pendants? They come in a 70W version and would work well over a hex shaped tank.
Depends on the type of coral you want to keep. I can say that the 96W Coralife unit was not too much light for a mixed reef.

A sump/fuge would work fine, extra water volume won't hurt either on a 10g and a 9w 6500K bulb will work on chaetomorpha macro algae.

The key with the nano is frequent RO/DI water changes. I changed about 1.5 gallons weekly.

[Bun]

Nice tank kevin - after readingn your post I thought I should provide more details - you also reminded me, I forgot to mention my two prized baby maximas!

As for equipment, I also baffled an AC500 as a HOB fuge, and it's lit by a 250W HQI mh 14k.

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[neemo]

thats a nice nano Kevin.

I've been thinking of getting a 12g JBJ nanocube, just with mushrooms and rics and zoos. But you have a nice variety.

[Lauriem]

I like your tank as well Kevin.
Here is pis of my 5.5gal. I've had it up for about 4 months now.

[KevinFJB]

Nice tank kevin - after readingn your post I thought I should provide more details - you also reminded me, I forgot to mention my two prized baby maximas!

As for equipment, I also baffled an AC500 as a HOB fuge, and it's lit by a 250W HQI mh 14k.

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Great idea with the AC500 as a HOB fuge. That's a lot of light for a 16g! Any temp problems?

[supahtim]

oh geez...you are all making me want to set up a nano again!! lol

i had a 5.5g nano with an 18w NO florescent tube, a small whisper HOB filter, 2" of small Crushed Coral, about 7lbs of LR, button polyps, green star polyps, pulsing xenia, a finger leather, 2 black percs, a cleaner shrimp, some hermit crabs and a few snails.

Tim

[lotus02]

I have a 12 gallon cube with 2 clarkii clowns, 1 green BTA, zoos, mushrooms, Kenya trees x3 and a colt , star polyps and small cleaning crew 5 hermits and 5 snails,

[Mugster]

I have a 12 gallon cube with 2 clarkii clowns, 1 green BTA, zoos, mushrooms, Kenya trees x3 and a colt , star polyps and small cleaning crew 5 hermits and 5 snails,


Lookin' good!


Kev :bravo:

[lotus02]

Thanks Kev. I took the monti out because it was getting stung by the bta.

[pdhenderson]

Thanks Kevin

These other lights you mentioned, could you provide dimensions for the 96 watt or links. I only have 12" to play with,
so I thought about this 13w Cf unit at hellolights.com.
I could always use the coralife 20w 50/50 's build my own hood and jam 4 in there or use 3 13w ( as mentioned) the MH bulbs are out of the question for atleast a year.

Thanks for your help guys


Also looking for a used odyssea 10 gallon,

[pdhenderson]

Do you still have that coralife unit around?
Ill buy it off of you if you do!!!

[Bun]

Great idea with the AC500 as a HOB fuge. That's a lot of light for a 16g! Any temp problems?

The HOB fuge is working well, obviously I'm skimmerless, and I haven't had much success with birdnest coral frags (they were unattached and fell into my substrate) but everything else seems to be doing quite well... my cheato in the fuge gets light 24hrs during the day and it grows like crazy.

No temp issues on the mh pendant - Its 10" above the water, I do have to topoff every night as I evaporate maybe .25Gallon a day. I originally bought the mh with a view of upgrading to a larger tank, which I'm actually picking up tonight...
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[pdhenderson]

Please state size of your nano

[KevinFJB]

thats a nice nano Kevin.

I've been thinking of getting a 12g JBJ nanocube, just with mushrooms and rics and zoos. But you have a nice variety.

Thanks Neemo - I really enjoyed having it and found it was less work than I thought it would be. I didn;t find the JBJ nano cube until after my 10g was setup, or I would have gone that route - really nice units

p.s. Love the new avatar

[KevinFJB]

I like your tank as well Kevin.
Here is pis of my 5.5gal. I've had it up for about 4 months now.

THanks Laurie - Great job on your 5.5 - looks like it is a bigger tank in the picture

[KevinFJB]

Thanks Kevin

These other lights you mentioned, could you provide dimensions for the 96 watt or links. I only have 12" to play with,
so I thought about this 13w Cf unit at hellolights.com.
I could always use the coralife 20w 50/50 's build my own hood and jam 4 in there or use 3 13w ( as mentioned) the MH bulbs are out of the question for atleast a year.

Thanks for your help guys


Also looking for a used odyssea 10 gallon,
Here is a link so you can see the unit - I ordered from another place in the U.S. but can't remember the name, two years ago I could not find a local place that carried it. You can search with: "Coralife 96W, 20" powercompact, with 4-pin 10,000K 50/50 actinic light. But it is 20" and you need 12", so a retro fit as you describe may be a good option.

I hear you about the timing for halides, but here is a link to the Ice Cap halide pendant: http://www.icecapinc.com/all.htm. I have not used one of these, but if I could have found one for my nano, I would have. Seems a perfect solution, assuming its not too $$

[pdhenderson]

I looked at the item, pretty cool. Got me wanting MH bad.
I was thinking though, my friend father is an electrician and has ballasts.pendants etc. But the bulbs he gets are I believe 125w 6500k. Would this be insufficient, I want to keep some colt, kenyan trees along with zoos, shrooms gsp, bubble, and a hairy green mushroom maybe a meat polyp and open brain at some point.

[KevinFJB]

I looked at the item, pretty cool. Got me wanting MH bad.
I was thinking though, my friend father is an electrician and has ballasts.pendants etc. But the bulbs he gets are I believe 125w 6500k. Would this be insufficient, I want to keep some colt, kenyan trees along with zoos, shrooms gsp, bubble, and a hairy green mushroom maybe a meat polyp and open brain at some point.

That's a lot of light, but you could do it if the bulb was at the right distance from the water - Bun wrote, above, about 250W on 16g. You don't need that much for the corals listed though.

[Action]

Here is my aptasia tank, errr I mean nano...

[pdhenderson]

Since you stated aptasia, I was wondering, what are these things I get in the sand? They are buried and have some long tentacles. orange and black? orange bodies.

[Malvado]

Here is what I have in my 12 JBJ Nano tank. I have also upgraded the lighting to 3 24w CFL and upgraded the pump to one that is rated 300 GPH, getting a real nice water movement in the tank, I also modded the intake to skim the surface of the water.

2 - Blood Shrimps
2 - Perc Clowns
1 - Scooter Bleeny
1 - Mandarin Boby
1 - Electric Flame Scallop
1 - Coco Worm

3 - Red legged Hermit Crab
12 - Blue Legged Hermit Carbs
1 - Green Emerald Carb
3 - Turbo Snails
6 - Astea Snals

1 - Colt Coral
1 - Buble Coral
1 - Small Ricordia
1 - Sun Polyp
1 - Hammer Coral
1 - Xenia

some mushrooms and polyps

20 lbs of Live Rock.

Let me know what you think. Keep in mind I am new to salt water and this is my first attempt, been keeing freshwater for years.

[pdhenderson]

I like your set up!! I saw this over on AD. Very nice. Looking forward to placing some coral in my tank. How long have you been working on it? Very nice for your first attempt, Im on my third or fourth " attempt" and haven't even got 1/4 to where you are!!!
Can you give me more details on your lighting. Im in the midst of deciding what to do with mine as I need to upgrade,dimension of your lighting
( actually Ive been wanting to upgrade for two months -- ya ya Im procrastinating)

[Malvado]

Thanks... Been working on this for about 2 months now.

What I have done to my nano.

1. Removed all stock filter media
2. Added live rock rubble to 2 of the compartments
3. Added a bag of Chemi Pure.
4. Added another bag of something I can not remember the name I will post later.

As for the lighting I used 3 stock CFL that are for the JBJ Nano Cube I removed the internal ballast and replaced it with a Fulham Workhorse 5 ($30 from LiteMor) It has the ability to drive all 3 lights with no problem.

The 3 lights are 24 w CFL so I have a total of 72 Watts in the Nano which everything so far likes, I also added 2 fans and a LED night light to the lid. I managed to do all this without cutting any addtional hole in the lid.

I also cut the plastic just above the filter intake to create a surface skimmer, it works well.

[pdhenderson]

Very cool. You definitely have a nice project on your hands, me, unfortunately for some dumb reason I used a 12.5 hex tank that restricts me to 12" of play for anything, so lighting is very tricky and as I have found nearly impossible. Would love to get a nano cube. Have been looking at the JEBO Odyssea 10 gallon.
Hope to post pics of my barren tank soon.:(

[pdhenderson]

That's a lot of light, but you could do it if the bulb was at the right distance from the water - Bun wrote, above, about 250W on 16g. You don't need that much for the corals listed though.

I understand that I may be going overkill for the wanted specimens, but thought better to go all out then have to upgrade. Have been looking at the lights on hellolights( 13w CF) think I might just go with that.$45.00 for 3 isnt that bad and gives 3.9 watts of light per gallon. Ballast is small enough to play with.

Thanks for your help again Kevin.

[in_flight]

how much would you guys say it would cost for a 10g nano? lighting/skimmer/fuge/lr/ls

thanks

[KevinFJB]

I understand that I may be going overkill for the wanted specimens, but thought better to go all out then have to upgrade. Have been looking at the lights on hellolights( 13w CF) think I might just go with that.$45.00 for 3 isnt that bad and gives 3.9 watts of light per gallon. Ballast is small enough to play with.

Thanks for your help again Kevin.


Glad to help...good luck on your setup

[DannyBoy17]

Just a Cleaner Shrimp for now :D

Soon, a pair of Clowns, and another Cleaner Shrimp!

--Dan

[pdhenderson]

Looks like i have just Live rock and a single damsel that wont leave. Ok I have two small mushrooms too.

[Sohal Tang]

Here is what is in my 25 gallon (darn near nano?) haha

octobubble frogspawn coral - large.
2 blood shrimp
4 peppermint shrimp
2 true percs
1 large anenome purple based ritarria
1 watchman goby
1 pistol shrimp
1 royal gramma
1 cleaner shrimp
10 snails
8 zoo colonies
4 sps frags
1 sps blue tipped whatever
4 ricordea including pink blue, green,
20lbs of figi live rock
1 MJ1200 powerhead
1 smaller powerhead
1 250 watt HQI metal halide fixture with 20K Giesman bulb.
1 Deltec Hang On Skimmer
3 different shroom types...


thats it.....
see pic...

Good luck with your 12 gallon...
I had pretty much the same in a 15 gallon EXCEPT the anenome was not in it.....

Tim

[jpdutton]

Tank looks great Tim, your anemone looks like it could eat the whole left hand side for lunch. lol

[Mugster]

Tank looks great Tim, your anemone looks like it could eat the whole left hand side for lunch. lol


I was just about to say that myself...lol. Holy crap Tim! That's one friggin' big anemone!!



Kev :baahh:

[Sohal Tang]

Thanks James! I am definitely proud and happy with the 25 gallon....
Muggy the anenome changes sizes depending on his MODE and MOOD.....
Right now he is the size of a medium size dinner plate...
Other times he is the size of a small plate.....
He is definitely GROWING and HAPPY....
No fish missing...so I am darn lucky....I am waiting for the royal gramma
to swim to close then **I WILL NOT HAVE TO CATCH HIM!!!*** hahaohaohoahohehehehehheheheheh (just kidding..I hope he does not bite
the bullet....I am so mean eh!! hahaha)

The watchman goby lives darn near under the anenome..hope he does not
decide to SWIM UP!! hahaha

The anenome sorta MAKES MY HOBBY for me right now.....
The clowns dancing in it just cannot get tired of seeing...
Anyone want a video sent to them of the clowns in the anenome PM
me with your email address and I will send it....takes a few minutes to
download but it is neat....

Sorry about the rambling..I am overtired. :)
Tim

[Mini-reefer]

Here is what I have jammed in my 24g JBJ Nano and it is doing great. I will post pics soon.

[pdhenderson]

whats in my nano?

rock, sand, 2 small mushrooms and a bumble bee snail ( sold to me as a turbo - great) want me to post pics?

can I place chaeto directly into my tank to fill void areas? also I was interested in some shaving brush algae . who carries it? other than liveaquaria.com

[coolwater]

If I had a nano, I'd keep mostly zoos and mushroom because they don't require a lot of calcium and very least maintenance.

[pdhenderson]

If I had a nano, I'd keep mostly zoos and mushroom because they don't require a lot of calcium and very least maintenance.


So................................you wanna trade with me then? my nano for your 90, good deal!!!!