Nano Reef

[EddieW]

This is one of my nano reefs tanks. I set this up in a bar I frequent in Soho in London near to where I work. It has been going since January - had one problem at the end of May when the air conditioning got switched off on a Sunday when they are not open and it happened to be a VERY hot day. The tank temp reached 93.8 F (34.3 C) and I lost some stock. Plenty of water changes meant I managed to save quite a bit but it has taken a while to fully recover.

The tank is an LAC R538 (nominal capacity about 50 l (11 gallon) with the stock filter removed (not SW safe) and the stock lighting (8w) removed and replaced with 2 x 18w compact T5s. There is a H.O.B. filter for carbon/polyfilter, an internal powerhead with rotating flow nozzle and a small pump to push water to the refugium. The green pipe at the top is supplying water to the refugium - I have managed to find a right angle bend for the pipe work which will make this look a lot tidier.

The refugium is a 15l hexagon tank with two drilled returns back to the display tank and it is chock full of live rock. This is the black covered tank to the left of the picture below, behind the leaflets. It is currently lit 24/7 with a 15w incandesent lamp which will be replaced very shortly with a 9w compact lamp to give better growth. The auto feeder sits on the top of this so that food is circulated round the tank by the returning water.

Forgot to add that there is a Tunze auto top up on this as well.

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[EddieW]

Current stock:
Percula clown (lost its partner in May)
2 x sexy shrimp (lost two in May)
2 x peppermint shrimp
various snails and a few hermits
Mithrax crab (hitchhiker)
Goniopora (replacement for one lost in May which had grown a LOT)
Various buttons, mushrooms, gsp, xenia, yellow polyps
Pink leather coral of some sort which came a small scrap on the live rock - this is towards the top right
Fan worm (lost a purple one in May)
Acropora (very recent addition)
Orange ricordeas (very recent addition)
Leather coral (very recent addition, not yet opening up)

The wiring is wall mounted to the right of the tank - this is the best pic I could get without pulling it all asunder. There is a small UPS in the circuit to cover for 'accidents' behind the bar and there is also an RCD.

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[EddieW]

Here is a general shot of the top half of the tank - the two white pipes are the refugium returns. You can see one of the peppermints just behind them.

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[EddieW]

Here is a shot of the bottom half of the tank - the mushroom in the shell came on the same rock as the ones on the left but decided to relocate.

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[EddieW]

Here is a closer shot of the mushrooms. The goniopora in the back is a reasonably recent addition to replace one I lost in May.

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[EddieW]

If anyone wants to see the tank in the flesh (as it were) it is in Six Degrees, 56 Frith Street, London W1D. As you can see from the number of bottles in the picture below, they do quite a good range of spirits and cocktails.....

Thanks for looking, Eddie

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[EddieW]

A couple of updated pics. Sorry for poor quality, had to use phone as I keep forgetting to bring my camera in....

http://www.hylton-court.com/shafxgw8ewr/19-09-05_1939.jpg

http://www.hylton-court.com/shafxgw8ewr/19-09-05_1950.jpg

http://www.hylton-court.com/shafxgw8ewr/19-09-05_1954.jpg

Cheers, Eddie

[Hayste]

very cool do u go in the pub and look after fish and get drink at same time :lol:

[EddieW]

Yep - it's a hard life having to sit with a nice glass of red wine and watch a reef tank, but someones got to do it.....

Eddie

[Hayste]

lol yeah very hard i can imagine :lol: :lol: :lol:

[chronic2005]

Looking great :thumbsup: , sorry about your losses but its look fantastic now, oh and do you have apic of the fuge? :thumbsup:
:thanx:

[EddieW]

I did take one of the fuge but it didn't come out too well so I deleted it. I will get around to puttung the new light on the fuge and will try to remember to take a pic then.

Cheers, Eddie