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Heres my new Nano reef tank. (Couldnt wait until I get my 100 gallon planned reef tank!!) Its an 80 litre tank with internal filtration at the rear of the tank. its about 20" square and comes with fitted light unit with actinic and white light. I have up-graded the 1100 lph circulation with a 1200 lph reef clean beneath a raised area of egg crate. The system will be skimmer-less and I plan to use an auto top up system. I have added Rowa sponge to the filtration and plan to include 12kg of live rock and live sand hope you guys like!!
Daza
Cool - keep us up to date with progress!
Cheers
John
Looks great, nice size, where did you get the tank from, who is it made by?
:thanx: Martin
Pandapuffer
10-11-05, 09:11
Looking good mate! what do you plan to keep in it once you have it up and running? :D
Soft corals maybe a pair of clowns and a dwarf angel. Im a bit paranoid about the fact I cant accomodate a skimmer without removing the hood. Ill see how good i can maintain water quality if quality suffers I'll rethink.
Daza
Warrington-guy
10-11-05, 10:13
Looks like a nice project this. loved the pipe work..
Love these nano setups..gonna be my next step sometime next year..looking good m8,are you upgrading the lighting?and are you going to use a powerhead for additional flow,i would also like to know where you got the tank... :thumbsup:
Jim
Warrington guy thanks for the comments mate. Do you think I can get away without having a skimmer? Ive only ever had larger tanks 50 galls plus in the past and alway had Deltec skimmers. :wacko:
Jim I have upgraded the origional pump 1100lph and added a 1200lph powerhead to run the reefclean. With flow reduction im thinking at least 1800lph which at 80lts for the tank gives me 22x an hour turn over I may add a further powerhead and upgrade the lighting if soft corals struggle. I got the tank from Shirley Aquatics £99
Daza
Warrington man where did you get your lighting on your website?? Is it a MH??
Daza
looks like a bigger version of my aqua-40.. i want one :D
did it come witht he back panel in already etc for teh surface skimmin or did you put that in yourself?
what kind of lighin is in there as in watt and amount of tubes etc?
Warrington-guy
10-11-05, 13:05
Originally posted by Daza@Nov 10 2005, 12:47
Warrington man where did you get your lighting on your website?? Is it a MH??
Daza
I got the light from the states cost me £27 inc delivery, Got a 240v to 110v converter from maplin for £9.99. a bargain
And i dont use a skimmer do a water change 10%ish every 2 weeks and am running a fuge so ive got more water volume.
Warrington-guy
10-11-05, 13:06
Oh there a 50/50 18watt pc lamp.
[QUOTE]did it come witht he back panel in already etc for teh surface skimmin or did you put that in yourself?
the tank came with the rear plate alredy made. Ive upgraded the turn over so i may need to drill some more holes in order that enough water will flow into the chamber the light unit came with the tank its quite bright and there are 2 tubes one blue and one white i wll remove the hood and add a MH if the lighting proves insufficient
Daza
Heres the hood with built in fans lights say 24W 10000k??
sweet
ive just set up the smaller version of this tank my self its still cycleing though
Heres some more pics. Ive added a Maxijet 900 pump I now have 3000lph in the tank the waters in used a refractometer to measure the salinity and despite following the salts instructions i was still a way out! Ive got temp 25c and an SG of 1.026. Ive just added 7kg of live rock from Wharf Aquatics in Nottingham
Daza
Looking good ...plenty flow in there :thumbsup: keep em coming.. B)
A few more pics. Added some more live rock from Aqua-World in Warrington the rock is fantastic covered in green polyps and a large branched white and pink sponges. Added some button polyps and a small clean up crew, 6 Turbo snails and 6 blue leg hermits. Added 3 cleaner shrimps and a gorgeous porcelain crab this evening. Tunze Nano skimmer ordered from Paraquatics on order so we will remove the hood and purchase a MH. Hope you guys like look forward to your comments
Daza
A few more pics. Added some more live rock from Aqua-World in Warrington the rock is fantastic covered in green polyps and a large branched white and pink sponges. Added some button polyps and a small clean up crew, 6 Turbo snails and 6 blue leg hermits. Added 3 cleaner shrimps and a gorgeous porcelain crab this evening. Tunze Nano skimmer ordered from Paraquatics on order so we will remove the hood and purchase a MH. Hope you guys like look forward to your comments
Daza
Looking good m8, a porcelain crab i may just get myself one of those,just done a read up on them..sounds fascinating :thumbsup:
How much do they cost?
Cost me £10 from Billy at MG Marines.
Daza :D
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