Another new nano

[GOTAREEFTOKEEP]

Well i like the rest it seems have fallen for a nano i was taken with the one on the desk at the STM meet and came home with a 30 ltr wave nano i went for the classical shape tank and not the cube and for £110 i came home with 3kgs of stmLR & 2kg of live sand the tank an 18w marine lamp and two hang on the back filters (must say what a bargin), the first thing i did with the filters was remove all the gubbin and fill them with cheto from my sump as you can see from the photos.

After filling with fresh made water and filled i added 1kg more live rock from my main tank added a 50w heater and set it running on saturday night, i have been testing and so far have no trace of amm nitrate nitrate or po4, if the tank stays this way i will add the clowns at some point over the weekend, i have already got the shrimp pair they are in my main tanks sump but will be added also at the wekend, so far i have one turbo snail added last night and some blue spounge and a sps frag from my main tank to see how things go, so far so good everything looks well setteled and the sps frag has polyps extended.

As in my main tank the live rock to be most of filtration and the cheto to aid in the removal of any leftover n03, the cheto is lit by a 50w desk top lamp from ikea, the plan is to do weekly water changes with water from my main tank wher the prams are stable and i do monthly water changes, i may change this to fresh water but at the mo dont see why i shouldnt use my display tanks water, top up will be manual with ro on as needs be basis.


Stocking for the tank is planned as a pair of tmc clowns, a pair of harlequin shrimps some rics and zoos all the bright colourfull sml things and maybe some monti digis but add a second 18w light when the are in stock to get the lighting up to standard for sps over the long term but ill see how the frag gos compaired to thoughs on the main tank.

Well let me know what you think

Thanks

Matt


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[SCOOB]

mmm lots of potential there, like the chaeto idea, i was just going to run carbon and rowa in mine, when i get round to getting it.

fits well on the drawers? there, purpose bought :D :D

how are you gonna feed the harlequins?

[GOTAREEFTOKEEP]

They are feeding on asterina starfish at the mo so going to harvest them from my main tank for them plus side gives me a reason to fish them out of my main tank as i had kinda stopped.

Matt

[johnski]

thats a very nice little setup, did the condensation tray come with the tank or did you add it?

[GOTAREEFTOKEEP]

No comes with the tank, the only thing i've had to add was the heater

Matt

[johnski]

hope stm do them mail order

[GOTAREEFTOKEEP]

Just an alround bargin, only thing i would add is i had to pay extra for the second fillter and would advise the same to anyone else as it the only form of water movement, i'm comsidering adding a third for a rowa carbon bag in the future, with the plus of a bit of extra water movement.

Matt

[SCOOB]

i don't know if they do yet, they aren't on their website atm.

they come in many sizes too. think this rectangle is the biggest, i think i'm gonna get the smaller cube.

[johnski]

mmm, looks like you could use one of those filters as an overflow to a sump

[GOTAREEFTOKEEP]

Possible but i'll stick as is for now what with it next to the computer, i've already had the no more tanks chat before i came home with this one , but this is my wife to be's tank i'm just doing the labour.

Matt

[fish boy]

what sizes do they do?

[GOTAREEFTOKEEP]

Quite a few but dont remember the exact sizes, try giving stm a ring or pm them .

Matt

[JAYJT]

Will the 2 or 3 filters if you get it, produce enogh flow? Nice neat looking set up, Keep the updates coming.

[RHIANNON]

i have just changed the water on mine after getting ot at STM meet

[stm]

Hi.
They are available mail order
http://www.stm-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Wave_Box_nano_Tanks.html

The Cubo 25 is 25 x 25 x 30 cms high and holds 4.3 gals
The Cubo 30 is 30 x 30 x 35 cms high and holds 7.1 gals

All the other dimensions are off the site
http://www.stm-shop.co.uk/acatalog/W...ano_Tanks.html

sorry guys a simple cut and paste from the other thread.
those new STM Nano things
Chris

[stm]

Disregard the bottom link, dont work
Chris

[kevo66]

what does the wavebox 45 hold, looks an absolute steel!

[kevo66]

any ideas about stands folks?

[SCOOB]

think you'll be hard pushed to find a stand for it, even the biggest wave cubo here will sit snugly on your average desk. best bet is to make one to sit on a piece of furniture. a stand for just the tank at a viewable height will be so thin it would be more than unstable.

[kevo66]

Yeah suppose mate, bit stuck for furniture in my front room though, and the mrs wont let me have it on the glass coffee table lol!

[SCOOB]

mantle piece, sideboard, desk, coffee table, shelf, bookcase, cabinet, a safe window sill, or my personal faourite.......above a door so when someone walks in and opens it :D :D :D costs more than a bucket mind.

[kevo66]

Yeah, I would go for the door every time lol :)

[RHIANNON]

just added 3 sexy shrimp today and a few snails were added a week ago to eat all the algae


hope it all goes OK