Newbie Nano 10g

joshvito · Jul 28, 2012

Decided to start a small reef, here's a few pictures of what I have. Most of it is just extra gear I've acquired over the years on the freshwater side of the hobby.

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joshvito · Jul 28, 2012

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MaxCanada · Jul 28, 2012

looking awesome, cant wait for more picss

Cooper32803 · Jul 28, 2012

Looks like a great start so far!

Steelerfan747 · Jul 28, 2012

Hi Josh. Welcome to R2R. Please keep us posted as to your progress.

Steelerfan747 · Jul 28, 2012

By the way are you planning on using a ato (auto top off) system? Small tanks can have their levels fluctuate drastically and stability is key

Pappy · Jul 28, 2012

Looks like a good start!

Pappy · Jul 28, 2012

And are you still going to be acquiring more stuff because I see an upgrade in the near future;)

Steven R · Jul 28, 2012

great start can't wait to see the build and stock, And i strongly recommend the ATO like steelerfan said with that small of a system it will swing wildly through out the day. So what do you plan on keeping in this system?

Steven R · Jul 28, 2012

Also are those brine shrimp hatcheries in the picture or phyto-culture? judging by the light I am assuming phyto-culture.

joshvito · Jul 28, 2012

Steelerfan747 said:
By the way are you planning on using a ato (auto top off) system? Small tanks can have their levels fluctuate drastically and stability is key

I plan on adding something. I'm in the fish room 3-4 times a day, and will start by topping with RO at first.

Pappy said:
And are you still going to be acquiring more stuff because I see an upgrade in the near future;)

Probably. This is one of 10 tanks in the fish room, just the only one that will be reef. I may convert a larger freshwater display tank in the future. I am particularly drawn to the look down tanks.

Steven R said:
great start can't wait to see the build and stock, And i strongly recommend the ATO like steelerfan said with that small of a system it will swing wildly through out the day. So what do you plan on keeping in this system?

I plan on looking into auto top off, not sure about stocking yet. Going to start with the easiest corals I can find from my LFS. Maybe one fish.

Steven R said:
Also are those brine shrimp hatcheries in the picture or phyto-culture? judging by the light I am assuming phyto-culture.

Brine shrimp and one was a phyto, I can't seem to get a live starter culture of the phyto locally.

joshvito · Jul 28, 2012

What do you think of my hardscape?

Are there any basic chemistry/water articles on this forum.
Specifically, target pH, salinity etc.

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Steven R · Jul 29, 2012

very nice so far there are some good stickies in the reef chemistry forum. i'll see if I can find them.

Steven R · Jul 29, 2012

The
Understanding Reef Tank water Testing and Parameters

these are a couple nice ones I have found the first targets ph alone and the second link covers it all happy reefing

revsgirl · Jul 30, 2012

Nice tank!! Welcome to R2R!! Can't wait to see how it comes along!

revhtree · Jul 30, 2012

What type of rock is that? Looks good.

joshvito · Jul 30, 2012

revhtree said:
What type of rock is that? Looks good.

Dry reef rock I got from local reef specialty store.

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joshvito · Jul 30, 2012

Current equipment list

Koralia Nano 240
Second Nature Power Filter C
Seachem Purigen
50w Heater
WavePoint 6" HO LED Clamp Light
Jebo 3w 48LED clamp light
Timer

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joshvito · Aug 2, 2012

Steven R said:
The
Understanding Reef Tank water Testing and Parameters

these are a couple nice ones I have found the first targets ph alone and the second link covers it all happy reefing

Thank you for these, I read the first three, and they were very helpful.

I placed the rock and the sand and some pre-mixed water in the tank last night. It was mostly clear. I didn't put the clarifying agent into the tank yet, I wanted to see if it would clear on its own. There are only Bio-balls in the filter, and I haven't hooked up the Koralia yet. I'll do that tonight and add the lights and take a photo for reference.

I was thinking of getting some live rock rubble from a local LFS, will that speed up the seeding of my dead rock?
Or will it be slow going no matter what?

joshvito · Aug 2, 2012

A few shots of the tank.

The first is with the wave point HO led only.

The second is with the jebo led added withh all LEDs on.

What's nice about the jebo, is it has 4 blue LEDs I can turn on independent of the 24white LEDs.

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