Hello all. So begins the build of our 12 gallon nano tank. We had a marine aquarium around 15 years ago but life got too busy and we had to give the hobby away for a while.
15 years and three children later the family wants to be back in the hobby.
My plan is to build pretty much everything to do with this setup. Being hands on is my thing and having built a few sumps in my day I have decided to do as much of it as I can.
The plan for the tank is to be around the 12g mark plus a sump. I want to build the tank based on the fluvel edge concept but with some ideas of my own thrown in. I want to include an algal scrubber as an addition to the sump. I would like to try to run the system without a protein skimmer if the scrubber does a good enough job. I will leave space for a small skimmer just in case. I will be adding a dosing system and ato as well as some type of electronic control, possibly arduino based or raspberry pi or commercial.
I will build, the sump, the tank stand, tank, lights, algal scrubber and diy rock an probably more.
The system will be set up in our home office and will be a primer for a larger tank in the future. It will allow us to purchase corals to grow and frag for our larger tank while we decide what to do for a larger tank.
If you are interested then feel free to follow, comment or offer suggestions or advise.
Cheers.
15 years and three children later the family wants to be back in the hobby.
My plan is to build pretty much everything to do with this setup. Being hands on is my thing and having built a few sumps in my day I have decided to do as much of it as I can.
The plan for the tank is to be around the 12g mark plus a sump. I want to build the tank based on the fluvel edge concept but with some ideas of my own thrown in. I want to include an algal scrubber as an addition to the sump. I would like to try to run the system without a protein skimmer if the scrubber does a good enough job. I will leave space for a small skimmer just in case. I will be adding a dosing system and ato as well as some type of electronic control, possibly arduino based or raspberry pi or commercial.
I will build, the sump, the tank stand, tank, lights, algal scrubber and diy rock an probably more.
The system will be set up in our home office and will be a primer for a larger tank in the future. It will allow us to purchase corals to grow and frag for our larger tank while we decide what to do for a larger tank.
If you are interested then feel free to follow, comment or offer suggestions or advise.
Cheers.