20g AIO 18" Nano Cube

[X-37B]

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[Nano_Man]

Bang on nano

 

[X-37B]

I hung the shade. Tank looks brighter with it.

 

[X-37B]

It took 9 days before A4R kicked in.
Dosing 22ml once a day now and it has maintained an alk of 7 for 3 days with no alk adds needed.
Corals look good too. So far the product is performing well. Only time will tell.

 

[Bohemian Waxwing]

This tank is such a beaut. Way to make us nano-reefers proud.

What does your spectrum look like for lighting? It has a nice vibrant purple look to it. I am guessing your whites are quite high. Reminds me of Tan's signature series from AI:

 

[X-37B]

This tank is such a beaut. Way to make us nano-reefers proud.

What does your spectrum look like for lighting? It has a nice vibrant purple look to it. I am guessing your whites are quite high. Reminds me of Tan's signature series from AI:

Thanks. Yes I was running the K7V3 sps program in that pic. Its 95% all channels.
I have adjusted it since the pic.
I am only running the sps for 3 hrs at peak now as opposed to 9hrs. I see more green hair algae at 95% white.
I run 50% white 100% blue and the rest 30% for 2hrs pre and post peak. No whites for 2hrs prior and 2 hrs post. So far its looking good.
At 12" off the water the K7 is giving 250 par 1/2 way down the nano at 9".

 

[Bohemian Waxwing]

Thanks. Yes I was running the K7V3 sps program in that pic. Its 95% all channels.
I have adjusted it since the pic.
I am only running the sps for 3 hrs at peak now as opposed to 9hrs. I see more green hair algae at 95% white.
I run 50% white 100% blue and the rest 30% for 2hrs pre and post peak. No whites for 2hrs prior and 2 hrs post. So far its looking good.
At 12" off the water the K7 is giving 250 par 1/2 way down the nano at 9".

Fantastic little lights. I will be giving them a shot next time I upgrade - I held off on my current tank because it's a little unclear how much freight+customs are for us Canadian customers.

Thanks for the info!

 

[sadrobotz]

holy coraline algae! so cool!!!

 

[X-37B]

Couple pics.
Alk is holding steady at 7 with 30ml A4R once a day.
Today.
1.026
Temp 78
Alk 7
Ca 400
Mag 1350
No3 1
Po4 0
I may turn off the skimmer for a few days but will start dosing 1ml po4 daily first.
Have some hair algae and running 1 dose of fluc. 2 weeks in and hair algae is dying and almost gone.
Scraping coralinne dots off the front/side glass every few days.
Frogspawn grew a new head and my yellow hammer lost a small head.
Tank will be 5 months on 7-28.

 

[Bohemian Waxwing]

Is the wavy teal coral Pavona?

 

[X-37B]

Yes its a potato chip pavona. I love the structure. Its another one I cant give away,lol. I have one in every system.
This one is in my 80 on a 8x8 rack.

 

[kevgib67]

I don’t think your tank is mature enough, not much coralline algae ! Unbelievable growth for 7 months!

 

[X-37B]

Tha

I don’t think your tank is mature enough, not much coralline algae ! Unbelievable growth for 7 months!

Thanks, lol. It has 2.5 months to go before its 7.
Same nano before I broke it down. Zero to 10 months.

 

[X-37B]

Took these yesterday. Added a few also.

 

[X-37B]

Started dosing Acropower @ 5ml yesterday.
Will dose again in 3 days with the objective to dose 5ml daily.

Im at 32ml of A4R once daily.
Alk 7 ca 400 mag 1320.

 

[Wasabiroot]

Hope AFR works well for you. My acros seem to like it. The coralline king, love the tank!

 

[X-37B]

Hope AFR works well for you. My acros seem to like it. The coralline king, love the tank!

Here is a pic of my old 120 at 6 months. This is under 6 T5's.

 

[Wasabiroot]

Trust in the Crust

 

[X-37B]

Im at 18ml A4R 2x a day for an alk of 7. So far the A4R is working out quite well.
Just took a few pics.

 

[kevgib67]

Mr. I appreciate the band Triumph, may I ask how many gallons that tank is. If I remember some of your previous threads, 20 gallons?