eschulist
Active Member
Hey Reef2Reef
I've been lurking here for a long time but never posted a build thread. I've done so on my local forum and on nano-reef. I figured people that might not visit either of those places might like to see what I've been doing too.
The build started in the spring of 2012.
The tank is a Mr Aqua 12 gallon. 36" long x 8 wide x 9 high. It is drilled 2 times on both sides. Two 1" drains with flat screens, and two 1/2" returns going straight into the tank. This provides all of my flow. I run a small 10 gallon sump with a filter sock and 75 watt neotherm heater. My main media filtration is a tiny amount of biopellets in a BRS Dual reactor. In chamber two is Rox carbon. It used to be both carbon and gfo mixed but I was over stripping nutrients by doing both the pellets and gfo. The main return pump is an Eheim 1260 that wyes to both returns.
The light was upgraded last year. For the first 2 years I used a Chinese no brand name 50 blue : 50 white on/off style LED fixture. It was really crude but worked. I had separate timers for each channel. To control how much total blue/white I was getting I covered some of the white LEDs to be a bit more blue when both were on at once. In the summer of 2014 (same year we moved office buildings) I upgraded to a different Chinese fixture called the AquaPro made by AquaSanrise. Its 36" long and has built in ramping and dimming of 4 different channels.
FTS Archive
March 2012
April 2012
May 2012
August 2012
December 2012
February 2013
May 2013
January 2014
September 2014
January 2015
November 2015
January 2017
June 2017
TANK TRANSFER - START OF V2
November 2017
October 2018
November 2018
April 2019
April 2020
Original Office Setup Version 1.0
Room Picture Version 1.0 - Transferred to Second Office
Room Picture Version 2.0 - Transferred Home
Equipment 1.0
Tank:
Mr. Aqua 12G Long (35.4" x 8.3" x 9.4")
Stand:
Elite Industries Tall-Boy TV Stand
Lighting:
Currently using
Aquasunrise AquaPro LED
4 Channels - Blues, Whites, Colors (Red, Green, Violet, UV), Cyan
9 Setpoints throughout the day
Ramps up in the morning with just blue/cyan, peaks to bright white midday, and then slowly dims back down to blue/violet.
First 2 years were using a generic 36" LED Light
12 x 3 Watt Cree XP R4
12 X 3 Watt Royal Blue
Wire Suspension Hanging Kit
Overflow:
Dual 1"JT Bulkhead Screens http://www.amazon.co...l...9509&sr=8-2
Inverse Threaded Elbows into 1" Bulkheads for low profile.
Sump:
Aqueon 10 gallon
200 Micron Sock stuffed with Polyfill
BRS Dual Reactor
Biopellets in camber one - ROX .08 Carbon in camber two (No more GFO)
Cobalt NeoTherm 75w Heater
Eheim 1260 Return Pump
50 ml BRS Dosing Pump on digital timer for calculated topoff with Kalk
Rock:
Bulk Reef Supply Pukani
Substrate:
Aragonite Flamingo Reef Sand
No Skimmer
No Powerheads
Equipment 2.0
Tank:
Mr. Aqua 12G Long Low Iron (35.4" x 8.3" x 9.4")
Stand:
Custom Built Black Walnut Stand
Black Granite Top
Lighting:
Custom Nanobox Quad
Side Wiring
Walnut Lid
2 Point suspension Hanging
Apex Control
Overflow:
Dual 1"JT Bulkhead Screens http://www.amazon.co...l...9509&sr=8-2
Inverse Threaded Tees into 1" Bulkheads for low profile.
Formufit Orange PVC plumbing. Large radius bends done with metal springs and heatgun.
Herbie/Scorch style overflow with full siphon alteration on one drain, trickle on the second.
Sump:
Custom sized Zero Edge Series 7 Sump
Custom ATO and Two Part Dosing Containers
200 Micron Sock 7" Short Socks
Custom Dual Mini Reactor
ROX .08 Carbon in canister 1 (No more GFO), Biopellets in canister 2.
Two Cobalt NeoTherm 75w Heaters
SR Aquaristik Pro Skim 80
Cor-15 Return Pump - Jabeo DCP-5000 Backup.
Neptune Systems Apex
Neptune Systems Trident
Neptune Systems DOS
Neptune Systems ATK
Youtube Channel
12 Gallon Nano
I've been lurking here for a long time but never posted a build thread. I've done so on my local forum and on nano-reef. I figured people that might not visit either of those places might like to see what I've been doing too.
The build started in the spring of 2012.
The tank is a Mr Aqua 12 gallon. 36" long x 8 wide x 9 high. It is drilled 2 times on both sides. Two 1" drains with flat screens, and two 1/2" returns going straight into the tank. This provides all of my flow. I run a small 10 gallon sump with a filter sock and 75 watt neotherm heater. My main media filtration is a tiny amount of biopellets in a BRS Dual reactor. In chamber two is Rox carbon. It used to be both carbon and gfo mixed but I was over stripping nutrients by doing both the pellets and gfo. The main return pump is an Eheim 1260 that wyes to both returns.
The light was upgraded last year. For the first 2 years I used a Chinese no brand name 50 blue : 50 white on/off style LED fixture. It was really crude but worked. I had separate timers for each channel. To control how much total blue/white I was getting I covered some of the white LEDs to be a bit more blue when both were on at once. In the summer of 2014 (same year we moved office buildings) I upgraded to a different Chinese fixture called the AquaPro made by AquaSanrise. Its 36" long and has built in ramping and dimming of 4 different channels.
FTS Archive
March 2012
April 2012
May 2012
August 2012
December 2012
February 2013
May 2013
January 2014
September 2014
January 2015
November 2015
January 2017
June 2017
TANK TRANSFER - START OF V2
November 2017
October 2018
November 2018
April 2019
April 2020
Original Office Setup Version 1.0
Room Picture Version 1.0 - Transferred to Second Office
Room Picture Version 2.0 - Transferred Home
Equipment 1.0
Tank:
Mr. Aqua 12G Long (35.4" x 8.3" x 9.4")
Stand:
Elite Industries Tall-Boy TV Stand
Lighting:
Currently using
Aquasunrise AquaPro LED
4 Channels - Blues, Whites, Colors (Red, Green, Violet, UV), Cyan
9 Setpoints throughout the day
Ramps up in the morning with just blue/cyan, peaks to bright white midday, and then slowly dims back down to blue/violet.
First 2 years were using a generic 36" LED Light
12 x 3 Watt Cree XP R4
12 X 3 Watt Royal Blue
Wire Suspension Hanging Kit
Overflow:
Dual 1"JT Bulkhead Screens http://www.amazon.co...l...9509&sr=8-2
Inverse Threaded Elbows into 1" Bulkheads for low profile.
Sump:
Aqueon 10 gallon
200 Micron Sock stuffed with Polyfill
BRS Dual Reactor
Biopellets in camber one - ROX .08 Carbon in camber two (No more GFO)
Cobalt NeoTherm 75w Heater
Eheim 1260 Return Pump
50 ml BRS Dosing Pump on digital timer for calculated topoff with Kalk
Rock:
Bulk Reef Supply Pukani
Substrate:
Aragonite Flamingo Reef Sand
No Skimmer
No Powerheads
Equipment 2.0
Tank:
Mr. Aqua 12G Long Low Iron (35.4" x 8.3" x 9.4")
Stand:
Custom Built Black Walnut Stand
Black Granite Top
Lighting:
Custom Nanobox Quad
Side Wiring
Walnut Lid
2 Point suspension Hanging
Apex Control
Overflow:
Dual 1"JT Bulkhead Screens http://www.amazon.co...l...9509&sr=8-2
Inverse Threaded Tees into 1" Bulkheads for low profile.
Formufit Orange PVC plumbing. Large radius bends done with metal springs and heatgun.
Herbie/Scorch style overflow with full siphon alteration on one drain, trickle on the second.
Sump:
Custom sized Zero Edge Series 7 Sump
Custom ATO and Two Part Dosing Containers
200 Micron Sock 7" Short Socks
Custom Dual Mini Reactor
ROX .08 Carbon in canister 1 (No more GFO), Biopellets in canister 2.
Two Cobalt NeoTherm 75w Heaters
SR Aquaristik Pro Skim 80
Cor-15 Return Pump - Jabeo DCP-5000 Backup.
Neptune Systems Apex
Neptune Systems Trident
Neptune Systems DOS
Neptune Systems ATK
Youtube Channel
12 Gallon Nano
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