Daniel's Glowing Nano Reef

[c_healy]

Ya better get busy!

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[Mike&Terry]

The DIY LED's look great!

 

[c_healy]

I'm thinking you should do a black snowflake clown or something similar....

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[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Ya better get busy!

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I know! It's killing me that I can't jump into this yet!! I'll be home for a few days over the weekend though, and I should be able to get some stuff done then.

 

[c_healy]

Good! It's about time. ;);)

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[revsgirl]

Looking good!


Chasing the Dream Giver, not the dream! Tonya

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

FINALLY getting started...

It's got a red plastic lid. Let me know if you can't see it for some reason.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Tonight I managed to get the stock lighting cleared out (and the sand and bioballs too).

Ignore the hoola hoop....

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I'm still debating on whether to go with my MJ1200 as the return or just keep the stock return pump. I also have a koralia (not sure of the number) for flow. I'm building my own media basket out of egg crate, so I should be set to run chemi-pure and purigen for filtration.


I'm missing a few screws to install the lights, but I hope to get those soon. ...probably won't be tomorrow though...it is Father's Day after all...and my very first Father's Day. :-)

In honor of Father's Day, here are a few pics of Alicia and I. She'll be 7 months old on the 21st. :)

She's the coolest kid ever!

Here are my two girls together. :)

Happy Father's Day, everyone!!

:)

 

[c_healy]

Congrats on the first fathers day!

You should ask for a trip to home depot today, after all it is your day :P



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Ok! Here we go!!

Light installation! Chris did an awesome job with these!! All I had to do was install them.

Dimmers were installed through the rubber switch cover. Works great for keeping the AIO look and feel.

...and we have LIGHT!!

 

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I thought I would use my koralia...

but it was HUGE inside this cube.

So I removed it and just installed a MJ1200 for the return instead. Looks like I'll have plenty of flow with just that. I'm thinking I might tee off the loc-line in a Y and put rotating hydor water deflectors...but only if I find I have dead spots.

Here's the rock work in construction. Added the rock before the sand...planning to have a jawfish and don't want him causing an avalanche.

Here we have the FTS with sand and water. Still cloudy, but I expect it will clear up by tomorrow. :bigsmile:

 

[c_healy]

Looking great! Can't wait to see some coral in there.

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[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Our first inhabitants are going in today. I've got 2 nassarius snails and this guy.

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[Rob&Gab]

lets get this thing packed already!

 

[teddy13]

pretty

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Picked up my first fish for the nano yesterday. He's a blue spot jawfish.

Here he is getting acclimated.

I put in a pile of small pieces of shells, coral skeleton, and lr pebbles for him to build with.

Here he is about an hour after I put him in the tank...checking things out.

Where's Waldo?? LOL

 

[c_healy]

Love the fish, great addition! Now go get the snowflake!

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More pics of the blue spot.