Daves "Junk" Nano

[revhtree]

Dave that is trashy awesome! HAHA!

Love it!

 

[dtpollard]

Mike & Terry - Thanks guys. When you are over this way feel free to come by. I would love to return your hospitality. I always have fun at your house. And your setup is spectacular. :)

Andy - I haven't been seeing you much at the meetings lately. I miss hanging out with you bud. We need to get together sometime.

Andywe - I have been doing it almost that long. I have corals and a starfish from my first real reef that have been with me for over 16 years. I have been building and making fish stuff forever. I live in BFE and there was no internet. You figure it out and make it. lol

Rev - Well put. :)

 

[dtpollard]

Fitting the timers in today. Still have to go get the power spply for the fan too. The fan has a 3 speed switch. The top is going to look a little weird but I like it alright.

The plug on the top is where the power will come from for the whole top.

 

[dtpollard]

I got those outdoor timers at Lowes. I really like them. They are low profile, have 2 outlets, an easy always on switch for who knows?, and the cool cover that keeps all these wires from messing with the timers. Very cool product at $15 each.

 

[ritter6788]

Too cool! Following along!

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Crazy cool. Love seeing what people can come up with. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[KoleTang]

Super cool idea :)

 

[dtpollard]

Thanks Everyone. I have a little Cyano here at the end of the cycle so I am going to the LFS tomorrow and see if they have any hermits. My first non-coral occupants. Oh yeah I cycled the tank with 3 corals that all survived the process. Blue Shroom, Green Duncan, Green Candy. I didn't really expect them all to make it. :)
Now that the light is in things should move pretty fast. I have tons of corals picked out and been growing out waiting for this to be ready. I kinda made the rock work with certain corals in mind. I have a nice pair of Zebra Bar Gobies that will go in here too. They are in my 40 gal frag tank now waiting. :)

Livestock Plan
2 Zebra Bar Gobies
3-4 mixed hermits
1 Cleaner shrimp

TEC WM Chalice
Tyree BGM
Tyree Miami Hurricane
Tyree Pink WM
Tyree Red WM
Jayda look alike WM
Tubbs Alien Eye WM
Blue Magic
Strawberry Lemondrop WM
Riddler
Unk (avatar) Chalice
Pink / blue Stripe Chalice
My Mt. Dew Chalice
Beaker Bob Flyin Saucer Chalice
Orange Scoly
Pink Pocillipora
Nuc Green Paly
Purple Death Paly
Captain America Paly
Nuc Green Frogspawn (from the DelTec showtank, SWEET)
Green and purple Hammer
and several Misc Acans

Lots of stuff for the little guy. I may change the filter out before I start to add everything else but I will try to get that done over the weekend so I can put the tank on the new better designed sump. I really would like to add the JBJ 3 watt inline UV but nowhere to get one around here. The new bottom is going to be very cool too. I didn't take pics of the old one cause it is really basic. A MJ 1200 on flexible tube to PVC to Hydor Flo Wavemaker. Bucket full of Pukani and little Bio-Balls. One bag of Chemi-Pure Elite.
The cool thing that you dont see is the return is on a flexible line and you can pull it up and just pump water to a different bucket. Loosen stand pipe so water drains from tank and I can have the whole thing drained and ready to move in less than 10 minutes using its own return pump. The Live rock pops right out and fits in a 5 gallon bucket with the tank water. With the included hanles and light weight it is a very cool mobile display.

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

That will be awesome when it grows out. That is a tank for a man cave. I might try that with a empty keg. Lol

 

[dtpollard]

That will be awesome when it grows out. That is a tank for a man cave. I might try that with a empty keg. Lol

I think the "Tanked" guys did a Beer Keg. It was pretty cool. You should check it out for inspiration. Those guys are creative. If they only cycled the tanks. (shaking my head). Nothing good in this hobby happens fast but most of the bad things do. ;)

 

[Mike&Terry]

How is this tank doing?

You should think about entering the Nano in 90 contest... we know you'd come up with something crazy and awesome!

 

[purple30]

that is pretty cool what you did with the salt bucket.

 

[BarbH]

Awesome idea and very creative, how is the tank doing any updated pictures?

 

[swannyson7]

I don't know how I've never seen this thread! That's an awesome tank!

 

[dtpollard]

Thanks everyone. I kept having problems but now I am entering this in the Nano in 90 so I need to resolve them quickly. :)
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/nano-90-build-off-competition/87587-daves-junk-nano-90-a.html