FishBrawler's "Nano in 90" 30 Gallon Custom

[FishBrawler]

Hello fellow reefers! I'm 15 and am just about to finish my first year in high school. I have been in the reef keeping hobby for about 5 years. I have decided to enter my new custom aquarium mainly because it falls in the time line of my build and beacuse I have literally no income so I think that I will actually have a chance because of the $500 spending limit.

I have been planning this tank for about 6 months now and decided to pull the trigger on a custom made by my local fish store AquaMart. I like the dimensions of the 30 gallon frag tank made by deep blue so I had my tank modeled after it. The only thing that I didn't like was the internal overflow box. I had them make the same size tank (24x24x12 [LxWxH] inches), but I had them add an external overflow box.

Last aspect of this tank is that I want it to be a bare bottom due to the challenge aspects of sand. I plan to cover the bottom in softies and lps though. Sps will come!

Tank: Custom 24x24x12 inch starfire external overflow
Heater: 200 watt Ehiem Jager
Return Pump: Quiet One 3000
Lighting:Ledtric iNspire
Protien Skimmer: Cadlights Pipeless Protien Skimmer
Water Movement: JEBAO WP-40 13000L WAVE MAKER (on order)
ATO: TRIPLE SENSOR ELECTRONTIC DC AUTO WATER FILLER(on order)

Now for some pictures!

The start

The aquascape

The lighting

The aquascape and the light

The filling

Diatoms

Comments are welcome!

 

[Shadrach72]

$500 Spending limit the light list for $499 did I miss something? Nice looking setup though!

 

[terminallance]

Isnt this the same tank on NR thats been up since Jan?

 

[FishBrawler]

$500 Spending limit the light list for $499 did I miss something? Nice looking setup though!

Yes. That is for just coral, anemones, and clams!

 

[FishBrawler]

Isnt this the same tank on NR thats been up since Jan?

Correct but the rules list if there is no livestock (which there isn't) I'm still elgible!

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[majicmike]

Looking good I like this tank. Are you on masc?

 

[FishBrawler]

Looking good I like this tank. Are you on masc?

I am not. Are you located in Colorado?

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[majicmike]

I am not. Are you located in Colorado?

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Yep im in Westminister. We have a great local club masc marine aquarium society of Colorado

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[FishBrawler]

Yep im in Westminister. We have a great local club masc marine aquarium society of Colorado

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Heard of it but haven't heard of any meetings or anything.

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[majicmike]

We have a web site with forums and what not good group of people

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[FishBrawler]

We have a web site with forums and what not good group of people

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Well I might have to check it out! Thanks!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Great looking tank and aquascape! We're looking forward to following your progress...

-M&T

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Looks great!! I love the arch!!

 

[FishBrawler]

Great looking tank and aquascape! We're looking forward to following your progress...

-M&T

Thanks! Your build it looking good too!

 

[FishBrawler]

Looks great!! I love the arch!!

I love that arch too! I only spent like 100 science periods drawing aquascapes haha!

 

[FishBrawler]

So I added my first snail, a turbo from my 55 gallon. And to my surprise, a few hours after I added it, it spawned! I tried to snap a picture but the water was so cloudy that it is really hard to get a clear one... still trying to get some of it off the surface... dang stuff is hydrophobic! Anyways, the spawn lasted about an hour. I took a 20 minute video for future reference, but here is a cloudy picture.

 

[FishBrawler]

Here is my start photos.






I also picked up some other goodies and will update with pictures later.

 

[Mike J.]

For someone who has no income you sure are doing good. So far looks great.

 

[skinz78]

Looking good, good luck in the contest!

 

[FishBrawler]

For someone who has no income you sure are doing good. So far looks great.

Well I have been saving for this since last October. Plus I had Christmas and my birthday and my grandma is letting me work at her house this summer and she pays WELL. of course summer has only been two days so far but I have made $50!