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[funeman86]

Introduction:

Hello to all just wanted to post up a little write up on my tank. Sorry if theres any mistakes or if I put the wrong things in the wrong section on here. Been thinking about setting up a tank for a year or so. I finally pulled the trigger and bought one from a friend in October of 2010. It was still set up and ready to go only thing it needed was a light. Live rock and live sand all came from his established tank so it helped speed up the process. Thanks for looking Ive included a few pics of my progress thanks to all for looking and please any info or feedback compliments or concerns let me know. Im still taking baby steps here so if you see anything im doing wrong let me know thank you.

Water Parameters:
Sg: 1.026
Ca: 420-450
Mg: 1300
Alk: 8.5-8.9
Temp: 78 - 81
PO4 & NO3: Undetectable

Lighting:

I bought this tank from a good friend who provided me with a pendant all I had to do was get a new bulb for the mh.

Photoperiod :
MH: 2:00pm – 10:00pm
Maintenance:

I keep a pretty tight grip on the maintenance of the tank. I do a 15% water change once a week. I like changing small quantities more often to lessen the shock on the tank. I replace the carbon about every month. I clean the glass every other day. I clean the skimmer & pumps biweekly. Change filter floss and clean sponge in chamber 1 weekly.
Equipment:

- Jbj Nano-cube 24
- 150W XM METAL HALIDE 20K
- Sapphire Aquatics Nano Skimmer in Chamber 2
- Vortech MP10 previously a Koralia 2
- Eheim Jager 100w heater


Corals:
SPS
Tyree Pink Lemonade
Meteor Shower Cyphastrea
Blue tort ?

LPS

Tyree War Coral
Brownish pink torch coral
Green Blastomussa
Green Duncans
Dragon Soul Favia

Zoas/Palys
Devils armor
Fire & Ice
Incredible Hulks
Japenese Deep Water Zoas
Pink Zippers
Purple Deaths
Purple Nuke (purple death green center)
Red People Eaters


Inverts

2 Astrea Snails
3 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs
3 Red Leg Hermit Crabs
1 Blood Red Shrimp
1 Peppermint Shrimp

Fish:
2 Clown Fish
2 Firefish
Twin Spot Goby

 

[funeman86]

 

[skinz78]

Great looking tank! Your War coral looks amazing! Does the Gobie give you any troubles depositing sand on stuff?

 

[JGoslee]

Great looking nano!

 

[Nano-Newb1983]

wow awesome nano, where did u get the skimmer? i been looking for one that fits in back chambers

 

[funeman86]

thanks for the kind words skins the gobie doesnt give me any trouble at all he does move sand around but not enough to make it cloudy or make a mess actually if he gets some on any of my zoas he eventually gets to it and scoops it up.
Nano newb the skimmer i got my friend helped me find it was made just for the nanacubes the company sapphire aquatics went out of bussiness i know theres an article on here some where but its made just for it works awesome. i have seen them online for about 80 bucks but very hard to find now adays one of the few skimmers out there that fits in the back chambers.

 

[btkrausen]

You are going to have an awesome zoa garden once all those frags grow out. Looks like you have a great start, and I really like that two spot goby.

 

[Nano-Newb1983]

thanks for the kind words skins the gobie doesnt give me any trouble at all he does move sand around but not enough to make it cloudy or make a mess actually if he gets some on any of my zoas he eventually gets to it and scoops it up.
Nano newb the skimmer i got my friend helped me find it was made just for the nanacubes the company sapphire aquatics went out of bussiness i know theres an article on here some where but its made just for it works awesome. i have seen them online for about 80 bucks but very hard to find now adays one of the few skimmers out there that fits in the back chambers.

thanks for info, i will keep my eyes open for one

 

[BigFeesh]

I'm liking the torch!

 

[dougers31]

I like the light fixture bracket design... now if you could just find some thing other than the adjustable hooks you have to hang the lights;)

 

[MimicOcto8]

dang thats one good friend. what that first coral thats eating right above that sweet war/peace coral

 

[funeman86]

mimic its a dragon soul favia similar to prism favia. thanks dougers i pretty much went to home depot and sat there for 2 hours trying to come up how to hang my pendant works well for now i can swing my light around when im doing water changes and i can adjust the hooks somewhat. bigfeesh thanks for checking my tank out i got a few more things in this week some rastas and magicians im still waiting for my rastas to open up they just keep peaking their little skirts out so almost there will post asap

 

[funeman86]

thought this was funny is my hermit mating or fighting if mating he just hit it and quit it.
YouTube - MVI 1920

 

[geckoman2003]

Funeman... They were not fighting. I was expecting them to light up a smoke afterwards. Tooooo funny!

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Great looking tank. Love the dragon soul. I would like to get one of these one day. Your twin spot is nice looking too. I see you switched to an MP10. How do you like it?? I just recently made the switch on my 29 biocube from a nano koralia...i was amazed how much better flow my tank has now!!

 

[funeman86]

fsu1dolfan i love my mp10 its amazing how adjustable that thing is. i love putting it on the yellow random mode its my favorite one checked out your tank as well it looks awesome keep up the nice work.