my 24g nano

[Aaron H.]

I like that we have the JBJ thread. so here are some pictures of the 24 gallon nano cube at day 1

ALL pics are iPhone pics

And here it is one year later. still nothing amazing, but it definitaly has filled out and grown.

And finally a couple weeks ago i rearranged the rocks, so this is how it looks today.

So tell me what you think. The good, the bad, just tell me. I ordered my LED upgrade kit and will build it and install soon, so ill post pics of it after its all together, anyways...


2 Clowns
1 Purple Firefish
1 Fire Shrimp
1 Urchin
random hermits and snails
few different mushrooms
Torch coral
Leather Coral
star polyps
xenya
kenya tree
Manacina

Im sure im missing some stuff, but you get the idea.

 

[nolen502]

Tank looks great!

 

[revhtree]

I think it looks very nice! I still love xenia to this day and the way it pulses. To bad it takes over!

 

[Nano-Newb1983]

love it man.. Filled out to the max

Got any more info on it? everything stock? any mods?

also how that urchin do in there? i would love one, but dont want it to plow my corals over lol

 

[Aaron H.]

i have a small protine skimmer in one of the back chambers. and right now everything is stock. but i did order my LED retro kit last week, so that should be delivered to the house this week. i hope.... but it will be a 12 inch heat sink. 16 blue, 8 cool white, and 6 high noon white leds. all 3 will be on seperate drivers and be controlled to make a nice sunset/sunrise transition. its all diy so ill learn alot when i put this thing together.

the urchin was great at first, it was very small. (maybe as big around as a nickle, spines and all) and now its probably as big as a baseball. and it does tend to move my rocks and coral around. I have been trying to sell it or trade it for coral, but dont have anyone local that wants it. I will probably put it in my sump when i get my 100g build done.

 

[manimtheman]

looks great! please post pics before and after leds

 

[Nano-Newb1983]

what small skimmer you got in back? im interested in a skimmer to fit in back

 

[Aaron H.]

the "biocube" skimmer. got it from petsmart. it fits in the first chamber and you can still close the lid, just be sure to either have an ATO or just stay on top of your water top offs

 

[Nano-Newb1983]

ok cool, so it works pretty good?

 

[Aaron H.]

it seems to collect alot of skim. but its the only one ive ever used so i dont know if there are any others that are better

 

[geckoman2003]

The tank looks great. I'm thinking about a led mod myself. So I'll be following along to see how yours does. Good luck!