nanocube 28g led - woo!

benny z · Feb 6, 2011

actually added last night:

bright pink yuma
gqjeff's purple tip green hairy acro
green nepthia
sunset monti
rainbow monti
setosa

everything I was holding has been picked up...

Reloadeddevil · Feb 7, 2011

Thanks for the info.

I've noticed that you have a great sand bed to work with, I have this button coral which is very peaceful and puffs up so much and just a great sight to look at. I got this from liveaquaria, i believe they still have one in sharp bubblegum color, also its only $60.00. Just something to entertain ur mind.

And here how it looks compare to my 29g biocube HQI.

benny z · Feb 7, 2011

ah, yes... cynaria "meat coral"... nice piece!

i have a couple of plans for sandbed showpieces already, so i'm going to hold off for now, but thanks for the heads-up.

nice looking nano, btw! reminds me - i need to take an updated show with the white leds on. while the blue leds provides my favorite look for the tank, i know some folks prefer to see everything with the full spectrum running.

BigFeesh · Feb 8, 2011

CSJIII said:
My wife would have said....."You're going to put that where?!". Looks great! Would love to see updates when you get it stocked since I was looking to upgrade my JBJ 28 from my 150w to LED. Keep us updated!

That's what she said haha sorry
Great tank and thread !

benny z · Feb 18, 2011

updated fts with the whites on.

and just blues.

BigFeesh · Feb 18, 2011

Awesome ! How is your torch doing? I see you moved it. And was all this from an established tank?

Alattner · Feb 18, 2011

holy **** your tank is awesome!! how long has your tank been up i have been wanting to get a nano for so long. gotta ask do you think the leds were worth it?

benny z · Feb 18, 2011

BigFeesh said:
Awesome ! How is your torch doing? I see you moved it. And was all this from an established tank?

torch is doing very well. the orange hammer, on the other hand, isn't.

too much light, i believe. i have a feeling the true orange hammer was probably collected from a shady or deep area. i've basically traded places for those two - the orange hammer is now tucked up under the shelf where the torch used to be, but even further back where it's receiving very little light. it's still all shriveled up and unhappy, but at least it's not dead. i may move it to my basement system soon if it doesn't recover, where the light intensity is much less. the rock & sand were from my established basement system, but the corals are all new to me.

Alattner said:
holy **** your tank is awesome!! how long has your tank been up i have been wanting to get a nano for so long. gotta ask do you think the leds were worth it?

thank you! it's been running since the first week of january. this thread has shown real time progress.

yes, the leds are absolutely worth it. i've been using leds for some time - i was sold the first time i bought powerbrites to experiment with.

dougers31 · Feb 18, 2011

Sweet tank! I really like the gold torch, need to get me one myself

I love the tv on the fireplace, almost looks like it was designed for it.

Bruce Wayne · Feb 20, 2011

I just got a 28 gallon nano myself...do you find the return pumps to be very loud? they are louder than the return I had on my 100 gallon...are there other quieter ones you know of? Are yours silent?

BigFeesh · Feb 20, 2011

Do you have any dead spots ? Im looking to upgrade to the vortech is it worth it?

benny z · Feb 21, 2011

thanks everybody.

Bruce Wayne said:
I just got a 28 gallon nano myself...do you find the return pumps to be very loud? they are louder than the return I had on my 100 gallon...are there other quieter ones you know of? Are yours silent?

the pumps on mine will vibrate and make a loud sound is the pumps are touching the bottom or any other part of the rear chamber. it drove me crazy until i realized that i simply needed to push the pump hosing on further so that the pumps are "suspended" just above the bottom of the tank. you could even trim off a 1/4" of the hoses if needed. try that and see if it helps.

BigFeesh said:
Do you have any dead spots ? Im looking to upgrade to the vortech is it worth it?

no dead spots! the mp10 is waaaaaay more flow than this little tank needs. i keep the dial on strength setting #2. anything more than that and stuff just gets ticked!

i use vortechs on my big tank, too. have been using them since the original versions first hit the market, and i've upgraded them a couple of times since. i love vortechs! highly recommend them.