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Since my children named my red sea reefer, "white tiger" I am going to name this one Office Tiger to stick with the same theme, lol.
I am getting ready to start plumbing my office nano tank ADA 60P ~18g
I have wanted to do a planted tank for so long, and that's how I fell in love with aquariums, but right now I have a pretty bad Reef bug and I don't think it is going away any time soon, lol
So I drilled it with @glassholes overflow. I purchased an MP10qd, because although I am unsure what I will do with the tank, I know I want to add some anemones to this tank.
So i am going to post my many iterations of how i am trying to get this to look good in my office, but also needs to be quiet too. I give presentations online from my office, so if it gets to loud, its gotta go!
Items so far:
Tank: ADA 60p ~18g
Sump: Icecap 36" sump with built in ATO
Skimmer: Vertex omega 150
Light: Ecotech radion 15 pro
Flow: Mp10qd
Return pump: Vectra M1 (I realise this is overkill, but I needed a quiet pump)
Control: Neptune Apex
Going for the Triton Method here, only because my office has carpet, so once it's dialed in I don't want to have to do water changes. ....to often
There is no water in it yet, so any suggestions are welcomed.
Pictures are in no particular order to be honest, just wanted to start a thread for my office.
Radion light
hanging kit
starting to play with real reef rock aquascape.
curing the rock
sump location is about 2.5 feet to the left of the display tank. I am going for an open sump for easier filtration and I like to see my equipment.
Skimmer:
My first iteration of how i was going to do my wiring, but i dont think i am going to stick with it.
second iteration
but still dont like it, so I am going to find another place for the wires.
I am letting the silicone dry here, but i am using an over the shelf 10g tank for a seperate refugium for the triton method. The Triton method says 10-20% for a refugium, but 10 bucks for a 10g tank is to good to pass up, so i might as well use this tank, and this is about 50% of my DT volume, so I am hoping it will work out great!
sump set up, stand is for the 10g refugium
[office desk hides the "roughness" of the stand and sump area.]
fuge and sump in place, overflow from display will be on top of the shelf you see off to the right and go directly into the 10g fuge.
Plumbing pretty much in place, I will make it look better with my order of red pipe from @Bulk Reef Supply
For now this is the plumbing "outline" I ordered some red pipe from @Bulk Reef Supply so when that gets here i will try and get it properly plumbed up.
Still need to find out where i am gong to do my dosing containers waiting for a quote from @melev (meleves reef) for a 4 compartment dosing container. I also need to find out if i am going to go with GHL, or DOS dosers. I have a love ahte relationship with @neptune so i am seriously considering the GHL dosing pumps.
That's it for now, and will update when i get some more gear or i put water in the tank.
and comments or suggestions are appreciated to help me set this up right and for the long haul.
I am getting ready to start plumbing my office nano tank ADA 60P ~18g
I have wanted to do a planted tank for so long, and that's how I fell in love with aquariums, but right now I have a pretty bad Reef bug and I don't think it is going away any time soon, lol
So I drilled it with @glassholes overflow. I purchased an MP10qd, because although I am unsure what I will do with the tank, I know I want to add some anemones to this tank.
So i am going to post my many iterations of how i am trying to get this to look good in my office, but also needs to be quiet too. I give presentations online from my office, so if it gets to loud, its gotta go!
Items so far:
Tank: ADA 60p ~18g
Sump: Icecap 36" sump with built in ATO
Skimmer: Vertex omega 150
Light: Ecotech radion 15 pro
Flow: Mp10qd
Return pump: Vectra M1 (I realise this is overkill, but I needed a quiet pump)
Control: Neptune Apex
Going for the Triton Method here, only because my office has carpet, so once it's dialed in I don't want to have to do water changes. ....to often
There is no water in it yet, so any suggestions are welcomed.
Pictures are in no particular order to be honest, just wanted to start a thread for my office.
Radion light
hanging kit
starting to play with real reef rock aquascape.
curing the rock
sump location is about 2.5 feet to the left of the display tank. I am going for an open sump for easier filtration and I like to see my equipment.
Skimmer:
My first iteration of how i was going to do my wiring, but i dont think i am going to stick with it.
second iteration
but still dont like it, so I am going to find another place for the wires.
I am letting the silicone dry here, but i am using an over the shelf 10g tank for a seperate refugium for the triton method. The Triton method says 10-20% for a refugium, but 10 bucks for a 10g tank is to good to pass up, so i might as well use this tank, and this is about 50% of my DT volume, so I am hoping it will work out great!
sump set up, stand is for the 10g refugium
[office desk hides the "roughness" of the stand and sump area.]
fuge and sump in place, overflow from display will be on top of the shelf you see off to the right and go directly into the 10g fuge.
Plumbing pretty much in place, I will make it look better with my order of red pipe from @Bulk Reef Supply
For now this is the plumbing "outline" I ordered some red pipe from @Bulk Reef Supply so when that gets here i will try and get it properly plumbed up.
Still need to find out where i am gong to do my dosing containers waiting for a quote from @melev (meleves reef) for a 4 compartment dosing container. I also need to find out if i am going to go with GHL, or DOS dosers. I have a love ahte relationship with @neptune so i am seriously considering the GHL dosing pumps.
That's it for now, and will update when i get some more gear or i put water in the tank.
and comments or suggestions are appreciated to help me set this up right and for the long haul.
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