Seafansar's 28 gallon JBJ LED nano

[seafansar]

We finally decided to downsize from our 150 gallon and 40 gallon breeder to just a 12 gallon and a 28 gallon. Luckily we sold the 150 gallon set-up really quickly and used that money to get a JBJ 28 gallon LED nano. It's such a cool tank. The LED's are awesome and the dawn/dusk and moon lights make the corals glow! The daylight LED are extremely bright and are a nice crisp white. The only problem I have is that the daylight LED hum when they are on, but it's nothing compared to the MH's on the 150! lol. I'm not used to the house being this quiet!
Our plan for this tank is to make it a mixed reef with mainly chalices and zoas plus a few SPS, yumas, clove polyps, and plate corals. There's a pistol shrimp in there that we may find a goby for and a skunk cleaner shrimp. There is also a target mandarin, tailspot blenny, and CBB in there. The CBB was getting out competed for food in my dad's tank, so I took him back and he looks just fine in the 28 gallon. He begs for food every time I go up to the tank. I've been feeding him a lot to try and fatten him up again. I've even gotten him to the point where he'll eat mysis out of my fingers!
Well enough chat, here are some pictures. I really wish I could take better pictures when the dawn/dusk lights are on, but the pictures do not show the bright colors at all.

Some chalices waiting to be glued down.

Dawn/dusk lights

Moonlights

 

[seafansar]

We added several things to the tank. We got a reef keeper lite to control the lights and heater. The controller is so cool! We also added a bunch of corals. Lots of pics!

Tank stand with RKL, wavemaker, daylight ballast, and battery back up on the bottom.

Lots more pics of corals to come!

 

[seafansar]

Dawn/dusk and moon light pics (it's hard to capture the right colors. I can only change the white balance on my camera a little):

Yumas!

 

[seafansar]

Daylight only pics:

You can see the blur of my tailspot blenny behind the chalice.

Chalice mountain!

And my blurry mandarin. Don't worry, he's as fat as can be. He loves mysis! He learned how to eat frozen and pellets in my 150 gallon.

 

[seafansar]

Close-up shots! Love having a camera that can go under water.

 

[seafansar]

My superman chalice that came back from the brink of death. You couldn't see any tissue at all, but I refused to take it out of the tank and what do you know it came back!!!!

 

[seafansar]

:feel_good:

 

[Stingray]

Great Job! I like your rock work too:smile: They came out with the long awaited led platform 2 weeks after I bought my cf quad.:sad: Cant wait to watch for growth pics.

 

[firereef]

I love how clean everything is. Good job

 

[seafansar]

Thanks! The LED's are pretty cool. You don't get as many options like you do with other lights, but I never have to change the bulbs! I will definitely be taking growth shots. I just cleaned all the glass and back today. It's so easy to clean it all compared to my larger tanks.

 

[Stingray]

I think theres a controller out there that you can program all your light settings on. You can make it do the gradual dusk to dawn effect with daylights automatically coming on when ever you want. I'm searching for it for my self because I know I've seen it for the new led hood.

 

[seafansar]

I got a Reef Keeper Lite 1. I think you can program it to make the lights come on gradually, but I just set them to come on and off normally. If that's not the one, let me know which one you're talking about. I may use this controller on my 12 gallon and get a new one for this tank.

 

[seafansar]

Ding dong the witch is dead! lol

Reminded me of the Wizard of Oz and I thought it was fitting for Halloween.

*No crabs were harmed, just a molt. :)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

LOL! That's cool!

 

[seafansar]

Update on the CBB: He's still eating like a pig and gaining some weight back. Hopefully I can get him to the point where he can go back into my dad's tank and get a couple of bluestriped pipefish instead. Hopefully they will help with the pod population, cause my mandarin sure doesn't! Spoiled thing gorges himself on mysis and pellets and whatever else I put in there. The pods wouldn't be so bad, but they cover the glass so much it looks like little stars all over the glass.

 

[seafansar]

Mommy, can I eat the little fishy?!

The best seat in the house!

 

[seafansar]

 

[seafansar]

The SPS are finally starting to color up!

Mandarin pics

My favorite pic

 

[seafansar]

Need to get some pics of the new tank, but my camera broke.

Here are the last ones I took of this tank. Got a new orange plate coral!

The new plate. I think it actually spawned the day after I got it. It was releasing tiny eggs. The tank was full of them! My tailspot thought they were very tasty.

Yumas

Candy apple reds

Capt. American paly

Jedi mind trick monti. This thing has really colored up! It's loving the LEDs!

Where's my food?! You know you're supposed to feed me everytime you look at the tank.

New emerald. He's doing a really good job about cleaning up some frags that were covered in algae.

28 JBJ LED nano :: PB251135.mp4 video by _eyesthatstare_ - Photobucket

 

[skinz78]

Looking real good, does your CBB bother the Zoa's at all?

You should add some pic's of your Yuma's to the show off thread?