ADA 30C Desktop nano

[theatrus]

So I bit the bullet and got an ADA 30C tank for the office. The first nano for me - I wanted to keep it small as its at work. I figured a 7ish gallon tank would be simple enough to move if needed.

Here is the dry form:

http://stackfoundry.com/~atrus/officetank/officetank.jpg

Here is a FTS with water, LR pieces, and my shelf-mounted LED fixture (excuse the white balance - this is from my Nexus One)

http://stackfoundry.com/~atrus/officetank/officetank2.jpg

Current equipment:

Vortech MP10es
Marineland Stealth 50W heater
16 LEDs (8 XP-G, 8 XR-E), mounted into the shelf above the tank (need optics). The LEDs are currently running on a set of Meanwell 60-48D, but will be moving to my own driver soon. The LEDs are only at about 500mA. I'll calibrate that out with the PAR meter later on.

The tank temperature is very stable - the heater hysteresis is small:

http://stackfoundry.com/~atrus/officetank/thermtemp.png

This should be a fun ride :-)

[dougiefresh]

That vortech is gonna rock dat box. Looks cool.

[theatrus]

It sure can move some water. I set the Max to 50% or I end up with a bunch of sand dunes.

[reefaroni]

sweet set up, can't wait until you start filling it!

[theatrus]

Optics installed and some zoa frags added in for color. Tank has been stable for a few weeks now, just feeding the hermits to keep the nitrogen cycle going :)

Here is a top down shot (again, camera phone, colors not right :)):

http://stackfoundry.com/~atrus/officetank/topdown.jpg