Updated photo of 2gal cube
Here are some updated pictures of my 2gal cube at work:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...efcentral2.jpg http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...eefcentral.jpg The tank has been running for a couple months and everything is going great! Livestock: - bicolor blenny - porcelin anemone crab - blue leg hermit - pepermint shrimp - zoanthids - palythoa - mushroom - pulsing xenia - colt - green star polyp |
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...efcentral3.jpg
I also swapped out the 6700K blub in the desklamp for a 13W 50/50 PC (10000K/actinic03). The new bulb is awesome. I started out with a baby clown in the tank but had to trade for the blenny instead because there was too much current and the clown was getting exhausted. I will try and get a photo of the blenny. - Chad |
glad to see it's still going great! :)
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i dont see any powerheads...what are you doing for circulation? great job, BTW :thumbsup:
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cool, i mean, your doing great!
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i spy with my little eye :eek1: no flow maker. BTW nice job on hiding
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i remember the posts he did awhile back when he first got it up. correct me if im wrong nija but dont you have the filtration under the desk? i believe you drilled the tank or had it drilled to add a way of concieling the return line and the intake line. btw awsome job keep us updated on it
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That looks great! Gives me ideas for the 1.4gal =)
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Thats very neat! Did you make it yourself or buy it?
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Its a canister filter that has the return and intake hidden like was said before. Its an awsome tank keep it up.
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thats amazing i was getting ready to ask how he did a tank with no water movement thats a great job hiding it i would still swear that there isnt movement in the tank if i couldnt see the surface rippled
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o i see one pipe now right by the crab is that the intake or return line?
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Thanks for the compliments guys... and sorry for the drama :rolleyes: . I should have described it at the start but I still get a kick out of it when people wonder about circulation. Even when people see the tank in person they get a wierd look on their faces like there is something not right about the tank - "what's making the water move???" :p .
phergus was right, I plumbed this tank into an eheim 2222 cannister filter under the desk. As a result, this 2 gal tank has: 3 gals of water 5 lbs live rock chaeto fuge constant 80 degree temperature and 40x's turnover - so much circulation that I almost killed a clownfish that was getting exhausted from smimming against the current :eek2: . The bicolor blenny is better suited for this tank because he can just sit down and take a break. - Chad |
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sweet!!! come on post some pics of the equipment and process of hiding the stuff!!!
Lunchbucket |
You bet bro!
Here is a photo of the tank with bulkheads drilled. It is an 8" starfire cube: http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...shcube-med.jpg Here are the 5w halogen lights for the chaeto fuge... doing a temp test: http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...18_004-med.jpg Modded cannister filter drilled with lights (chaeto is bottom compartment): http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/..._cannister.jpg |
Did you get the tank locally? I would love to own one of these!
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Here is a shot of testing just before I was ready to stock. Kinda gives an idea of how it works:
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...050121-med.jpg I'm sorry that I didn't take a picture of the undergravel plate before I burried it but it is about 1/2" tall and about 7" in diameter. I cut a round hole in the plate just above the return bulkhead and inserted a short length of 3/4" pvc which sits directly on the the return bulkhead and prevents the filtered water from mixing with the unfiltered water under the plate. I glued some "efi substrat" filter media around the rim of the exit in order to try and hide it a bit better and then poured crushed coral up to the level of the exit. That's pretty much it. - Chad |
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damn straight man awsomely done get a pic of the blenny
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Thanks bro.
I'll be back to work on tuesday and will snap a pic then. |
I really like what you did with that tank, you put alot of thought into that nice litle tank. Keep the pics coming. Skip
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Thanks Skip. Here is a photo of my 13w 50/50 pc:
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...050228_010.jpg Lightining is the limiting factor right now. When I move this tank home from the office I will build a hood with 4 of these, or maybe 4 t5's, or maybe a 70w mh (if I can find one in the right spectrum).... Lunchbucket, what's your opinion on having a ton of light over a little nano? :p - Chad |
How come this thread only has one page. Awsome little tank.
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Haha I'm not sure. Others seem to go on forever... maybe because it's all pretty straight forward. ??
Thanks for the compliment. I'll get another picture tomorrow. - Chad |
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