My little piece of the ocean

reefsahoy · 05/08/2012, 02:39 PM

I recently retired a 100G rimless that was a full blown sps aquarium. The entire aquarium with hardware and livestock was donated to the museum of science here locally. I then decided to get a nano aquarium to keep my sanity and this is what i came up with. This will be my build thread and aquarium log of this aquarium.

Here's the current list of the hardware as of today.

Tank- Pico Aquarium's Deep Blue 18
Lighting- AI Sol Nano
Stand- Ecoxotic 18 x 18 stand
ATO- JBJ
Dosing- Marine Magic triple dosing unit. Will be dosing 2 part

the stand

reefsahoy · 05/08/2012, 02:43 PM

The aquarium. I got the aquarium from picoaquariums. I really like the filtration box that's included with the unit. I can adjust the water height in the display tank to my desire. Most other ato tanks is fixed at one height. i usually spill water over the top of the aquarium when cleaning the tank but now that it's adjustable i can avoid all that and keep the display clean and neat.

a side view of the aquarium showing the sump area

another side view with a prototype sump cover to hide the mess associated with AIO tanks

with full spectrum lights on without flash.

reefsahoy · 05/08/2012, 02:44 PM

A FTS of the front showing aquascape

notice the sump cover hiding the mess

under the hood

reefsahoy · 05/08/2012, 02:50 PM

i find that the AI nano is really powerful! if you go with this option make sure you aclimate the corals slowly. initally i started running the output at 25% but corals were begining to bleach. right now i'm running the output at 16% and corals seems to be fine. once i get the corals i desire i will slowly increase power of the lighting

Lpabsolute · 05/08/2012, 03:18 PM

Great Light

reefsahoy · 05/28/2012, 03:32 PM

btw lpabsolute, love the avatar! lol

awesome update! picoaquariums made me a prototype cover for the filter area! love the look of the finish!

top before the cover

with the cover

a close up of the finish

05/08/2012, 02:39 PM	#1
reefsahoy I can see thru you! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Milky Way Galaxy 3rd planet from the sun, in a country called USA! Posts: 2,394	My little piece of the ocean I recently retired a 100G rimless that was a full blown sps aquarium. The entire aquarium with hardware and livestock was donated to the museum of science here locally. I then decided to get a nano aquarium to keep my sanity and this is what i came up with. This will be my build thread and aquarium log of this aquarium. Here's the current list of the hardware as of today. Tank- Pico Aquarium's Deep Blue 18 Lighting- AI Sol Nano Stand- Ecoxotic 18 x 18 stand ATO- JBJ Dosing- Marine Magic triple dosing unit. Will be dosing 2 part the stand

05/08/2012, 03:18 PM	#5
Lpabsolute Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 2,016	Great Light __________________ "Do not float above me when I'm drowning in the abyss......float away from me.........float away" Current Tank Info: 54g Corner Reef Tank......and......5.5g Nano Reef Tank......and......20g Long Reef Tank.......and......27g Cube

05/08/2012, 02:43 PM	#2
reefsahoy I can see thru you! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Milky Way Galaxy 3rd planet from the sun, in a country called USA! Posts: 2,394	The aquarium. I got the aquarium from picoaquariums. I really like the filtration box that's included with the unit. I can adjust the water height in the display tank to my desire. Most other ato tanks is fixed at one height. i usually spill water over the top of the aquarium when cleaning the tank but now that it's adjustable i can avoid all that and keep the display clean and neat. a side view of the aquarium showing the sump area another side view with a prototype sump cover to hide the mess associated with AIO tanks with full spectrum lights on without flash.

05/08/2012, 02:44 PM	#3
reefsahoy I can see thru you! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Milky Way Galaxy 3rd planet from the sun, in a country called USA! Posts: 2,394	A FTS of the front showing aquascape notice the sump cover hiding the mess under the hood

05/08/2012, 02:50 PM	#4
reefsahoy I can see thru you! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Milky Way Galaxy 3rd planet from the sun, in a country called USA! Posts: 2,394	i find that the AI nano is really powerful! if you go with this option make sure you aclimate the corals slowly. initally i started running the output at 25% but corals were begining to bleach. right now i'm running the output at 16% and corals seems to be fine. once i get the corals i desire i will slowly increase power of the lighting

05/28/2012, 03:32 PM	#6
reefsahoy I can see thru you! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Milky Way Galaxy 3rd planet from the sun, in a country called USA! Posts: 2,394	btw lpabsolute, love the avatar! lol awesome update! picoaquariums made me a prototype cover for the filter area! love the look of the finish! top before the cover with the cover a close up of the finish