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05/24/2011, 10:37 AM | #1 |
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GR's JBJ Nano Cube 28g HQI Zoa/Paly/Macro Build
Hi everyone... I thought I would share my 28g Nano Cube HQI build with you. I purchased it from Foster & Smith after Christmas while they were still on sale. I've added a chiller, refugium, MP10, and upgraded the pumps and lighting. The substrate is 20lbs of CaribSea Ocean Direct Caribbean Live Fine Oolite Sand, and about 22lbs of Florida Reef Rock from ReefCleaners. The rock-work was created using several pieces of rock puttied together onto a heavy rock base. The sump area and refugium each have about 2lbs of rock rubble. I hope you enjoy this running log of my efforts and look forward to your comments, both good and bad!
Equipment:
Lighting:
Clean Up Crew:
Livestock:
Macro Algaes:
Measured Water Parameters:
Dosing:
Filter Media:
Change Log:
Here are the current Full Tank shots - I'll get better ones tonight when the lights are on. Front Right Left |
05/24/2011, 10:39 AM | #2 |
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Here is the initial rock work from April 2011. The Florida Reef Rock is great to work with.
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05/24/2011, 10:39 AM | #3 |
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Here are more images of the initial rock work from April 2011. The Florida Reef Rock is great to work with.
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05/24/2011, 10:40 AM | #4 |
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Here is how the stand internals, tank wiring and plumbing look before and after the refugium addition.
The RO reservoir, chiller and MP10 controller Using cable guides for everything, and the chiller plumbing. Note the use of the long sponges in the return chambers to prevent microbubbles The MH ballest outside the stand for cooling The chiller Pumps on the left, lighting on the right. That's a Coralife dual power center timer on the right - they're junk but do the job for now. 7 Gallon RO Reservior by AquaTainer. Temperature is pretty much steady at 77.9 day and night The Refugium installed. Intake is from chamber 3 and outlet is into chamber 2 |
05/24/2011, 10:40 AM | #5 |
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The clean up crew arrived along with macros. Here are some shots of that.
Big clumps of macros, and a few snails John at ReefCleaners give pretty generous portions of snails! |
05/24/2011, 10:41 AM | #6 |
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The Pom Pom Crab doesn't come out too often... He does come out every evening when I feed Rod's Reef Original though. Even the snails come running for that!
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05/24/2011, 10:42 AM | #7 |
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Ulva everywhere! I've not had any diatoms or hair algae (knock on wood), and when I started dosing iron, the Ulva just exploded.
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05/24/2011, 10:43 AM | #8 |
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Here's some shots that include the short Codium and an unidentified red macro I mounted on the rock face
Sargassum and more Ulva |
05/24/2011, 10:44 AM | #9 |
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An unknown isopod. It doesn't appear to be bad. I found it last night, and it has just been eating detritis. Moves very slow. It appears to be female based on various texts and online images. Any thoughts?
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05/24/2011, 10:44 AM | #10 |
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Ordered 13 various Zoa and Paly frags from Mr. Coral, along with a pair of free Maxi Mini anemonies. If anyone knows the real name to any of these, please do let me know and I'll update the captions.
Maxi Mini Anemone Maxi Mini Anemone Armor of the Gods Palys Red Zoas Superman Zoas Paly Mix Independence Day Palys Radioactive Dragon Eyes |
05/24/2011, 10:45 AM | #11 |
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... And the rest of the order...
Everlasting Gobstopper Watermelon Zoas Blue Demon Japanese Red People Eaters Joker Palys Magician Palys Shortcake Zoas |
05/24/2011, 04:19 PM | #12 |
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looks like a nice setup, cant wait til those zoas grow in for ya.
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12/29/2011, 08:43 PM | #13 |
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Update?
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12/30/2011, 06:15 AM | #14 |
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Sorry, I don't come on this forum much anymore - I visit the macroalgae forum on the nano-reef site for the most part now. I've replaced this system with a Mr. Aqua 12g long. You can find my build over there under the same user name. Here is the thread : http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...owtopic=279382
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05/11/2012, 10:12 AM | #15 |
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nice setup!!
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build, macro, nano, paly, zoa |
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