My 20G Nano Reef Build Thread - Page 8

danderso · 10/21/2013, 05:57 AM

Glad your getting back on the horse!

Bowels · 10/21/2013, 11:18 AM

Me too I love this hobby! I always wanted to be a marine biologist, and still may someday i find sea life so fascinating, its almost alien, I love having a bit of that in my house (as inhumane as it is sometimes like when I kill everything) lol But Ive learned and moving forward my system is going to be better for it

thanks for the encouragement guys, idk where I would be without this forum lol

troopa · 10/21/2013, 11:40 AM

good to hear about the wp25. I have a 20g long and think it maybe too strong. Maybe i will wait for the wp10 nearer xmas.

Looking forward to seeing your revived tank.

Bowels · 10/21/2013, 11:46 PM

Just ordered two kessil a150ws and mounting arms.... the MH T5 fixture fell off the wall when i was messing with it (i had only ofne of the supports in a stud in the wall) Im a moron lol but it got the gf on board to order some nice LEDs

did some research and I liked a lot of different lights, but ppl are crazy about these kessils and there is way less i gotta worry about when it comes to dimming and such.

btmedic04 · 10/22/2013, 12:58 AM

out of curiosity, which a150w's did you order?

Bowels · 10/22/2013, 09:37 AM

Two 15ks

Bowels · 10/22/2013, 04:39 PM

btmedic04 any opinion there?

Bowels · 10/22/2013, 04:46 PM

After a few weeks, and testing tank params, everything is ok (dkh is a little low but im bringing it up)

added some corals

green birdsnest

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Rasta Zoas (I LOVE THESE)

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Orange Bam Bams

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A big ol rock of blue cloves with some eagle eye zoas in there

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Bowels · 10/22/2013, 04:47 PM

Btw I got these corals from ReeferSteve in this forum

his tank is gorgeous, and hes who def convinced me to go LED...im glad its starting to have life again....

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new GFO/carbon reactor

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ReeferSteve78 · 10/22/2013, 05:24 PM

Your tank is looking great. Glad you like the corals and glad there doing great too.

btmedic04 · 10/22/2013, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bowels

btmedic04 any opinion there?

oh no bud, I was just curious as to what you were using. im still looking for lighting for my 20 tall and havent made a choice yet lol

Bowels · 10/22/2013, 11:29 PM

Btmedic04 my brother has a 20 and I think he should get ai nano awesome control features... reefersteve has a reef breeder and his tank looks amazing, they sell a small version of that too.ill post some pics once the kessils come...I'm hoping I didn't screw up by getting two 15ks, im going they will still be bright and not too dark...we like the lights in the living room. I know they are going to be very blue

Bowels · 10/23/2013, 11:18 AM

Im happy, I have the feeling I'm really starting to grasp this chemistry stuff..... in the beginning i read all the stickys and i have books, and talked with people... but until I started testing every day after a crash, and dosing what I am supposed to, and testing before and after water changes, to see what effects things had on the overall chemistry of the tank water.... I really didnt get it..... but I think i am now

makes me happy.

kalan850 · 10/23/2013, 07:41 PM

That ora green birds nest will grow fast! Mine has doubled in size in 2 months! I'm diggin the rimless.

Bowels · 11/05/2013, 12:59 PM

Update:

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my new UPS for the tank, got a 12v adapter and ill have the apex shut off everything but the sump pump and the heater. ill do a test run and see how long it lasts but the ups says itll last 70 mins with a monitor computer and modem, and ill be running alot less with a heater and a pump. So ill prob get close to 2 hrs out of it, and I cant remember the time we were without power longer than that.

Also the brown digi and the green ora dont look good... the green ora looked great for about a week, then started to bleach! the other little brown/purplish birdsnest that i have more towards the top and have never moved is doing just fine tho idk whats up. Ill post some pics soon.

We have a algae blenny, and a divided wrasse that are doing well, and eating mysis. but they both seem to feast on copapods all day. I really would like a fish that had the appetite my old clowns did tho, leave no food uneaten! lol

ifarmer · 11/05/2013, 09:35 PM

very nice upgrade.
You made me read every posts

Now, your tank no longer qualify you as a nano any more.

Bowels · 11/06/2013, 12:53 PM

I know lol, since you read every post, youll see I asked the leaders of the forum to move my thread and rename it but its not been done lol and I use the thread as more of a personal journal/timeline or id start a new thread.... but the tank isnt a new build its just sort of evolved over the years

Thanks for reading

Bowels · 11/28/2013, 11:33 PM

Added a beautiful rainbow bubble tip anemone this pass weekend, pics to come!

10/21/2013, 05:57 AM	#176
danderso Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 396	Glad your getting back on the horse! __________________ It's always sunny in my reef tank Current tank info- 7 gal nano with AI Prime

10/21/2013, 11:18 AM	#177
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Me too I love this hobby! I always wanted to be a marine biologist, and still may someday i find sea life so fascinating, its almost alien, I love having a bit of that in my house (as inhumane as it is sometimes like when I kill everything) lol But Ive learned and moving forward my system is going to be better for it thanks for the encouragement guys, idk where I would be without this forum lol __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

10/21/2013, 11:46 PM	#179
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Just ordered two kessil a150ws and mounting arms.... the MH T5 fixture fell off the wall when i was messing with it (i had only ofne of the supports in a stud in the wall) Im a moron lol but it got the gf on board to order some nice LEDs did some research and I liked a lot of different lights, but ppl are crazy about these kessils and there is way less i gotta worry about when it comes to dimming and such. __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

10/22/2013, 09:37 AM	#181
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Two 15ks __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

10/22/2013, 04:39 PM	#182
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	btmedic04 any opinion there? __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

10/21/2013, 11:40 AM	#178
troopa Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 30	good to hear about the wp25. I have a 20g long and think it maybe too strong. Maybe i will wait for the wp10 nearer xmas. Looking forward to seeing your revived tank.

10/22/2013, 12:58 AM	#180
btmedic04 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 256	out of curiosity, which a150w's did you order?

10/22/2013, 04:46 PM	#183
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	After a few weeks, and testing tank params, everything is ok (dkh is a little low but im bringing it up) added some corals green birdsnest Uploaded with ImageShack.us Rasta Zoas (I LOVE THESE) Uploaded with ImageShack.us Orange Bam Bams Uploaded with ImageShack.us A big ol rock of blue cloves with some eagle eye zoas in there Uploaded with ImageShack.us __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

10/22/2013, 04:47 PM	#184
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Btw I got these corals from ReeferSteve in this forum his tank is gorgeous, and hes who def convinced me to go LED...im glad its starting to have life again.... Uploaded with ImageShack.us new GFO/carbon reactor Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

10/22/2013, 05:24 PM	#185
ReeferSteve78 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Buffalo ny Posts: 810	Your tank is looking great. Glad you like the corals and glad there doing great too. __________________ I REEF SO I SPEND Current Tank Info: 180gal with a 55gal sump/refugium 20gal long qt and a wife haha

10/22/2013, 11:29 PM	#187
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Btmedic04 my brother has a 20 and I think he should get ai nano awesome control features... reefersteve has a reef breeder and his tank looks amazing, they sell a small version of that too.ill post some pics once the kessils come...I'm hoping I didn't screw up by getting two 15ks, im going they will still be bright and not too dark...we like the lights in the living room. I know they are going to be very blue __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

10/23/2013, 11:18 AM	#188
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Im happy, I have the feeling I'm really starting to grasp this chemistry stuff..... in the beginning i read all the stickys and i have books, and talked with people... but until I started testing every day after a crash, and dosing what I am supposed to, and testing before and after water changes, to see what effects things had on the overall chemistry of the tank water.... I really didnt get it..... but I think i am now makes me happy. __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

10/23/2013, 07:41 PM	#189
kalan850 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FWB FL Posts: 181	That ora green birds nest will grow fast! Mine has doubled in size in 2 months! I'm diggin the rimless. __________________ 40 Breeder Retrofit Quad T5 Powered Minimalist Glass Box with Alien Creatures Living in a Pool of Sodium Chloride.

11/05/2013, 12:59 PM	#190
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Update: Uploaded with ImageShack.us my new UPS for the tank, got a 12v adapter and ill have the apex shut off everything but the sump pump and the heater. ill do a test run and see how long it lasts but the ups says itll last 70 mins with a monitor computer and modem, and ill be running alot less with a heater and a pump. So ill prob get close to 2 hrs out of it, and I cant remember the time we were without power longer than that. Also the brown digi and the green ora dont look good... the green ora looked great for about a week, then started to bleach! the other little brown/purplish birdsnest that i have more towards the top and have never moved is doing just fine tho idk whats up. Ill post some pics soon. We have a algae blenny, and a divided wrasse that are doing well, and eating mysis. but they both seem to feast on copapods all day. I really would like a fish that had the appetite my old clowns did tho, leave no food uneaten! lol __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

11/05/2013, 09:35 PM	#191
ifarmer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: New York City Posts: 243	very nice upgrade. You made me read every posts Now, your tank no longer qualify you as a nano any more.

11/06/2013, 12:53 PM	#192
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	I know lol, since you read every post, youll see I asked the leaders of the forum to move my thread and rename it but its not been done lol and I use the thread as more of a personal journal/timeline or id start a new thread.... but the tank isnt a new build its just sort of evolved over the years Thanks for reading __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

11/28/2013, 11:33 PM	#193
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Added a beautiful rainbow bubble tip anemone this pass weekend, pics to come! __________________ 57g Rimless w/ 20g sump 2x Kessil 15k LEDs. 45lbs Live rock. 1x Jebao WP25, Apex Lite w/ Temp Probe, NWB150 Skimmer Current Tank Info: 57g Rimless Reef

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