October 2010 nTOTM - JacobNano's 24g Aquapod

JacobNano · 10/02/2010, 10:59 AM

October 2010 Nano Tank of the Month - 24g Aquapod

Introduction:

Thank you all for voting for my aquarium! I really appreciate the support! It has been a lot of work but now the tank finally has that "matured look". The fact that reefing websites in general are available saved my aquarium, all of the reading that one can do is incredible!

How I started:

It seems like there has always been a freshwater aquarium in my life, but never a saltwater. I had been looking into saltwater somewhat, the fish that were available seemed incredible compared to the freshwater fish. I had no idea about coral! Starting out with a regular stock 24g aquapod, I have been upgrading it since.

My Equipment:

Aquapod 24g 19.75" x 17" x 20"
-Current USA 150w Sunpod, with a 14k Phoenix Bulb
-Warner Marine H1 Hang-On-Back Skimmer
-EcoTech Vortech MP10, stock return pump
- inTank Mediabasket, chemi-pure elite

Water Parameters:

Specific gravity: 1.026
pH: 8.0 - 8.4
Calcium: 450 ppm
Alkalinity: 9 dKH
Magnesium: 1400 ppm
Temp: 77-78 F

I cannot stress how important water changes are. They are the most beneficial thing you can do for your tank. Keeping up with them keeps everything happy, and I notice a slowdown in coral growth if I have not done a water change recently.

Maintenance:

I keep a pretty simple maintenance schedule. A 4g water change once a week along with some glass cleaning usually takes care of it. I do have a skimmer, I empty the cup every time I perform a water change. Feeding is done every 2-3 days. At that time everything, I mean everything gets fed. I use twice as much food for my corals compared to my fish.

Corals:

I have been trying to not use the common names for my corals, I want to memorize these version, even if I am pronouncing them incorrectly

Zoanthus spp
• Duncanopsammia axifuga
• Fungia tenuis
• Ricordea florida
• Euphyllia paradivisa
• Caulastrea furcata
• Euphyllia paranchora
• Acanthastrea lordhowensis
• Acropora microphthalma
• Acropora tenuis
• Montipora danae
• Montipora Capricornis
• Acropora millepora
• Seriatopora hystrix
• Stylophora
• Montipora digitata
• Montipora tuberculosa
• Pocillopora
• Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
• Euphyllia glabrescens
• Favites pentagona
• Hydnophora
• Blastomussa wellsi
• Echinophyllia
• Dendrophyllia

I would like to note that all of my coral started out with less than 3 polyps, and they were less than 1.5 inches tall/wide. This enabled me to start out with relatively cheap coral. I acquired the coral from many places many of the SPS locally, regardless it was nice starting out with frags compared to colonies.

Fish/Invertebrates:

• Stichodactyla tapetum
• Galathea inflate
• Tridacna maxima
• Tridacna crocea
• Ecsenius midas
• Paracheilinus mccoskeri
• Stonogobiops yasha (I have two)

Now time for more eye candy!

Let me know if you have any questions, I would love to help. Thanks again nominating my aquarium!

tom obrecht · 10/02/2010, 12:00 PM

Beautiful tank...nicely done!

Michael B · 10/02/2010, 12:34 PM

That is just inspirational - WOW WOW & WOW

Agu · 10/02/2010, 06:24 PM

Beautiful tank, Congrats ....

Jadams · 10/02/2010, 11:08 PM

christinaa · 10/02/2010, 11:53 PM

Simply beautiful

JacobNano · 10/03/2010, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tom obrecht

Beautiful tank...nicely done!

Thank you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael B

That is just inspirational - WOW WOW & WOW

Thanks so much!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agu

Beautiful tank, Congrats ....

Thanks! Oh and thanks for giving it the sticky

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jadams

Quote:

Originally Posted by christinaa

Simply beautiful

Hola! And, thanks!

lilopop11 · 10/03/2010, 01:53 AM

Woowww...Here n There Jacob ?Well Done...

got2envy · 10/03/2010, 04:56 PM

Your on a role!!

Congrats jacob

philipchan · 10/04/2010, 12:06 PM

nice tank !! love it

NUBIANTANGLOVER · 10/05/2010, 08:38 PM

You've done an Awesome job with your tank. Sweet Work! Congrats on Winning NTOTM!

M88A2 · 10/05/2010, 09:57 PM

when u say you feed your coral do u mean u feed your sps too? if so, would you mind sharing what u feed them. ty

Johnny C · 10/06/2010, 12:48 AM

Congrats on the win! Gotta keep the tradition going and start up a poll for November!

paulo rocha · 10/06/2010, 08:35 AM

congratulations for your tank, is an inspiration to the tank that I'm riding.
Greetings
Paulo Rocha

JacobNano · 10/06/2010, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilopop11

Woowww...Here n There Jacob ?Well Done...

Haha thank you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by got2envy

Your on a role!!

Congrats jacob

Thank you!!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by philipchan

nice tank !! love it

Thanks

!

Quote:

Originally Posted by NUBIANTANGLOVER

You've done an Awesome job with your tank. Sweet Work! Congrats on Winning NTOTM!

Thank you

!

Quote:

Originally Posted by M88A2

when u say you feed your coral do u mean u feed your sps too? if so, would you mind sharing what u feed them. ty

Nope, only my LPS, sorry I should have specified haha.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny C

Congrats on the win! Gotta keep the tradition going and start up a poll for November!

Thanks! Yea sorry gotta get on that, I haven't really had time sorry!

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulo rocha

congratulations for your tank, is an inspiration to the tank that I'm riding.
Greetings
Paulo Rocha

Thanks you so much!

M88A2 · 10/07/2010, 04:26 PM

ah ok, well everything looks amazing. grats

JacobNano · 10/07/2010, 07:39 PM

Thanks! I have been thinking about doing that, but I was worried about raising my nitrates. Which would make my SPS look worse haha. I figured it might not pay off haha.

reefcat · 10/07/2010, 08:12 PM

Very, Very nice sir......congrats!!!!

saltygeek · 10/08/2010, 05:22 AM

Congrats

Im not really familiar with the biocube. Does it have a surface skimmer? The second pic shows a surface slick which I would think would cut back alot of light. Obviously not impeding the tank any

just wondering

pirataj · 10/12/2010, 06:05 AM

Beautiful tank

JacobNano · 10/13/2010, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefcat

Very, Very nice sir......congrats!!!!

Thank you!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by saltygeek

Congrats

Im not really familiar with the biocube. Does it have a surface skimmer? The second pic shows a surface slick which I would think would cut back alot of light. Obviously not impeding the tank any

just wondering

Thanks! It is actually an aquapod

It does, but I have my leveling weird, and I haven't upgraded the pump to get rid of the slick lol. I should really do that.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by pirataj

Beautiful tank

Thank you!

SeaninMesa · 10/23/2010, 03:14 PM

Jacob - Awesome tank! What is the bright orange in the bottom right corner of your tank?

JacobNano · 10/25/2010, 11:08 PM

Thank you! It is an orange plate coral

saigon1 · 10/27/2010, 09:09 AM

Wowwwwwww

JacobNano · 10/29/2010, 10:33 PM

Thank you!

10/02/2010, 10:59 AM	#1
JacobNano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 141	October 2010 nTOTM - JacobNano's 24g Aquapod October 2010 Nano Tank of the Month - 24g Aquapod Introduction: Thank you all for voting for my aquarium! I really appreciate the support! It has been a lot of work but now the tank finally has that "matured look". The fact that reefing websites in general are available saved my aquarium, all of the reading that one can do is incredible! How I started: It seems like there has always been a freshwater aquarium in my life, but never a saltwater. I had been looking into saltwater somewhat, the fish that were available seemed incredible compared to the freshwater fish. I had no idea about coral! Starting out with a regular stock 24g aquapod, I have been upgrading it since. My Equipment: Aquapod 24g 19.75" x 17" x 20" -Current USA 150w Sunpod, with a 14k Phoenix Bulb -Warner Marine H1 Hang-On-Back Skimmer -EcoTech Vortech MP10, stock return pump - inTank Mediabasket, chemi-pure elite Water Parameters: Specific gravity: 1.026 pH: 8.0 - 8.4 Calcium: 450 ppm Alkalinity: 9 dKH Magnesium: 1400 ppm Temp: 77-78 F I cannot stress how important water changes are. They are the most beneficial thing you can do for your tank. Keeping up with them keeps everything happy, and I notice a slowdown in coral growth if I have not done a water change recently. Maintenance: I keep a pretty simple maintenance schedule. A 4g water change once a week along with some glass cleaning usually takes care of it. I do have a skimmer, I empty the cup every time I perform a water change. Feeding is done every 2-3 days. At that time everything, I mean everything gets fed. I use twice as much food for my corals compared to my fish. Corals: I have been trying to not use the common names for my corals, I want to memorize these version, even if I am pronouncing them incorrectly Zoanthus spp • Duncanopsammia axifuga • Fungia tenuis • Ricordea florida • Euphyllia paradivisa • Caulastrea furcata • Euphyllia paranchora • Acanthastrea lordhowensis • Acropora microphthalma • Acropora tenuis • Montipora danae • Montipora Capricornis • Acropora millepora • Seriatopora hystrix • Stylophora • Montipora digitata • Montipora tuberculosa • Pocillopora • Trachyphyllia geoffroyi • Euphyllia glabrescens • Favites pentagona • Hydnophora • Blastomussa wellsi • Echinophyllia • Dendrophyllia I would like to note that all of my coral started out with less than 3 polyps, and they were less than 1.5 inches tall/wide. This enabled me to start out with relatively cheap coral. I acquired the coral from many places many of the SPS locally, regardless it was nice starting out with frags compared to colonies. Fish/Invertebrates: • Stichodactyla tapetum • Galathea inflate • Tridacna maxima • Tridacna crocea • Ecsenius midas • Paracheilinus mccoskeri • Stonogobiops yasha (I have two) Now time for more eye candy! Let me know if you have any questions, I would love to help. Thanks again nominating my aquarium!

10/02/2010, 12:00 PM	#2
tom obrecht Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: WI Posts: 3,014	Beautiful tank...nicely done! __________________ Reef keeping is where Murphy's Law and your bank account collide!! TOTM May 2006

10/02/2010, 12:34 PM	#3
Michael B Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 480	That is just inspirational - WOW WOW & WOW __________________ Inside the Glass Box - my New Reef Obsession

10/02/2010, 06:24 PM	#4
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	Beautiful tank, Congrats .... __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

10/02/2010, 11:08 PM	#5
Jadams Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,475	__________________ Jeremy

10/02/2010, 11:53 PM	#6
christinaa Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 12	Simply beautiful __________________ -Christina Current Tank Info: New: 3.7g AIO Macro/Softie, Retired: 55g Mixed Reef, 10g Gorgs & Macro, 3g Pico Reef, 1.6g Softie

10/03/2010, 01:53 AM	#8
lilopop11 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 165	Woowww...Here n There Jacob ?Well Done...

10/03/2010, 04:56 PM	#9
got2envy hello fishy fishy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mid-Cities, TX Posts: 899	Your on a role!! Congrats jacob __________________ January RC 2011 NTOTM Some people are like Slinkies... Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. Current Tank Info: 28g JBJ HQI, 40g Long Mixed Reef

10/04/2010, 12:06 PM	#10
philipchan Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: CA Posts: 315	nice tank !! love it

10/05/2010, 08:38 PM	#11
NUBIANTANGLOVER Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NORTH CAROLINA Posts: 517	You've done an Awesome job with your tank. Sweet Work! Congrats on Winning NTOTM!

10/05/2010, 09:57 PM	#12
M88A2 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 682	when u say you feed your coral do u mean u feed your sps too? if so, would you mind sharing what u feed them. ty

10/06/2010, 12:48 AM	#13
Johnny C Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 4,140	Congrats on the win! Gotta keep the tradition going and start up a poll for November! __________________ "...the sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonders forever" -Jacques Cousteau

10/06/2010, 08:35 AM	#14
paulo rocha Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lisbon(Portugal) Posts: 10	congratulations for your tank, is an inspiration to the tank that I'm riding. Greetings Paulo Rocha

10/07/2010, 04:26 PM	#16
M88A2 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 682	ah ok, well everything looks amazing. grats

10/07/2010, 07:39 PM	#17
JacobNano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 141	Thanks! I have been thinking about doing that, but I was worried about raising my nitrates. Which would make my SPS look worse haha. I figured it might not pay off haha.

10/07/2010, 08:12 PM	#18
reefcat Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Goldsby Ok Posts: 95	Very, Very nice sir......congrats!!!! __________________ "It is what it is" Current Tank Info: on going progress

10/08/2010, 05:22 AM	#19
saltygeek Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 644	Congrats Im not really familiar with the biocube. Does it have a surface skimmer? The second pic shows a surface slick which I would think would cut back alot of light. Obviously not impeding the tank any just wondering

10/12/2010, 06:05 AM	#20
pirataj Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 38	Beautiful tank

10/23/2010, 03:14 PM	#22
SeaninMesa Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Mesa Posts: 14	Jacob - Awesome tank! What is the bright orange in the bottom right corner of your tank?

10/25/2010, 11:08 PM	#23
JacobNano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 141	Thank you! It is an orange plate coral

10/27/2010, 09:09 AM	#24
saigon1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 18	Wowwwwwww

10/29/2010, 10:33 PM	#25
JacobNano Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 141	Thank you!

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