aquablue's Nano Cube 12 build
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Topic: aquablue's Nano Cube 12 build
Posted By: aquablue
Subject: aquablue's Nano Cube 12 build
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 2:48pm
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Update - Tank is back up. FTS 4-14-13:
The setup: -Nano Cube 12 sans the hood -DIY 36w LED lighting, Rio 400 and modified plumbing -DIY 6w LED refugium light setup in rear chamber 2 -Excessive amount of liverock -DIY filter sock setup in rear chamber 3 and carbon in chamber 1 -Koralia & Aqueon powerheads -Canister filter running as cryptarium. -DIY ATO In the beginning:
------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
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Posted By: bfisher88
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 3:32pm
| Taking it down you say? |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 3:42pm
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Taking this particular tank down, moving all stock to a 29g, I'm not through with the hobby :) ------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
Posted By: saltyjarhead
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 4:00pm
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Tank looks great I would love to see your new set up when you get it up. ------------- Semper Fi You can live for many causes, but you can only die for one. Pick that one very carfully. Josh Giles |
Posted By: saltyjarhead
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 4:02pm
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There is a lot of people from Tooele on here I always ask to go see there tanks and they always say they are in the process of moving them or something like that. ------------- Semper Fi You can live for many causes, but you can only die for one. Pick that one very carfully. Josh Giles |
Posted By: CrimsRayne
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 4:14pm
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Wow that's a lot of livestock in a tank. No wonder you are moving it to a bigger tank. BTW I have a couple of friends in Tooele that are about to set up a 110 and a 90 or something like that. They just took a bunch of stuff off my hands so that I wouldn't end up with a house full of tanks again. lol. I'll see if they are interested in the board or chatting with some other Tooele tankers. One guy is a semi-pro and has had all sorts of really nice stuff before he moved and parted out his stuff to be held. The other guy is a total noob and doesn't quite know what he is getting into. ------------- "What we know from this hobby is too hard to share with the people who just want to look and not get wet." -Rioreefer "The Puffer Girl" Zoo freak :) West Jordan |
Posted By: saltyjarhead
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 4:22pm
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I sound more like your second friend. LOL ------------- Semper Fi You can live for many causes, but you can only die for one. Pick that one very carfully. Josh Giles |
Posted By: Molli
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 4:39pm
| You have lots of nice stuff in there. Are you finding yourself constantly trimming corals? My Biocube is getting really full and I've only had it up 2.5 months -- stuff is growing too fast for me! |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 4:44pm
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I've fragged things here and there but other than that I like it all growing together lol, it reminds me of my old tank that you were hard pressed to find empty rock real-estate in, as much of a pain that can be to upkeep at times I really enjoy the look of a packed mixed reef.
------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 4:53pm
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Wowowow, its like an awsome smack of color! nice:) ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 4:54pm
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My unconventional nano cube refugium light:
I like top down refugium lights personally, I don't like the idea of scraping paint/vinyl off the back of the tank to mount a horizontal light for a number of functional and aesthetic reason. This is a 2x3w (6500k & 12000k) setup with 30 degree optics that sits right in the middle chamber, theres coraline growing back there from it. ------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 08 2012 at 8:44pm
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Thanks for the compliments everyone, it's been a fun tank. I'll have to mingle more with the other Tooele reefers too I'm thinking. More photos:
------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
Posted By: saltyjarhead
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 6:57am
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Post up some pics of your new tank when you get everything moved over. ------------- Semper Fi You can live for many causes, but you can only die for one. Pick that one very carfully. Josh Giles |
Posted By: saltyjarhead
Date Posted: August 10 2012 at 6:58am
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Also would be interested in making a refugium light like yours sometime. ------------- Semper Fi You can live for many causes, but you can only die for one. Pick that one very carfully. Josh Giles |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: April 14 2013 at 11:21pm
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Just thought I'd update this thread since the tank is now back up:
------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: April 15 2013 at 8:35am
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I guess I should ask the obvious, What happened to the 29G upgrade? Is your fuge light running 24/7 or reverse of tank light? ------------- My ocean. 90g (yup, won it!), 40g, 28g, & 10g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=63568&title=krazies-nano-paradise" rel="nofollow - Tank Thread: |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: April 15 2013 at 4:23pm
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I downgraded back to the 12G in anticipation of moving, the 12 is much easier to move and I didn't want to risk a packed 29G worth of stock. I loved the 29G but it would've been too much trouble & risk to move. The fuge light is off atm, but when it goes back on it'll be on the same time as the tank lights, mostly because I only have 1 timer handy right now. ------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
Posted By: Ann_A
Date Posted: April 16 2013 at 9:32am
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Looks good! Sorry to hear you had to downgrade. Good luck with the move though! ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53856&title=annes-65g-rsm-reef" rel="nofollow - RSM 250 Reef |