Nano Drop-off Reef
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Topic: Nano Drop-off Reef
Posted By: rize2
Subject: Nano Drop-off Reef
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 7:41pm
Ever since I saw philippe grosjean's drop-off reef ( http://reefbuilders.com/2012/01/04/reef-dropoff-aquarium/" rel="nofollow - http://reefbuilders.com/2012/01/04/reef-dropoff-aquarium/ ) I've wanted something like it, I however don't have much space. Last August, I decided I'd make a nano version of it out and took to Google SketchUp to design one. It ended up being between 10 and 15 gallons and has a RO reservoir box inside of about 2-3 gallons. Here's a pic once I finished the design: Once I had that finished I went to Delvies plastics with my dimensions of the many pieces I needed. They were great to deal with! Building it was pretty easy, it was just very time consuming to scrape all the edges so that they were smooth-ish. I didn't get any pics of the build process, but here's some pics of when i finished it:   Here's the side after I painted it  That was all done last August. For the months since its just been sitting around in the way. Last month I decided I was ready to set it up. I put new super fine sand in it and live rock and water from my friend. The two main pieces in the tank are vida rock, so hopefully it becomes live soon. For now i have random pieces of regular live rock in the back overflow and behind the arch. Here it is at that point:   |
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Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 7:44pm
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I like it, however the thing I really like about the tank in the link is the dramatic drop off. Yours looks cool but not as deep of a drop off so to speak. Nice job though, it looks great! ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: chuckfu
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 7:51pm
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Wow! That tank in your link is awesome! This is a great idea! Cant wait to see this thing all full! ------------- Try, try, try, then give up! |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 7:52pm
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I want built this aquarium to be one where I could keep(and actually see) some of there cool little inverts that are out there. Here's my current livestock: ocellaris clownfish yasha goby/candy candy stripe pistol shrimp Hi-fin goby 2 bumble bee shrimp white spot anemone shrimp glass shrimp porcelain crab I hope to be getting other cool shrimp in the future, like sexy shrimp and pederson shrimp, along with more porcelain crabs.   Here's a couple pics of a couple cool things I picked up yesterday: Green and pink florida ricordea with its body guard, a glass shrimp  Euphyllia Yaeyamaensis  |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 7:54pm
Haha yeah, I made mine so that it will fit on my kitchen counter. And I didn't wan't to go deeper than 12 inches because I was told I'd need thicker acrylic. Someday though, I hope to have one as deep as his.
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bstuver wrote:Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 7:55pm
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That glass shrimp is awesome! and so is the euphyllia! ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 7:55pm
Cool it still looks great and will be amazing all filled in. I like your stocking as well. ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 7:58pm
| The glass shrimp is funny because when I get close to the aquarium he freaks out waving his arms all crazy. I took a video but don't know how to upload it. |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 8:06pm
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WAYYYY COOL! ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: ksmart
Date Posted: April 12 2013 at 10:34am
+1  ------------- |
Posted By: Ann_A
Date Posted: April 12 2013 at 10:36am
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Looks awesome!! ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53856&title=annes-65g-rsm-reef" rel="nofollow - RSM 250 Reef |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: April 12 2013 at 11:34am
Thanks guys! Here's some invert pics: This is the one spot anemone shrimp  If you look closely you can see the pellet my glass shrimp just ate.  |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 11:45am
Heres some pics I took with my new camera   |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: May 11 2013 at 11:37am
Here's my favorite mushroom! The mother looks amazing, this little one is still coloring up |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: May 11 2013 at 4:07pm
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Sweet! -------------  |
Posted By: chris.rogers
Date Posted: May 19 2013 at 3:20pm
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Are there an easy FTS updates? I really like this concept. And the tank looks great, too. ------------- Ils sont fous, ces Romains! |
Posted By: chris.rogers
Date Posted: May 19 2013 at 3:22pm
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Bah! Auto correct... "any updates" is what I meant. ------------- Ils sont fous, ces Romains! |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 3:33pm
| I'll get it cleaned up and take a FTS pic hopefully tomorrow |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: May 31 2013 at 10:46pm
Here's some over due pics!
 Heres some of my new corals: Blondies  Naked Agave and Ecstasy Paly  Maxi Mini Anemone  |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: May 31 2013 at 11:14pm
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Nice, I have a colony of naked agave love them:) ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: June 01 2013 at 10:01am
Yeah, I love all the different colors of the base of the polyp.
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