helifaxnz Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Hi Folks, I've been breaking down my 24G tank and downsizing to an Aqua One Panorama 60 tank which is 60cm x 20cm x 25cm. 27 litres = ~ 7 gallons. Curved front. A nice tank, but expensive for what it is. Setting it up on a hall table near the front door. I have a Taam Rio nano skimmer (bought in USA). Has had very good reviews. The lighting is a T5 2x 14w lighting and 1x 14w 10000k Actinic lighting. It is able to tilt up to make it easier to get at the tank. I've added my Hydor nano Powerheads and put water in. Picture of what it looks like under the table. Have put some of my rock and corals in. Haven't really moved it to its final place yet. Not sure how I'm going to arrange it. With blue lights on only. Fish and Shrimp are now in as well. You can just see the yellow tail of my bi-colour blenny. Went to put water in my skimmer and it was leaking!!! Took the pump out and find the rubber washer was bent when they installed it originally. Managed to correct it and insert the pump back with the washer sitting properly. Doing a leak test overnight before I install it on my nano. I got some new Aragonite which I may or may not add into the tank. Not sure whether to keep as Bare Bottom. 30th July 2008 I've now setup the Rio nano skimmer. Was very noisy but now has settled down. Starting to foam up a little more as it breaks in. I've aqua-scaped and happy with what I've done. Will keep as bare bottom for now. Not sure about the rock on the left. May get another piece and raise the bottom so there is another cave. Link to comment
EnjoiFish Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Fish and Shrimp are now in as well. You can just see the yellow tail of my bi-colour blenny. Hey I have the same pair. I love these guys. Very active and not shy around me at all. Blenny is a PITA to get a picture of though. Nice setup. I like it a lot. Link to comment
davidr2340 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 That right there is a sweet tank... I love it!!! Is that table strong enough though??? I know it's only a 7gal. tank, but... Link to comment
helifaxnz Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 I've changed the left side and now very happy with what it looks like.... Left side... Right side... Link to comment
jgilvey Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Nice! Wish we could get those in the US. The dimensions are very close to the Petco 6.6 gallon bookshelf tank, but yours seems much higher quality. Link to comment
itzclayyo Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 you gettin any skimmate out of that? Link to comment
helifaxnz Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hi, I'm getting very little skim at this time. Then again I only have a Green Clown Goby, bi-colour blenny and a shrimp + corals. It's still early days yet. The unit still needs time to break in. Link to comment
ddr_phish Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Oh man thats insane, your plugs look like little sad ghost faces! The UK is so trippy... Link to comment
IceTurf Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Oh man thats insane, your plugs look like little sad ghost faces! The UK is so trippy... lol thats too funny -btw Nice tank, I agree, it looks like a higher quality version of the petco 6.6 bookshelf aquarium Link to comment
rockerpeller Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Those are New Zealand, and Australia power plugs. I think the UK plugs are just 2 vertical pins? Link to comment
helifaxnz Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 Hi Rockerpeller. The zoos are doing very well thank you! Nice colour! The UK plugs are big clunky ones. They have 3 prongs but look like a robot face. The Rio Nano Skimmer is working very well now. I'm very impressed with this little skimmer. I'll have to take shots of it foaming and post on the site. It was well worth the us$19.95 for this product. P.S. The underneath looks messier now! Link to comment
helifaxnz Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Ok, here's some updates on the Nano Tank. I was going through a rough time with some corals melting and I wasn't sure why because I was doing water changes. Found out that my digital refractometer was giving me a wrong reading and my salinity was over 1.030! After purchasing a LED lit Refracto, all is sweet now and salinity is correctly 1.024. All corals are looking very healthy and some now are recovering after looking like they are half dead and melting away. I also moved the Koralia Nano Powerhead to the right side so I have both on the right of the tank which is giving less flow on the left and the low flow corals like the mushy and candys are enjoying. My Taam Rio Skimmer is running very well. I still have the odd problems of it losing suction and then have to try to adjust the air intake again :roll: . Just the other day I bought a AquaClear Surface Skimmer attachment for the Rio. It works really really well and I'm getting prestine water. This AC SS can be adjusted so it sucks water from the normal bottom sieve as well as skim the surface. Here's some shots of my tank now. Shots of some corals. Link to comment
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