So far so good... Haven't had to pull anything out manually.. Nothing grown back.. Fingers are crossed...

Added some new frags ( 6 head Duncan, 6 Polyp Eagle Eye Zoas, Japanesse Blue Cloves, Blue Rain Drop Ric, Green/Purple Fuzzy Shroom)

Water parameters seem to be in nice balance.. lots of Coraline Growth...

Requesting pictures of the tank w/ new additions =)

As requested.. Here's a few pics of some of the additions..

tank is looking great

Thanks!

There's a couple SPS peices I want..

I think I may go LED.. What do you guys think?

Looking great!

After seeing your tank it is pushing me over the edge to get a jbj nano hqi 28.

Sweet..

JBJ is coming out with an led version in december.. check out the link

Led JBJ NC 28

Pulled the trigger on the LED retro 5.6... Can't wait to get it going...Nick at Nanotuners was very helpful..


Nano 5.6 Retro I just purchased

That looks pretty sweet.
Had I known they were working on that I might not have gotten the HQI + actinic retro kit.
I can't wait to see reviews on the LED system.

Yeah It should be sweet... The heatsink it comes is also setup to expand later.. You can go with as many as 9 strips for a total of 162 watts. Little pricey but at least I won't have to buy bulbs for awhile..

Two Months later....


Ok so I did a Water change on Saturday night.. I used some DI water from my LFS...It had a TDS of 17ppm.. I figured it should be ok.. Up until know I have been using Sparklets Di which has 0ppm TDS.. This has been a little expensive almost a dollar a gallon... This is why I figured I'd go with the LFS water...Wow what a difference... I think the LFS DI water had some phosphates in it.. I have some Cyno on my sand bed and my corals don't seem as happy...

So what did I do today? You guessed it... Spectrpure RO/DI Maxcap System Hopefully I will get it before my next water change...

Looking great so far! I just ordered one as a second tank! Could you tell me the dimensions of the auxiliary (#2) chamber?

Not that Big.. I would say about 3"x3" on each side of chamber 1..

Added a six line wrasse today..This fish is so cool..I love the way he goes in and out of the rock scape..I thought it was way too tight for a fish to get through..but he' s able able to get through it pretty good.. Probably should have waited until my Cyno outbreak was gone.. Oh well.. I thing it was from the crappy lfs water... It looks like it's already starting to get better..Thanks to my Cheato..Can't wait for my new additions to arrive..

I worked at an LFS/Pet Store in college that shall remain nameless. Lets just say their saltwater was made from water straight out of the tap!

Yeah I didn't use the salt water.. I used there DI water and mixed my own salt.. But never the less the DI water was very poor quality.. They probably never change there filters..

Before I left the hobby 6 years ago, I used to buy my water from the LFS for my saltwater needs. Out of curiosity I tested the nitrates of the water and found it to be more than 20ppm! The tapwater for our area contained around that amount too! So I stopped buying it and bought an RO unit.

I just dont trust many LFS with water unless you know them personally.

Yep lesson learned.. Ro Unit on it's way

If you havent got one already, I reccomend you buy one of those cheap digital TDS meters. I bought the HM Digital brand for about £17 works a treat. Dont get the inline ones as they are crap.

Yeah I have a descent one.. My new Ro Unit has two built in.. I will be doing a water change as soon as I get my new unit...

The Fedex guy delivered mine from DFS this afternoon. I would be ready to go but my MJ 900's shipped from a different location and won't be here until next week

Nice!!! I'm really having fun with mine so far.. You should start a Tank log on it when you get it set up..

Been working on a few small "mods for my tank. I replaced the stock pumps with a MJ 900 and 1200. Now I am working on getting an MJ400/Phosban reactor on the right chamber. Here is what I came up with so far:



The only thing I am worried about is the pump blocking some of the flow into the 5th chamber, which is part of the reason I put an MJ900 instead of a 1200.

Tank is doing well!! Got my new RO/DI System up and running!! No more crappy LFS water.. Yeah!!!! Still waiting on my LED retro kit,, I spoke with Nick yesterday @ nanotuners.. They are hoping to have it shipped out sometime next week.. Can't wait to go LED..

Wow, I cant wait to see you LED photos! Will they send a new canopy with the LED lights installed, or is it just the LED's/heat sink etc and you got to install it?

I am going to try and fit 6 Cree 3watt Royal Blue Actinics into my canopy. But it will be a project for late December as I am doing other stuff now. Cant wait to get those cree royal blues.

They are sending me all the pieces.. I will be putting it all together myself.. I opted for the edison led's for ease of use.. I really didn't want to have to soilder each led in.. I went with a total of 5 stips w/ 6 leds on each strip.. Color scheme as follows 50/50,blue,white,blue,50/50... I'm going to run the 2 blue strips on a 10 hour cycle and the rest on a 8 hour cycle.. It should turn out pretty nice.. I will definetly post some pics..

Looking forward to seeing the LED pictures.
How do you like your RO/DI unit? I was thinking about getting the same one.
How do you have it installed etc?

I am getting into LED's for two reasons:

1. To learn about and have an idea of DIY LED's
2. For actinic supplementation on my JBJ 28G HQI

I like your colour/combination choice on your LED's. I would have gone for that combo myself. Post us some pics ect as well as your initial review.

I like it.. It works well.. very easy to use.. Just hook up the line for in coming water and let it rip.. It makes 5 gallons of perfect 0TDS water in about an hour and half.. I don't have to worry about crappy LFS water anymore.. yeah!!!

Yeah, its quite cool when you can make your own 0TDS water!

Ok just got the 5.6 LED Retro done... Yeah!!!

Pics to come!!

Ok so I started taking new pics and they just weren't doing any justice to how nice the new lighting really is.. So I took a video.. It doesn't give it full justice.. But much better than the still shots.. Hope you enjoy... I took the video just after feeding.. So there is alot of crap flaoting in the water.. Sorry..

Let me know what you guys think.. I really like the shimmer effect.. Also my Temp has stayed @ 78 F. and hasn't budged...Gotta love LED's!!!!!!

Video 5.6 LED LIghting...

Added a few pieces.. Today

Coulple chalice frags
Two headed torch
Two polyps Bali green cloves

I Should be able to get some pics up tomorrow...

Just curious...

This bad water that you've been purchasing from the LFS, is that still seasidetropicalfish? I ask because I buy my water from there :-( I've also bought countless things from them and never recieved a "freebe", so I guess i'm jealous.

No it was @ a LFS in San diego.. Seaside Tropical fish is where I bought my tank...

Just a quick update... Tested tank today..

Tank Params lookin good.. Mag was a little high.. But I expected that.. Since i had been dosing to get rid of Bryopsis problem I had.. Which is all gone for know.. Yeah!!!!

Salinity 1.026
Temp 77.9 F
Amonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Phoshates 0
Calcium 450 ppm
Magnesium 1400 ppm
Alk 10 dkh
Ph 8.2

Added 3 new pieces.... I feel like a addict.. I need to stop.... This is getting out of hand... I officailly have ran out of room in my tank... LOL.. I will have to rearange some stuff... I need more... LOL... I will take a new Video today when my lights come on...

New Video

the shimmer is great, thanks for the vid, can't wait to get my LED project going

Checked out the videos. Your tank is sure loking very sweet. I have fallen behind on my LED project. I want to add 8 Royal Blue Cree LEDS to my HQI setup early next year. My 2nd baby is due in Feb so I'm not sure if I'll just have hte time!

Thanks!! yeah the tank is about @ maximum Capacity... So if I want to add stuff I will have to get rid of things.. LOL... I just started doing SPS.. So far so good... If all goes well.. I will being stocking up on SPS and kicking out some of my Softies.. We'll see... Oh yeah I got a Maxima Clam Yesterday.. It's pretty sweet... I made the mistake of putting Xenia in my tank.. This stuff grow too fast... Anybody want some Xenia?

your not supposed to havce the skimmer on while its cycling

hows the tank doing?

nice setup. I currently have a 28g nanocube with a aquac remona skimmer. Im contemplating on also getting a cpr aquafuge and a tunze 9002 skimmer. notice that your aquafuge kinda sticks out as it looks longer then the length of the nanocube? Are you sure you have the medium aquafuge and not the large version?

28g JBJ Nano Cube
18"x22"x22"

Medium CPR AquaFuge 2
13" L x 4.5" W x 12" H


***** edit: guess i was looking at the small aquafuge. medium size is 19" L x 4.5" W x 12" T, but looks longer from your pics. anyone know if the small fits well in the JBL 28g nanocube? **********

It could be the large one.. I bought it of a guy used.. Got a really good deal.. So I just took his word on it.. I have it shifted to one side alittle.. It's was kind of tricky getting it setup.. Just measured it.. Nope its got those medium measurements..Confirmed Medium..The Tunze 9002 is Sweet!!! I like this setup..



Ok


Tank is doing well thanks!!

Hey Mike, looking good. no updates for a while. still good? I have almost the same setup without the skimmer. I have the small Aquafuge on mine. looks good, fits ok with a bit of modification.

I've searched and search this site for all 28g Nano Cubes and I don't think I've come across this thread before. Would love to see some new pics.