Cool, we can do dueling barracudas then. Only you have to ship me one of those pico lamps first.

We shall see I talked to Chris about the new mount. Should have news about that early next week. I'm excited to see the new mount.

yeah well hurry it up. i'm selling the 40b this weekend and don't have a spare light to keep my stuff alive, lol.

Working on it. Just need the final prototype done so I can approve it.

Well, I went and did it. The tank is stripped down, all the rock and sand are in the trash, and the corals are in the frag tank. The tank is currently having a white vinegar soak in the downstairs bathtub, and will be cleaned and dried tomorrow.

Now, while I was dissapointed to tear the tank down, it did prove to have one benefit. I found the culprit of all my problems. Turns out that I missed a number of lead balls from when my thermometer broke. Once I pulled the pump out, there they were, staring at me, taunting me. I've got sand waiting in the garage, and I'll pick up new live rock tomorrow after work.

Great! Back to square one.

So last night I got the tank and all the equipment all cleaned up, and made sure there were no more rust spots. Got some nice rock from the LFS, and started refilling it. It's been running over night now, and the water was cleared up as of this morning. I have a little too much sand in there right now, but I'll fix that today. I should have some pictures of the new scape this evening. Now we wait.

Well glad you got things sorted out! Sucks you had to reboot the tank but at least it didn't sound too difficult.

Nah. Not difficult at all. With the whole tank being only 3.5g, any work that needs to be done only takes minutes. I spent longer picking the rock out at the LFS! I'm using that ESV B-Ionic salt, so it mixes super quick.

Good to hear we're back on track. I use the ESV salt too - do you test after each batch for calc/alk/mg, or just mix to 1.025 or whatever?

I'm getting my new rock in from John at RC this weekend. No sand though - I'm going to try my first BB tank. I already think I like it - a quick turkey baste of the rocks/bottom into some intank filter floss removes a ton of crud.

Did you decide on lighting?

Looking forward to pics! And finding out what will be used for lighting of course...

Tonight I set up my new RO/DI unit...

P.s. I've got a frag you can have that would be perfect for a pico like this!

I've just been mixing to 1.025, but I really should start checking my mixes. My only problem is that I typically mix in multiple 5gal buckets, so I'd have to test each one for it to be truely accurate. Obviously, this is only an issue with the larger tanks, but many times I'll do all my water changes at once on all tanks.

Lighting for this tank isn't changing. The only change will be in getting the new mount for the PicoLamp. I may also end up changing it out for one of the production anodized versions that I have instead of the un-anodized prototype.


One of these days I'm going to stop over and check out your setup, and pick up that frag from you. Maybe this weekend if you are free?

Hey man no worries it's not like it's taking up a lot of space or anything!

Actually my tank looks super bare right now in comparison to the 29g. I'll be filling it up with corals sloooowly. I really want to get some strong pieces and focus on getting some good growth. I also have some more work to do on the secondary tank as well, and I need to figure out what I'm going to do with my ATO.

Anyways, I'm almost always in the area so feel free to give me a call anytime!

Hello man, what kind of ligth are u using in this nano-reef? maybe LEDS??

http://www.nanotuners.com/product_info.php...products_id=667

Designed by yours truely.

I do the same with the salt. I figure if something dies, it was weak to begin with. And I have no room in my life for weakness, lol.

Figure out the new scape yet? I got a bunch of rock from John to play around with. You're officially my pico competition.

Yeah. I removed some sand to a point where I like it better. Scape hasn't changed since I started it back up. I'll try and get a picture or two up tonight after class.

What's this competition that youz are speaking of? Do I get insies too?

no, it's just something personal between me and evil, all in my head.

Too bad. My one rock would crush you and cover your pico in darkness.

Wanna know where you can put your one rock?

In your art studio?

Well, obviously I'm horrible at commiting to getting pictures up, seeing as I have posted none. I'll try and get one or two up at lunch.

Pitchers!


FTS


I was geeked to find this rock. Most of the other rocks that were in the tubs at the LFS were pretty barren when it came to coraline algae.


Same rock.


Some nice hidey holes over here.

I'm starting to notice diatoms for the first time today. I'm hoping my cycle will be pretty short, as the rock was only out of water for about 5 minutes. If I start noticing high levels of ammonia and nitrite, I may just start soft cycling the tank to get it moving a little faster. I might just let it be and let this tank and the Manta cycle at the same time. Hopefully that will show up this week.

:thumbsup:

looking really nice... following

I like it, and I certainly like it better than the last setup. I didn't want to pile the rock up too much so I would have some vertical space to grow. A nice little hammer or frogspawn would look nice up top.

Mmm... Scummy.

now that's art.

The cycle seems to be progressing nicely. The diatoms are starting to give way to green dust algae on the glass. Good sign that nitrates are starting to rise. I'll probably do a water change this weekend and blow off the diatoms.

your tank is making me consider adding sand to mine.

I've never been a fan of bare bottom tanks, but to each their own. I'm glad I went with a slightly coarser grain of sand than last time.

yeah, i'm going with fiji pink. just put in an order. what did you use?

Caribsea Aragalive.

I won't go with sugar fine sand again.... that stuff is like a sandstorm waiting to happen. Looks really good evil! I am looking forward to seeing what you do with this one :3

Hey Clive how ya been?


Following along here.

Know anyone local wants my Sunpod with your actinic supplements and
Coralife dual timer\powercenter.
Bulb in Sunpod 1 month old Radium 20k bulb.
1 brand new Radium 20k
1 brand new Coralife 14k
1 2month old Phoenix 14k
1 1month old Coralife 10k bulb.

For $200.00?

Thanks. I went with sugar fine in the last setup, and it was a pain dealing with dunes in that little tank, even with so little flow (relatively). The larger grains in the Aragalive is a lot better, but not too big. Really coarse grain sand looks odd in these small tanks.


Hey buddy. I'm not doing too bad. Yourself?

Don't know anyone local that is looking for something like that, but sounds like a good deal. I'm assuming you posted up on Michigan Reefers? Any chance of maybe snagging that new Radium from you for a good price? I've been wanting to try one out on the frag tank, and the bulb really needs to be replaced soon.

Bump for a cool thread. Evil, Imust have missed it. What is the lighting config for this nano!

Dave (Back in Iraq having dreams of salty things!)

any updates?