wenhamjj Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 After having a 12 gallon Nano Cube for quite some time and with the interest my 12 year old daughter has taken in reef tanks I have started up a new 28 gallon JBJ nano cube with intermediate LED lighting. The tank has been up and running now for 1 month and so far so good. This will be for the most part a stock run tank for the time being unless I see a mod I just got to have. Here is a list of the equipment: Equipment: 28 gallon nano cube w/intermediate LED lighting Stock media basket running floss on top, carbon 2nd, and a bag of purigen in the 3rd chamber 100 watt Eheim Jager heater Stock return pumps Stock wave maker alternating every 3 minutes 1 Koralia Nano 425 circulation pump 20 lbs of live sand 24 lbs of live rock Instant Ocean Reef Crystals Stock cheepo stand - (but cool looking) RO/DI water from my LFS and using distilled for top off Maintenance schedule: change out filter floss 2x a week (Wednesday/Sunday) 5 gallon water change 1x week (Sunday) Blow out sump/filter/rock with turkey baster before water change vacuum sand during water change test water parameters before water change That's basically it. I am gathering up some pics and will post as well as describe my cycle. Hope you all enjoy following along as this tank comes to life !! Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 After having a 12 gallon Nano Cube for quite some time and with the interest my 12 year old daughter has taken in reef tanks I have started up a new 28 gallon JBJ nano cube with intermediate LED lighting. The tank has been up and running now for 1 month and so far so good. This will be for the most part a stock run tank for the time being unless I see a mod I just got to have. Here is a list of the equipment: Equipment: 28 gallon nano cube w/intermediate LED lighting Stock media basket running floss on top, carbon 2nd, and a bag of purigen in the 3rd chamber 100 watt Eheim Jager heater Stock return pumps Stock wave maker alternating every 3 minutes 1 Koralia Nano 425 circulation pump 20 lbs of live sand 24 lbs of live rock Instant Ocean Reef Crystals Stock cheepo stand - (but cool looking) RO/DI water from my LFS and using distilled for top off Maintenance schedule: change out filter floss 2x a week (Wednesday/Sunday) 5 gallon water change 1x week (Sunday) Blow out sump/filter/rock with turkey baster before water change vacuum sand during water change test water parameters before water change That's basically it. I am gathering up some pics and will post as well as describe my cycle. Hope you all enjoy following along as this tank comes to life !! Sounds good. Check out my nanocube 28g in my signature. Following. Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Here are a few pics as promised. DAY 1 - May 2015 DAY 4 All cleared up. I changed the top a little from day 1. Bring on the diatoms ..... Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 FTS July 2015 Tank is finally settling in after my GHA which was everywhere then a cyano outbreak. I did a Chemiclean treatment following the directions to the letter and its all gone and Im not seeing any signs of it coming back yet, but its only been 2 1/2 weeks since doing it. My latest additions were a Derasa clam which is going great and I glued a GSP frag on my back wall. All the corals are showing growth and my ric now has 2 mouths so I hope it will soon be splitting. Still waiting to see a new head pop on my hammer but I have only had it for 1 month. Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Still researching what to put on the top shelf and the lower shelf. Right now all I have on top is a Green Birdsnest and in the back behind the shelf a neon green leather which you cant see in this pic. I plan on having all zoa's on the arch to the cave. Thinking about all rics on bottom shelf or some type of encrusting coral. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Still researching what to put on the top shelf and the lower shelf. Right now all I have on top is a Green Birdsnest and in the back behind the shelf a neon green leather which you cant see in this pic. I plan on having all zoa's on the arch to the cave. Thinking about all rics on bottom shelf or some type of encrusting coral. Lower shelf would look incredible with Ricordias or high end Zoas Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Adding a few shots from my tank. Believe it or not but I picked up this derasa for 38.00 bucks a few weeks back. Link to comment
pgrVII Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Nice scape here the cave is way aweome Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Just a little update, after 3 weeks now from treating with ChemiClean on my cyano still no signs of it returning. I think I had quite a bit of die off on my rock I got which caused it so early on. I feed daily sparingly RODS original blend and all the residents love it. I never made a list of what I have so far so wanted to share that with you all. Fish/Inverts 1 - small (1" long) sixline wrasse 2 - Clowns which I have had for over 3 years now. I moved them over from my 12 gallon cube 1 - Yellow Clown Goby (love that fish) 1 - Pajama Cardinal 3 - Mexican Turbo snails (needed them in the beginning to mow the lawn) 3 - Nassarius Snail (come out of the sandbed like a surfacing submarine when feeding the fish) 3 - Nerrite Snails 12 - Blue Leg Hermits 4 - Red Leg Hermits 1 - Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (2nd one as the first one only lasted 2 days. Noticed it was missing half a leg and not very peppy after getting it. Molted the next day then died within the hour. New shrimp molted after a week and is doing great. I like to hand feed it sometimes.) 1 - 4" Derasa Clam. Never had a clam B4 and so far so good. Corals Orange Hammer ORA Green Birdsnest Neon Green Button Polyps Redish/Salmon colored zoa's (LFS gave it to me for free on fathers day) # of heads have doubled since I got it Rasta Zoa - 2 heads has turned into 4 in one month Red Mont Cap Pipe Organ frag Green Favia with slight yellow center Green Toadstool Leather Orange RIC which is in the process of splitting GSP frag (glued it to my back wall) That's what I have so far. Think Im going to pick up a frag of some red with black skirt paly today. I will post a shot if I get em. Nice scape here the cave is way aweome Thank you very much. Link to comment
pgrVII Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Just a little update, after 3 weeks now from treating with ChemiClean on my cyano still no signs of it returning. I think I had quite a bit of die off on my rock I got which caused it so early on. I feed daily sparingly RODS original blend and all the residents love it. I never made a list of what I have so far so wanted to share that with you all. Fish/Inverts 1 - small (1" long) sixline wrasse 2 - Clowns which I have had for over 3 years now. I moved them over from my 12 gallon cube 1 - Yellow Clown Goby (love that fish) 1 - Pajama Cardinal 3 - Mexican Turbo snails (needed them in the beginning to mow the lawn) 3 - Nassarius Snail (come out of the sandbed like a surfacing submarine when feeding the fish) 3 - Nerrite Snails 12 - Blue Leg Hermits 4 - Red Leg Hermits 1 - Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (2nd one as the first one only lasted 2 days. Noticed it was missing half a leg and not very peppy after getting it. Molted the next day then died within the hour. New shrimp molted after a week and is doing great. I like to hand feed it sometimes.) 1 - 4" Derasa Clam. Never had a clam B4 and so far so good. Corals Orange Hammer ORA Green Birdsnest Neon Green Button Polyps Redish/Salmon colored zoa's (LFS gave it to me for free on fathers day) # of heads have doubled since I got it Rasta Zoa - 2 heads has turned into 4 in one month Red Mont Cap Pipe Organ frag Green Favia with slight yellow center Green Toadstool Leather Orange RIC which is in the process of splitting GSP frag (glued it to my back wall) That's what I have so far. Think Im going to pick up a frag of some red with black skirt paly today. I will post a shot if I get em. Thank you very much. Absolutely. Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Here is a shot I wanted to post for all the people going thru a GHA outbreak. My mexican turbos had a "FIESTA" munching on it. That, a toothbrush, and patience took care of it. Took about 3 weeks to get to where I am today. So, if you have GHA now dont give up and be patient. My favorite fish to watch. Meet "Goobie" My daughter says that he has no personal space zone. LOL Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Havent posted any updates in some time. I am now about 7 months in and here is how it is looking today. I have had a few casualties since posting last. I lost my clam all of the sudden one week. It was doing awesome (or so I thought) then one day the intake on the clam was starting to almost turn inwards. It stayed like that for a few days. Also at that time the colors on it seemed very dark and it wasn't opening as wide as it did. Came home from work one day to see the mantle totally detached from the shell. I really liked the clam so that was sad. I may try another some day but not sure. My clown goby also passed and not sure why. Other than that all others are still doing well. If you look back at my older pics you can really see the growth on the birdsnest and monti caps. My green toadstool leather is growing but not very fast. All my zoa's are growing new heads weekly. Last night I added a rock flower anemone which you can see under the torch. So far it is doing well and has not moved from the spot I originally placed it. I am still totally running stock and haven't done any mods. Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Yes, everything appears to be very happy! Good job. Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 Thought I would post some more recent pics I took. Tank is now at 7 1/2 months. Still have to harvest my bubble algae with tweezers. I am doing this weekly picking all I can see. By doing this it has decreased its population greatly. Hopefully one day it will all be gone. I also just did a moonlight DIY mod as the stock moonlights are very weak. Now I can see the corals in all their glory when the lights go out. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas. These Monti Caps have quadrupled in size since I put them in. I love the way they look. New Orange Zoas I picked up. FTS with the daylights on FTS with my DIY moonlight MOD another with the blues on Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Forgot to update my equipment list. After all these years with my 12g cube and now my 28g cube I have come to the end of having to haul 5 gallon buckets around every 2 or 3 weeks to go and buy RODI water from my LFS. On Tuesday, my Spectrapure 90 gpd 4 stage RO/DI unit arrives. I'm going to hook it up in the laundry room like it seems many do. I figure this will also reduce my impulse buys when I go to buy water. LOL.Equipment:28 gallon nano cube w/intermediate LED lighting with DIY moonlight modStock media basket running floss on top, carbon 2nd, and a bag of purigen in the 3rd chamber100 watt Eheim Jager heaterStock return pumpsStock wave maker alternating every 3 minutes1 Koralia Nano 425 circulation pump20 lbs of live sand24 lbs of live rockInstant Ocean Reef CrystalsStock cheepo stand - (but cool looking)RO/DI water from my LFS and using distilled for top off Spectrapure 90 gpd 4 stage RO/DI unit Link to comment
wenhamjj Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 9 month update pics. no more trips to the LFS for water !!!! FTS Link to comment
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