drgibby Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 FTS 2/1/17 20170201_083037 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 12/7/1620161207_093409 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 10/13/1620161013_093958 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 9/14/1620160914_081358_001 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 8/31/1620160831_094806 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 7/27/1620160727_093853 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 7/14/1620160714_150313 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 6/22/1620160622_091004 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 5/15/1620160515_135600 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 3/16/1620160316_125334 by drgibby, on Flickr FTS 2/22 First full tank shot ever with living thingsFTS222 by drgibby, on Flickr Link to comment
teenyreef Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 You're going to love this tank! Looking forward to following along. By the way, I only use three of my clips for the top. One in the middle of the back wall and one on each side near the front Link to comment
drgibby Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Your right Teeny I do like this tank a bunch. So i have an awesome friend that sent me a bunch of stuff for the tank. He sent a spinstream, media basket, skimmer, and a nano240. mediabasket by drgibby, on Flickr spinstream by drgibby, on Flickr nano240 by drgibby, on Flickr reactor by drgibby, on Flickr skimmer by drgibby, on Flickr Im really excited for all the stuff i happened to have an extra reactor i shoved everything in to see if it would fit. To my surprise it did. Im most likely not using the reactor though. Anyway heres a FTS as of todayFile Sep 28, 9 16 49 AM by drgibby, on Flickr now we wait till i have money for salt sand rocks and a refractometer and i get to start my cycle! Link to comment
teenyreef Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 That looks great! The skimmer can be hard to get tuned at first, let me know if you don't already have the "known to work well" special procedure Link to comment
drgibby Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 That looks great! The skimmer can be hard to get tuned at first, let me know if you don't already have the "known to work well" special procedure I have no clue how to set it up/tune it I'm I was going to search the internet today but feel free to provide basic setup as well as tune it in Link to comment
GoingPostal Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Awesome stuff from your friend! I just setup the same tank, they are pretty nice looking, can't wait to see what you do with it. Any plans for lighting yet? Link to comment
drgibby Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Awesome stuff from your friend! I just setup the same tank, they are pretty nice looking, can't wait to see what you do with it. Any plans for lighting yet? I have talked to Dave and have a new tide coming for this i am very excited for them i say them because i got one for my 4g as well. Link to comment
GoingPostal Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Nice! I've got one coming for mine too, right now it's just got a sunbrite led I got off ebay for cheap but nothing in the tank much cares about light anyways, just want it to look pretty. I'll have to go check out your little tank now. Link to comment
teenyreef Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 The worst thing about buying a Nanobox is waiting for it to arrive Congratulations Link to comment
moores38 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Welcome, you'll enjoy this! I never knew you could squeeze the reactor and skimmer in there! Link to comment
Milkeeway Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 That looks great! The skimmer can be hard to get tuned at first, let me know if you don't already have the "known to work well" special procedure Lol what's the trick? Throw it away? Mine has an air leak at the top so you can't properly adjust the skim unless I put tape on it and they want me to pay shipping to send it back Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Great start! I love my Fusion 10G and you will love yours too! Link to comment
teenyreef Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Lol what's the trick? Throw it away? Mine has an air leak at the top so you can't properly adjust the skim unless I put tape on it and they want me to pay shipping to send it back I don't know about the air leak, but the process to tune it is: adjust top of the white part of the skimmer so it was 1 1/2" above the water, turn the air venturi down until there are no more bubbles, then open it 1/4 to 1/2 turn after the point where bubbles start to form. Lower the cup as low as it can go. let it run for a day and then raise the cup as needed for the quality of skimmate you need. I also had luck with raising the collection cup all the way up and turning the air venturi all the way up. When I did it that way I started getting skimmate within 24 hours with no microbubbles. But it was really loud Link to comment
drgibby Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Just ordered rock from Reefcleeners John Maloney was very nice and quick in his response and im very excited to see what comes in!! Link to comment
DaveFason Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Shipping in the next couple days! Looking forward to the dual set up! Link to comment
drgibby Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Not much to report on this still waiting to order stuff i did get a package from John at reefcleaners 2015-10-29 20.34.34 by drgibby, on Flickr I promised my wife though i would open it with her so we all have to wait to see what great rocks John sent me. Since a picture of a box is just a tease i thought i would share what the local petco had... I really want all three of those fish 2015-10-24 11.10.12 by drgibby, on Flickr Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 The rock looks great I'll probably have to break it down a bit. Now if I can only find some time to play with it and see what I can come up with Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 So I've been playing with the rock this weekend trying some different scales and all which I'll post when I get to a computer, but the exciting thing is my new nanobox tide came in and it is crazy pretty. Dave does some fantastic work. I will post pictures later as well but for now I am playing with the light and want advice. I have connected it to the bluefish and have 6 channels to play with. I have no clue what to set them up for or anything so I was wondering if people have advice? Thanks!! Link to comment
DaveFason Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Ch1 - 50%, ch2 - 25%, ch3 - 50%, ch4- 70% , ch-5 1% and ch6 - 80%. Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Ch1 - 50%, ch2 - 25%, ch3 - 50%, ch4- 70% , ch-5 1% and ch6 - 80%. Thanks Dave I'll put those numbers in. Just so you know I love the design so sleek and very well made it also puts out a ton of light. I also sent you an email with some questions Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 alright i promised a photo dump so here we go. pictures of possible scapes and of course the awesome nanobox tide! catbox by drgibby, on Flickr tides by drgibby, on Flickr sopretty by drgibby, on Flickr tideon by drgibby, on Flickr rock10 by drgibby, on Flickr rock13 by drgibby, on Flickr Enjoy! Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I personally like the second scape better because it looks a bit more natural. You should think about what corals you want to keep too and how they grow. The second one seems to have a bit more "horizontal" spots for coral placement. But go with what you like. Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 I personally like the second scape better because it looks a bit more natural. You should think about what corals you want to keep too and how they grow. The second one seems to have a bit more "horizontal" spots for coral placement. But go with what you like. I agree, im leaning towards zoas and rics maybe some gsp. Ill keep playing with the rock but who knows what ill settle with Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I agree, im leaning towards zoas and rics maybe some gsp. Ill keep playing with the rock but who knows what ill settle with Took me about an hour straight of breaking big pieces of rock and coming to a rock scape. The good thing is after a few days, I still look at it and love it. Its cool to see all these fusion tanks going up at the same time. We get to grow with each other Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 So i decided to play with the scape in the tank. Not sure if its a good idea or not but it gave me a better look at what i was dealing with. I still can't get one im totally happy with but i figured id share these for now. And yes there will be sand in the tank. 2015-11-15 12.11.08 by drgibby, on Flickr 2015-11-15 12.49.26 by drgibby, on Flickr 2015-11-15 17.14.18 by drgibby, on Flickr different angle on the last design 2015-11-15 17.14.23 by drgibby, on Flickr i just can't decide what i like its going to be hard. Link to comment
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