R-3 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 So Ive been trolling around on these boards looking at all of these awesome nanos. Ive been looking at all of the possible options and decided to get a 24G Aquapod. I like the open top option with the HQI. So this is the start of my thread. Heres a pic of the tank empty in a temp. spot by my TV till I get my stand tomorrow. Much more to come. Later Ryan Link to comment
travisurfer Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 how many watts is the halide? Link to comment
ezcompany Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 how many watts is the halide? i'm guessing he went the same as mine, 150. Ryan, i use Tropic Marin regular as the Pro is designed for use with a calcium reactor. I add more calcium to my water mix to bump it up to 400 ppm. what are your stocking plans? Link to comment
R-3 Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Funny story with the HQI. My LFS ordered the wrong one. I got the 70. So when the 150 Sunpod comes in I get it. He also knocked off a little bit too. Im not too worried as long as it dosent take too long. As for stocking EZ it will go like this. Fish- Percula Yellow watchman goby ? LPS- 2 Types of frogspawn NEON NEON Green candy cane Teal Candy cane 3 different types of blastos SPS- Green slimer frag 2 blue acro frags Pink Mili More to come Softies- Neon Green Kenya tree GSP Lots of zoos RBTA Clams- ? Thats about it right now. I wanna add one more fish but havent decided yet. I really like the 6-line I used to have All of the stuff listed I already have coming from a existing tank. Link to comment
grink dude Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 do you have xbox live, whats your gamr tag, do you have call of duty 2?? Link to comment
R-3 Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 You know Ive never got much into Live. I do have Call of Duty 2 though. I dont play that 360 much anymore, I feel kinda bad My bro-in-law comes over and he has a live account and we use it sometimes. One thing I kinda wanted everyones opinion on. When I got to fill this should I take some water from my 90? Like 10G or so? Im gonna use some extra live rock I got thats in my 90 already. I was just wondering if this would kinda shorten the cycle a bit. Or should I just stick with the rock? I kinda wanna start all over using Tropic Marin salt. Just wondering. Later Ryan Link to comment
R-3 Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Also Ive seen people use the Tunze Nano 9002 skimmer in the back section of the Pod. I know it fits but what I am wondering about is where to put a extra powerhead for flow? Usually it goes underneath where the Tunze Nano skimmer goes. It seems like a nice skimmer and would like to use it. Later Ryan Link to comment
grink dude Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 i think that if you used some water from your 90 tht would help, maybe even a piece or live rock that you can give up could go in the aquapod, and speed it up. Link to comment
R-3 Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 Yeah thats what I was thinking. Im gonna go get my stand today so I should have some water in it by this weekend. Later Ryan Link to comment
R-3 Posted December 22, 2006 Author Share Posted December 22, 2006 I really like this Pod though. I dont have to worry about floods (knock on wood) and its small! While watching the Ucks lose to the Cougs (GO BRONCO) I started to fill the tank with SW. I also added two pieces (app. 15 lbs) of LR. I have two more pieces to go in. One is kinda a shelf piece and the other is a arc. I should have more water made tomorrow to do a big water change on the 90 and then I can take that rock out. I took out the stock pump and put a MJ1200 in its place. I think this is a must. The stock pump says it puts out 300GPH (yeah right) and uses 40W!! So Im able to run both MJ1200's for the same wattage! Heres a pic of the tank w/ lights. Im gonna go with just one locline for know and see how it does. Link to comment
grink dude Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 looks funny with just those two rocks. you should put the heater in one of the back chambers Link to comment
R-3 Posted December 22, 2006 Author Share Posted December 22, 2006 Yeah I was gonna put the heater back there but was waiting for more water to mix up. Its in the back now. Yeah the rockwork does look kinda funny I have two more pieces to add and some aquascaping to do. Later Ryan Link to comment
grink dude Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 cool post pictures when you have aquascped Link to comment
R-3 Posted December 27, 2006 Author Share Posted December 27, 2006 So I thought I would have some time off during the holiday weekend. HAHA!! No I had a great Christmas. Left the tank alone till last night. I added another piece of LR from my 90 and attempted to aquascape. I also moved some corals in. They are kinda just thrown in there right now till I get the final aquascaping done. Heres some pics. FTS Blue Rics NEON Green Candy Cane Red Blasto I still have more to add. 2 frogspawns, couple more zoos, palys, couple SPS frags and a small clam. Link to comment
Obsessed Reefer Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Wow. Very nice. I'll be keeping a track on this tank. Can you get a close up on the RBTA? Link to comment
R-3 Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Heres a pic with the rest of the stuff. Only thing that is not in there is my Yellow Watchman. Later Ryan Theres a closeup of that RBTA. Later Ryan Link to comment
ximmortaldeathx Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Woe! awesome pics, I'm getting my aquapod tonight with 150W HQI. I am a bit surprised of how quickly you put things in the water, Does that mean that you cycled your tank in 15 days or so? Link to comment
FUGU!!! Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 DAMN those are nice frags!Excelent! Link to comment
R-3 Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 Thanks everyone for the kind words. I took water from my 90 that I am taking down. I used about 50-60% from the 90 and the rest is new. I also took all they LR from my 90. Later Ryan Link to comment
CyCLOnE Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Nice Job. That clam and anemone are very nice. Link to comment
cooksalot Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 beautiful tank...i love that candy cane. Link to comment
R-3 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 Heres some updates. Tank is lookin really good. I just added a pair of yellow clown gobies today and a cleaner shrimp. Heres some pics. Heres the clown gobies just chillin. A pic of a tri-color I got from a local club member. The tips look a lot more purple in person. Link to comment
ezcompany Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 those clown gobies will eventually mess up your sps polyps, watch out. Link to comment
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