aminalcwakerz Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 What do you think? It has a Viper 150w MH lamp. Though the zoas on the bottom are still stretching Link to comment
ununknown Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Looks pretty good! Did you get the inspiration from Sandeep? (for the AIO tank idea) Link to comment
aminalcwakerz Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 yup! Genius design. Link to comment
davey Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 WOW! That is awesome! Nice arched rockwork and a great variety of color and shapes. Looking good for only three months old.. Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Looks great. What is your lighting and other tank specs? I love happy zoas. Link to comment
aminalcwakerz Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 the tank is a 5.5 gallon AGA that i modded, inspired by Sandeep's thread. I'm using a maxijet900 pump, It's pretty strong for this tiny tank, but i'm blowing it into the open, and then it disperses out. In the back there are 2 chambers. The first one I have filterfloss and chaeto, and in the second one I have LR rubble and the pump. My lighting is a Viper 150w light from my nanocube I had(which i took down. I will be setting that back up after i move) It's hung about 6 inches above the surface of the water. Heat's becoming an issue, but I have a little fan that turns on as the light turns on. But sometimes thats not enough and I have to turn on a second fan I have propped up. Water evaporation is pretty minimal. Overall, the tank is pretty stable. which makes me Link to comment
IceTurf Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 the tank is a 5.5 gallon AGA that i modded, inspired by Sandeep's thread. I'm using a maxijet900 pump, It's pretty strong for this tiny tank, but i'm blowing it into the open, and then it disperses out. In the back there are 2 chambers. The first one I have filterfloss and chaeto, and in the second one I have LR rubble and the pump. My lighting is a Viper 150w light from my nanocube I had(which i took down. I will be setting that back up after i move) It's hung about 6 inches above the surface of the water. Heat's becoming an issue, but I have a little fan that turns on as the light turns on. But sometimes thats not enough and I have to turn on a second fan I have propped up. Water evaporation is pretty minimal. Overall, the tank is pretty stable. which makes me Awesome, is it brighter in person? (I would imagion 150 Watts would just overpower such a small tank) Link to comment
aminalcwakerz Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yea, it's a lot brighter in person, but so far they're all happy with the lighting. a few zoas on the bottom are even stretching upwards... which is weird... any ideas? I've only been using the bulb for about 4 months or so, so I don't think the bulb is getting old as of yet. Link to comment
got2envy Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Looks good! yes Sandeep has a good design going..love the zoos! got any fishies? Link to comment
aminalcwakerz Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 thanks =) nope, no fishies Link to comment
Sandeep Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Wow love your seascaping, everything is perfectly proportionate and to scale making it look like a lot bigger tank that it really is. Certainly looks live a very mature tank and not a 3 month old one. Great job. My only suggestion would be to stick the heater into the sump as it's visually distracting and one of the beauties of this design concept is that ability to get rid of wires, pumps and heaters from the main display. If you have too many live rocks in your sump, remove some to make room for the heater. Link to comment
aminalcwakerz Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 That's not a heater; it's a strip of blue LEDs. I don't have a heater in the tank cuz the pump generates enough heat. I don't know where else to put the LEDs other than that location =\ Any ideas? Link to comment
Sandeep Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Oh I see, it sure looked like a heater. Never seen one of those, do you use it to augment your main light, or do you use it at night? Link to comment
Matty1124 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 very nice... i would take those leds out... you could mount them above the rim of the tank... this is a great pico... your zoas look great Link to comment
aminalcwakerz Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 I'll try to move it out of the way and still have it effective. Does anyone know why my zoas are stretching on the bottom even though I have 150w MH? Link to comment
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