ulver982 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I just set this tank up earlier this week. I had a 3 gallon in the past, but had to take it down due to time. Now that I have more time, I'm ready to tackle another pico reef. So far I have about 3.5 lbs of live rock, an aquaclear 20 and a Coralife mini aqualight. I'm not really diggin the amount light right now, so I just ordered a 12" 36watt aqualight. I know I'll have to do some modification to get that to fit the tank cuz of its width. What you see on the top left is a modded xbox 360 intercooler with 3 fans. It fits perfectly on the width of the tank and helps keep the light cool. I also ordered an iceprobe with controller to keep the tank at a stable 78. Right now it gets up to about 82+. Yesterday we had a 95 degree day, and the tank got up to 91! I rather not do an open top due to the amount of evaporation. I had to pull off the light and lid off yesterday to cool the tank, but of course, lost a lot of water doing so. Anywho..here it is so far... Here is my fan I'll try and post more pics once I get the iceprobe and new light. Link to comment
nate_mcnasty Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 looks awesome can't wait to see how that ice probe will fit on there Link to comment
ulver982 Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Got my iceprobe today..here it is... Link to comment
ulver982 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 I really like posting to myself! Hope you like that iceprobe nate. Well, I received my 12" 36watt Coralife Aqualight today, and just as I suspected, I knew I was going to have some issues getting that on the tank. After some messing around, I was able to mount the ballast on top of the aqualight, and now the lights fit perfect over the tank. Here's a couple of pics... Link to comment
Psychosis Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Looks like a great start man. Link to comment
nate_mcnasty Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 that thing looks wicked!!! i wish i had one how is the temp now? Link to comment
THEEGRIMREEFER Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 sweet! mounting legs for the light not an option? Link to comment
ulver982 Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 sweet! mounting legs for the light not an option? I got the mounting legs, and that was not an option, especially with my iceprobe in the way. The length is perfect, it's the width that's the problem. The width is exactly the same as the tank, so of course the filters are in the way. Anyone wanna buy some black mounting legs?? I had some issues setting the temp, I have the tom digital thermometer and out of curiousity, I put in my Coralife digital thermometer, and that was reading a completely different temp, off like -4 degrees. So I didn't know which one was right, so I got an old school glass one, and that is closer to my tom thermometer. I dumped Coralife thermometer, plus I've read stories on here on how inaccurate those things are. So now I got my temp set to where I want it. I just got a couple of hermit crabs in there now, and just letting the tank do its thing. Here's a pic looking in the back of tank... Link to comment
nate_mcnasty Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 so any updates when do you plan on a C.U.C? we need some more FTS:) Link to comment
ulver982 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 So far so good...got some corals just recently... I also have a little piece of xenia that isn't pictured, can't wait for that to start growing. Link to comment
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