Uhuru Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I wasn't planning on setting up another nano other than my QT tanks, but I came across a deal on a used Elos Mini I couldn't refuse. I will be getting it on Saturday morning. It will include: 20g Elos Tank Elos LED e-Lite Elos glass sump Elos NS100 skimmer Euro-Reef RC80 Tunze Osmolator Elos stand Planned equipment: Vortech MP10 from waveguy2's "GB" AC Jr. I've had sitting in storage for a while Drews dosing pumps - Balling Light method for Ca/Alk/Trace element supplementation spotlights: 2 3 x Evilc66's LED pico lamps (when they become available again) Additional filtration: VSV Prodibio Biodigest Seachem Matrix (run passively) Activated Carbon (run passively) Small amount of GFO (run passively) 100% Eco-Rox SSB - Tropic Eden Mini Reef-flakes Planned livestock: Mostly Photosynthetic Gorgonians Kryptonite candy cane coral Couple of Yumas, Acans 1 - RBTA 1 - Clam (has anyone kept a clam under an e-lite?) 2 - Rod's or Booyah's Onyx clowns 2 - Chalk bass or couple of gobies Possibly some sun corals if the filtration can handle the bioload All NPS corals and 1 Frogfish ------------------------ *update 6/6/09* It's here! ------------------------- *update 6/21/09* ------------------------- Any input, thoughts, suggestions, advice, etc... would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I'm looking forward to this. Link to comment
AdriftQuasar Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 As far as input, advice, and thoughts go, I advise you to have it shipped to me. Link to comment
QbnSuperman Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 beautiful tank. Very impressive. Photography is stunning as well. I was planning on changing the water and clean the tank this weekend but I'm too lazy...I've been running the tank for almost 9 months now and this by far the easiest to maintain. how often do you do water changes? Link to comment
Uhuru Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 ^^thats not my tank, its a guy on RC, the username is "this is me" LOL I thought it might confuse some people I dont have any tanks running right now Link to comment
QbnSuperman Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 LOLOLOL OOOOH!! as I read your post here i'm thinking, "man, this guy's english sucks. sounds like engrish" and it didn't help that the guy whose thread you linked to ('this is me') speaks engrish. So I saw continuity lolol. thanks for sharing anyways. edit: lol let me expound. i read your post as "'this is me' tank" and thought you just sucked at grammar. Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Looks like you've got a pretty solid plan in place. I'll be tracking this one, I've always found your tanks quite impressive. Link to comment
SeeDemTails Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Hey Uhuru! Looking forward to it!!! Link to comment
Maeda Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 !!! ELOS!? What happened to matching custom tanks? Link to comment
JLwaves Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Love me some ELOS setup. I'll be watching! Link to comment
Uhuru Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 !!! ELOS!? What happened to matching custom tanks? I'm still working on the other tank, haha... I know you love plumbing but I hate it, especially when I have to go through walls. I got the Elos for crazy cheap and will probably have it up and running next week after finals. Link to comment
Uhuru Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 It's here! It was delivered this morning and it's great to meet good people in this hobby. The seller also threw in a bunch of extra stuff. I probably won't be able to clean it until next weekend, but I'm going to start making water and soaking some rocks and sand. I still can't get over the deal I got on this thing either. I am very impressed with how bright the light is. Having had a tank with similar dimensions before, I think this is somewhere in between a 150w 10k and a 175w Iwasaki 15k. Crisp white with a slight blue tint. It's nice to see it without water cuz now I know if it looks yellow later its the water and not the light! I might change my mind about livestock and keep sps with this thing, we'll see. Link to comment
Uhuru Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 haha, maybe... SPS + clam + photosynthetic gorgs and a few gobies Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I'll bite, how much was the tank? Link to comment
Maeda Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 cheaper than a solana Ok, you're forgiven. Link to comment
Uhuru Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 haha, the nod of approval... thanks guys... I had plans to do some traveling in Asia this summer but that didn't work out, so I ended up getting a summer research job. If that didn't happen I probably wouldn't have gotten this tank. Link to comment
sammy113 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Yay nice tank! I'll be watching this! Link to comment
East1 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Yay nice tank! I'll be watching this! tagging alooooooong Link to comment
Uhuru Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 just finished filling her up. I'm tired! teaser pic: LED is glorious. You can see little blue and white dots dancing around on the sand, it's like there's a disco ball above. Link to comment
dpnano Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 thats awsome tank is it just me or does the rock work look like a E?? ha filling up ur tank at 3 in the mronin lol Link to comment
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