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WOW, My NC6 Turns 1 Year Old Today!


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I almost missed it, but today it has been 1-year since I setup the NC6 at my office

I’m happy to report, NO GLASS BREAKAGE (knock on wood)

 

-Rick

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Let's see some pics.

Sorry they are a little blurry, I just quickly snapped these pics this afternoon at work & my tripod is at home.

 

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-Rick

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Obsessed Reefer

**Tune in Band**

 

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Happy Birthdayyy Deaaarrr Rick J G's NC6!!!!

Happpppppyyyy Birrrrthdaaaayyyy tooooooo **high pitch voice** YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!

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...why did you add "Rick's NC6" to all of them?

Copy right protection :lol:

 

Thats beautiful. Happy birthday.

 

Rick, how do you keep the back coralline free?

Good question

I have used B-Ionic in my other tanks, but I decided not to dose this tank. I am purposely running a low calcium setup to slow the growth of coralline algae on the back plastic, because I like the look of the black background better than a coralline covered background. I also want to slow the growth of the hard corals in my tank. I know it goes against conventional reef tank maintenance principles to run a low calcium setup, but nano-reefs don’t need the fast growth that large reef tanks can handle.

 

-Rick

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how about the chamber set up? is it a nano customs? how about the maintenance schedule.

Recap of Nano-Cube 6 info

 

Setup 6/05 as office display tank

 

DIY Lighting:

2.27, (1) 50/50 ACT/10K, (1) 50/50 blue/10K + 1.18 (1) 50/50 blue/10K = 72 watts

10 hour daylight cycle

 

Coral List:

Thin branch Staghorn, Brown w/ white tip

Red Monti Cap

Yellow rim Turbinaria

Frogspawn, green w/ pink tips (Euphyllia)

Frogspawn, clear w/ blue & green tips (Euphyllia)

Neon green tip Hammer (Euphyllia)

Blue polyp Sarcophytum

Pulsing Xenia, Pom Pom? Maybe Red Sea?

Red Mushrooms

Green star polyps

Blue Rics

Green Zoos

 

Livestock List:

(1) Skunk Clown – 4 years old

(1) Blue leg hermit crab

(2) Astrea snails

 

Live rock:

Fuji rock & Tonga rock

 

Back Chamber Setup:

Chamber 1 – 50 watt heater (set @ 80), live rock rubble

Chamber 2 – small mesh bag with (1) spoon of Seachem PhosGuard & (4) spoons of carbon (changed when I do water changes, usually weekly )

Chamber 3 – (2) Rio 180 pumps, one outlet plumbed to the middle of the tank

 

Saltwater:

Natural seawater from Scripps Pier in La Jolla, CA.

Approx one gallon changed out every week or two.

RO freshwater for evaporation makeup water (one gallon used every 6 months)

No additives used.

Water temps are 80 at night & max out at about 82/83 during the daylight hours.

Test kits: None used

 

Notes:

I have no major problems to report (like broken glass).

My LED fuge lights fried, so I gave up on my chamber 2 Chaeto fuge, for now.

The mix of hard & soft corals has worked well and provides a lot of diversity.

 

This tank was the 1st place winner (by default, the last tank standing) of the N-R.com Nano Cube Contest, see link below.

NC6

 

-Rick

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DIY Lighting:

2.27, (1) 50/50 ACT/10K, (1) 50/50 blue/10K + 1.18 (1) 50/50 blue/10K = 72 watts

10 hour daylight cycle

 

LOL, you think 12w to the gallon is enough. Great lookin' tank though.

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Nice tank it's looking really nice. I'm planning on putting a NC6 on my desk, do you know where I can get one of those file-holders you have under it?

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Thanks for all the positive comments & 1st B-day well wishers

 

Nice tank it's looking really nice. I'm planning on putting a NC6 on my desk, do you know where I can get one of those file-holders you have under it?

Sorry, I’ve never seen a stand like mine for sale, but it really saves on desk space. A cabinetmaker friend of mine made it, per my design, to raise the tank up to eye level while sitting & to fit the file folder holders. The stand is covered in black plastic laminate, so it’s really easy to cleanup and it resists scratching.

It would be really easy to make a similar stand out of wood; it’s just a square box with an open front & bottom. You could paint it or stain & clear coat the wood.

 

 

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Pic of my cube a few months ago

 

 

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Cabinets also give you a place to hide all the “stuff”

This is what is behind the file folder holders

 

-Rick

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DementedLullaby
member 926 your tank looks great but your cubical is depressing. Do you feel like a drone? I suggest writing haikus

 

Watcha do for a living? =P

 

Great looking aquarium =). When I get a permanent workplace I hope to setup a nice little nano too.

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It's a joke. I work in a lab, working towards a chem degree. you know... fight club. Can't believe I'm taking lip from a 20yo

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Love the tank. Lets hope you never get fired. What an alkward situtation.

 

"Ahh, can i have time to pack up my live corals sir?"

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Best 6 gal NC I had ever seen. Natural seawater and your skills make miracles.

Congratulations and happy birthday to your NC!

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