jcieutat Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 After telling myself I would never do this again, here I am. I had a 70 Gallon SW tank for years and when we added hardwood flooring, I sold it. I decided after a while to go smaller this time and I hope I do not regret it! Equipment 34G Solana Tunze 9002 Skimmer Vortech MP10ES Tunze 6015 Aqua Illuminations Sol Blue Tunze Osmolator Aqueon 100W Heater DIY Screen Top RO/DI Unit 8/23/11 Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 That is a nice spot to setup your tank.. Welcome to the club of Solanas! Hope to see this baby fill up soon! Link to comment
bruce922 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Nice looking tank. Where did you get that wood top for the tank? Did you make it or buy it somewhere? Link to comment
jcieutat Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Nice looking tank. Where did you get that wood top for the tank? Did you make it or buy it somewhere? I ordered it from Marine Depot. It is made to fit our tanks. Link to comment
jcieutat Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 A few new items came in. Here a few updated pics: Link to comment
rO.oster Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I really dig the glass top, nice start Link to comment
dylan1464 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 tank looks good i just set up my solana a few hours ago Link to comment
ermartin Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Real nice seems like the SOLANA is taking over the number 1 AIO cube Link to comment
jcieutat Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 I added two skunk clowns and a nice frogspawn yesterday. Today, I hooked up the Tunze Osmolator. I am very impressed with this thing. Link to comment
dylan1464 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I added two skunk clowns and a nice frogspawn yesterday. Today, I hooked up the Tunze Osmolator. I am very impressed with this thing. the osmolator is a very nice piece of equipment....your making me really want to get the trim for my tank as well but at the same time i love the rimless look Link to comment
jcieutat Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 I went with the top because in the past I had a few jumpers! It also keeps my two girls from the temptation of putting items in the tank! Link to comment
dylan1464 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 where did you get those bars to hang the light unit? Link to comment
jcieutat Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 where did you get those bars to hang the light unit? I ordered it from marinedepot with the light. The mount is made by Current USA Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Any updates yet? how's everything going so far? i just notice you live next state to me.. not so far but at least 1 hour and half. Is there any good LFS around your area? Link to comment
jcieutat Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 Lets just say that it has been a journey! My T5 light crapped out after less than two months. I ordered the AI Sol Blue LED which still has not even shipped to the seller. I borrowed a neighbors old MH and the bulb went out after 1 day. Buy a new bulb$$$ and two days later one of my clowns splashed water on the glass lens shattering it. So now I had to order a replacement glass$$. Last week, I decided to rescape a little bit and the osmolator line went under the water without me know causing a siphon to dump around 3 gallons of water onto my handscraped wood flooring. Other than that everything is going just dandy! All that aside, it is progressing pretty well. I have added a few corals since my last pic. It is funny how quick you run out of room in a nano tank. I just can't wait to get my new fixture in. There are a five really good LFS in my area. I just discovered one last week that is very close to my office that pretty much only carries high end frags. They operate out of their house but have an online store as well. The shipping is really cheap. Since your so close, check out the Louisiana Reef Club site. I plan on taking a few pics this weekend. I have a Nikon SLR but just can't get the pics to come out right for some reason. Link to comment
jcieutat Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Been waiting on the lighting equipment. I am gonna make a Lowes run tomorrow and see if I cant modify something to make my mount work. I already failed once with some aluminum. Link to comment
saltwatercoral Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Your AI lights are real nice! like the new pics!!! You said somthin about the Thunderstorm model? What is that? Link to comment
saltwatercoral Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 LOL, I just look closer and you said Thunderstorm Mode not model... I have my light but have not played much at all with them yet, as you can tell. Link to comment
qwuintus Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 How's your tank doing with the AI? What settings do you run? Link to comment
jcieutat Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 How's your tank doing with the AI? What settings do you run? It is doing really well. I have it turning on at 9 am (sunrise) and turning off at 10 pm (lunar). The fixture peaks from 11am - 4pm at 34%W, 40%BL, and 40%RB. I think I have 8 light cycles programmed right now. I have been inching it up every week a little bit. Overall, the look of the tank is 100% better. I am still tweaking with the settings until I get it exactly where I want it. Maybe I should read through the entire manual! Link to comment
Bigboosting Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 The trim kit for the Solanas is quickly growing on me. Looks great. Link to comment
rO.oster Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 lookin good! My next tank will likely be a Solana Link to comment
Aqua fire/medic Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Thread revival..... Any updates on this? Can I get a pic of your light fixture? This is exactly what I want over my solana. Link to comment
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