MarieH Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Ok so I caved. Aquaclear half baked refugium is up. BUT NOW THE jbj LIGHT looks stoopid placed on the side. Can we say light upgrade? 3 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Eh, the light on the side is okay. Refugium looks great. Love the dish sponge leveler. 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Dish scrubbers. I use them in my freshwater tanks as filter media and also to scrub algae. Best 1 dollar aquarium investment ever! So I used what I had on hand. I put the little jbj filter on my nano pond and it works like a trickle filter to aerate the water. Cost me 1.50 for crazy glue. I put the jbj medium into the first chamber until it cycles. I might pick up a black sponge to replace the levelling sponge just to look a bit nicer lol. I think I will be light shopping soon because the light looks awkward on the side. Quote Link to comment
Dominator Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Oh wow, it came out really nice. GREAT work on that. Love the hack with the sponge. Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Thanks . The whole thing took about an hour. Easy peasy and the flow is a little more than I would like but it skims across the surface really nice and I think it will be a good indicator of evaporation. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Aw I was hoping to see how the tank does with the stock light. 2 Quote Link to comment
Dominator Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 More evap = low water temp. Do you have a small piece of acrylic or glass? Could do a make shirt lid. Acrylic would be awesome. I use about a 9" cover on a 12" tank. I keep the back open for gas exchange. I find this is the best balance for me. It does evap more if I keep it open, but with this, it does not evap as much. My ATO shoots in about a cup of water every other day. Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 I'll see how it goes but an ato might do more than a light upgrade. I can get a piece of acrylic as I might want a very small goby or shrimp pair. Not sure yet. TAMBERAV you might get your wish since I moved the light and it actually looks nice. Good shimmer and one darker side for a sun coral mebe. 5 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, MarieH said: I'll see how it goes but an atomic might do more than a light upgrade. I can get a piece of acrylic as I might want a very small goby or shrimp pair. Not sure yet. An atomic? 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Ya My atomic tank Quote Link to comment
Dominator Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 ATO auto corrects to Atomic if you let it =) haha 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 8 hours ago, Dominator said: ATO auto corrects to Atomic if you let it =) haha Strangely it does. Is that an omen? Quote Link to comment
Dominator Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hmm, dunno, I just tried it before hand it I saw it auto corrected to that. 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 I'll take it as a good sign. So far all is well. Knock on wood, it has been easy peasy. Just waiting out the cycle. They say picos are difficult.. will see. Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Week one: spotted copepods this morning! Have a great weekend peeps! 6 Quote Link to comment
Dominator Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Loving it so far. Keep up the good work. Cant wait to see it stocked. 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Brown diatoms, so I did a 75% w/c. I wanted to wait for test kits coming tomorrow but it looks a lot better now. Cycling almost complete I think but one more week to be sure before I add some snails. I might forgo the hermits for this tiny tank. Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 2 hours ago, MarieH said: Brown diatoms, so I did a 75% w/c. I wanted to wait for test kits coming tomorrow but it looks a lot better now. Cycling almost complete I think but one more week to be sure before I add some snails. I might forgo the hermits for this tiny tank. Might be a good call, hermits can be punks lol. 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 10 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Might be a good call, hermits can be punks lol. What I have learned so far: I will never keep a tall tank ever again due to maintenance difficulties. I will never try to force things. I won't agonize over failures I will only keep what is within my tanks capacity to keep alive and happy (all tank sizes) I will keep up maintenance (easy on 3g ) 3 Quote Link to comment
TinyOcean Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hey another Canadian! Great little tank! 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 7 hours ago, TinyOcean said: Hey another Canadian! Great little tank! Hi there. Well maybe one daay it might be more than a pile o rocks! Thanks! I like it here, I am on Canreef too but the site is kind of slow, dedicated mostly to large fancy tanks from what I see. Nanoreef is great. So nitrates at 0 according to api kit, might still have nitrites high so I am being careful for another while. Added a nano pack of chemipure blue, fits nicely near the intake sponge and heater. Quite neatly. Makes me very happy, it looks tidy. The refuge was a good idea. ( Only the evo mag pump is seenin the tank and the intake tube for the aquaclear of course. ) Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 11 hours ago, MarieH said: I will never keep a tall tank ever again due to maintenance difficulties. I couldn't agree more with this one. The only tall tank I enjoyed was a pure macroalgae one where I could just let the macro in the sand bed go wild and never had a reason to reach the bottom. I ended up ditching my 75g recently because I moved but I hated trying to place any frags or clean the sand bed. 21 inches was still too tall when you are used to nano's. If I go back to big, its a 80 gallon shallow for me! 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 13 hours ago, Tamberav said: I couldn't agree more with this one. The only tall tank I enjoyed was a pure macroalgae one where I could just let the macro in the sand bed go wild and never had a reason to reach the bottom. I ended up ditching my 75g recently because I moved but I hated trying to place any frags or clean the sand bed. 21 inches was still too tall when you are used to nano's. If I go back to big, its a 80 gallon shallow for me! Shallow all the way. I think my next is an AIO. Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 On 7/26/2017 at 8:50 AM, MarieH said: What I have learned so far: I will never keep a tall tank ever again due to maintenance difficulties. I will never try to force things. I won't agonize over failures I will only keep what is within my tanks capacity to keep alive and happy (all tank sizes) I will keep up maintenance (easy on 3g ) I really like this. And yeah, tall tanks drive me nuts. 1 Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Just now, Weetabix7 said: I really like this. And yeah, tall tanks drive me nuts. I have a very mellow feeling with my 3g pico, that all is well in the world lol. Unlike my 65g, that was more anxiety than enjoyment. 3 Quote Link to comment
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