danielmiller82 Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Here is my 3g nano. I started it Aug 15th. 3g Eclipse tank Regent 10-15g HOB power filter 2 x 13w Compact Fluorescent (1 7000k/ 1 Actinic 03) 2.5" Exhaust fan 4lbs Florida Keys Live sand 6-7 lbs Assorted LR 4 'shrooms 2 featherdusters Bunch of Zoos 3" Devils Hand Leather 3 Astrea Snails Hitchhiker Nassarius Snail Emerald Crab 4 or 5 Blue Leg hermits (Small) 1 MONSTER Blue Leg Crab 1 Red Leg Reef Crab 1 Coral banded Shrimp and some misc. hitchhikers Here it is when I first set it up Rearanged a week later with 1/2lb of LR added Link to comment
danielmiller82 Posted September 28, 2004 Author Share Posted September 28, 2004 Here are some inhabitants: Red Leg Reef Crab Small Blue Leg Monster Blue Leg Emerald Crab Coral Banded Shrimp Link to comment
danielmiller82 Posted September 28, 2004 Author Share Posted September 28, 2004 Here are some shrooms the in 3g Link to comment
danielmiller82 Posted September 28, 2004 Author Share Posted September 28, 2004 And here is the tank after I added 2 lbs of LR yesterday Link to comment
myfisharemean Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Cool, I think I'll start an eclipse, sweet tanks:) Link to comment
danielmiller82 Posted September 28, 2004 Author Share Posted September 28, 2004 i have 3 other tanks and this 3g is my favorite. Im adding a Citron Clown Goby next week. I am looking for some blue shrooms...so if anyone has a single blue shroom polyp(or any other cool coral--I want variety!!!) they wanna donate to the cause...feel free to PM me anytime!! Link to comment
Prius Pal Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 hi daniel, your tank looks so awesome. And, great pictures of your crabs! And..nice product placement in your first pic. Everybody is dissing my Eclipse 12. I just have sand and water in it now...waiting to get some LR. Come back me up! (a southern girl's 12g, you can't miss it) Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Daniel, your tank is off to a really nice start. I think the 3g eclipse is the nicest smaller size nano available. Have you had any temperature issues in such a small tank, I noticed you had no heater? BTW awesome invertebrate shots. ~BH20 Link to comment
danielmiller82 Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 Originally posted by BelowH2O Daniel, your tank is off to a really nice start. I think the 3g eclipse is the nicest smaller size nano available. Have you had any temperature issues in such a small tank, I noticed you had no heater? BTW awesome invertebrate shots. ~BH20 Thanks, Its a kinda neat story, I bought a 10g Nano off of this guy for $40. It had a perc, yellow watchman, and a cleaner wrasse, plus about $100 in Kent chemicals, lights, two powerheads. He also had a big box of aquarium stuff that included this little tank. It was his recovery tank. I was planning on ordering a custom sized 7.5g tank to fit on my desk, but this one was perfect! My only beef with the Eclipse is that the acrylic scratches easy and it came to me a little less than perfect, But I can ignore the small scratches. I haven't had any temp issues at all. Im in an office building so the temp in here is fairly stable. When the lights are off at night, the tank will drop down to about 75-76º.During the day, the lights in the hood heat the water to about 78-79º...(A fan on the top that turns on when my first lights kick in, blows that hot air out and keep the water cool) I recommend the eclipse setup to anyone (although the filter intake is positioned awkward..but that is easily replace--albeit with some minor cutting and modification) Link to comment
Megalomaniac Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 nice tank! and nice coffee mug i have one just like it:D Link to comment
danielmiller82 Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 Originally posted by Megalomaniac nice tank! and nice coffee mug i have one just like it:D Thats cool...I have a bunch of these...Im Graphics producer at the station...where this tank is! Link to comment
danielmiller82 Posted October 1, 2004 Author Share Posted October 1, 2004 I just added some new stuff to my nano today! Here is the tank shot Here is the small branch hammer i got And here are the two Peppermint Shrimp I got as well(one is in the back ground blurry) Their names are Frick and Frack. I also got a small astrea snail as a hitchhiker Link to comment
Deleted User 8530 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Any new Updates? I can tell its been a whiel Link to comment
danielmiller82 Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 Well... I added a Yellow Clown Goby, but he refused to eat any of the foods I tried to feed him. Then i started to get coraline established pretty good... and well it kicked into overdrive! I got both green and pink growing...but the problem is....it keeps growing on the front. And since the front is acrylic it scratches VERY easily. And since its a bowfront...its SUPER hard to clean. I have had a fun few months with this 3 gallon, but I feel that it is type to upgrade. I have had a custom 9 gallon made for me... Dimensions are 12x12x18. I am putting a divider about 2" from the back of the tank. It will be a continuous overflow(IE-no teeth). The water will flow into the back area...where one of my two heaters will be located. Then the water goes out to a 10g sump/refuge on the floor. where it is returned to a flow bar(PVC pipe with small holes drilled in it) across the front of the tank. I will also be adding a closed loop in the back overflow area. but the neat thing...the returns will be plumbed through the divider wall and will be hidden under sand and LR. My goal here is to have a nano were you see absolutely nothing inside the display besides sand, LR, corals and critters. The new tank will have ~6 gallons of room for display...the entire system will be 19 gallons. Having the sump on the floor..i will be building an enclosure that allows me to put all of my tank stuff inside rather than having it in my desk. I will be making updates as progress continues. Link to comment
gregb Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Put the coffee mug inside the tank it will look good with algy all over it. Link to comment
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