Travis Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hm...I am realy wanting an update FTS Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 I am headed into work later today to get some pictures and take some better video footage. I hope to post it tonight! - Chad Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 As promised, here is are some new photos of the tank under the 20k bulb: Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 What do you think? - Chad Link to comment
deacon hemp Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 That thing is freakin awsome!Ive been following along this thread and all i have to say is wow! Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 Thanks deacon, I keep telling myself this but I think that I am almost finished with the tank. I am trying to swing a deal to get a larger cannister filter to replace this one. Also, when I move the tank home and can guarantee a constant feeding schedule, I will add another couple sexy shrimp and a clown goby. Then it will just be a matter of letting things grow up... - Chad Link to comment
deacon hemp Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Fish im in the process of building a tank from scratch and was wondering where did u get the starfire from?,and is it super pricey? I'm most likely to go acrylic but i like the fact u can scrape it w/o worries. Link to comment
dark8nge1 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I was just wondering if there was a specific reason you ran the lighting through the top of the filter. was wondering if I could just drill a hole is the side of the canister and tread the lighting through there. Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by deacon hemp Fish im in the process of building a tank from scratch and was wondering where did u get the starfire from?,and is it super pricey? I'm most likely to go acrylic but i like the fact u can scrape it w/o worries. I had Inter American put the tank together for me becuase they are located really close to me. I gave the measurments that I wanted and they did the cutting and glueing and drilling. Cost me $50Can. That's what... $4.75US? - Chad Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by dark8nge1 I was just wondering if there was a specific reason you ran the lighting through the top of the filter. was wondering if I could just drill a hole is the side of the canister and tread the lighting through there. I didn't drill through the side because the media compartments need to slide in and out and so I would only have been able to drill in the bottom inch or so. Also the plastic that the bottom is made out of seems like more of a brittle, drill-me-and-i'll-crack sort of plastic. I just found a safe spot in the top and drilled it so that the cord came out the side where the indentation for the handle is, so it only went through a very thin piece as opposed to drilling through the entire top. HTmakessence. And thanks Travis! - Chad Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 My buddy hooked me up with an ftp site and helped me post a better quality video. I found that it worked best if I opened it in windows media player (not the browser) and used the skin mode to stretch it out to a decent size. (I hope that makes sense). And yes, I know the music is lame but I don't have anything that went with the "nano theme" as well as this. Enjoy! http://www.102tech.com/fish/PicoMovie.wmv - Chad Link to comment
Sushi Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 woweee, ur tank still never ceases to amaze me. BTW, nice video! Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Haha mission acomplished then. Thanks. - Chad Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 Thanks . I'm glad you like it! - Chad Link to comment
dymaxiun Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Very Nice! SPS! How is that coloring up? see any growth rate? are you supplementing the Ca, Mag? Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 Thanks. I am not interested in my sps growing quickly (infact slow would be fine in a tank this size) however I am really surprised at the growth I've been getting. My digitata are all sprouting little branches! I dont suppliment anything. I use a decent salt (Tropic Marine) and do a 15% water change every week. In my opinion, dosing a tank this small would do more harm than good. Oh, and this 20k bulb gives everything the perfect color. Cheers! - Chad Link to comment
ninjafish Posted June 26, 2005 Author Share Posted June 26, 2005 I opened up my cannister during my water change today and was shocked to find that one of my 5w submersible bulbs has burnt out. It doesn't seem to have made a difference, the chaeto has growth to take up the entire compartment and I had to throw away a couple handfuls of it. - Chad Link to comment
Biodragen Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Fish I like it What I do not see in the pics or the video is the filtration in operation. Is this something you do off and on? I want to make one like this but that is the question---the filter. Thanks Link to comment
Biodragen Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Fish I like it What I do not see in the pics or the video is the filtration in operation. Is this something you do off and on? I want to make one like this but that is the question---the filter. Thanks Link to comment
ninjafish Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 Thanks for your interest! In a way, the fact that you can;t see the filtration working is the whole point of the tank . I should have taken better shots of it in the video but the cannister is tucked behind the auto-topoff and to the left of it. I leave it running 24/7 and only stop it once a month, long enough to clean out the bottom and prune the chaeto. The rippling water that you saw in the video is the result of the current generated be the filter. HTH. Cheers! - Chad Link to comment
mikej Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Is it just me or are most of the images in this thread broken? Link to comment
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