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Tricked Out NanoCube 12


MattGecko

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I started off with an original NanoCube 12, removed the false wall and fully customized it.

 

My set up is very low maintenance.

 

Daily: feeding Phyto-Feast (1 drop per day) & feeding small amount of flake food

Weekly: 10% (1 gallon) water changes

Quarterly: refilling 5g top-off jug

 

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System Specs

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12g Nano Cube

Red Mahogany Oak Canopy w/ uv Glass & dual 80mm Fans

Matching Full Size Stand

70W HQI 10k Bulb (hooked up to a Ranco controller)

28w Actinic PC

28w Actinic PC

50W EBO Heater

Big Digital Temp Alert

S.C.W.D.

Maxi-Jet 900

1/4" & 3/8" Loc-Line

Top-off System (Float Switch, Relay, Powerhead & 5G Container)

Blue Plexiglass Wall w/ Overflow in Center

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All modifications were built, wired & made myself.

 

 

 

 

 

Fish

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Strawberry dottyback

 

 

Invertebrates

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(2) Emerald Crab

(2) Perrermint Shrimp

(2) Astra snail

(?) Nassarius snail

(?) Cerith Snail

 

 

SPS

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Acropora Millepora

Acropora nana

Montipora Digitata, purple

Montipora capricornis, Red

Poccilipora, Pink

Poccilipora, Green

Tenius, Blue Tip

 

 

LPS

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candy Cane, Neon Green

Blastomussa Wellsi, Red w/ Neon Green Center

 

 

Softies & Polyps

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Ricordia, Assorted

Zoahthids, Assorted

Yellow Gorgonian

Coco Worm, Red/White (hard tube)

Clavularia, Neon Green Polyps

 

 

Anemome

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a corallimorph (Pseudocorynactis carribeorum) .... Friendly Hitchhiker

Aptasia .... Eaten by shrimp :)

 

 

 

 

Almost 5 months old

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Back side (note: the second tubing running down the back with the on/off valve attached is for quick and easy water changes)

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The hidden mess that lies within:

 

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My little lighting system:

 

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My plumbing:

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Thanks, I am very pleased with the way everything is going, with the exception of the Astra-dozers.

 

I can't seem to get a good coral photo.

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so do you think that the MJ1200 going through the SCWD is sufficient flow for your SPS? i wanna do sometinng exactly like what you did. waht did you use to attach the nozzle of the powerhead to the clear tubing?

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I am finding that MJ900 does not have enough flow to make the SCWD switch correctly. That is probable my fault because I only clean the powerhead 4 times a year. With my tank being a mix of polyps, SPS & LPS I am happy with the flow that I get from the mj900. Id say for an SPS tank either the MJ900 or MJ1200 would be good.

 

In the above plumbing picture: I used different sized soft tubing forcing one inside the other to make the output on the powerhead to match the input on the SCWD.

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That's a sweet setup dude. Do I see a monti cap glued to the sidewall? :D

 

Btw, how did you do your auto top off? Which float switch, relay, etc.? Can you also get a couple of pics? I want to do something similar for my work cube so I don't have to worry about it over the weekends and when I go on vacation. Thanks.

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B) The red cap is glued to a Nimble cleaner magnet. This way I can keep it high in the tank and as it grows move it around when it begins to shade other corals below. Space is a preimium for us so when I do get around to it I am going to make myself some nano-SPS holders.

 

 

Heres my top-off system:

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I made the float switch mount from spare powerhead brackets (cutting and glueing).

 

You can get a 12 volt / 110v relay from radio shack and I picked up the float switch on Ebay from floatswitches.com (I think).

 

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Wow, that looks great. But it seems a bit complicated for us mere mortals :D Do you get the 12V power supply from RadioShack also? I think I may just give this thing a shot. Thanks.

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Yes radio shack sells 12v power supplies.

 

It is recommended that you find someone experienced to assist you in hooking up the relay.

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did you add a different fan set up on your tank to keep things cool, my original ones don't seem to keep things cool as soon as I turn the lights on the temperature begins to rise, and this thing is new a Nano Deluxe 12 gallon that I just bought yesterday.

 

Joe

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Yes added different fans, lighting, build a metal halide canopy. The glass tank is the only thing I used out of the whole nanocube package.

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