Fishiebusiness Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 I want to set up a 10 gallon nano for my dorm room. Since school is ending wednesday, i'll have time to work on it. I have a ten gallon with a 36 watt clamp on fixture, its holding some guppies right now. Where can i get a clear glass cover that has room in the back for my clamp and is clear enough to let lots of light through? My other concern is evaporation. I will be away on weekends for sure and will need some sort of automatic top off system. I think a float switch with a small reservoir would work well. Where can i get such a float switch? Thanks! (Edited by Fishiebusiness at 10:56 pm on May 18, 2002) Link to comment
Korbin Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 I would just go to Home Depot, get some plexiglass or something and cult it to fit the top of the tank. Thats what I did. When you have a good lid, evaporation isnt that much of an issue. With out the lid, I need to add a lot of water every day. With the lid, my tank is fine for a long long time. It's definitely ok for the weekend. Link to comment
Fishiebusiness Posted May 19, 2002 Author Share Posted May 19, 2002 Ok, sounds good. Can i grow some decent polyps or mushrooms with my 36watt PC fixture? It has a 10K daylight bulb on it now. Should i change to half/half actinic? Thnks Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 If you changed the bulb to a 50/50 you could keep a whole lot of soft corals in your tank. gaber Link to comment
Fishiebusiness Posted May 19, 2002 Author Share Posted May 19, 2002 half and half it is then, 22 dollars on bigals, does that sound like a good price? Anyone need a 10K 36 watt 4 pins in a row PC bulb? Link to comment
Fishiebusiness Posted May 19, 2002 Author Share Posted May 19, 2002 Another question, I will be using LR and LS with this tank. Should I cycle with the LR and the LS in already or is there a better way? Link to comment
jay2k2 Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 LR and LS is the only way to basically cycle! Link to comment
Fishiebusiness Posted May 19, 2002 Author Share Posted May 19, 2002 So heres my plan, 5 lbs of of LR 5 lbs of LS, toss in a cocktail shrimp, wait a month or so until nitrates etc dissappear and then 5 more lbs of LR. Hows that? (Edited by Fishiebusiness at 3:43 pm on May 19, 2002) Link to comment
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