12 gal. cube/70w mh/ sps

[danfrith]

hey, my tank is a 12 ga. nanocube dx. i took out the back pc bulb and put the 70 w hqi there. i havent had any heat problems. I am probably going to get an actinic bulb for the front pc bulb. Everything else is stock nanocube dx. tell me what you think. and it doesnt look as green in real life. thanks.

livestock:
a pair of bluestripe pipefish
1 pistol shrimp
2 snails
4 blue legged hermit crabs
acro tenius
poccilopora
gsp
zoos
kenye tree that i will probably get rid of

 

[CamBarr]

link does not work

 

[danfrith]

how do you post the picks on the thread.

 

[demeyer2]

a good way is to upload the photos to a place like photobucket.com and then past the IMG tags they give you. hope that helps

 

[danfrith]

does this work?

 

[danfrith]

 

[majestic sea life]

i love my pair of blue strips also.

 

[danfrith]

 

[Phyto]

The pic is a little fuzzy, but the tank looks good. That is exactly what I would do if I had a 12g and SPS (70watt mh + pc actinics). Maximum lighting without a chiller is the way to go. That Kenya tree will grow like a weed and start rubbing against other corals in the tank!

 

[ENraged]

Are your pipefish eating frozen food?

 

[danfrith]

yes, they go crazy over frozen mysis

 

[danfrith]

 

[ENraged]

If you do not mind me asking i am in the middle of debating whether or not to get a couple of dragonface pipes for my tank.
Do you feed you 2 every day of the week or do you let them go with out on weekends?
would love to get more detail on the glorious pipefish

 

[danfrith]

i feed them about once everyday, i may forget every once in while.
dragon face pipes are very hard to get to train to frozen in my past exprience with them, and even live bbs. i'd say if there not feeding on frozen food you should have a 30+ gal aquarium with a good refugium.

 

[ENraged]

What are yours blue stripe?

 

[danfrith]

 

[Bigmike]

IMO if youre going to start stocking sps, youll need a bit more flow than just the standard that comes with the cube, any plans on this?

 

[ENraged]

Whats your temp running at by the end of the day ?

 

[danfrith]

it usually doesnt get above 82

 

[ENraged]

Could you do me a favor and post up a photo spread of your under hood.
prefferably day time photos so i can see the difference between your hood and my own.
I can tell by just the bit of splash gaurd i see that you hood is set up better them mine so i would have a bit of work to do.
Did you mount extra fans in the hood to vent the heated air away from the tank?