The kids tank is setup/run by Marko Haaga, his tank was TOTM a while ago here. So he propably knows what he is doing 
Heres Marko's site:
http://haaga.aqua-web.org/
Heres Marko's site:
http://haaga.aqua-web.org/
check out this kids nano
- Thread starter Detritivore
- Start date
jedininja
New member
I'm really not sure how well NO works. And even if it does work, it can only work pretty much on corals closest to the surface. No matter how much NO bulbs you have, it will not be able to penetrate deep enough into the water for most people's tank.
I'm still skeptical on how the corals will do long term under NO though.
I'm still skeptical on how the corals will do long term under NO though.
Jahkaya
New member
If you look, all the corals are within ten inches of the bulbs with the Sand bed. The Bulbs are in proper INDIVIDUAL reflectors and are driven by an electonic ballast. That would be plenty of par to keep the corals healthy and thriving. I am sure the growth is nowhere near what it would be if had T-5's, VHO or halides, but still enough to keep the corals healthy.
If he does weekly 20 percent water changes and has just the two fish in the ten gallon, that would account for the water quality regardless what he puts in the canister filter.
I am betting that the rock is of high quality and the person maintaining it is well expericenced with SPS.
If he does weekly 20 percent water changes and has just the two fish in the ten gallon, that would account for the water quality regardless what he puts in the canister filter.
I am betting that the rock is of high quality and the person maintaining it is well expericenced with SPS.
Hello and many thanks of your comments of our nano. The tank is certainly been taken care by me and my son together .
The tank was set up over 6 months ago. First there was the sand and live rock, in couple of weeks two clown fish was added. First corals were fungia and Seriatopora hystrix after about month. All the corals have been in the tank at least three months. The grow rate and the colours have been almost as good as in my main Zeovit tank during that time.
The main thing in succesful nano keeping just like in all reefkeeping is to maintain nearzero dissolved nutritient levels in the water. This is achieved in our nano with iron based phosphate remover and Seachem denitrate and activated carbon. I suppose that maybe some carbon based food for the bacteria is bond to the denitrate, because about two weeks after starting it, there were bacteria films in our nano in many surfaces, and a lot of gas bubbles (Nitrogen I suppose) rising from the sand bed and from the canister filter and the nitrate value of the water lowered quickly. After some weeks bacteria films slowly disappeared. The coralline algea grows very slowly in our nano just like in my main zeovit tank. There is many macroalgea species in the nano, and they also grow quite slowly.
The low nutritients could not be maintained in our tank with 20% water changes even when it was done every week (now it is done once every 2 weeks). The tank is guite small and there in three fish in it. Both phosphate and nitrate rose to dangerous levels to corals. Nitrate was 20 - 30 ppm. After 1 month with denitrate it was 0 according to two different aquarium test kits I have.
When I started my reefkeeping over ten years ago, I kept succesful reef aquariums for years with NO fluorescents only, and I can say from my experience that it really is possible to do so. You need a lot of tubes of course, but with about 1w/1l (4w/1gallon) of light, you can keep and grow almost all photosynthetic corals and also get good colours also with NO tubes.
Yours
Marko
.The tank was set up over 6 months ago. First there was the sand and live rock, in couple of weeks two clown fish was added. First corals were fungia and Seriatopora hystrix after about month. All the corals have been in the tank at least three months. The grow rate and the colours have been almost as good as in my main Zeovit tank during that time.
The main thing in succesful nano keeping just like in all reefkeeping is to maintain nearzero dissolved nutritient levels in the water. This is achieved in our nano with iron based phosphate remover and Seachem denitrate and activated carbon. I suppose that maybe some carbon based food for the bacteria is bond to the denitrate, because about two weeks after starting it, there were bacteria films in our nano in many surfaces, and a lot of gas bubbles (Nitrogen I suppose) rising from the sand bed and from the canister filter and the nitrate value of the water lowered quickly. After some weeks bacteria films slowly disappeared. The coralline algea grows very slowly in our nano just like in my main zeovit tank. There is many macroalgea species in the nano, and they also grow quite slowly.
The low nutritients could not be maintained in our tank with 20% water changes even when it was done every week (now it is done once every 2 weeks). The tank is guite small and there in three fish in it. Both phosphate and nitrate rose to dangerous levels to corals. Nitrate was 20 - 30 ppm. After 1 month with denitrate it was 0 according to two different aquarium test kits I have.
When I started my reefkeeping over ten years ago, I kept succesful reef aquariums for years with NO fluorescents only, and I can say from my experience that it really is possible to do so. You need a lot of tubes of course, but with about 1w/1l (4w/1gallon) of light, you can keep and grow almost all photosynthetic corals and also get good colours also with NO tubes.
Yours
Marko
alphaferret
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
nice thnks for th info- & your son is going to be areefer god someday- knows more than me already!-lol
hope to teach my child someday
hope to teach my child someday
alphaferret
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
off topic sorry-hey a porter what do you use for a canopy for your 46 bow - i got one too- but my canopy is a box not nice and curved lioke the tank
alphaferret
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
also side note is a 54 really a nano
APorter
New member
alphaferret- My tank is open top and I'm using a JBJ 2*96W PC Deluxe Formosa setup. I should say used to use these lights as I've taken the tank down and I'm selling the set-up. Currently working on a in-wall set-up that will be a mixed reef, but weighed heavy on the SPS side.
