Its been a long time but its here

[amazonlover]

hey there well yes as my title states its been a long time and what it meen is that i have had this dream of haveing a nano and its finally come, i now have the tank all the equitment only need to get the salt and LR for the tank but before i went ahead with this i was just going to double check that eveyr thign i have is good for the system.

these are the items that will be running on the tank:
filter/circultation- 100B MarineLand Bio wheel filter(100Gph)/Hagen Elite Mini sponder filter(58Gph)(detached th spone part so its a power head)
Lighting-15watt 50/50 fluro strip light(3watts per gallon)
heating-50watt hang on heater(will soon change to submersible)

I will be adding 2lbs of LR and it will have 6lbs of normal reef sand. I was told by my LFS that 2lbs of LR will be fine because the Bio-wheel filter will do a large part of my filtration as well and they said it would take up to much tank space with more then 2lbs of LR.

so im pretty sure this setup should do well i also have a 10gal with pre mixed water for water changes thats heated by a 200watt Hydor heater to make sure its the right temp(but will get a 100 watt so its not getting over heated)

anyway thanks for looking and if anyone knows any types of fish that will live in here or any corals that will do well under these lighting conditions please tell me.

Thanks!

 

[amazonlover]

BUMP!

 

[amazonlover]

no comments?????

 

[amazonlover]

Theres been a change i will be keeping a coldwater tank with Catalina Coldwater Gobys - Lythrypnus dalli - i really liek these fish and they need a temp of below 65 to thrive and the water in my hosue sits at around 62 when not heated so this is the perfect fish! they cant live in a reef but thats not really a problem i really liek them so this will be the first coldwater nano iv ever seen.

 

[edwing206]

sounds good i love those gobies. what else will you keep in there?

 

[amazonlover]

hey thanks for the reply... actully im lookign around im having a bit of trouble finding cold water corals and inverts but if anyone know of anythng that would be great.... also is LR compatible with these low tempretures? (62-68)


Thanks

 

[Illuminati]

Check out www.fragglereef.com in the inverts section
They have an anemone called something like wataph anemone and it is a colder water Australian anemone. Might be an option.

 

[amazonlover]

cool i never new theres a cold water australian anemone... i used to live there i used to have like 5 reef tanks with just flow in them all the rock,coral,inverts,sand,fish where from the beach at my beach house it was sick but i had to put it all back when i moved here

 

[edwing206]

wow i would defenitly get one of those cold water anemones they are way cool can't wait to see the finished product. good luck

 

[amazonlover]

hey i was reading can i use like 5lbs of LR and just have powerheads for flow and let them do the filtering ?

 

[amazonlover]

hey i was reading can i use like 5lbs of LR and just have powerheads for flow and let them do the filtering ?
like the LR

 

[Fat Man]

I would be a little concerned about using the commonly availiable live rock in a cold water tank. I'm not sure if many of the invertabrates that inhabit the rock will survive in the cooler temperatures.

 

[amazonlover]

ok so id have to find a CW LR supplier... actully i know one alright thats good.