JBJ 28 Gallon Nano Owners Club

And now for some good news!

I got notice from JBJ today that they will be sending me out another tank to replace my bad one that keeps leaking.

My question now is..............how?

I am setting up a 10g that I can use to move my livestock over for just 1 day. I am using the water from the tank as well as as much live rock that will fit temporarily. I will be housing:

1-Purple Firefish
1-Six Line Wrasse
1-Longnose Hawk
1-Aveopora Coral
1-Emerald Crab
8-Neon Poly's on rock
1-Crocea Clam
1 Frogspawn attached to rock

I also have 2-5g Buckets I can use to house the water in.

Can I keep all the items above in the 10g for the day or should i place a few items separately in the buckets?

Could I use the existing sand or should I buy new sand?

Ultimately, my goal is to start early in the day and have everything transferred before the end of the day. I will also try to keep the landscape as close to what it looks like now so that once everyone is back, everyone will feel comfortable that their home hasn't really changed much, if at all.

Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
 
Lots of 5-gal tanks and you will be set. Transfer water, rocks, fish, inverts, corals, etc as they fit and are safe. Once you get to the bottom scoop the sand out into another bucket and suggest a since to prevent any (though unlikely) surge in sulfer etc from DSB effects or built up organics.

Slowly build from the ground up in the new tank and you are good to go. It'll be obviously cloudy so make sure to keep after that filter floss a couple times a day for a few days to get things nice and sanitary for your inhabitants ASAP.
 
jek said:
Honestly I don't think that will work.... there isn't a lot of room in back of any of those compartments... the skimmer itself barely fits, I had to take off everything to get it to fit.... suction cups, tube and filter. I mine lowered so that the lid of the skimmer is under the bottom most part of my hood (so I can open the hood w/o messing around w/ skimmer) like you have to or used to do with the Air stone skimmer from JBJ.

With that said... it's more convenient the the stock skimmer, works better, it's quiet, and does the job at least good enough for me... considering it's only a 28 gallon tank so skimming is questionable to begin with... all in all I like it.

-Jek-
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Great input guys. I got tired of the constant hum from the stock skimmer. I used the 9002 and also the aquamaxx. However after I moved the tank out of my office into another room I didn't have the space for a hang on back. I refused to use the stock skimmer. I had a lot of scepticism about the aquaeuro after reading about how it barely fits but I purchased it anyway. I had to remove everything to get it to fit in the back chamber. It was hard to fit and you had to adjust it by moving it up and down. That wasn't too good for me as you have to keep a perfect water level. To overcome this I did the same as others but took it further. I liked how the skimmer return pipe had an adjustment there and found it actually pulled a great skim with it in place. What I did was cut off all of the tabs and mounts on the skimmer. I also cut the return pipe elbow so it would sit closer to the skimmer. On the air pipe under the skimmer I rotated it so it the air hose would be out of the way. The skimmer now fits inside the original chamber with the adjustability as original. If anybody is interested I can post photos of the mods when I take it out to clean later.
 
Please post picks. I was looking at using the aquaeuro but wanted to keep the unit as close to stock as possible to keep it as efficient as possible. I would love to see pics. I already have the skimmer on it's way so it would be great to know what you did before I try to decide how to do mine. Thanks!
 
It's pretty easy really. I will try to pull it out on Monday when I get home. The skimmer is in pretty tight so I don't see any reason to have all of the suction cups, tabs and junk on the sides. I cut it all off with a dremel like tool. The plastic air hose on the bottom can be cut and rotated to allow more room. I'm not sure if that step is necessary though as I just did it. I will snap some pics later!
 
nolanrob123 said:
It's pretty easy really. I will try to pull it out on Monday when I get home. The skimmer is in pretty tight so I don't see any reason to have all of the suction cups, tabs and junk on the sides. I cut it all off with a dremel like tool. The plastic air hose on the bottom can be cut and rotated to allow more room. I'm not sure if that step is necessary though as I just did it. I will snap some pics later!
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Thanks a ton! Krazie:jester:
 
return nozzles and powerheads

return nozzles and powerheads

How do you all have your return nozzles aligned? I've seen different things in people's pictures, but what did you decide works best?

I have the original fan outlet nozzles on, aligned horizontally, aimed up towards the surface enough to cause a decent hump. This resulted in a good amount of surface turbulence and no scum floating.

I also have two Hydro 425 nano powerheads just below the stock outlet nozzles, they are aimed as far downwards as they allow, and slightly out (towards the nearby glass walls). I figure since my stock outlets are aimed up, I need something to push all the oxygen rich surface water down.
 
kaskiles said:
How do you all have your return nozzles aligned? I've seen different things in people's pictures, but what did you decide works best?

I have the original fan outlet nozzles on, aligned horizontally, aimed up towards the surface enough to cause a decent hump. This resulted in a good amount of surface turbulence and no scum floating.

I also have two Hydro 425 nano powerheads just below the stock outlet nozzles, they are aimed as far downwards as they allow, and slightly out (towards the nearby glass walls). I figure since my stock outlets are aimed up, I need something to push all the oxygen rich surface water down.
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Sounds to me like you are doing it correctly! :) I do the same, the surface needs to stay moving to keep the tank airated well if not using a skimmer and also to get rid of all that nasty surface scum!
 
I am just getting a JBJ 28g Nano Cube up and running that I bought used. It doesn't have the transformer that runs the NightVue Lights on the CF-quad canopy.

Can someone post a pic of the label on the transform or let me know the output wattage and mAmps?

Thanks
 
Here is a FTS of my JBJ 28. I started it in March 2012, and moved once in November. Currently have 4 fish:2 Percula Clowns, tailspot blenny and a yasha goby with pistol shrimp.
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Thats a nice tank. Can you give us any information on what you're running for equipment and supplement you use?
 
Thanks! This is my current setup right now. I run 5 Ecoxotic Panorama pro Modules: 2 blue,2 blue white, and 1 blue magenta. These retrofitted into the hood because I didn't want to run open top for fear of losing my firefish. Which, ironically, I lost. With Ange's suggestion and inspiring tank, I am running the Aquamaxx HOB-1 skimmer, which really does an amazing job. I used to run a TLF Phosban reactor, but have never really had a problem with phosphates. 5 gallon weekly water changes and chemi pure elite seem to keep that in check for the most part. The bio load is really not that great and I do intend to add another firefish at some point.
I also supplement with ESV B-ionic two part solution. 10 ML of each part per day.
Checked my params today and this was as follows
Calcium- 420
Alk- 8 DKH
Nitrates and phosphates both read 0
The coolest weapon in my arsenal is probably the 2 watt laser that I assembled. It's a relief knowing you never have to worry about Aiptasia hogging the show.
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The way my yasha goby and pistol shrimp have dug their shelter makes it hard to take good shots recently, but here is a pic I took a few months back. Just don't mind the bubble algae, I took care of most of that with Hydrogen Peroxide spot treatment.
 
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