I have a HQI as well and was wondering if you can put in T5 instead of PC's? I was hoping I can have the HQI run 4 hours a day (12-4pm) and have the T5 run (9-12pm , 4-7pm) to conserve on energy/heat.
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I have a HQI as well and was wondering if you can put in T5 instead of PC's? I was hoping I can have the HQI run 4 hours a day (12-4pm) and have the T5 run (9-12pm , 4-7pm) to conserve on energy/heat.
kayl
Active member
Check nanotuners/nanocustoms, they're working on a 12" version
Michelle S
New member
Nice tank, seems to be a lot of corals in there. How many fish if you don't mind me asking? My wish list of fish and corals is pretty long and I wonder what my tank capacity is for livestock.
My jbj 28 gal LED tank has cycled after 10 weeks of nothing but 7 lbs live rock and 25 +/- dry rock and combo live and dry sand plus half a raw shrimp.
I think I've been going slow enough, ordering fish today from DD.
My jbj 28 gal LED tank has cycled after 10 weeks of nothing but 7 lbs live rock and 25 +/- dry rock and combo live and dry sand plus half a raw shrimp.
I think I've been going slow enough, ordering fish today from DD.
I remember back in the day Nanocustoms offered a 10" or 11" actinic T5 for the nanocube dx upgrade. I had two that linked together. Never found replacement bulbs for them tho.
Michelle S
New member
I have one but haven't installed it yet. I'm waiting until I have corals I guess.
Thanks, I'll send them a quick email.
corrado007
Premium Member
I just posted this info in my tank chronicle on another forum but I thought I'd cut and paste it here and share it with you guys as well.
I picked up an Apex Lite controller for the Nano but it has been sitting in the box for about 2 weeks. I've been pretty busy lately but finally found a little time to install it so I thought I'd post some pics. I've also been meaning to post a pic of the new ATO container I ordered. I had been looking for a slim HDPE container that wouldn't take up a lot of space in the stand. Seems to be working out great so far. Evap is so low it has lasted over two weeks without a refill so far.
Here's the top section of the stand with the controller power strip installed and all components plugged in.
And here's the bottom section, I ended up mounting the LED ballast down there and put the ATO container there as well.
Here's the top and bottom before I put anything else in the stand and before the Apex display module.
Here's a shot of the whole thing completed with the display module installed. I made a plastic bracket for the display module mount which worked out okay but I may end up modifying it a little.
And one last one, a close up of the top section of the stand with the display module.
I picked up an Apex Lite controller for the Nano but it has been sitting in the box for about 2 weeks. I've been pretty busy lately but finally found a little time to install it so I thought I'd post some pics. I've also been meaning to post a pic of the new ATO container I ordered. I had been looking for a slim HDPE container that wouldn't take up a lot of space in the stand. Seems to be working out great so far. Evap is so low it has lasted over two weeks without a refill so far.
Here's the top section of the stand with the controller power strip installed and all components plugged in.
And here's the bottom section, I ended up mounting the LED ballast down there and put the ATO container there as well.
Here's the top and bottom before I put anything else in the stand and before the Apex display module.
Here's a shot of the whole thing completed with the display module installed. I made a plastic bracket for the display module mount which worked out okay but I may end up modifying it a little.
And one last one, a close up of the top section of the stand with the display module.
corrado007
Premium Member
Thanks man, that's what I was shooting for. Very limited space in these little stands.
corrado007
Premium Member
I got it here and it was super cheap, only about $5 plus $5 more for shipping so $10 to my door. And the best part about the container is that it's HDPE, the #2 recycle material which his the same stuff the 5gal salt buckets are made of so there's no leaching of any bad stuff into the RO/DI.
I'm running a simple $15 Tom's Aqualifter pump which you can kind of see in the photos above. It's mounted just behind the ATO control box and to the left of the Apex outlet module on a plastic shelf I made for it. Because of the height the pump has to move the water up to, it's pretty much just a fast drip but that's perfectly adequate for such small tanks IMHO.
