Hi all,
Everyone loves a nano. This was my first aquarium - started about 3 years ago as a planted betta tank seen here sadly I lost the betta - so the tank has been reborn in Salt. The algae has been in place for about a week now and I am looking forward to seeing it grow in.
There is almost no filtration and I plan on using a few filter feeders and water changes for maintenance.
http://i.imgur.com/du28XQb.jpg
Still needs some polish on the wiring. We have a tiny... Vintage apartment in beacon hill, Boston - so exposed pipes and crooked corners are just a way of life.
http://i.imgur.com/0Mdmip6.jpg
The goal was to keep it cheap - the light cost $50 to make and is roughly 50 watts of led juice when fully powered. It has 4 independent channels (RB + 6k white + red/cyan + windex/uv) and is arduino mini controlled. The arduino cycles through 2 day / night periods per 24 hours and fades all channels in and out proportionally to the values set by the potentiometers.
Needs some clean up - but its not too noticeable under the cupboard
Ps: before the fuzz shows up - the Orchid dotty back has been sentenced to time in the kitchen tank after a killing spree in the big reef. I am in the process of selling her and do not expect that she will be a permanent fixture in this 8g tank.
Everyone loves a nano. This was my first aquarium - started about 3 years ago as a planted betta tank seen here sadly I lost the betta - so the tank has been reborn in Salt. The algae has been in place for about a week now and I am looking forward to seeing it grow in.
There is almost no filtration and I plan on using a few filter feeders and water changes for maintenance.
http://i.imgur.com/du28XQb.jpg
Still needs some polish on the wiring. We have a tiny... Vintage apartment in beacon hill, Boston - so exposed pipes and crooked corners are just a way of life.
http://i.imgur.com/0Mdmip6.jpg
The goal was to keep it cheap - the light cost $50 to make and is roughly 50 watts of led juice when fully powered. It has 4 independent channels (RB + 6k white + red/cyan + windex/uv) and is arduino mini controlled. The arduino cycles through 2 day / night periods per 24 hours and fades all channels in and out proportionally to the values set by the potentiometers.
Needs some clean up - but its not too noticeable under the cupboard
Ps: before the fuzz shows up - the Orchid dotty back has been sentenced to time in the kitchen tank after a killing spree in the big reef. I am in the process of selling her and do not expect that she will be a permanent fixture in this 8g tank.
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