Melev's new Nano!

[Reefer07]

That's a really cool design. Nice work!

 

[Kentanner11]

Very cool! I like the look!

 

[Lytehouse]

Cool idea and great use of .49 and a closet.

Plus it looks great.

 

[erics3000]

Marc I love that light rack...I am jealous you have a vortech on your nano..hehehehehhe 1 day i will suck it up and order a few....Thanks for the updates...

 

[bleedingthought]

Marc, the light looks nice!

 

[melev]

I took a few more pictures today, now that the tank is cleaner. I'll post them later tonight.

 

[NanoGurl]

Tease

 

[melev]

 

[melev]

 

[NanoGurl]

Beautiful photos!

How are all of your ricordeas doing?

 

[melev]

So far so good. They look a little bit see-through to me yet very colorful, but I think the new lightbulb will resolve that. The foyer is so bright now, I can't believe it. The RBTAs hid in the rockwork all day, so I decided to reduce the light period down to only 5 hours a day for the next few days to avoid cooking the corals.

Here are a number of them, although it looks better as a huge image.

 

[NanoGurl]

:thumbsup:

 

[Kentanner11]

Wow!
I have heard and seen other acrylic tanks that have gotten scratched or even melted bc/ of the vortech and it's spinning magnet and the heat generated.
Has this happened at all with this, angled tank?

 

[melev]

None at all. I think that is reported by many but few actually suffer from any damage. I only know of one tank that specifically had an issue from one pump, and he had several on his tank.

 

[Kentanner11]

thanks!

 

[melev]

I'm getting a nice 1" wave in this tank and it is only using 6 to 8 watts of power. :thumbsup:

 

[Kentanner11]

nice!!! (how many watts is your light) jk lol!

 

[melev]

150w. Fortunately, that is about it. The only other power that tank needs is the return pump, which is currently a Mag 5, but I'm about to build a manifold and when I do, it will be a shared Sequence Dart pump to run a number of items including this tank.

Anything that reduces power consumption is a good thing.

 

[Kentanner11]

I am really looking forward to the manifold!!

 

[melev]

I'm doing a little math here, but don't know if it is right.

VorTech - 7w
MH - 150w
Mag 5 - 45w

.007 x 24 = .168 (kwatts per day)
.150 x 8 hrs = 1.2 (kwatts per day)
.045 x 24 hrs = 1.08 (kwatts per day)

Those numbers add up to 73 kWh monthly x $.124375 which equals $9.13 per month. So for about $10 a month, this tank is powered. The filtration is part of the 280g reef system, so I'm not including that.