mordibv's nano

[mordibv]

I have downgraded to a nano .It will be a bit before a larger tank.
17.5 gallons . 10 gallon sump . I got the tank from a builder in Cali .
Equipment used :
Mag 3 return pump via .5 inch Sea Swirl .
SWC 120 cone skimmer
Reef Keeper Lite . Level 3 ? PH and temp probe . PC 4
Switch adapter and float switch connected to a hydor eco pump .
5 gallon lfs jug for top off
Bubble Magus TM01 and TM02 for dosing .
Red Sea Pro wavemaker
Sicce voyager 2
Tunze nano's 2 x 6015
Slim Line S model led . 50 watt unit .
Home built stand .

The tank 20 x 20 x 10 . external overflow box . I painted the bottom black to match the back .

Here was the start on the stand . Wood from Lowes .

 

[mordibv]

Puttied

Tested for tank and sump fit .

 

[mordibv]

Doors and hinges were mounted . Stand was sanded ready for paint .

 

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Front view

 

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Sump completed . Partitions are from old hamilton acrylic shield . Painted stand with black spray paint . Mouse pad for pump to reduce noise . Sump will sit on foam to reduce noise .

 

[mordibv]

Painted and dry plumbed . Mostly done .. before my life took some major changes ..

 

[mordibv]

I got my dosing pumps in .

 

[schneidergarret]

looking really good i like the stand i dont know what i think about the sump i really want to do a tank with a sump but i never have it sucks but i like it what kind of lights are you going to use

 

[jbowen]

I really like the whole set up, very clean. How are you attaching the lights?

 

[mordibv]

Got the DA set up . Pain in the butt . Took a bit to figure out .I know it like the back of my hand now . Set the frags back in the tank after breaking down the 70 cube . I had my LB dimmable ballast with a mini LB . Pole was bent from electrical conduit and painted black .250 watt Helios bulb The SLIM line S led was not released yet .

 

[mordibv]

So after this .Life went to crap . I decided to go back to school .Etc , Etc I broke the tank back down . Movers came and I left the frags with a buddy .


Thanks guys . Bent metal coinduit and a LB mini . I used my old pole from the other cube.

Pole and lights came from this tank . Old pic

 

[mordibv]

I am western mass now .
So I set the tank back up when the movers arrived . Got around to playing with the dosing pumps .
Picked up some containers from the dollar store .Had no room in the stand for the dosing unit . Bought this cube storage from Target.
Made the rounds of the LFS's . Got some silicone tubing to run to the BM dosing pump tube holder

The other 4 unit doser is still in the box . I did not realize I got the wrong stuff for balling salts , DOH . 1 ECO calcium plus , 2 . ECO dkh buffer ,3. ECO mag chloride .
I just switched the buffer to kalkwasser . This is really a A B dosing solution with mag . Not the balling salts I was using in the bottles . U can see the pole mounted to the side at this time .
Pic is about 7 plus weeks old .


It ended up sitting beside the tank .

 

[mordibv]

Water is pretty low in tds but bad for some reason .
I made like 40 gallons of water and look at the pre-filter. I had to configure my ro and di together to get to 0 tds . 5 micron to 1 micron , gac to carbon block to ro and then two di's .

 

[mordibv]

My drygoods,test kits etc closet .

 

[mordibv]

I few weeks went by and I got my corals back from my buddy . s . The first attempt they ended back up at house in NC . JEEZ . he re-bagged and shipped back out to me .
I lost
500 efflo
purple passion tenius
pink lemonade
ice fire echinata
Acropora elegans
My volcano milli
1 Suharasoni
20 lokani
green slimer
tubs milli
and a few others due to the shipping and mis-judgement on the weather in mass .
One day u can wear shorts and the next u need a coat . JEEZ
With the halide, the tank shot up to 85 degrees from 77 . I had it pretty high off the tank
I decided to use the AC unit in the living room . They do not believe in central air around here since all the homes were built in the stone ages . LOL
The halide had to go .
I called SunBrite and talked to Tim . He hooked me up through EA to sell me the new SLim line S leds .
I had it shipped pronto . This puts me about a month out from today
It arrived .

 

[mordibv]

more led pics

 

[mordibv]

I had a mishap from the fixture . The mounting bracket was not tapped for the bolt screws . One call to Tim and left a message . He called back within the hour . I explained the issue . He sent a replacement part over nite . Good service and support in my book.
Mounting concerns . Water and metal interaction . Not kosher for me .
SB advised sitting the metal in the water would be warrantied .
I found some scrap wood to make a mount for the light . It would sit on the external over flow box and mount to the back of the tank . I could mount the fixture to the bracket keeping the fixture dry . I painted it black too .

All done

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Side shot of completed tank .

 

[mordibv]

This how it came out . I added a tru lumen pink strip for color pop . FTS

 

[mordibv]

I really like this TM Pro Bio Active Salt . The water get's crystal clear . I will post when the pic resize works correctly

 

[mordibv]

try this again. just the 4 blues on