My Jebo 14gl nano

[saltycreefer]

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Here's what I'm starting with. It's a tank that was given to me 2 years ago from a guy for helping him out with his big tank. I used to have cichlids in it til this morning. The tank used to have an eclipse like top and filter that I have removed.
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This is going to be my flow. 2 maxijet1200's with the old cut the nozzle off mod hooked up to a pump timer. This mod works by changeing the direction of the flow every time the pump is turned on. So the water goes back and forth. I also have an aquaclear 50 but I may upgrade that to a larger model so I can modify it into a fuge.

 

[jun_celis]

It looks great but I think you have to much flow for a 14 gal. What are you thinking about keeping in your tank?

 

[saltycreefer]

I'm going to put sps. I'm also going to be running a 150watt 14k HQI when I can spare the cash for the hanging kit.

 

[saltycreefer]

The wavemaker only runs one pump at a time so the flow isn't that crazy, just nice and random. I just filled it up with water and added a big piece of uaneva rock. Could barely get it in there.
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I'm also running 2x65watt PC's temporarily.

 

[saltycreefer]

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Added the rest of my liverock today. I think I have about 25lbs. Alltogether. I ended up having to break up some of the bigger pieces which always bums me out. I like to use a few big pieces rather than a bunch of small ones.
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I also picked up today what I needed to hang my lights frome HD.Will get pics up later of that little project.

 

[saltycreefer]

Ok, now my lights are hung. My supervisor seems to be pleased with my work so far.
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I think my next project will be hooking up a gravity fed topoff from the top shelf in my closet behind the tank. Eventually I'll be topping off with kalk.
Here's some pics of how I rigged the lights for about $10 rather than $30 for the AB hanging kit,
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[saltycreefer]

Had to change Avatar (didn't want trouble with my GF!)

 

[Jasonf08]

No plans on a filter???

 

[saltycreefer]

Yes i plan on an aquaclear refugium mod. I temporarily have a small aquaclear with a piece of poly filter and a 5-oz chemipure.

 

[saltycreefer]

Wpke up in the middle of the night to find this little guy cruisin around. Guess he was in a piece of rock. Anybody know which watchman goby will go with him?Or if he will bother anything in the tank? Thanks!
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[saltycreefer]

Got my float valve today for my gravity fed topoff. Made a bracket out of a piece of a yard stick.
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Drilled holes in the top brace to run zip ties to connect the float.
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Hopefully I can pick up a water reservoir and the rest of my supplies tomorrow!

 

[saltycreefer]

Scored an acrylic tank to use for my topoff today!
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Here it is with the bulkhead and RO tubing adaptor in place.
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I put the tank up on a shelf above my tank to gravity feed down to the float valve as evaporation occurs.
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[saltycreefer]

Here's another view of my nano.
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And a nice leptastrea I rescued from my job.
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[FLricordia]

Nice DIY jobs. Why the light hanging that way instead of length-ways?

 

[saltycreefer]

The light is hung that way for 2 reasons.
1-it has a built in ballast so the bulb is way off center,
2-I like the light spread better this way. I get more light in the tank with the bulb aligned this way.

 

[lbaskball45]

hey saltycreefer, i noticed that your having good luck with your 14gal under 150watts of metal halide.. I seem to be having problems with my 14gal under 150watts..any recommendations? everything seems to be dying, including mushrooms which ive kept under dark areas. Also, I added a powerhead and the waterflow just seems to be too much to keep anything. I have a biocube 14gal. How long have you had your tank cycled up and running? I have huge amount of algae growing due to the metal halides and mine has been up and running for 4months now.

 

[saltycreefer]

Ibaskball, what are you running in the back chambers?,your water parameters?,your temp?

 

[saltycreefer]

What I did today! I have no idea if this is going to work the way I want it to but I'm givin' it a shot. I made a fuge out of a phosban reactor and a nova 10k t5 light.
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Here it is put together. I put a small amout of what I call sea pubes(chaeto.) in the chamber and zip tied the t5 to the reactor.
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Here it is hanging behind the tank.
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I have it recirculating in my aquaclear 50 via a maxijet 400 valved 1/2 way down.
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And lit up!!!
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[saltycreefer]

Please let me know if any of you have tried this and how it works. Thanks in advance!

 

[Cody Ray]

I have done the phosphate reactor fuge before and it worked very well however I discontinued it because it was the the older model (a pain to have to open every week to remove algae!).