November Nano Of The Month - Please Vote *Updated*
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EDGRAY
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COLINADAM: Glad that i could help... 
MBIERZYC: I know thats the way i want to my zoas to be a one piece zoa carpet but well once in a while i frag my zoas for friends and all that so there always some space to grow
JBROWN11352: Thx :red: glad you like my tank...
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Well im gonna paste this from the other poll so people can know something about my tank...
12g Nano Cube 2005
Lightning:2 24w PC (50/50) & 70w MH (20k)
Filtration Media: Purigen, Sea Gel & Poly Filter.
Water Flow:Maxijet 900 with hydorflo & minijet 606 with double nozzle (together with S. Skimmer)
Water Changes: Every Saturday a 75% of water change.
Livestock:
Fish: YWG, Redhead goby & Ocellaris clownfish.
Invertebrates: Randall’s pistol shrimp, 2 sexy’s shrimp & Cleaning crew.
Corals: zoanthids, Frogspawn, Xenia & Shrooms
Time for pictures and well just 3 allowed so here is 2 and ill post the other one later I want to take a new FTS (kinda) since I have new aquascape Know
JUST A NICE PIC (fish was moved to a coldwater tank)
MBIERZYC: I know thats the way i want to my zoas to be a one piece zoa carpet but well once in a while i frag my zoas for friends and all that so there always some space to grow
JBROWN11352: Thx :red: glad you like my tank...
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Well im gonna paste this from the other poll so people can know something about my tank...
12g Nano Cube 2005
Lightning:2 24w PC (50/50) & 70w MH (20k)
Filtration Media: Purigen, Sea Gel & Poly Filter.
Water Flow:Maxijet 900 with hydorflo & minijet 606 with double nozzle (together with S. Skimmer)
Water Changes: Every Saturday a 75% of water change.
Livestock:
Fish: YWG, Redhead goby & Ocellaris clownfish.
Invertebrates: Randall’s pistol shrimp, 2 sexy’s shrimp & Cleaning crew.
Corals: zoanthids, Frogspawn, Xenia & Shrooms
Time for pictures and well just 3 allowed so here is 2 and ill post the other one later I want to take a new FTS (kinda) since I have new aquascape Know
JUST A NICE PIC (fish was moved to a coldwater tank)
ikuwaseven
New member
no offense taken...
i seriously didnt think my tank could win much less be nominated... i posted cause it was nice to see cee's acan/micro dominated tank... which was how i eventually wanted my tank to look like... its rare to see a acan/micro dominated nanotank... i was excited to see one... but then when colinadam talked about those "future" winners then i knew why im on this ballot... so that Clarkii3 & Travis Savant could win next month... whos tanks are awesome ive been follwing travis' tank since his old one and build of his new one on NR.com.. and whenever clarkii3 freely spoke his mind on NR too... so i know those tanks deserve to win... and putting tanks like mine up there instead of those ones would give them and anyone else deserving a chance for a win...
but i also understand what jbrown11352 is getting at... tank of the month is all about apperances... and in making my own tank i never put appearance as a priority... the piecies within the tank were my priority... which is why in my own tank thread i never posted a real FTS... cause i suck at taking FTS pics... but it just so happens i posted an FTS on my thread right before i saw cee's tank in the nov totm entries thread... so i thought why not post that same pic in the entries... i was excited to see another acan/micro domination nano tank...
and no offense to you jason but i dont think "i have some work left to do"... i like the way my tank is... its a frag tank that doesnt look like a regular frag/prop tank... my piecies are my spotlight in my usual pics... granted that fts pic is a horrible pic but you yourself know that things look much better in person as you have posted in your indo/nonindo thread in the lps fourms.
but yeah dont get me wrong i totally honored to be nominated... but i also know that im in it to loose... i mean if you like acan/micros which my tank is all about... cee's tank is the winner... im just a little confused by the "rules"... is it a rule that if you are nominated this month you can't enter for next month? (this is just a general question.. i definitly dont have a desire to enter again)
is that why was mine was nominated this month instead of travis' or clarkii3's or MrMexReefer or salhantthegreat... so they can have their "moment in the sun down the road"... im just sayin... cause c'mon... travis' tank is awesome... i think it would be a better contest if the "best" tanks were up against each other...
dont get me wrong... colinadam did the job that most of us wouldnt want to do... i didnt envy his task... but as a suggestion for the next totm i think there should be like 3 people who pick nominee's... that way the strain isint on one person and its more of a democracy... and i think AVALover5498 and jbrown11352 should be judges sinnce they were the first to complain about this months nominees
but like colinadam said "this is the first time we have ever tried this it's all about trial and error."...
-brad
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Illuminati
Premium Member
Hey now, no bashing your own tank
I picked yours because I honestly thought it looked good. I thought the pic was a little dark (like most of mine are) but I thought it had potential.
When I started the other thread I was hoping people could get some updated shots of their systems and add those to the thread. I firmly believe you are a good picture away from having one of the best nano's around.
As for the "rules" there really are not any, I designed this as a community project. Anyone can repost pictures next month and re-enter the contest for December.
Also whoever is running things next month (poor schmuck
)
can do whatever he wants to and change/make up any rules he wants. If he wants to allow the Top 30 tanks to be voted on he can, if he says "Man this is a pain" and lets it die out then it dies out.
On the other hand if someone wanted to take the bull by the horns and form a little panel that picks the Top however many tanks of the month then that would be great. I tried that with Frankie (My wingman on this) and he still hasn't read my PM to him like 5 days ago asking what Nano's he liked - Frankie if your reading this check your PM's
If nothing else we have a nice little thread where we can come back and look at these for future idea's. I made a subfolder in my photobucket account and these won't be going anywhere for a while (unless the owner asks me to take them down).
Travis & Clarki - I swear, you guys were like 11 a. & 11 b.
Both of you guys have very nice setups, hopefully you guys didn't buy a voodo doll named Colin
I picked yours because I honestly thought it looked good. I thought the pic was a little dark (like most of mine are) but I thought it had potential.
When I started the other thread I was hoping people could get some updated shots of their systems and add those to the thread. I firmly believe you are a good picture away from having one of the best nano's around.
As for the "rules" there really are not any, I designed this as a community project. Anyone can repost pictures next month and re-enter the contest for December.
Also whoever is running things next month (poor schmuck
)can do whatever he wants to and change/make up any rules he wants. If he wants to allow the Top 30 tanks to be voted on he can, if he says "Man this is a pain" and lets it die out then it dies out.
On the other hand if someone wanted to take the bull by the horns and form a little panel that picks the Top however many tanks of the month then that would be great. I tried that with Frankie (My wingman on this) and he still hasn't read my PM to him like 5 days ago asking what Nano's he liked - Frankie if your reading this check your PM's
If nothing else we have a nice little thread where we can come back and look at these for future idea's. I made a subfolder in my photobucket account and these won't be going anywhere for a while (unless the owner asks me to take them down).
Travis & Clarki - I swear, you guys were like 11 a. & 11 b.
Both of you guys have very nice setups, hopefully you guys didn't buy a voodo doll named Colin
ikuwaseven
New member
im not bashing my own tank.. i personally love my tank.. thats all that matters and thats wat really counts... but for a picture perfect RC's NanoReef fourm's Nano Tank of the Month.... its lacking... just stating fact...
but i seriously think there should be at least 3 people as judges... and AVALover5498 and jbrown11352 should be on the panel... usually the ones who state their opinion/complaints first are the ones who will consistently do it again if they have another opinion/complaint... and the ones who have complaints are also ussually the ones who try and do things so that they dont get complaints themeselves... u know... they have the potential to do a really good job in judging...
and thanx for nominating me... i really am honored...
but i seriously think there should be at least 3 people as judges... and AVALover5498 and jbrown11352 should be on the panel... usually the ones who state their opinion/complaints first are the ones who will consistently do it again if they have another opinion/complaint... and the ones who have complaints are also ussually the ones who try and do things so that they dont get complaints themeselves... u know... they have the potential to do a really good job in judging...
and thanx for nominating me... i really am honored...
Thanks for the nomination and to those who voted for me. Unfortunately some rather serious family issues are prohibiting me from having the time to fiddle with my crappy camera to get some decent macro shots. Hopefully I'll be able to do that soon, but here's some general tank info:
Equipment: 30 Gallon Tall, Emperor 280, 3 AC 30 powerheads, Prizm Pro Skimmer, 130W PC, 28W T5
Fish: Tomato Clown, Strawberry Dottyback, 3 Yellow Tail Blue Damsels
Mobile Inverts: Astrea Snails, Nassarius Snails, huge Blue Linkia Star, 2 small Red Fromia Star
Sedentary Inverts: Pearl Bubble, Brown Bubble, Green Bubble, Red Open Brain, Sun Coral, Blue Sponge, Hammer Coral, Frogspawn, Finger Leather, Stripped Green Shrooms, Ricordea
Maintanence: 20% WC 1-2 times per week. Feed corals and fish every other day. Top up manually daily.
This tank is only 6 months old, and has a long way to go. Equipment upgrades, sump system, refugium, and additional livestock in the future.
Equipment: 30 Gallon Tall, Emperor 280, 3 AC 30 powerheads, Prizm Pro Skimmer, 130W PC, 28W T5
Fish: Tomato Clown, Strawberry Dottyback, 3 Yellow Tail Blue Damsels
Mobile Inverts: Astrea Snails, Nassarius Snails, huge Blue Linkia Star, 2 small Red Fromia Star
Sedentary Inverts: Pearl Bubble, Brown Bubble, Green Bubble, Red Open Brain, Sun Coral, Blue Sponge, Hammer Coral, Frogspawn, Finger Leather, Stripped Green Shrooms, Ricordea
Maintanence: 20% WC 1-2 times per week. Feed corals and fish every other day. Top up manually daily.
This tank is only 6 months old, and has a long way to go. Equipment upgrades, sump system, refugium, and additional livestock in the future.
cee
New member
Brad:
Give it a year or so, and with feedings, you'll be there! All my Acans and Micros started out as a few polyps as you can see here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v468/commiphora/AM/?sc=3
and grew up to be what you see today (some faster than others).
Dave
genix- i really like yours. i'm more a fan of the less cluttered look like yours and you have the colors spread out nicely. honestly i'm just starting my finnex 30 cube and i put your tank as my background on this computer as an inspiration.
RFC-one of the favorite nanos that i have seen. again i like how you spread your colors
RFC-one of the favorite nanos that i have seen. again i like how you spread your colors
CoralFiend
New member
I too am honored to have been included in this group. Probably more for the just plain weird overall design, rather than inhabitants. But, I am honored nonetheless. My tank has been up and running barely six months, so it is not nearly as mature as some here. Anyway, here is the info I prepared on my tank.
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I started out wanting to build something very unique. I wanted a small display with the look and some of the features of a larger reef tank. The result was the DIY 7.8 gallon, "Pirates Reef." The dimensions of the tank are, 20" x 9" x 10" and it was built from scratch of 1/4" plate glass. I wanted to come up with some sort of enclosure to hide all of the plumbing that was being used, so I decided on the idea of putting the tank inside of a chest, complete with opening rounded top canopy and some real chest hardware.
Equipment: Inside the stand, there is a small DIY custom sump and a EuroReef skimmer that I had left over from a tank that had been torn down. Two Mag 3 pumps supply the water flow. One for the normal return and the other for the closed loop, which utilizes a SCWD (this is soon to be replaced with an OM squirt compact). On the bottom shelf of the stand is a 20 long that is divided in half and is used for fresh salt water storage on one side and the other is the fresh water reservoir for the auto top off system. There is also a 50 watt heater and a small canister fitler that houses Rowaphos and activated carbon. There is also a 4" fan blowing cool dryer air from outside of the stand across the sump. This keeps the temperatures down, even during summer months.
Lighting: Supplied by a 24" Nova Xtreme T5 fixture. Also have a couple of blue moon lights for viewing after the lights go out. Two 3" ac fans in the canopy keep the light nice and cool. Virtually no heat transfer from the lights to the tank water.
Aquascaping: To give the reef the look of a larger tank, I dug through the rock tub at my LFS to get small (mostly around 6") pieces of rock and stacked it like I would in a larger system, making caves, etc. The result (to me anyway) is a very small tank that looks larger than it really is, especially in pictures.
Refugium: There is also a small refugium lighted 24-7 by a CoraLife 18 watt pc fixture. It is home to some chaeto, tons of pods and a few hitchhikers that are not completely reef safe. It is a good place to acclimate new specimens and house very small propagations while waiting for them to grow out a little or attach to bases.
Inhabitants: Consists mostly of small frags of LPS, softies and a couple of hardy SPS. The tank was meant to be a grow out tank for specimens to eventually be moved to my 140. And let's not forget my little clown goby! There also a mix of snails and some scarlet hermits. The tank is only six months old, so it is not as mature as some of the others here.
Salt & additives: I use Marine Environment salt and drip kalk. I do check magnesium & iodine and do occasionally dose to keep those levels up.
Build process pictorial
My ISP is changing hands, so this page may not be available.
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I started out wanting to build something very unique. I wanted a small display with the look and some of the features of a larger reef tank. The result was the DIY 7.8 gallon, "Pirates Reef." The dimensions of the tank are, 20" x 9" x 10" and it was built from scratch of 1/4" plate glass. I wanted to come up with some sort of enclosure to hide all of the plumbing that was being used, so I decided on the idea of putting the tank inside of a chest, complete with opening rounded top canopy and some real chest hardware.
Equipment: Inside the stand, there is a small DIY custom sump and a EuroReef skimmer that I had left over from a tank that had been torn down. Two Mag 3 pumps supply the water flow. One for the normal return and the other for the closed loop, which utilizes a SCWD (this is soon to be replaced with an OM squirt compact). On the bottom shelf of the stand is a 20 long that is divided in half and is used for fresh salt water storage on one side and the other is the fresh water reservoir for the auto top off system. There is also a 50 watt heater and a small canister fitler that houses Rowaphos and activated carbon. There is also a 4" fan blowing cool dryer air from outside of the stand across the sump. This keeps the temperatures down, even during summer months.
Lighting: Supplied by a 24" Nova Xtreme T5 fixture. Also have a couple of blue moon lights for viewing after the lights go out. Two 3" ac fans in the canopy keep the light nice and cool. Virtually no heat transfer from the lights to the tank water.
Aquascaping: To give the reef the look of a larger tank, I dug through the rock tub at my LFS to get small (mostly around 6") pieces of rock and stacked it like I would in a larger system, making caves, etc. The result (to me anyway) is a very small tank that looks larger than it really is, especially in pictures.
Refugium: There is also a small refugium lighted 24-7 by a CoraLife 18 watt pc fixture. It is home to some chaeto, tons of pods and a few hitchhikers that are not completely reef safe. It is a good place to acclimate new specimens and house very small propagations while waiting for them to grow out a little or attach to bases.
Inhabitants: Consists mostly of small frags of LPS, softies and a couple of hardy SPS. The tank was meant to be a grow out tank for specimens to eventually be moved to my 140. And let's not forget my little clown goby! There also a mix of snails and some scarlet hermits. The tank is only six months old, so it is not as mature as some of the others here.
Salt & additives: I use Marine Environment salt and drip kalk. I do check magnesium & iodine and do occasionally dose to keep those levels up.
Build process pictorial
My ISP is changing hands, so this page may not be available.
jwblocal701
New member
Here's mine
Here's mine
Here is my 29g biocube about 2 months going now
I have the back of the tank drilled with a 10 gallon Fuge under it
with a Skimmer
I custom made my own 3rd 36 watt bulb fit into the hood
Hope everyone likes
Here's mine
Here is my 29g biocube about 2 months going now
I have the back of the tank drilled with a 10 gallon Fuge under it
with a Skimmer
I custom made my own 3rd 36 watt bulb fit into the hood
Hope everyone likes
My humble 7 month old reef tank experiment. I am a total noob to reefing and this is my first reef after having a goldfish tank for 4 years. The goals were to keep it simple, keep it within a budget and take it slow and easy. Thus far I am pleased that everything is still alive
Setup -
29G , 15G sump, Lifereef overflow, Mag 7 return, 195W PC lighting, 45lbs live rock, 30lbs aragonite, rodi setup, fluval 205 for carbon, coralife superskimmer 65, oak canopy and panals
bioload - 2 percs, 1 watchman goby, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp
Corals - candy cane, trumpet, green ricordeas, green mushroom, red mushroom, green closed brain, frogspawn, brown polyps, crocea clam, porite frag, monitpora capricornis frag, montipora pet. frag, hammer, zoos, red open brain, green star polyps
Regards
RFC
Setup -
29G , 15G sump, Lifereef overflow, Mag 7 return, 195W PC lighting, 45lbs live rock, 30lbs aragonite, rodi setup, fluval 205 for carbon, coralife superskimmer 65, oak canopy and panals
bioload - 2 percs, 1 watchman goby, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp
Corals - candy cane, trumpet, green ricordeas, green mushroom, red mushroom, green closed brain, frogspawn, brown polyps, crocea clam, porite frag, monitpora capricornis frag, montipora pet. frag, hammer, zoos, red open brain, green star polyps
Regards
RFC
CoralFiend
New member
Thanks Eddy! I voted for yours (before the compliment). I love all the zoanthids.
I love all the zoanthids.
chocolateblnt
New member
My Vote Goes to ... CoralFiend
After all we are not only judging the corals but the entire Nano System itself ... great use of equipment space, awesome craftsmanship, & original idea!
After all we are not only judging the corals but the entire Nano System itself ... great use of equipment space, awesome craftsmanship, & original idea!
CoralFiend
New member
Thanks! The tank is far from grown out or mature, so it is a bit difficult to compete with some of these awesome looking setups!
TheUltimateNoob
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