directional
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Freshwater rocky gravel...
Planning on a 10g Hex tank
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directional
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What is the CF 9 ... remember I am not familer with lighting at all.
directional
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Yeah please do! I want to do my hex If I do anything since I already have the tank. It was pretty expensive because of the stand and the inflated price of the LFS I was at.
I would really like to see how it is aquascaped. If I can make it really nice I wont mind spending the $100 on a light for it.
I would really like to see how it is aquascaped. If I can make it really nice I wont mind spending the $100 on a light for it.
directional
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The thing that I really need is links to the lights that would be good for my 10g hex.. I cant find some of the ones that you guys have mentioned. Sorry to be such a pain. I have really tried to look for a while.
GobyJohnKenobi
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www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=11382&N=2004+113345 should link you to the light.
It is on backorder until the 6th of Sept.
I'm not sure what the dimensions are on your tank.
Maybe the 36 watt Current 12" Dual Satelite fixture would fit if you just laid it on the eggcrate. It is about 12" by 7-1/4" by 2" tall.
www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=13637&N=2004+113345 hopefully is a link to it.
You could cut out a piece of cardboard with those dimensions and place it over your tank to check the fit. I still strongly recommend an eggcrate light diffuser top with the light placed directly on top of it. They make a single light that is narrower also, but only 18 watts.
I've had my hex set up for only about a month and a half now. Somebody I work with gave it to me after their son killed all the guppies he kept in it. I kept looking at it and thinking it would make a cool nano. I set it up the way I described and put a few small frags of zoos and button polyps form my 15 in it to see how they would do. So far they have done fine, and I almost prefer the way they look under the small Coralife lighting.
It isn't really picture-worthy at the moment since it is currently holding the extra rock I scored for thr Bio 8 I'm moving everything from it to. I plan to keep it set up with some other rock from my 15.
It is amazing to look at the tank and see the way the angled sides reflect the inside of the tank and make it look "bigger" somehow. That's what's so cool about hex nanos. You will see what I mean after you set it up.
I thought about doing a 10 Hex with a sandbed deep enough for a jawfish, a central rock of Tonga or Fiji Branch with a fluorescent green toadstool or yellow Fiji leather on top of the rock. Then the Bio 8 came along.
It is on backorder until the 6th of Sept.
I'm not sure what the dimensions are on your tank.
Maybe the 36 watt Current 12" Dual Satelite fixture would fit if you just laid it on the eggcrate. It is about 12" by 7-1/4" by 2" tall.
www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=13637&N=2004+113345 hopefully is a link to it.
You could cut out a piece of cardboard with those dimensions and place it over your tank to check the fit. I still strongly recommend an eggcrate light diffuser top with the light placed directly on top of it. They make a single light that is narrower also, but only 18 watts.
I've had my hex set up for only about a month and a half now. Somebody I work with gave it to me after their son killed all the guppies he kept in it. I kept looking at it and thinking it would make a cool nano. I set it up the way I described and put a few small frags of zoos and button polyps form my 15 in it to see how they would do. So far they have done fine, and I almost prefer the way they look under the small Coralife lighting.
It isn't really picture-worthy at the moment since it is currently holding the extra rock I scored for thr Bio 8 I'm moving everything from it to. I plan to keep it set up with some other rock from my 15.
It is amazing to look at the tank and see the way the angled sides reflect the inside of the tank and make it look "bigger" somehow. That's what's so cool about hex nanos. You will see what I mean after you set it up.
I thought about doing a 10 Hex with a sandbed deep enough for a jawfish, a central rock of Tonga or Fiji Branch with a fluorescent green toadstool or yellow Fiji leather on top of the rock. Then the Bio 8 came along.
GobyJohnKenobi
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I'm really not trying to tell you what to do here; but if it was my tank, I'd get a 10 lb bag of Arag Alive by Carib Sea ( about $20 ).
Find the spot where you want the tank, set it up with the AC 30, fill it with saltwater and dump the sand in. The sand wont care about not having a light, and you can get a better idea of how it will look. Additional investment -- $20.
Then stare at the tank and decide which light you want.
Find the spot where you want the tank, set it up with the AC 30, fill it with saltwater and dump the sand in. The sand wont care about not having a light, and you can get a better idea of how it will look. Additional investment -- $20.
Then stare at the tank and decide which light you want.
directional
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Well that is what I am going to do... I am just waiting until I have a little bit more time on my hands. I will probablly get on it next week. I have to take my freshwater fish somewhere.!
sir_dudeguy
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you can do that, but i wouldnt, because theres no telling how long that stuff has been sitting on the shelves at the lfs. The longer they've been there, the more die off they're gonna have. And imo, its not really that great anyways, but the die off factor just makes me want to get it less.
Regular aragonite is fine, which goes for 15 bucks for 15 lbs at all the lfs's here, so i'd think its about the same there. Then you can just put a scoop from a local reefers sand over yours and it will seed it.
directional
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So if I go with the 36watt light I will be ok?
Should I do 10-15lbs of sand due to the tank being a hex? The bottom isnt all that wide. I will deff do that though.
Should I do 10-15lbs of sand due to the tank being a hex? The bottom isnt all that wide. I will deff do that though.
GobyJohnKenobi
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Arag Alive is alive? I just get it because I'm too lazy to want to rinse sand. LOL
And I think their Special Grade Reef Sand is a good looking product.
No matter. Just be sure to get fairly fine aragonite sand, but not the sugar fine stuff. And 10 pounds should do work just fine.
You should be fine with the 36 watt light (the Sattelite also has a moonlight built in) as long as it's 12" by 7" footprint fits over your tank. I think it should.
Let us know how it works, and the Sattelite is on sale right now....
And I think their Special Grade Reef Sand is a good looking product.
No matter. Just be sure to get fairly fine aragonite sand, but not the sugar fine stuff. And 10 pounds should do work just fine.
You should be fine with the 36 watt light (the Sattelite also has a moonlight built in) as long as it's 12" by 7" footprint fits over your tank. I think it should.
Let us know how it works, and the Sattelite is on sale right now....
sir_dudeguy
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lol ya its "suposed" to be live sand.
i just said 15 lbs because i dont think they sell a 10 lb bag..but if they do, thats more than enough. With the 15 you'd have enough for a smaller nano down the road
and did you ever get your css 65 workin right? i cant seem to get mine tuned right.
i just said 15 lbs because i dont think they sell a 10 lb bag..but if they do, thats more than enough. With the 15 you'd have enough for a smaller nano down the road
and did you ever get your css 65 workin right? i cant seem to get mine tuned right.
directional
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Yep my CSS 65 is working amazing... Let me know if you need any help with it and how long you have had it in a PM and I will see if I can help.
I will keep you guys posted. I think I am going to buy the equipment asap.
I am pretty excited about this project
Thanks for all of the help.
To keep the topic going what corals do you guys think would go well in the tank with the shape and lighting and all? Zoos? Leathers? I am not very familer with coral so if you can post a link with a picture it would be greatly appreciated
I will keep you guys posted. I think I am going to buy the equipment asap.
I am pretty excited about this project
Thanks for all of the help.
To keep the topic going what corals do you guys think would go well in the tank with the shape and lighting and all? Zoos? Leathers? I am not very familer with coral so if you can post a link with a picture it would be greatly appreciated
directional
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Also what would be a pretty good idea with a clean up crew? I am not very familer with them due to having trigger who would eat them before they even were all the way in the tank!
sir_dudeguy
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ok i'll pm you in a minute here.
but i'd say for a clean up crew go for around 10-15 cerith snails. I dont like turbos..mine never do anything. But the ceriths are the best imo...just kinda slow so if you want you could prolly get like 20...but dont do it all at once. Start w/like 8, then add a few a little later, and then just keep adding till they get up to about 15. Too many and they'll starve, so if you start to notice that theres no algae or anything for them to eat, back off.
then i'd get about 5 nassarius..they'll stay in your sand pretty much.
Stay away from hermits...all mine are wearing my cerith snail shells for some reason...hmmmmmm...lol
If you want, you could add a cleaner shrimp, but they dont really clean algae, mostly just excess food on the ground, which is good, but they'll also clean your fish if they get like a parasite or something. Like the fish will swim up to it i guess and it'll grab hold the fish and start pickin away and the fish just lets him kinda cool imo
for corals...are you getting that 36w light? if so, i'd say stick w/just some mushrooms, maybe some polyps, maybe xenias if you put them up higher in the tank...stuff like that. That lighting isnt very strong for a 10 gal hex. If you can swing it, get that 70 watt MH clip on light...that would be awsome imo, cuz MH has lots more punch in the water. If you get that, i'd say you might be able to keep almost anything..maybe not the stuff that needs crazy amount of light.
but i'd say for a clean up crew go for around 10-15 cerith snails. I dont like turbos..mine never do anything. But the ceriths are the best imo...just kinda slow so if you want you could prolly get like 20...but dont do it all at once. Start w/like 8, then add a few a little later, and then just keep adding till they get up to about 15. Too many and they'll starve, so if you start to notice that theres no algae or anything for them to eat, back off.
then i'd get about 5 nassarius..they'll stay in your sand pretty much.
Stay away from hermits...all mine are wearing my cerith snail shells for some reason...hmmmmmm...lol
If you want, you could add a cleaner shrimp, but they dont really clean algae, mostly just excess food on the ground, which is good, but they'll also clean your fish if they get like a parasite or something. Like the fish will swim up to it i guess and it'll grab hold the fish and start pickin away and the fish just lets him
kinda cool imofor corals...are you getting that 36w light? if so, i'd say stick w/just some mushrooms, maybe some polyps, maybe xenias if you put them up higher in the tank...stuff like that. That lighting isnt very strong for a 10 gal hex. If you can swing it, get that 70 watt MH clip on light...that would be awsome imo, cuz MH has lots more punch in the water. If you get that, i'd say you might be able to keep almost anything..maybe not the stuff that needs crazy amount of light.
directional
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Do you have a link to the MH light? Please?
sir_dudeguy
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ya heres a link to the 150 watt version of it...
150w
and heres the link for the 70w version
70w
imo...i'd rather just get the 150 watter...its only wat...20 or 30 bucks more? and you'd get more than 2 times the light. You'd be able to keep anything w/that 150w one imo, and if you wanted to move up to like a 20 gallon down the road, you'd still have plenty of light.
150w
and heres the link for the 70w version
70w
imo...i'd rather just get the 150 watter...its only wat...20 or 30 bucks more? and you'd get more than 2 times the light. You'd be able to keep anything w/that 150w one imo, and if you wanted to move up to like a 20 gallon down the road, you'd still have plenty of light.
