The Nano
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The pictures I took up above were under a 96W PC. A 150 W MH would work too. I had a 250W DE MH on a 2 gallon recently. As long as you separate it far enough it won't cause any heat issues. I'm sure T5s could probably work too.
I think it's really up to how much you're willing to invest and what fixture makes you happiest.
If you want to do SPS, for an external pump I would consider something like a couple MJs on a wavemaker or even a Quiet One 1200. Just depends on how hard core you want to go with all this. It'll be a lot of equipment sticking out the back, soyoumay consider drilling through the bottom.
My last nano was 2 gallons and had a 300gph pump on it, plumbed through the bottom. Here is all the ugly looking gear:
And the finished product, with the equipment all concealed in the stand:
There's a thread here on RC of a guy who did this using a canister filter, which he added carbon and a heater to. I was much happier with the look of this tank than any other nano I've had.
I think it's really up to how much you're willing to invest and what fixture makes you happiest.
If you want to do SPS, for an external pump I would consider something like a couple MJs on a wavemaker or even a Quiet One 1200. Just depends on how hard core you want to go with all this. It'll be a lot of equipment sticking out the back, soyoumay consider drilling through the bottom.
My last nano was 2 gallons and had a 300gph pump on it, plumbed through the bottom. Here is all the ugly looking gear:
And the finished product, with the equipment all concealed in the stand:
There's a thread here on RC of a guy who did this using a canister filter, which he added carbon and a heater to. I was much happier with the look of this tank than any other nano I've had.
hiepatitis
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man those are some nice nano's. i sold my 55 when i moved out to the bay and just started 2 nano's. a 6 and a 12. not much in there but i just picked up a pair of black and white percula's. hope i can get my nano as stocked as the ones in the pics.
Are you talking about the plumbing picture?
A breakdown.
2 thread by thread bulkheads--2x$5.99
2 thread by thread ball valves--2x$3.99
2 thread by thread unions--2x$3.99
4 asstd hose barbs--4x$.99
Quiet One 1200 pump--$35
Hydor Flo flow through heater--$45
asstd vinyl hose and clamps--$3
So around $115 total. It's much more expensive than just throwing a pump and a heater inside the tank. It's completely worth it IMO though. If I had to do it all over I'd just buy the smallest available canister filter and plumb that through the bottom. I just don't know if I'm entirely happy with the flow put out by the pumps on some of those .
All this stuff is available at my ACE in Davis. The bulkheads aren't available at all ACEs but the rest should be.
Oh yeah, I didn't include the portion coming off the white PVC tee. That was the feed line from a dosing pump.
