Updated Photos of 2 Gallon Cube

[ninjafish]

A gypsy I met one night offered me magical, perpetual water movement in exchange for my soul.
... it has been working pretty good so far.

(how's that?)


- Chad

 

[bennerkla]

Wouldn't creatures fall into the tubing?I'm assuming it has mesh-like substance over it but wouldn't the suction be great?

 

[ninjafish]

I don't know if this picture will work or not, but I am using a valve screen kind of like this one:

Because there is such a large surface area, there isn't really very much suction at any one spot. A creature would have to block all of it in order to cause any serious suction. Infact, once in a while my sexy shrimps hang out on it.

- Chad

 

[hingethunder]

Sweet tank bro! I love the fact that it just looks like a plain glass box! I've gotta do somethin' like that someday. Thanks for the inspiration!

-Hinge

 

[ninjafish]

Thanks man, shoot me a PM if you ever do, i'd love to see it.
Is Hinge your real name? I like it.

- Chad

 

[ninjafish]

Update:
I have found the golden dosing rate for my tank. The auto-topoff is now set to add 0.75ml every 3.33 minutes - 24/7. The result is that fresh water is added at almost the exact rate that it evaporates. I turned it a little lower so that there is no chance of overflowing over time and the result is that I need to top up the level a little every few days. I am estimating that if I were to leave the tank for a week, it would only lose as much water as I used to lose in a day . I am sure that my livestock is enjoying the new, rock-solid salinity levels. And I know that I am enjoying the freedom from constant topoffs. I will take a picture of the installed setup but the pump is sitting on top of a 8 liter bucket that can hold 24 days' worth of topoff water.
I will continue to monitor the level to see how much my evaporation rate is affected by rainy or super hot days ect, but so far, things are looking awesome!

- Chad

 

[bennerkla]

Great work Chad, this pico continues to amaze me.

 

[ninjafish]

Thanks bro!

 

[bennerkla]

Hopefully you're looking forward to my 5.5 gallon nano, coming to you in less than a month..... Going to have 2 Sexy Shrimp, 4 Hermits, 4 Nassarius Snails, and a Scarlet Cleaner (can I put one of those in a 5.5 gallon?)

BTW I ordered that tiny 80 GPH powerhead so I think my water circulation will be badass.

When I start my thread I'll let you know, but I don't want to keep people waiting a month until it sees water.

 

[ninjafish]

Update,
I went 4days last weekend without visiting the tank and everything went smoothly. The water level did creep up a little (~4mm) so I dialled the pump back to 15 strokes/hour. Now things are working great!
I am going to try and take some video of the tank and post it to the internet.

- Chad

 

[bennerkla]

Awesome, do you have a webcam or something?

 

[owskkibibles]

thats an awesome little tank, i like the filter system with the bulkheads

 

[ninjafish]

thats an awesome little tank, i like the filter system with the bulkheads

Thanks dude . When I bring the tank home I might have another one built with the intake bulkhead in the center of the tank so I can hide it under rockwork. Couldn't do that with this one though because the hole in the desk top was right close to the edge.

Ben,
No I use a video camera and an editing program made by pinnacle which allows you to post small clips (10mb) to their web sight.


- Chad

 

[bennerkla]

Let me know if you get the video up.

 

[cokevanilla]

What kind of growth are you getting out of those zoos in such a small environment? What kind of growth were you getting when you had them under pc? I want to setup a 5 1/2 gallon tank just for my zoanthids, but I wanted to know how yours were growing before I bought lighting. Do you know about how many polyps yours are putting on each week?
These are my zoanthids

ur zoas make me cry..never seen something so beautiful... i am crazy about zoas; how do u call them?



and this lil nano tank is aWeSoMe; i can't help but looking at the pictures all over again.... so more pics pls

 

[ninjafish]

Update,

Here is a video clip of my tank. It isn't very clear because it was compressed so much by the website. I hope it gives you an idea of how it works. By the way, once I but the 20k bulb back in I will make another video because the color is so much better. Hope you like it!

http://www.studioonline.com/playvideos.asp?MediaTypeID=1&crypt=AE100F246CF2BEB8

- Chad

 

[bennerkla]

Very Cool! I hope to do this soon as well. Nice work.

 

[SharkBait916]

Really sweet setup! Luv it!

 

[ninjafish]

Thanks guys. I am going to try and do another one and see if I can't get the lighting to come through properly. Also I just switched to one of these 20k bulbs and the tank looks 100xs better:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=46314&item=4350682346&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

So far this bulb works beautifully with my Nais eballast, none of the problems I had with the 20 ARC bulbs.

- Chad

 

[rsteagall]

YES... what are these zoas called and where can I get something this colorful!!! I'm so tired of the brown stuff and stuff that only look cool under actinics.

ur zoas make me cry..never seen something so beautiful... i am crazy about zoas; how do u call them?



and this lil nano tank is aWeSoMe; i can't help but looking at the pictures all over again.... so more pics pls