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    Ne0eN's 6g Nano reef

    in Nano Tanks

    At 6g, you'll be hard pressed to find an active fish. There are some sandsifters that stay small, but I don't think they'd work in a tank that small. Clown gobies certainly do spend most of their time perched. MAYBE one or two long-spined cardinals? They aren't very active, but they don't perch, they swim around slowly.

     

    According to nano-reef.com, firefish can be held in a 5gal nano. They only get to 2.5" and are reef friendly. I think this is my current top candidate. :cool:

     

    http://www.nano-reef.com/fish/?fish=7

    Ne0eN's 6g Nano reef

    in Nano Tanks

    I think that a clown goby and sexy shrimp would be great in there. Either way, that little tank looks super sharp. Good job so far!

     

    Thanks! So I guess I should put the inverts in first, and then fish, to sloooowly add to the bio-load?

    Ne0eN's 6g Nano reef

    in Nano Tanks

    Looks really nice. You might be shooting a bit too large for your livestock. You could go with maybe a clown goby or two. I would steer clear of the cleaner shrimp, they are far too big for a tank that size. You could go with a few sexy shrimp though.

     

    Thank you. Not sure about a goby. Don't they just sit perched on a rock and do nothing? :wacko: I'd like some movement around the reef. I think my kids would enjoy that. As far shrimp, I've had 2 sexy shrimp in a refugium in my old system, and they are pretty cool.

    Ne0eN's 6g Nano reef

    in Nano Tanks

    Hello again!

     

    After a 4 year break from the hobby, I'm finally ready to start on a new nano adventure. The reason I'm going nano this time is that there is a perfect spot in my living room wall for a small tank. Couple of months ago a Fluval Edge 6gal aquarium caught my eye. It's not exactly intended for a reef set-up, but apparently I wasn't the only one who was thinking SW reef. There have been some success stories on RC and I was up for a challenge. So here we go, a very simple set up - no sump, just a HOB unit, 50W heater, built-in 21 LEDs lights, 8 lbs of live rock, 10 lbs of my old sand and a bit of reef rubble from another Wamas member who sold me the live rock. (thanks again Nathan!)

     

    I haven't yet decided what life stock to put in there. Right now I'm thinking mostly softies and maybe 1 or 2 small fish (purple firefish?) I definitely will have a cleaning crew and a cleaner shrimp or two. The tank is still cycling, and I'm looking for some live sand to seed some life back into it.

     

    Down the road, I may upgrade the lights depending on how softies are doing. A 20-30% weekly water change should counter the lack of skimmer.

     

    Set-up day:

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    Sand storm:

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    The next day:

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    Who makes the smallest Powerhead?

    in General Discussion

    I have a very small brand new (used for 30 secs of testing) that isn't going to work for my project. Its DC. and its about 1x2x1.5" ish. Let me know if you want it.

     

    Do you have a pic? Does it have input and output or just output? Turns out I need something I can connect the input to so that I can insert a small house into the reservoir. I know I'm gonna have to prime it somehow...

     

    --Rob

    Who makes the smallest Powerhead?

    in General Discussion

    And what might this project be that requires a small powerhead?

     

    Ummm, nothing related to fishkeeping. I'm trying to mod my whole-house by-pass humidifier to supply more moisture into the air. By design, it's supposed to 'wick' water from a bottom reservoir into a pad that the HVAC air is passing through. I find that to be very inefficient as at any time only the bottom 1/5th of the pad appears wet. What I want to do is to add a small powerhead that would pump the water from the reservoir back to the top of the pad and let it continuously flow soaking the pad to its maximum. :idea:

     

    The other option is to open up the water control solenoid and install a drain so that the water flows through it, but that wastes a ton of water. (I specifically bought a wicking humidifier to not waste water.)

     

    I suppose I could also use RO/DI waste water to run through the humidifier, but that could mock up the pad too quickly...

     

    --Rob

    Who makes the smallest Powerhead?

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by Ne0eN

    I'm looking for a small powerhead for a household project. What is the most compact, fully submersible pump that will have an output that can easily be connected to a 1/4" tubing? Thanks!! :eek:

     

    --Rob

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Sounds like Micro-Jet 320 is the winner at 6W, 1.75" L x 1.5" W x 2.25" H

     

    Does anyone have one lying around so I can test it before ordering a new one?

    Trying to make a comeback after tank crash!

    in General Discussion

    Hey Chris,

     

    It's probably a good idea to invest in a Chloramine test kit (Hach CN-70) to be able to see when it's time to change the RO pre-filters. I'm definitely getting that when I return to the hobby.

     

    --Rob

     

    Anything could be possible but I thought it was funny how the only change that I knew of was a chemical change in the water and bad filters I was running. I could be totally wrong. The ph dip didnt make matters any better as well. I added a filter media that absorbs heavy metals and was supposed to turn black if they were present but it never changed color

    Trying to make a comeback after tank crash!

    in General Discussion

    Chloramine is Chlorine bonded to ammonia. My water company switched from Chlorine to Chloramine and i had old filters on my DI. Carbon will absorb Chloramine but passes ammonia. DI picks up ammonia but only if the DI resin is still good. Chloramine will throw off ammonia test kits so i tested for everything and it looked like everything was on target but really ammonia was present therefore killing most of my SPS and some fish. It was that and a combo of a low PH/High ph spike. Corals were unhealth at the point to no return. It sucks but it was a lesson learned at i high price. I want to take it slow with a few frags to make sure the tank is truely ready and move on rebuilding my tank. Rik when i am 110% confident that my tank is ready i will PM you.

     

    I was under the impression that Chloramine (and Chlorine) was always used in DC metro water (at least for the past 6 yrs that I've been in the reef hobby). I also thought that regular RO/DI would take care of it. I suppose TDS measurement cannot be used alone to judge true water quality.

     

    What additional steps are you taking now to prevent this from reoccurring?

     

    --Rob

    UPS Selection

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by Ne0eN

    How long do you want your pumps to run? Any size UPS will give you power back-up. This one looks like it should run both pumps fine for a brief power outage. (under 30 min)

     

    --Rob

     

    PS. Best way to test how long a given UPS will last is to pull the plug and time it. I used a similar 650VA UPS to run my Mag9.5 (93W) and Seio powerhead for about 35 min...

    RO flow restrictor

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by Ne0eN

    Sometimes the restrictor is built-in with the bypass valve. Usually there is a number printed on the bypass/restrictor assembly indicating the flow in mL/min or gpd (I always wonder which one they use).

     

    --Rob

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