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Old 10-17-2005, 07:19 PM   #1
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Kayla's Nano! (complete with illustrations!)


Here goes:

My submission is my rough sketch (which displays my amazing artist abilities) inside of the hex tank i got! (5 gal) I plan to have a 10 gallon sump with a refugium. I'm also thinking of doing a constant watch change set up, where there are constant water changes as opposed to having it once a week or so. Please try not to giggle too much!

That fish looking like thing is some type of goby... I also plan to pair him up with a pistol shrimp.. to get some symbosis in there.

I also plan to have some of the following:
Acropora
Montepora
Trumpet Corals
Feather Dusters
Zooanthila
Ricordia

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Old 10-17-2005, 07:41 PM   #2
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All right, Looks like we have another contestant!

Very ambitious setup there MaylaKae, good luck with it!
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Old 10-17-2005, 08:34 PM   #3
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Welcome to the build Off and good luck and fun.
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Old 10-17-2005, 09:11 PM   #4
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Very nice; welcome to the buildoff!
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Old 10-17-2005, 10:15 PM   #5
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looks good!
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Old 10-18-2005, 07:44 AM   #6
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Some info on our plans for this nano masterpiece!

we're gonna build an overflow for this hex. Plumb it down to the 10gln sump/refuge. Gonna build a closed loop and drill input/ouput holes in the back. Had a hard time finding a pump that was small enough...heheh. I'm figuring 150gph cls and a 50gph return from the sump for this 5 gallon hex?

Also, after reading the Reefkeeper's article on Water changes, and how more frequent (but smaller) changes yield better dillution and nutrient export results. And it talks about a constant water change to achieve the maximum results. I think we're gonna try it.

The concept is to drip out water from the tank (maybe 2 drops a sec?), and have fresh SW drip back in at the same rate. Constantly! Think it might be a neat experiment with that.

Very proud of Kayla and her drawing, ideads, etc. She's really getting into this, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

We'll be doing a good bit of work on this over the weekend, so stay tuned!

Still not sure how we're gonna handle lighting (see next post), but we'll figure something out.
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Old 10-18-2005, 07:50 AM   #7
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How are you guys doing light? Need some ideas.

I mean...I saw PinayReefer's recreation of the Sun (), but is MH the only way to go to achieve 4-5x watts/gln? we're going with this 5 gln hex. So while the box says "PC ready", the max it can handle is an 11watt bulb. So we're definitely gonna have to go another way. And I can't imagine any other PC/VHO/T5/etc bulb that'll fit over this tiny guy.

I like to consider myself somewhat knowledgable on things, but when it comes to lighting, I'm not all that knowledgable. I know what PC/VHO/MH are, and I know the pro's/con's of each, but that's about it.

Do they make a MH bulb that's less than 50watts? Will it have the same spectrum?

Or I was thinking of maybe somehow funnelling light. If a PC bulb was too long for the tank, using reflectors, could I FUNNEL the light down to the size of this tank? (I know...sounds retarded...but maybe it would work?)

Just a little stumped on how we're gonna handle the lighting situation for this nano.
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The light thing on my tank I am not sure of yet.
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Old 10-18-2005, 12:14 PM   #9
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With a small hex, how about some kind of pendant?
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Old 10-18-2005, 02:27 PM   #10
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With a small hex, how about some kind of pendant?
yeah...thats what I'm thinking too...but what's the smallest wattage you get get on an MH?

a 150 will FRY the tank. Need something less than that.
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Old 10-18-2005, 02:44 PM   #11
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I am gonna go pendant.
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Old 10-18-2005, 03:25 PM   #12
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Look at this mammoth thread on a 2 gallon nano. He uses a 70W metal halide.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=553708
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Old 10-18-2005, 04:38 PM   #13
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I might have to trash my Randal's Goby w/ the pistol shrimp idea... looks like a lot of people are doing it.
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Old 10-18-2005, 06:41 PM   #14
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welcome to the nano build kayla!
why not go for the two. who cares what others are doing if that is what you want too..
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Old 10-20-2005, 12:12 PM   #15
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YEAH!!! Just got most of the equipment/parts we needed to get this nano started!! Still have to go to the Home Depot and get some PVC pipes/parts/etc and what not, but I can't wait for the weekend so we can get started on this bad-boy!!!

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