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Old 10-01-2005, 11:43 PM   #1
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Rian's Nano


I am starting a 2.5 gal nano. It is a bowfront. I've drilled the back and created an overflow. The return is a 170 gph powerhead return drilled into the back. I will use a 5 gal bucket for the sump. No protein skimmer, just frequent water changes. Lighting is tbd. I will add some liverock. Corals to be polyps, mushrooms, some gsp. These will be frags from my 29. Maybe a small candy cane coral or other lps. As far as fish, maybe a small goby and possibly a shrimp.

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Old 10-01-2005, 11:52 PM   #2
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Old 10-02-2005, 12:52 AM   #3
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Here it is with the first dry run over. Cementing the connections and will let it run for a few days to be sure there are no leaks to deal with
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Old 10-02-2005, 10:46 PM   #4
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Old 10-05-2005, 12:56 AM   #6
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Well done, looks great so far.
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Old 10-07-2005, 10:50 AM   #7
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Got some rock in the tank now. Found one heck of a hitchiker, a 3 inch snowflake eel. Can't get a decent pic of him though. All in all, it looks good. The return line is a little noisy. Shouldn't have used a 90 corner off the overflow. Little late now Thinking about a little more flow for the tank and still thinking over light options.
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Old 10-08-2005, 03:16 AM   #8
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Thats some kind of hitchhiker!
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Old 10-08-2005, 10:22 AM   #9
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Old 10-12-2005, 09:15 AM   #10
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Shouldn't have used a 90 corner off the overflow. Little late now
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Old 10-12-2005, 07:15 PM   #11
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I assume the 90 degree corner is why it gurgles and burps from the overflow. Little loud, but the flow in the tank seems to be pretty good.

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Old 11-04-2005, 03:30 PM   #12
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Ok, better post an update before Skeety beats me to it Anyways, the rock has cycled. After adding a few rocks from the 29, everything leveled off in two weeks. I added a small spraybar in the back to help with water movement. All in all I like the results. It is aquascaped the way I like. I bought a branching hammer and fragged of a portion of it for the nano. Looks great! Also have some mushrooms and star polyps that will hopefully start growing. Lighting is a 20 watt 50/50 screw in bulb and a 6500k 15w c.f. I built a stand. Have a fan blowing on the sump and temps stay right at 80 degrees.
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Old 11-04-2005, 03:47 PM   #13
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As far as inhabitants, I have two turbos and a small hermit crab. Haven't decided about a fish, maybe a shrimp. Here's a bigger pic of the rockwork.
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Ok, better post an update before Skeety beats me to it Anyways, the rock has cycled. After adding a few rocks from the 29, everything leveled off in two weeks. I added a small spraybar in the back to help with water movement. All in all I like the results. It is aquascaped the way I like. I bought a branching hammer and fragged of a portion of it for the nano. Looks great! Also have some mushrooms and star polyps that will hopefully start growing. Lighting is a 20 watt 50/50 screw in bulb and a 6500k 15w c.f. I built a stand. Have a fan blowing on the sump and temps stay right at 80 degrees.
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THat's a LOT of progress!! Someone's been holding OUT on us!!!!

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