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10-01-2005, 10:43 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: salem, oregon
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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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10-01-2005, 10:52 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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sounds nice are you in the contest?Show pics!
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10-01-2005, 11:52 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005
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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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10-02-2005, 09:46 PM
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Very nice.
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10-02-2005, 09:52 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Nice and good luck
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10-04-2005, 11:56 PM
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Got Fish? HUH? DO YA??
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Well done, looks great so far.
 
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10-07-2005, 09:50 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005
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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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10-08-2005, 02:16 AM
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Got Fish? HUH? DO YA??
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Thats some kind of hitchhiker! 
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10-08-2005, 09:22 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
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Looking very good!
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10-12-2005, 08:15 AM
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Tang Lover
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Originally Posted by riri
Shouldn't have used a 90 corner off the overflow. Little late now |
Why? what happened?
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10-12-2005, 06:15 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005
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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.
Last edited by riri; 10-12-2005 at 06:34 PM.
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11-04-2005, 02:30 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: salem, oregon
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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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11-04-2005, 02:47 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005
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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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11-04-2005, 04:32 PM
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Tang Lover
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Originally Posted by riri
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. |
oh
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THat's a LOT of progress!! Someone's been holding OUT on us!!!!
you're in BIG trouble mister!! hahaha
j/k
VERY nice improvement! Lookin' GOOOOOD!
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11-04-2005, 05:59 PM
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Looking very good , Glad to see some getting things done.
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