Here we go!
This is a massive multiple build thread dedicated to nano tanks!
Current participants include (will edit when applicable):
DNF= Did not finish... (or start on time). Many still had some wonderful plans and ideas.
FutureDoc
Brutality
emkbass (DNF)
Frefal13
joschend0325
wharyat (DNF)
08TRDOFFROAD (DNF)
Nate_Bro
fsureefer (DNF)
Jonp0914
BGJ223
patfromnc (Move Interrupted)
jfitskier98
Ok, the ground rules are:
-No more than 20g total volume! (no 20L preferred... since they offer advantages over other nanos such as surface area lighting options... I know because I have run 20L for years)
-No sumps
-Open budget/style/equipment (do and spend what you want)
-The tank can be cycled no earlier than Friday Oct 7th so they will all be "young" tanks and then have to be started (wet) before Nov 18th.
-This is not a competition... we might open it to a TRT's poll at the end to see which is the favorite (maybe a couple of categories), but that is not the goal. The goal is to "jam" and share ideas, approaches, philosophies, and have really awesome nano-tanks.
OK, if you are starting your build here, start off by giving us:
- a basic plan (build staged you expect to complete)
- physical parameters (tank size/volume, flow, filtration, lighting etc)
-stocking ideas and
- your budget (although it is unlimited, we will still like to know as a record for future generations :beer
- the goal of the system (how you view success)
OK, I will start...
FutureDoc's 7.5 fishless low-maintenance tank!
Ok, the plan for me is to make a small, easy to keep, low maintenance tank that I can look at while writing my dissertation. I am using a 7.5 MrAqua rimless cube tank (12"x12"x12"). It will be lit by a 13" Compact Florescent 24w fixture and I will use a Current SubCurrent internal filter for surface skimming and now it looks like I will "borrow" a Vortech MP10 from my other system to provide addition, controllable flow. I plan this to be a fishless "wavy" tank. It will be stock with wavy-like corals such as some leathers, euphillia, and maybe a anemone (we will see). I will stock it with a crab and maybe some shrimp as being the eye-catching fish-replacements. My initial start-up budget is $200 but I am drawing from a closet full of equipment so the total start up costs are less than starting from scratch. The goal of the system is to be as simple and low-maintenance as possible. I have the high-attention and drama SPS tank in the back, I just need something nice to look at in the "office". Luckily, my tank will arrive tomorrow with the internal filter . From there I will be spray painting it black and setting it up early next week using rock that has been "pre-curing".
So far, this is my itemized expendatures
Tank: $50
Internal Filter $30
Shipping Costs $10
Sand $25
Replacement light bulb: $20
Coral: $60 (in a separate established tank for the time being)
Other items I already had
24w CF light fixture
Vortech MP 10
Heater
Live rock
A few coral frags (frogspawn)
RODI and salt
My tank is arriving today :dance:
This is a massive multiple build thread dedicated to nano tanks!
Current participants include (will edit when applicable):
DNF= Did not finish... (or start on time). Many still had some wonderful plans and ideas.
FutureDoc
Brutality
emkbass (DNF)
Frefal13
joschend0325
wharyat (DNF)
08TRDOFFROAD (DNF)
Nate_Bro
fsureefer (DNF)
Jonp0914
BGJ223
patfromnc (Move Interrupted)
jfitskier98
Ok, the ground rules are:
-No more than 20g total volume! (no 20L preferred... since they offer advantages over other nanos such as surface area lighting options... I know because I have run 20L for years)
-No sumps
-Open budget/style/equipment (do and spend what you want)
-The tank can be cycled no earlier than Friday Oct 7th so they will all be "young" tanks and then have to be started (wet) before Nov 18th.
-This is not a competition... we might open it to a TRT's poll at the end to see which is the favorite (maybe a couple of categories), but that is not the goal. The goal is to "jam" and share ideas, approaches, philosophies, and have really awesome nano-tanks.
OK, if you are starting your build here, start off by giving us:
- a basic plan (build staged you expect to complete)
- physical parameters (tank size/volume, flow, filtration, lighting etc)
-stocking ideas and
- your budget (although it is unlimited, we will still like to know as a record for future generations :beer
- the goal of the system (how you view success)
OK, I will start...
FutureDoc's 7.5 fishless low-maintenance tank!
Ok, the plan for me is to make a small, easy to keep, low maintenance tank that I can look at while writing my dissertation. I am using a 7.5 MrAqua rimless cube tank (12"x12"x12"). It will be lit by a 13" Compact Florescent 24w fixture and I will use a Current SubCurrent internal filter for surface skimming and now it looks like I will "borrow" a Vortech MP10 from my other system to provide addition, controllable flow. I plan this to be a fishless "wavy" tank. It will be stock with wavy-like corals such as some leathers, euphillia, and maybe a anemone (we will see). I will stock it with a crab and maybe some shrimp as being the eye-catching fish-replacements. My initial start-up budget is $200 but I am drawing from a closet full of equipment so the total start up costs are less than starting from scratch. The goal of the system is to be as simple and low-maintenance as possible. I have the high-attention and drama SPS tank in the back, I just need something nice to look at in the "office". Luckily, my tank will arrive tomorrow with the internal filter . From there I will be spray painting it black and setting it up early next week using rock that has been "pre-curing".
So far, this is my itemized expendatures
Tank: $50
Internal Filter $30
Shipping Costs $10
Sand $25
Replacement light bulb: $20
Coral: $60 (in a separate established tank for the time being)
Other items I already had
24w CF light fixture
Vortech MP 10
Heater
Live rock
A few coral frags (frogspawn)
RODI and salt
My tank is arriving today :dance: