This is our new nano. We started it here in the office on 9/25/06. We are cycling right now, but everything seems to be going well. We've converted an older Aquaclear hang-on-back filter into a refugium, and have a regular 15 watt aquarium light over it. We've made sure to block all the light from it to the main tank since we leave the light on. We clipped the impeller about 1/8" all the way around to slow the flow. (It was too strong and was moving our sand quite a bit.) We used the hood that originally came with this little acrylic hexagon tank, and modified it it fit a retrofit power compact kit into it. There is a 32 watt 50/50 /
actinic bulb in it. The light was heating up the tank a little, so we decided to hang it about 3" above the tank with a long bolt that attaches to the shelf above in the desk. We also had to get a 4" fan to get rid of some of the excess heat that was heating up the tank. It works great, and comes on when the lights come on by the timer. We have about 2 lbs of live rock, and 10-12 lbs of
base rock.
The first pictures are in my gallery here:
http://www.thereeftank.com/photopost...0&ppuser=16056
- Brad