My new 5 gal Nano !

[DashHD]

I decided to start up a 5 gal Nano from an old tank my wife had . I decided to do this because I think I will enjoy turning this into a reef more so than my 55gal . And the money side will kind of be smaller as well.......atleast I keep telling myself that ! :D
I'm getting Justin at Tideline to make me a small HOB refugium for it so it should be pretty interesting whn done !

Here is a picture from day 1 when I first got all the sand and water in .
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/demum/nanoday1.jpg


Here is day 4 with the sandstorm calmed and the LR added .
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/demum/nanoday4.jpg

[minfinger]

Looks good so far...Just a few suggestions...MORE LIGHT, MORE LIGHT, MORE LIGHT, MORE LIGHT, & a little more light :D

Also, when you do water changes, I know of many people with great success in Nanos. Change out like 3 or 4 Gallons of water and it will make all the difference.

[Troy182]

what do you plan on keeping in there? I love to hear plans for tank setups and then watch how they turn out.

[DashHD]

Originally posted by minfinger
Looks good so far...Just a few suggestions...MORE LIGHT, MORE LIGHT, MORE LIGHT, MORE LIGHT, & a little more light :D

Also, when you do water changes, I know of many people with great success in Nanos. Change out like 3 or 4 Gallons of water and it will make all the difference.

There is plenty of light in there I did a little retouching on the picture in photoshop to make it look better . I've got a 32watt 10K premium daylight and ultra actinic Smartlite retrofit in it . That's the first thing I did was upgrade the lighting when I decided to set up the tank . And thanks for the advice on the water changes !



Originally posted by Troy182
what do you plan on keeping in there? I love to hear plans for tank setups and then watch how they turn out.

I was going to do some zoo's , ricorda , anenome , a very small clown and other corals . I'm going to try and put as much in it as I can without it looking to full . I'm just doing a little at a time ! I will be taking pictures every 3 days to show progress then I was thinking about making a website .

[Aquarius Lady]

NICE!!!!!! I have a love for nano's myself <G> As Mike said, one can never have enough Light! LOL! Tideline does some GREAT VHO refits what is what I had done for my Nano (It now runs a VHO 20k & Actinic) Good luck! More pics!
(I tried to get more pics of mine with all the frags in it, but I found out my 22 yr old Cannon AF35 is a goner) :(

[DashHD]

Thanks !

Justin finished the hob fuge for me it looks great ! Here are some pics of it on my tank .


http://mywebpages.comcast.net/demum/nanohob.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/demum/nanohob2.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/demum/nanohob3.jpg

[minfinger]

Oh you were the guy that had the setup at Tideline. I wondered who got that... Was that you? That thing looks sweet!

[DashHD]

Originally posted by minfinger
Oh you were the guy that had the setup at Tideline. I wondered who got that... Was that you? That thing looks sweet!

Yes Mike that was mine ! :D

Justin did a great job on it ! He said from having it set-up at the store he had alot of interest from people wanting something similar for their tanks . He really enjoyed making it , he says it was a fun project and something different for him to do .

[minfinger]

Gosh, I thought that was one of those things the special order for some fool with nothing better to do with his money. I didn't realize it was a total custom. Justin should think about making a few of those and selling them.

[DashHD]

Originally posted by minfinger
Gosh, I thought that was one of those things the special order for some fool with nothing better to do with his money. I didn't realize it was a total custom. Justin should think about making a few of those and selling them.


I mentioned something to him about making some and setting them up for people to buy . He said he thought about it as well . It was cheaper for him to make it for me then it would be to order one on-line .

[minfinger]

How much did he charge you?

You know, I didn't even read the text in your post with the pics, I recognized it immediately. I thought it was to big of a coniencidence.

[DashHD]

He charged me $75 . I told him how big I wanted it and what I wanted to put in it and he did a fine job ! I don't mind paying for quality work the least bit ! The fuge itself will hold 2 gallons from what he told me , I added 3 lbs of LR and some macro algae . My tank is a 5 gal flat back hex just for info .

[minfinger]

That's not that bad when you think about what he had to do to make it.

I'll just get Skip to make me one ;)

So, no filtration other than the fuge? No Filter pad or anything?

[DashHD]

Originally posted by minfinger
That's not that bad when you think about what he had to do to make it.

I'll just get Skip to make me one ;)

So, no filtration other than the fuge? No Filter pad or anything?

I don't know many people in this hobby as I have only been doing it for 6 months so I have to pay to play right now :D .

That is correct no filtration except for the fuge no pad either . Do you think I should look into it ? Because in all honesty I haven't really thought about it .

[minfinger]

You know us! :D I remember those days, I wish I hadn't have spent so much money!!!

I think you should have something before the fuge to stop the
particles in the water, but still let the water go by.