Two new custom nano tanks in one month!

[Jarob]

Sorry for the crappy pictures, they were taken from my camera phone.

Two weekends ago I was at home and put together a nano for my mom using all of my stuff from my tank, so here are some pictures of it. It is a 5.5 aga all in one tank as I did the DIY overflow into the back of the tank which is the "sump". It has a Coralife Mini 2 X 9 Watt on it as she only wants a softie and a clown.

FTS:


Notice the black sand, the false back, and the small clowns:



And yesterday a tank I bought off ebay arrived at my house so I went out and bought all of the plumbing and set it up lastnight. I finished the water test today and it doesnt leak so I put the rock and water from my tank in it along with some fresh DI water to let it run for a little. The tank is a 15" x 15" x 12" cube made out of 3/8" acrylic. It already had four holes drilled in the back but im only using 3 of them, so I closed one off. The light will be a spare 175w MH with two 18w Actinics once I find some mounting legs for it. The tank so far is a bare bottom with about 20lbs of LR in it with another 10 in the sump, more will be added when I get it. The overflow is a 90 degree 1.5 inch PVC that was cut down and teeth cut into it, the returns are two maxijet 600's (all i had for now) which push the water up about a foot and a half into the return outlets on either side of the overflow. The "sump" is a black rubbermaid trashcan cut down to fit behind the stand it sits on. I set it up at my girlfriends apartment, she only lives a mile away and im there half of the time, so why not.

FTS:


View of the bare bottom and rock work:


Above:


Plumbing:


Side shot:


View from the bed:


Thanks for looking and I will post pictures as it progresses.

[jackiefets]

I love them- Good job- I am looking forward to more pix. I think I like the nano's better than the large tanks!

[Jarob]

Yea after having the nanos for a few days and the 40g for 3 months, im liking the nano better

[CSUPUEBLOTIM]

I like having my nano reef in my dorms. Nobody else has one and its almost like a social attraction. LOL. Tank looks good.

[pmjfuture]

cool nano man.