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Old 05/07/2005, 03:25 PM
The Shrimp X The Shrimp X is offline
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Hehehehe my new 1 gallon Hex!!!

Ok i had this 1 gallon Hex tank laying, so i decided to make a nano, its quite ingeneius, i drilled a hole in the back wall, drilled 2 small 1/4" holes at the bottom corner, Used the big tube from a never used python syphon tube thingy for the overflow, made a sump out of a critter keeper, and lastly made a stand out of K'neks.

I will post pics shortly.

The inhabitants are:
1 Randals Pistol Shrimp (it has a 1-2 inch sand bed)
2 dwarf blue leg hemits
3 baby cerith snails (1 in fuge in sump, 2 in display)
1 nassus snail
Many pods, and tiny bristle worms

corals:
1 3/4" purple mushroom
a small rock of GSP
a small rock of clove polyps

all the rock and sand was taken out of my 2 year old 29 gallon reef

oh... and the light is a desk light, lol.
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Old 05/07/2005, 03:32 PM
The Shrimp X The Shrimp X is offline
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forgot to be more specific on the overflow, the water overflows into the overflow tube which has 2 1/4" airline tubes that lead down to the fuge which is 4"X3" which overflows into the chamber were i have a rio 50 mini pump that pumps water back up to the drilled hole on the side of the 1 gallon hex tank. I have had it set up for a week now. I am possibly going to add either a small Hi-Fin Red Banded Goby (Stonogobiops nematodes) or a clown goby. (probibly the Hi-FIn Red Banded Goby so he pairs with my shrimp)

The total capacity of the tank is like 2-3 gallons. I cant figure out how to get the volume of a hex, then again i can do the volume of a square then subtract the volume of 4 triangle, 1 sec, let me go do that.
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Old 05/07/2005, 07:49 PM
Jordan55 Jordan55 is offline
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where is the picture?
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Old 05/07/2005, 08:07 PM
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i wanna see pics of your overflow sounds cool
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Old 05/07/2005, 08:09 PM
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post pics MAN lol
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Old 05/07/2005, 08:19 PM
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yeah we wanna see some pics
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Old 05/07/2005, 10:30 PM
The Shrimp X The Shrimp X is offline
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Hmm i think i will torture you guys and wait till the morning. lol. Pics will be here when i get on after i wake up, so probibly around 11:00 am.
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Old 05/08/2005, 12:35 AM
slave-of-rock slave-of-rock is offline
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Good cuz i wont be up till about 1pm .
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Old 05/08/2005, 12:08 PM
The Shrimp X The Shrimp X is offline
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well thats good, i just woke up, to. lol. All the pics are to big so here are some that arent.


here is the tube before i put it in for the over flow.


heres the overflow in action.
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Old 05/08/2005, 12:24 PM
slave-of-rock slave-of-rock is offline
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if you want to email me the pics i can resize them for you: kylekaz654@sbcglobal.net
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Old 05/08/2005, 01:09 PM
The Shrimp X The Shrimp X is offline
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cool, you got mail.
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Old 05/09/2005, 05:36 PM
RayLovesNemos RayLovesNemos is offline
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this has nothing to do with ur hex but you can resize ur pics with this program called irfanview.

http://www.irfanview.com/

its free and you can also edit your pictures.

cant wait to see the tank

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