Check out my 24g jbj nano

reef211 · #1 02/14/2007, 02:55 AM

I started my nano tank in December 2006 and here it is two month later. Let me know what you guys think of it.

reef211 · #2 02/14/2007, 03:09 AM

Here is a better picture of the nano with the JBJ Viper 150w MH

ricanboy57 · #3 02/14/2007, 03:14 AM

Wow thats a lot of things in a 2 month old tank. Have you gone through your algea cycles? The colors with the actinic really pop! Love the rock work.

Illuminati · #4 02/14/2007, 09:32 AM

Looks great.

reef211 · #5 02/14/2007, 01:27 PM

The live rocks was in my 40g sump for about 4 month, I got the nano from a friend of mine with just the live sand in it, he had the nano for about 3 years and upgraded to a 60gallon cube. So i figure that if i put my live rocks and water in it an it good to go, so far the tank is doing well. I 'm planning on doing Zoos and Shroom to it.

Mojo Jojo · #6 02/15/2007, 04:19 AM

Not bad, looks sweet! Point the powerhead up to get more flow.

ricanboy57 · #7 02/15/2007, 05:39 AM

So the tank came to you established, heck then why aren't more things in there, lol. Having a light more on the blue-er side makes all those colors just stand out. Makes everything look like it glows.

reef211 · #8 02/16/2007, 02:28 AM

Here are some new pictures of my moonlight.

reef211 · #9 03/08/2007, 12:53 AM

Here are some new pictures of my nano tank with some new corals. I also replace my 20k no name bulb that i got on ebay for 20 bucks with a new phoenix 14k bulb. I love the color that the phoenix put out. Like people say don't go cheap on your tank or you will regret it.

reef211 · #10 04/17/2007, 01:00 AM

Hey there guy, I just pick these up from LFS. I got me a firefish goby, mandarin goby, some kool *** feather duster that i never seen before red with yellow rims and one that look like a coco worm but not and it's brown with yellow and these nice red and purple mushrooms.

SugarFox03 · #11 04/17/2007, 08:05 AM

Make sure your mandarin is eating, you may have to add some pods to the tank, as he will clean them out real quick. Everything looks good though, I love the dusters. I have one of the purple/yellow ones in my tank.

smithcreek · #12 04/17/2007, 09:39 AM

Like Sugar said, you really gotta watch the mandarin to make sure he's eating. Even if he is eating you may need to target feed him for a while since he just isn't fast enough to compete with the other fish in your tank. Mandarins just don't know how to eat in a fish tank and you need to train them. They only know to look for food on the rocks and sand, so taking a piece of frozen food out of the middle of the water column is totally new to them.

If he's not eating he'll wither away in a few weeks. You can try live brine that you gut pack with phytoplankton. Another food that works great and has excellent nutrition is live blackworms. You can get them at a lot of LFSs that deal in fresh water fish. Good luck.

reef211 · #13 04/17/2007, 10:42 AM

Thanks guy, my mandarin is eating well, I target feed him everyday with live brine shrimps after i feed all the other fish with pellets and frozen food.

reef211 · #14 04/17/2007, 11:11 AM

Here is a picture of my g/f rearranging some of the coral, it actually look better then when i did it. It was her first time too.

This is before. Sorry guys i know the pictures look crappy.

Lpabsolute · #15 04/17/2007, 11:26 AM

Tank is looking good. Love the step-by-step photo's....

Jadams · #16 04/17/2007, 11:39 AM

looks great!

parkavenuereef · #17 04/17/2007, 11:54 AM

Very Nice!

reef211 · #18 05/05/2007, 12:57 AM

Hello,

Here are some update on my nano, with the MH on for 8 hours a day the water temperature get up to about 80 to 81 degree. I got this little fan from walmart for 5 bucks and this little sucker help out so much. I also added a auto top off that i got from ebay for 5 bucks a DIY kit. I have 5 gal reserve tank for the auto top off, it help me out so much, now i don't have to worry about add RO water to the tank everyday.

reef211 · #19 05/05/2007, 01:17 AM

I pick these corals and fish up from my LFS about a week ago. An orange carnation, pink flower pot, purple tips anenome which the clown host everynight, and a tiger goby.

SugarFox03 · #20 05/05/2007, 08:24 AM

Nice carnation, make sure you spot feed him too...they are known to whither away in tanks, they are a difficult coral to keep, although beautiful!

Looks good though!

reef211 · #21 06/10/2007, 10:39 PM

Sup RC, Last weekend i lost my clown fish and a week later his mate die too

i have no idea what happen. All my other fish are doing fine. So today i went to the LFS and pick up two new percula clown, Nemo style and blue sea fan.

reef211 · #22 06/10/2007, 10:47 PM

I also added a new actinic 03 and change out my moonlight too. The new moonlight is so small and cool, i attach the moonlight to the MH stand with some wire and it turn out great.

newmoon · #23 06/10/2007, 11:17 PM

Looking good.

Now wait for the Tang police to chime in.

reef211 · #24 08/11/2007, 08:01 PM

Two weeks ago i added a DIY protein skimmer to my nano. it work out great. I make it out of a water bottle and old collection cup that i had for ten from my old *** tank, just the cup only i have no idea where the rest of the part is. I used a whisper 1000 to pump the air through the bottle and crallife air stone made out of limewood i think. but it pretty kool. Here are some pictures of it. Let me know what you guys think.

dreboogie · #25 09/10/2007, 04:16 PM

thats a pretty cool setup