The Stony Nano--12g AquaPod w/ 150w MH

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Almost two years old now, and been through a LOT of changes, but here it is as of today. Eventually I'd like to start a blog about it since I've got pics of it since the very beginning. Until then, here you go:

Equipment:
12 gallon Current USA AquaPod
150w Pendant with Phoenix 14K DE bulb
Hydor Koralia 2
Reef Octopus BH-100 Hang-On-Back style Protein Skimmer
MaxiJet 900
16 lbs. Dry Pukani Rock
20 lbs. CaribSea Arag-Alive Reef Sand

Additives:
Reef Crystals made with RO water
Seachem Reef Complete
Seachem Reef Builder
Kent Tech M
Kent Iodine
Seachem Reef Plus

Foods:
Cyclopeeze
DT's Oyster Eggs
DT's Phytoplankton
Baby Brine Shrimp
Frozen Mysis Shrimp
New Life SPECTRUM Small Fish Formula

Live Stock
Helfrich's Firefish, Nemateleotris helfrichi
Purple Firefish, Nemateleotris decora
Purple Bodied Coral Banded Shrimp, Stenopus tenuirostris
Orange Cat's Eye Snails


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[Jon in SW Ohio]

Some of the corals:

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[keith1569]

nice man..im going to do this with my 10gallon

[keith1569]

nice man..im going to do this with my 10gallon

[Mojo Jojo]

Sweet! Love those acans ;)

[reefman13]

Wow...what did you pay for the firefish? How do you sleep at night with out a top on that tank?;)

[Nicholas89]

Wow, that's real nice.

That's a freshwater tank next to it I assume, what kinda plants are those in there? I really like both of them.

[Rosseau]

Looks good! There's a lot going on in that tank... I think you need a bigger one!

[Toygrr]

just one question, are those discs what the frags come on, like to glue to rocks eventually growing onto the rock below it?

[ezcompany]

your fish WILL jump. its not a matter of if, its a matter of when. it sucks losing a $100 fish, so for your sake get a cover :)

[Jon in SW Ohio]

For aesthetics sake, the ghetto screen top was taken off before the photo session. I made it by dremeling off the rim of the original stock hood and attaching plastic screening. It's got a couple small gaps around the arm of the light, but has worked well so far. Eventually I'll have to get creative and make one that looks a lot better.

Nicholas, the freshwater tank next to it is a 10g "Amano" style tank and the carpeting plant is a relative of Java Moss called Taiwan Moss. This tank has a ways to go before it's matured, and once it has I will probably add a small school of Cardinal Tetras.

Toygrr, those are just plain old ceramic frag plugs. The Pukani rock I use has many half inch holes in it naturally, so a good blob of superglue gel around the post of the plug and they stay in place very well.

My Purple Bodied Coral Banded Shrimp is a very secretive little guy, and will only show himself at night if I turn the pumps off. Here's some flash pics of him at night:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_3924.jpg
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And a better pic of the Helfrich, back during an algae bloom:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_3903.jpg

[Aussie_hippie_2]

Lovely!

Go on, give us a nice pic of that lovely Amano style FW set up :)

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Not much to show off yet since this tank is still very young, but here you go:

It's a standard 10g glass tank with a 40w Dual Daylight PC fixture (Current Satellite I think). I'm using Eco-Complete for the substrate, and Taiwan Moss as the main carpeting. I currently only have 2 Glow Light Tetras just to keep the tank cycling, but in the future plan on having a small school of Cardinal Tetras. I'm currently battling slime algae, but it's on its way out thanks to a little help from dosing Simazine.

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[Jon in SW Ohio]

A 2 minute video I just shot, quality is not so great but it helps show some of the filtration etc.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/th_MOV00137.jpg (http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/?action=view&current=MOV00137.flv)

[pnguye3]

I like the nano-reef. Looks good so far. I love the planted tank though... very amano-esque... Good work so far!

[b0bby1]

can you get a close up of those rose nebulas on the sandbed? they are awesome.

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Not sure which one you mean, this one?

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_3870.jpg

Nighttime Flash
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_3935.jpg

I'll take a bunch of pics this afternoon since I think I've figured out a better configuration of metering and white balance and I'll try to get plenty of close ups.

[Jon in SW Ohio]

More Pics:

FTS
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4162.jpg

Side View
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4159.jpg

Some of the Zoas and Palys:

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[Jon in SW Ohio]

Close Ups:

PPRPE
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4080.jpg

Pyro's Envy
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Armor of God
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Lord of the Rings
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Mojitos
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4088.jpg

Nuclear Greens and Purple Deaths...and some dying Bryopsis
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Purple Center Pinks
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PPEs
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[Jon in SW Ohio]

Some of the LPS:

Alien Eye Chalice
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Blood Red Chalice
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Red Blasto
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Micromussa
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Aussie Acans
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Orange Acan echinata
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[Jon in SW Ohio]

Some of the SPS

Cyphastrea occellina
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Montipora undata
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Wild "Superman" Monti
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Bonsai
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Blue Tip Robusta
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[Jon in SW Ohio]

ORA German Green w/ Blue Polyps Acro
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ORA Bird's Nest
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ORA German Blue Polyp Digitata
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JC Blue Milli on left, ORA Blue Milli in middle
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ORA Rose Milli
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JC Blue Tort
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JC Pink Polyp Acro
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Green Slimer and Blue Stag
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Tenuis?
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[Eklikewhoa]

Love the zoas!!!!

how's the growth rate on the PRPPE?

[gotbags-10]

i like both tanks. Just one queston? Are you running Co2 on your freshwater? Anything over 2w per gallon and you should. That might be why your getting some alage. Anyways keep up the good work.

[Bri Guy]

Looks great, but question, how come you don't have any coraline on your rocks? too much lighting? I see there is some in the tank, but mine had more at 6mo than yours has now? just wonderin...

Again, great looking tank, the corals all look awesome!

And that flow is outrageous!!!!

[nietzsche]

that looks really awesomee

[pbukow]

Very nice nano. I hope my future 14gal looks as good as yours

[Eklikewhoa]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11250941#post11250941 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gotbags-10
i like both tanks. Just one queston? Are you running Co2 on your freshwater? Anything over 2w per gallon and you should. That might be why your getting some alage. Anyways keep up the good work.


Really?

Maybe I should do something about the 60watts of PC over my 5.5g cause it doesn't have any algae.

[pbukow]

Are there any good freshwater planted forums out there that anyone knows about?

[FUA]

both tanks look great

[jimmyPx]

Hi,

Where did you get that MH Pendant ???

I have been looking for a light like that for a frag tank that I want to build.

[Jon in SW Ohio]

The pendant is actually a DIY job. I had a used 150w JBJ Viper, and in all honesty hated the thing because of the limited reflected area. I got a $7 halogen security fixture from Wal Mart, pulled out the socket and swapped out the socket and wiring onto the Viper's arm and it hooks into the Viper's ballast. Kinda hard to explain, but it only took 10 minutes to do.

[socalchris]

what powerhead is that? a koralia? i have only an mj900 in the 3rd chamber of my nanocube...but i need some more flow.

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Yup, Hydor Koralia 2...probably the best $35 I've spent so far.

[socalchris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11280502#post11280502 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jon in SW Ohio
Yup, Hydor Koralia 2...probably the best $35 I've spent so far.

$35?! did you get it used? i think i'm going to try one. if you got it new for that cheap, please let me know where! that's $10 cheaper than marine depot.

[Jon in SW Ohio]

LFS had them for that much. I wasn't even shopping for a powerhead at the time, but couldn't turn it down when I saw the price tag. If you do a Google Product search, you should be able to find a good price.

[socalchris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11282547#post11282547 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jon in SW Ohio
LFS had them for that much. I wasn't even shopping for a powerhead at the time, but couldn't turn it down when I saw the price tag. If you do a Google Product search, you should be able to find a good price.

cool, thanks a lot. :thumbsup: on the tank...hope mine will look that cool some day

[mluna785]

Wow I love the firefish. I want a Helfrichi.

[martinphillip03]

For freshwater planted tanks.
http://sfbaaps.org/links.html
Even though it costs money, you can't beat the barr report
http://www.barrreport.com/

Marty

[pbukow]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11283401#post11283401 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mluna785
Wow I love the firefish. I want a Helfrichi.

I hope you got $200 to burn :eek1:

[danoreef]

Call me crazy... but I think you are going to need a bigger tank soon. love the tank every thing looks great and healthy.

[Eel-byte]

Nice looking tank.

[pbukow]

Any updated pics :D

[Eklikewhoa]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11254009#post11254009 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pbukow
Are there any good freshwater planted forums out there that anyone knows about?


Plantedtank.net
Aquaticplantcentral.com

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Got some new corals, so I guess it's update time :)
I just had my birthday, so I decided to knock some corals off my most wanted list. There's still a few I've wanted for over a year, so maybe I'll find an Oregon Tort and a Purple Monster for Christmas.

Tyree Watermelon Alien Eye Chalice
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Sunset Monti
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Dendrophyllia
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4166.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4179.jpg

My Micromussa seems to be morphing for Christmas
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4180.jpg

FTS
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4173.jpg

Amano Moss Tank
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/IMG_4176.jpg

[Jon in SW Ohio]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11251253#post11251253 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bri Guy
Looks great, but question, how come you don't have any coraline on your rocks? too much lighting? I see there is some in the tank, but mine had more at 6mo than yours has now? just wonderin...

Again, great looking tank, the corals all look awesome!

And that flow is outrageous!!!!

I'm still waiting for the coralline to take over, but it probably is a bit too bright on the rocks. The funny thing is my orange snails are now purple because their shells are covered in coralline.