Our Fluval Spec(tacular) nano reef

[Koyfam16]

After not having a tank for a while, I decided to set up a little nano. This tank will be for our daughter ( now 7 months old) who seems to have a fascination with fish whenever we visit the pet stores.


Tank Details
Fluval Spec v - 5.5 gallons
Marineland 50 watt heater
10 pounds live sand
1 piece live rock - to seed dry rock
6 pounds dry rock


Lighting
Current Orbit Reef - 18"


Modifications
Drilled 1st chamber rear wall to accommodate second pump for extra flow
Sealed off opening in bottom of back wall
Sealed off opening between rear chamber walls
Used eggcrate to modify filtration chamber - Running chemipure elite, a piece of live rock, piece of stock sponge and filter floss
Block off bottom of overflow grate to raise water level and allow better surface skimming


Livestock
None at the moment

 

[Koyfam16]

Tank still cycling. Losing patience.

 

[Koyfam16]

Tank has cycled. Added some macro algae that I got from a trade and a clown fish. No more additions for a while.



So far loving it. Excuse the purple stuff on the rocks. I went overboard with attaching the rocks together. Hopefully over time it blends in.

 

[dherrera83]

Nice clean setup. So the light any info on that? Like how sleek it is...

 

[Koyfam16]

It's an 18 watt current orbit reef light. According to specs you get about 100 par about 10 inches from light so for my tank I think that's plenty.

What's cool about it is that it comes with a remote that you can use to adjust the whites and blues manually if you want to, you can turn on any of the 4 weather patterns etc.

There are 4 light cycles pre programmed that you can modify to your needs. I just modified the 1st cycle. Don't need the others. Although it can come in handy of you want to acclimate fish or corals.

I am running the blues at 100% and whites at 70%.

For my tank I love it so far. Not planning on SPS so I think I'll be fine. It is very sleek and let's me keep the stock look of the tank.

Here is a link to it.

http://current-usa.com/aquarium-led-lights/orbit-marine/

 

[dherrera83]

Nice work

 

[Koyfam16]

Thanks. Looking to get a stronger pump. Probably a mini jet 606.

 

[troywalkerphoto]

Nice job! Where is the new pic with the algae I traded you?

 

[Koyfam16]

It's in the tread. Hard to get good pics with LEDs and an iphone. I'll text you a pic. I split the dragon breath and cualerpa so I have it in 4 areas.

 

[Koyfam16]

Some updated pics.

Full tank shot

Full tank shot

Radio active dragon eyes

 

[Ponyboy]

Is it just me or does the rock look like a French poodle
The first pic from today
I like it very nice job

 

[Koyfam16]

Lol. Funny you say that. When we first did that rock my wife said it looked like a dog. Then when we got the Xenia, she said let's put it on top so it looks like a patch of fur.

Thanks. I'm loving this tank. Can't wait to stock it with more corals.

 

[DavidThomson77]

Spec v

5.5

 

[Koyfam16]

Is that your fluval spec?

 

[DavidThomson77]

yes

That is my spec v.

 

[DavidThomson77]

Spec v

Started my spec v around the same time as yours.

 

[Koyfam16]

Looks good. You should start a tank thread. I don't have a power head in mine. I ended up drilling it and adding another pump.

 

[STHILL]

Lookin good..

 

[Koyfam16]

Thanks. Need some more corals now.

 

[Koyfam16]