A 20g in the making...

[nanoreefer22]

Yes, the title is not wrong :teeth:. Nanoreefer22 is once again a nano-reefer. This may come as a shock to some, but there will be no upgrading I pray.

The tank I got from Randy aka PrattReef has some history behind it and Randy could tell you a little about that as I get this tank started. Also a big thanks to Randy for giving me the tank, skimmer, and some eggcrate for my freshwater fish.

The tank is a 20g with unique dimensions, 36 inches long x 14inches high x 9.5 inches wide.

The skimmer is a Bermuda skimmer that Randy had running that he recently replaced. It's being soaked, so no pics of that yet.

The tank is going to be lit by 2 36inch 10K VHO's. That makes for 192 watts over a tiny tank. Although the tank is going to be mainly softies and some LPS, I had the lights laying around so it's more money saved. Going with 30 -40lbs of sand and an open rock structure.

Flow will be taken care of by what ever powerheads I can dig up :teeth:.

Here are some pics of the tank and canopy as it is right now. This tank was reef ready but I'm going sumpless with the set up. No water until Saturday night. Tomorrow I'll be patching up the holes with silicone and glass, one piece of glass on the side and one on the outside and sandwich them together.

The overflow box is going to used a refugium so no room is lost.

On with the pictures cause I can talk a whole lot. BTW the canopy is not finished. It needs a few more pieces of wood. A background will be put on the tank, don't worry:teeth:. Can you guys tell that's my favorite smiley.
With the lights off...

And with the lights on...

That's all for now, more to come. Stay tuned you won't be dissapointed.
-Kris

 

[DEEPWATER]

Wheres the water and fish ,,LOL


Looking good Pico .lol

 

[nanoreefer22]

Wheres the water and fish ,,LOL


Looking good Pico .lol

Don't be part of the haters squad lol. I finally fit into my name. I'll have water this weekend and fish in another 4 weeks.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

woot woot........ there ya go kris... its about time ur back.... lets get it rocken like ur last tank but a miniature version....... looks great so far...

 

[masterswimmer]

A reserved 'welcome back' seems to be in order. :biggrin: You'll get the full blown greeting when you prove it's for real and fill it with at least some h2o and LR. :lol2:

swimmer

 

[noodleman]

get off your lazy @$$ kris and start filling it up already:fishhit:

 

[nanoreefer22]

get off your lazy @$$ kris and start filling it up already:fishhit:

The glass place is gonna have my patch glass ready at 10AM. As soon as I pick them up I'm going to start patching. Should have water in the tank at the earliest Saturday night.
-Kris

 

[nanoreefer22]

Thanks Tony.

Russ, It'll be there soon enough. I'll earn a welcome back .
-Kris

 

[Tonyscoots84]

get off your lazy @$$ kris and start filling it up already:fishhit:

:Thinking:​

u should not be telling someone else there lazy :Up_to_sommr. alvin.... lmaooooo

anyways ill stop bashing kris's thread... kris jus get to work already... lol:type:

 

[fritz]

I"ve got some candy canes for you once you're ready. Welcome back , good to have another reefer (back) in the area.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Phil, any coments? aside from :fishhit:

 

[nanoreefer22]

Just a little update. Got some rock in the tank and got moonlights installed that I had got from Jay a while ago. Lights up the tank nicely. Heres one pic of the rock just thrown in there and the front of the tank.

The only powerhead showing is an aquaclear 301(Thanks again Jay), theres another powerhead with tubing attached in the overflow box so its unseen but adds about 100gph to the tank and the powerhead running the skimmer is hiding in the overflow box too.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

looks great kris... cant wait to see it finished with sand and its finished its cycle....

 

[House of Laughter]

Kris,

if you want to make that a full blown reef ready tank, I have a Amiracle that will fit under that sized stand - give you good water volume. LMK< and it's on its way.

rotsa ruck

House

 

[212jay]

Looks great Kris, Let me know if you need anything else.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Thanks T and Jay. I'll let ya know if do need anything.

Jim,
The sump sounds interesting I don't mind taking it down and putting it back up at this point. Where under the stand are ya talkin about?
-Kris

EDIT Jay, that new avatar is very relaxing!!!

 

[212jay]

EDIT Jay, that new avatar is very relaxing!!![/quote]


LMAO I'm glad you like it. Don't relax to much. LOL

 

[scarf_ace1981]

theres another powerhead with tubing attached in the overflow box so its unseen but adds about 100gph to the tank and the powerhead running the skimmer is hiding in the overflow box too.

nice idea

 

[masterswimmer]

Damn Jay. That avatar just .............well.........damnit.......you know what I mean! :lol2:

Was this supposed to be a tank thread? :duh:

Lookin' great Kris.

swimmer

 

[Quang]

ooo shiont son... I see a badass reef in the making! I like the borders on the tank, makes it look like a picture in a frame Glad to see nanoreefer going back to his nano roots. Leave the big tanks in aquariums, nanos are for the brave.