I originally bought the tank up and running from someone who was relocating, before i really knew what I was doing. For a while I have wanted to redo it, now that I am more experienced and done research. Since I am moving, I took the opportunity to sell all the livestock and move it to my desk at work.
Tomorrow I will set it up and get some water circulating in it. Until I figure out RO/DI units ( I am still pretty confused about them ), I will be using tap water and make sure to run a poly, carbon and some kind of dephospator in one of the back chambers. I plan on adding cured LR bought locally since I figured 20 lbs should be enough, give or take. The specs are as follows ( so far ):
JBJ 12DX Nanocube.
2-3" sand bed ( I'm not sure of the size since I bought it from someone already set up )
Stock pump placed in corner of tank and replaced with maxijet 900
Nanobob ( from nano-reef.com) surface skimmer mod
In the back chambers I plan on putting: rubble and cheato in first chamber ( moded to have an external light. Basically the black vinyl is peeled and a Palm light or other light is directed at the chamber ), Poly filter pad, carbon bag and phosban in second. Heater in third with pump.
I am debating whether or not to use a Hyder flow. I like the turbulence it creates but it takes up a lot of room in a small tank.
Corals:
I plan on keeping mostly softies ( zoo's, xenia, shrooms ) and some easier LPS.
Inverts:
Cleaner crew to be decided but I did like my scarlet hermits and nassarius snails so I will probably just replace them. Haven't decided on astreas or something similar.
2 cleaner shrimp, yet to be decided if I want a pair of a species or one each of two species.
Fish:
Here is where I am still very undecided. I really like my true perc and am leaning towards getting a mated tank bred pair,
or one perc and one other fish - possibly a goby or blennie of some sort, maybe a firefish.
Either way I don't plan on adding more than 2 fish. I want to keep this tank low maintenance because even though I will be able to be more on top of it at work, I want it to be a stress reliever, rather than a headache. I have to figure out whether or not to go with a auto topoff ( helpful for long weekends away ). One advantage over having a small tank at home is that the warehouse/office is more or less temp. stable while my biggest problem at home was having the tank overheat ( I have the a/c on timer for my pets but I cant keep it on all day ).
Anyway I think this is enough for now and I will post pics up once I have the LR in. I am very open to suggestions and advice.
Thanks,
Eric
Tomorrow I will set it up and get some water circulating in it. Until I figure out RO/DI units ( I am still pretty confused about them ), I will be using tap water and make sure to run a poly, carbon and some kind of dephospator in one of the back chambers. I plan on adding cured LR bought locally since I figured 20 lbs should be enough, give or take. The specs are as follows ( so far ):
JBJ 12DX Nanocube.
2-3" sand bed ( I'm not sure of the size since I bought it from someone already set up )
Stock pump placed in corner of tank and replaced with maxijet 900
Nanobob ( from nano-reef.com) surface skimmer mod
In the back chambers I plan on putting: rubble and cheato in first chamber ( moded to have an external light. Basically the black vinyl is peeled and a Palm light or other light is directed at the chamber ), Poly filter pad, carbon bag and phosban in second. Heater in third with pump.
I am debating whether or not to use a Hyder flow. I like the turbulence it creates but it takes up a lot of room in a small tank.
Corals:
I plan on keeping mostly softies ( zoo's, xenia, shrooms ) and some easier LPS.
Inverts:
Cleaner crew to be decided but I did like my scarlet hermits and nassarius snails so I will probably just replace them. Haven't decided on astreas or something similar.
2 cleaner shrimp, yet to be decided if I want a pair of a species or one each of two species.
Fish:
Here is where I am still very undecided. I really like my true perc and am leaning towards getting a mated tank bred pair,
or one perc and one other fish - possibly a goby or blennie of some sort, maybe a firefish.
Either way I don't plan on adding more than 2 fish. I want to keep this tank low maintenance because even though I will be able to be more on top of it at work, I want it to be a stress reliever, rather than a headache. I have to figure out whether or not to go with a auto topoff ( helpful for long weekends away ). One advantage over having a small tank at home is that the warehouse/office is more or less temp. stable while my biggest problem at home was having the tank overheat ( I have the a/c on timer for my pets but I cant keep it on all day ).
Anyway I think this is enough for now and I will post pics up once I have the LR in. I am very open to suggestions and advice.
Thanks,
Eric
