5 gal setup

[bigcapct]

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[reefs4life]

dam that little thing is bright but you know you'll probably have a 10K look over your tank since there are only 2 blues, it's probably even less depending on the Kelvin rating of those white LEDs

 

[bigcapct]

Yea but its free lol I dnt mind ,i have a coralife 9wt 2 blb fixture too for emergency

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[bigcapct]

Tanks is actually 7.5gal

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[bigcapct]

Got 5pnds of rock ready to go

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[bigcapct]

Being told this light wont do ****,only one way to find out LOLZ

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[ryangrieder]

Why not pick up an old skilter filter? I use to have one and it was actually pretty decent when i had my 10g set up. Works pretty good. For the lights, I'd pick up a reefbrite or something to add on, or a stunner strip.

 

[bigcapct]

Why not pick up an old skilter filter? I use to have one and it was actually pretty decent when i had my 10g set up. Works pretty good. For the lights, I'd pick up a reefbrite or something to add on, or a stunner strip.

Were can a get that skimmer is it hob?


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[bigcapct]

Nevermind ,found it

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[bigcapct]

I also have this filter too ,prob better off using this but it takes up too much space

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[bigcapct]

So I added the coralife 9wt fixture AND the led looks waay better but not sure if I should put the led in back or front of the coralife ,any suggestions??

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[bigcapct]

Led in front

Led in back

think itll even matter?
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[bigcapct]

Led in back

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Led in front

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[jaa1456]

Looks cool, I saw that glass cages had these for sale, around 80 bucks.

 

[pweissma]

Modifying Aquaclear filters into fuges is a standard way to go with tanks like this. I have a 7.5 gal with a an AC70 fuge mod, no skimmer. I do 2, 1 gal water changes per week. The chaeto grows like mad and my nitrates are 0.
It's tough getting fish that swim in the water column for a tank this size. I have a yellow clown goby and a red scooter blenny plus a bunch of shrimp.

 

[bigcapct]

I just orderd this filter/skimmer it was highly recomended ,maybe ill run both filters

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[bigcapct]

Modifying Aquaclear filters into fuges is a standard way to go with tanks like this. I have a 7.5 gal with a an AC70 fuge mod, no skimmer. I do 2, 1 gal water changes per week. The chaeto grows like mad and my nitrates are 0.
It's tough getting fish that swim in the water column for a tank this size. I have a yellow clown goby and a red scooter blenny plus a bunch of shrimp.

U got a pic of the tank/filter system?


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[pweissma]

Here are a couple shots. Tank is about 2-3 months old. The tank light went out about an hour ago. The fuge light is running 24/7 but I'm planning to put it on the same timer as the tank light. In the fuge I have a bunch of chaeto, some live rock plus the bio media that came with the filter, and some filter floss & sponge. The light is a PC.
Other equipment is an ATO from autotopoff dot com using an aqualifter pump. It pumps distilled water directly from the gallon jugs. The tank light is a T5HO nova extreme running 2-18" UVL bulbs. For circulation I use a Koralia Nano.
There are a lot of diy threads on nano-reef for converting a AC into a fuge.
Good luck with it.