New Nano

[Blue02celi]

After looking around at tanks and realizing how much space is available to me, I've started looking at Nano Cubes. As far as what Im aiming for, basically just easy to care for sps's to start with. I've ended up with these 3 on the list but not sure which way to go. From all the places I've read about them, it seems most people end up changing something on each, especially the lighting when they start moving to different coral and such:

29 Gallon Oceanic Bio Cube. Includes: Integrated Wet-Dry bio-filter. Dual action cartridge and pump included. Built in surface skimmer Coralife Lighting 36 watt 10,000K & 36 watt Actinic 03 3- 3/4 watt Blue LED moon lights.
Prices around $250

24 Gallon Aquapod, 70W HQI Metal Halide System - Includes: Surface skimming filtration system, 1 -14000?K HQI Metal Halide light, 6 blue and 6 white LED lights, cooling fan, mechanical sponge filter, 290 gph submersible pump with flat nozzle, and complete instructions.
Prices around $300

24 Gallon JBJ Nano cube Deluxe, built-in 3 stage filtration system, standard with two 60 x 60 mm cooling fans, (2) 36 watt combo bulbs and remote ballast, 290 GPH submersible pump.
Prices around $200

Sapphire aquatics makes skimmers/HOB fuge's for these 3 products so if I wanted to add on to them later I could. Does anyone have any of these? if so, what do you think of it, pro's, con's?

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Do the 24 gallon aquapod for sps coral .JBJ is garbage to me minus the Pictopoe they made.Turned it into a cool reef tank for the bedroom.

 

[tosiek]

You forgot about the finnex. it blows aqua and jbj out of the water. has a fuge thats optional. And the extreme reef edition comes with MH and a skimmer that actually works.

Its a really nice nano. Regular version = the pricing of the aqua and JBJ. MH version is around 350-500 for the 24. Adn they have a 32g version which would be more stable than a 24 and the MH version of that is around 550$ + stand. Little more pricey.

If you go jbj or aqua your gonna kick yourself in the rear for buying 4 months down the line. I dunno about the aquapod with the hqi, thats a first i heard of it.

 

[Blue02celi]

yeah, i did see the finnex, but the one you mentioned isnt on their website. I did find it on another one tho (oceanReeFlections) and it does appear to raise the bar over the 3 that I mentioned, of course they come with a price.

Finnex 30 Gallon Glass Aquarium with Refugium and Skimmer!
Capacity & dimension: 30 gallon, 24"L x 18"W x 17" H
Style: Padded bottom square corner tank, with built-in protein skimmer chamber and refugium
Skimmer chamber: 8" x 4" x 17"
Refugium chamber: 12" x 4" x 12"
Material: 5mm tempered glass tank, black cell cast acrylic partition background.
Main pump: 475 gph
Lighting fixture: Corrosion resistant powder coated aluminum hood
Independent controlled T5 HO 96W (24W x 4, two daylight & two actinic blue bulb) + LED night view
Lighting upgrade option: HQI 150W (10,000K) + T5 HO 48W (24W x 2, actinic blue) + LED night view (hanging kit and high legs included)
Protein skimmer: Venturi-driven, rated 60 gallon, 211 gph power head
Refugium:Build-in acrylic refugium with water flow valve
Aluminum hood 13W power compact refugium light
$534

32G:
Acrylic tank: Bow front. Built-in protein skimmer chamber and filtration
chamber, 1/4" cell cast acrylic
Capacity & dimension: 32 gallon, 29 1/2L x 15 7/8"W x 17 5/8" H
COMES WITH: Lighting fixture 3 choices:
1. 55w x 2 - $429
2. 55w x 3 - $469
3. T5 24w x 2 plus Hqi 150watt 10,000k combo - $609
COMES WITH: Protein skimmer: Venturi-driven, rated 75 gallon, 312 gph power head, with
18 blades impeller
All models below come with refugium.
Filtration: Built-in wet/dry filter, 4 layers of rain tray dripping system,
includes ceramic bio ring, fine and coarse filtration sponge, 312 gph
return water pump

I think I will now have to start doing more homework on lighting, as that'll basically guide me to what I need, altho im also thinking about just getting the best lighting I can now so I wouldnt have to upgrade later

 

[Dace]

i just bought the finnex 30 with the 150hqi and I LOVE IT... It kicks my JBJ in the REar.. :biggrin:

 

[Blue02celi]

Dace, do ya have any pics of your finnex? I see how it looks emtpy and all the glamour shots they have on the site, but if you have any Id really like to see it from a non merchant view.

 

[tosiek]

seen the 250w version on one of the sites for 530$. If you get a hob fuge, and mod the JBJ or aqua for a HOB skimmer thats the 530$ right there. Plus your getting a 200$ lighting fixture ontop of it.

Think we have two reefers with the tank so far and everything i seen them post about it is it ownz. =0)

nanocustoms and premiumaquatics has them both i think, might be wrong.

 

[tosiek]

oh and i contacted finnex about the tank about 2 months ago and they said that the new version of it was out late nov/early dec. so. look for that.

 

[Blue02celi]

oh and i contacted finnex about the tank about 2 months ago and they said that the new version of it was out late nov/early dec. so. look for that.

I wrote to them today, asking for a list of dealers, surprisingly its harder than I thought to find aquariums online.

You saw the 250W version of what, the finnex or one of the others? I know nanotuners has a bunch of what looks like modded light covers for the nano cube, in addition to their DIY kits, but think I want that seperate lighting setup with the legs (think they're they HQI's?)

 

[Mak]

oh and i contacted finnex about the tank about 2 months ago and they said that the new version of it was out late nov/early dec. so. look for that.

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merc...duct_Code=FI-MTG-2401&Category_Code=Aquariumshttp://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=FI-MTG

Premium Aquatics carry them, and I heard they are going discontuine the glass model, so I am not to sure if that's true or not... Ask brooklynreef for a link of his tank. He got the Finnex 30 Glass model also.. I think he got it for about 2 months already..

 

[Blue02celi]

yeah I sent him a PM, read his thread he started a few months ago. tried to follow that link you put but its leading to an error.
I found the FI-MTG2401 model, both of them, but I dont think I've ever seen any of the nanos come with 250W light setup. and now the fiance is really wanting me to change my mind and considering a bigger bow front (she decided she can part with a table in the living room which would be enough space for a tank, think we saw a 65G at a LFS a few days ago, but not exactly sure how big it was). she doesnt like the way the nano's look. I dont know whats gonna drive me crazy first, figuring all this stuff out, or her changing her mind every other day lol

 

[Mak]

Here's the Link by Bklynreef:
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...ew-finnex-30-glass-cube.html?highlight=Finnex

And this is the link by Daceman89:
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...06-buying-finnex-30-gal.html?highlight=Finnex

Hope it help..

 

[tosiek]

hhmm. there used to be a drop down menu for the lighting on the extreme reef edition at premiumaquatics.

I dunno look slike there is only a 150w hqi version out there.

 

[Blue02celi]

would anyone in the area be willing to let me see their Nano? Im in amityville, which is on the border of nassau and suffolk so Im sure most of you are around the city. Id just like to actually see it setup in a home and all. still debating between nano and a full setup but the more homework the better
thanks