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Posted: April 11 2010 at 12:05pm |
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I've been thinking about building a 10 g nano. I'm planning on doing large weekly water changes so I'm not going to use a skimmer. I'll probably want a place to put some carbon though, and I want to incorporate an auto top-off. I'm not exactly sure how I want to do flow, either some sort of closed loop or magnet mounted powerheads.
Does anyone have any pics of some standard size, 10 g setups? I'd be interested to see what other people have come up with.
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Posted: April 11 2010 at 1:33pm |
I caution against large water changes. If a reef aquarium is set up like shown below, there simply is no need, and large water changes are detrimental to biological stability as well as being the cause of problems if missed. A nano is really no different than a larger tank.
A skimmer is unnecessary. Coral, sponge, and numerous bugs and worms filter the water.
Here is some sponge that grew quickly. This is a view from the left side of the tank above.
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Posted: April 11 2010 at 1:40pm |
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Mark, how long did that 10 in the picture run? I see a couple of sps in there, how did they do? Did this tank have a skimmer or anything, a sump? What kind of water changes did you do with it? I'd be interested in some more details.
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Posted: April 11 2010 at 1:43pm |
I had it for about 6 months and then gave it to my brother Rodney for his kids. I remember they still had it going years later. It might still be running, though I doubt it looks the same now He has had a 75 running all that time too.
One of the SPS, the prettier one, about doubled in size during the time I had it.
There are a few pieces of Frogspawn that Rodney gave me from his tank. One was a new bud growing from the lower part of the stalk of his Frogspawn. I remember it was about the shape and size of the sharpened tip of a pencil and in this tank it grew very fast. One piece is visible fully expanded and stretched way out just left of center and the other is just 4 inches away at top center.
No skimmer.
No sump.
10% monthly water changes.
It got some sunlight and had just one 36W pink/blue PC
It was TOTM July 2003. You can read more about it in the Tank of the Month tab.
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Of course there are fancier ways to set up a 10 gal tank, but I think these pictures tell a pretty good story.
Edited by Mark Peterson - April 11 2010 at 7:30pm
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Posted: April 11 2010 at 8:26pm |
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That looks pretty cool, I read through the TOTM article. Do you still use tap water for your tanks? In the past I've had ~10 gallon tanks and they have eventually had problems with bubble algae and other nuisance algae, what do you attribute your success to?
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Posted: April 12 2010 at 11:26am |
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What did it cost you to get this tank up and running?
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Posted: April 12 2010 at 4:30pm |
How many fish are on this nano tank? its a pretty cool setup. I wish mine look as good as yours 
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Posted: April 12 2010 at 5:34pm |
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Okay, for starters, I'm not as cool as Mark... Now that we have that out of the way.
I keep a nano with a yellow tail damsel, a clown, and bunch of softies (GSP, Kenya, you know cheap stuff) and a couple of chocolate chip stars. It isn't the prettiest tank in the world, but my two year old loves it. Every morning he has to say good morning to the stars, and every night he has to tell them goodnight.
I don't know if you have kids or not, but if you do, set up a basic chocolate chip star tank, they'll love it!
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Posted: April 13 2010 at 12:53pm |
as far as any nano I have ever seen built, this is probably my favorite
obviously this guy has no problem with spending money, but this should at least give you some idea of the most extreme you could get with your build, plus I thought some of you would like it as well, so figured I would share.
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Posted: April 13 2010 at 4:09pm |
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Love that Fungia Mark My wife would go crazy over one with that much purple
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Posted: April 13 2010 at 6:11pm |
Here is mine, only around 2 months old, but cleaning up well.
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Some day, when I grow up,...
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Posted: April 15 2010 at 3:21pm |
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Where did you get that rock?
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Posted: April 15 2010 at 3:54pm |
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Fishoutofwater that is awsome tank you have im just starting another nano tank my self, having crush coral on my first nano is hard to have those nitrates down
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Posted: April 15 2010 at 6:39pm |
Oolitic sand is the best sand I've found for hosting the number of bacteria needed to effectively filter the water.
The oolitic sand settles underneath larger particle sands.
Notice the worm trails.
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