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    Posted: August 08 2012 at 2:48pm

Update - Tank is back up.

FTS 4-14-13:


The setup:

-Nano Cube 12 sans the hood 

-DIY 36w LED lighting, Rio 400 and modified plumbing

-DIY 6w LED refugium light setup in rear chamber 2

-Excessive amount of liverock

-DIY filter sock setup in rear chamber 3 and carbon in chamber 1

-Koralia & Aqueon powerheads

-Canister filter running as cryptarium.

-DIY ATO

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Edited by aquablue - April 14 2013 at 11:28pm
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Taking it down you say? 
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Taking this particular tank down, moving all stock to a 29g, I'm not through with the hobby :)
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Tank looks great I would love to see your new set up when you get it up.

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There is a lot of people from Tooele on here I always ask to go see there tanks and they always say they are in the process of moving them or something like that.
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Wow that's a lot of livestock in a tank.  No wonder you are moving it to a bigger tank.

BTW I have a couple of friends in Tooele that are about to set up a 110 and a 90 or something like that.  They just took a bunch of stuff off my hands so that I wouldn't end up with a house full of tanks again.  lol.  I'll see if they are interested in the board or chatting with some other Tooele tankers.  One guy is a semi-pro and has had all sorts of really nice stuff before he moved and parted out his stuff to be held.  The other guy is a total noob and doesn't quite know what he is getting into.
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I sound more like your second friend. LOL
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You have lots of nice stuff in there.  Are you finding yourself constantly trimming corals?  My Biocube is getting really full and I've only had it up 2.5 months -- stuff is growing too fast for me!
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I've fragged things here and there but other than that I like it all growing together lol, it reminds me of my old tank that you were hard pressed to find empty rock real-estate in, as much of a pain that can be to upkeep at times I really enjoy the look of a packed mixed reef.
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Wowowow, its like an awsome smack of color! nice:)
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My unconventional nano cube refugium light:


I like top down refugium lights personally, I don't like the idea of scraping paint/vinyl off the back of the tank to mount a horizontal light for a number of functional and aesthetic reason.

This is a 2x3w (6500k & 12000k) setup with 30 degree optics that sits right in the middle chamber, theres coraline growing back there from it. 

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Thanks for the compliments everyone, it's been a fun tank. I'll have to mingle more with the other Tooele reefers too I'm thinking.  

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Post up some pics of your new tank when you get everything moved over.
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Also would be interested in making a refugium light like yours sometime.
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Just thought I'd update this thread since the tank is now back up:  



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I guess I should ask the obvious, What happened to the 29G upgrade?

Is your fuge light running 24/7 or reverse of tank light?
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I downgraded back to the 12G in anticipation of moving, the 12 is much easier to move and I didn't want to risk a packed 29G worth of stock. I loved the 29G but it would've been too much trouble & risk to move. 

The fuge light is off atm, but when it goes back on it'll be on the same time as the tank lights, mostly because I only have 1 timer handy right now.

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Looks good! Sorry to hear you had to downgrade. Good luck with the move though!
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