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Hello! From own experience, it might be a good idea not to introduce the carpet anemone to a recently set up tank. I also have a 24 gal nano-cube. Since I was using sand and rock from a tank that had been running for almost two years, I decided to introduce the corals, anemone and the clown one...

Ok, that sound fair enough! Now, what test kit do you recommend?. I currently have the Red Sea Calc. & ALk. test kit. Are these very reliable? Thaks! Jose

Hello everyone! Does anybody keep hard corals in their Nanos? I will like to keep some hard corals like clams, acroporas and montiporas. What will be the best way to keep calcium between the 400-450 ppm range?

I have a 24 gal. Nano tank, I will like to keep hard corals on this tank like maybe some clams, sps's and lps corals. What is the best way to keep high calcium levels (400-500ppms) on a tank this size? Is it enough by doing weekly 10% water changes and the use of a calcium/ alkalinity buffer...

Yes, I had the same problem it was caused by salt accumulation within the fan housing. Also make sure that the canopy is seating perfectly flat on top of the tank. If there is something that is lifting the lid more from one of the sides this will cause your fans to make noise. I know this...

Well, the fact that I have a/c were the tank is located helps a lot. The temperature seats between 76-79 degrees during the day. I posted new pictures on the hood cunstruction if you are interested. Look under http://www.nanotank.com/forum/viewtopic ... ght=#10321

Hellow everyone I took these pictures today. I try to work with my camera "Kodak Esay Share 7440" but I'm affraid I need close up lenses in order to get good quality pictures. Anyway here they are hope you like them!

Thanks Steven ! I did the hood and lighting myself. To keep the water cool, I retrofited two 4.75" fans on the hood. One is blowing cool air into the hood, the other one is sucking hot air out of the hood. Also I build a casing around the reflector and light bulb with the purpose of not only...

Hey I recommend you getting MH so that if down the road you decide to keep sps and clams you already have the proper lighting. I have a 24 gal. JBJ Nano Cube with a custom build hood with 250WATT MH that I got from MARINE Madness, an ebay based store. I paid $189.99 including free shipping for a...

Hey Sam I'm Jose form CA I new to the site, and of course I'm having problems uploading pictures of my tank to the site. The only way I can get them to upload is if I resize the picture and if you do that the quality and detail of the picture suffers. I have seen other members uploading good...

Hello Everyone here is my new Nano tank. Its been running for about two months now. Current setup consists of a JBJ 24gal. Nano Cube, 25 pounds of live rock, 20 pounds of live sand, for lights I'm currently running a 250watts 14,000 k metal halide retrofit on a custom build hood. Tank parameters...

My 24gal. Tnak Pics. ! Hello Everyone here are some shots of my Nano tank. Hope you like them. Sorry for the low quality of the pictures. I will work on getting better ones ! Jose 24gal. Nano Cube HOB Mud Filter(5 pounds of mud & calurpa) 250 watts Metal Halide 14000K bulb

Mike sorry for the dumb question but what is an ICA Unit? Thanks! Jose

24 gal. Nano Cube Filtration Hi everyone! I'm Jose from Califormia, I have 24 gal. cube that has been running for 2 months now. Do I need a protein Skimmer if I do the 10% water chage every week? Right now the only filtration on my tank is a hang on back mud filter with calurpa algae. Every...