aquemeni's 6G Nano

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aquemeni5110

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After getting a little more familiared with NT I realized that my post should be made here and not in "Tank Photography". I will continue the progression of this tank here from now on.


If you would like to see this tank from day 1 please click the link below:

http://nanotank.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3275&start=0



After 3 or 4 Weekends I finally finished my canopy.


(4) 40mm holes for the cooling fans. (2) on each side.



Coralife 96w Quad bulb installed.


I had found a 15" Oddysea moon light on eBay for $25 shipped. It's the longest I could find that would fit on my tank. It is also housed in a fully submersible glass tube.

Moon light installed.

Before:

After:

Before:

After:





Shots with the finished canopy:

 
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reefman23

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WOW!! This is really a great setup. I love that canopy. I really look forward to seeing this tank mature!

Jesse
 
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aquemeni5110

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Thanks Brandon, I took some LED shots but they came out blurry. I'm still learning how to take better shots my digital camera. It's a Sony T-9. I'll have some LED shots shortly.

Reefman - Thanks! It's actually a 10 gallon conversion. I calculated the dimensions of the main viewing space and it came out to 6 gallons. With the built-in filtration and HOB refugium, I'm estimatiing 12 gallons total.
 
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aquemeni5110

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drty811 - Thanks for your comments. I've learn quite a lot setting up this tank and still learning.

reefman23 - The dimensions of the viewing space is 20x7x11

I managed to take some LED shots the other day. There not the best but they'll have to do for now.








Recent additions:

Hydor FLO water deflector
(1) Pajama Cardinal

On the way:

(9) Frag pack of various Zooanthids from "yourreef.com"

Refugium kit from "macro-algae.com"
contains:
10 ounces of spaghetti chateomorpha
3lbs of premium live sand
3lbs of Tonga live rock
 
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aquemeni5110

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Hydor Water Rotating Deflector. Seems to be functioning just fine at the moment. I'm counting the days where it will just stop and require cleaning.

Yellow Gum Drop Goby? Sneaky little fella, only comes out when fed.

Pajama Cardinal.

I seen several of these snails popping up.

My 9 frag pack of Zoo's finally arrived.

Acclimating.....

After 2 hours of acclimating, I placed them into the tank. You can see polyps already opening up!

After 30 minutes this is what they look like.

sadly this new addition didn't make it.


One of my best shots so far.

Here are the close ups of all 9 Zooanthids:











This is my first time taking care of zoo's. Overall I'm am happy with this frag pack and will probably end up buying another but this time with some soft corals and mushrooms. I'm thinking about getting a clam too but I'm not sure if I'm ready. I heard they can be very delicate. Still waiting for my refugium kit to arrive.

Please tell me what you think!! Thanks.
 
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reefman23

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great shots! It's nice to see a pajama cardinal... not many people keep them and they are great fish. Nice tank, I look forward to seeing this one mature!

Jesse
 
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aquemeni5110

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Thanks reefman, I actually wanted a banner or Milky Way Cardinal. They seem alot more richer in color even though they're black and silver. The feathers started popping up around the first month it was set up. I have a dozen of them now. These are the biggest one's:




drty811 - Thanks for your comments! One of the frags came with a snail and a small sea urchin.
 
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EDGRAY

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Wow really nice Feather duster.... uhhh you know what you should share some with EDGRAY :mrgreen: ... also i really like your zoas and well if you ever want to get more... you should check out at WWW.MARINEFLORA.COM ... the owner is SAM a really nice guy and well his zoas frag packs are amazing just ask for colorful zoas and believe me you wont regreat it he gets some nice colors... and well have order from him 3 time you should try it ...best packs ever really... just that right now he is working on his site so check his site in a week or so...good prices too and customer service A++ and any trouble just PM and ill bitch for you the get the best customer service :mrgreen:... ohh you can check some of the stuff he got right now pictures are examples of what he has for the zoas frag packs and older stuff too..

http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/marineflora/

Eddy :cool1:
 
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aquemeni5110

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Refugium kit finally arrived last Saturday via Macro-Algae.com. I donated the bubble caulerpa I had to my LFS. I didn't want them to go to waste as well as giving them away to anyone on this site because of it's reputation for sudden die offs. Here's how everything looked after an hour from it's arrival:

Here are new FTS!! I had extra live rock left over so I threw them in the main tank.


 
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EDGRAY

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Your tank is looking great i love it... .. and well the shrooms on right WOW love the coloration amazing what kind are they u know???? really nice.. everything is looking prettyie nice.. :mrgreen:

ED
 
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reefman23

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Very nice tank... i dig the rockwork. it seems like with a narrow width like that, it could be tricky to get a nice layout.

Jesse
 
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