help me please
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djconn
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Welcome to Nanotank 124Chris :thumb:
I think nanocubes are great but unfortunately I can't give you much background b/c I'm not sure what they come with stock from the store. You will need to start off by thinking about what kind of lighting you are going to put in the stock hood and what kind of corals you want to keep. You will most likely have to do a little modification if the retro lighting doesn't exactly fit but no biggie. Then you must start thinking about some kind of filtration especially if you plan on having fish in the tank. Two of my tanks have no fish in them whatsoever so you might choose this route which is fine b/c you will have less waste in the water. Protein skimmers might also be a good route to help clean your water. I have one on my 20 gal. There is lots of other equipment you will need such as powerheads, etc but we can get to that later in the process. Right now concentrate on what tank and size and what lighting.
As for online stores, you'll just need to shop around. Do searches for JBJ nanocube on google and you should get tons of hits. Maybe take a look at our sponsors at this site and see what they have. Keep us posted...
I think nanocubes are great but unfortunately I can't give you much background b/c I'm not sure what they come with stock from the store. You will need to start off by thinking about what kind of lighting you are going to put in the stock hood and what kind of corals you want to keep. You will most likely have to do a little modification if the retro lighting doesn't exactly fit but no biggie. Then you must start thinking about some kind of filtration especially if you plan on having fish in the tank. Two of my tanks have no fish in them whatsoever so you might choose this route which is fine b/c you will have less waste in the water. Protein skimmers might also be a good route to help clean your water. I have one on my 20 gal. There is lots of other equipment you will need such as powerheads, etc but we can get to that later in the process. Right now concentrate on what tank and size and what lighting.
As for online stores, you'll just need to shop around. Do searches for JBJ nanocube on google and you should get tons of hits. Maybe take a look at our sponsors at this site and see what they have. Keep us posted...
Thanks, i found a store, the tank comes with built in wet dry filtration and a 24 watt lamp. I am confused about lighting, i want to keep soft corals, like the ones in your 5.5 gallon and a clownfish, im not sure if the lighting is good enough that comes with it. Do you know? What would you reccomend.
12 gallon, here is the link http://www.southbroadwaytropicals.com/I ... acubes.htm
I'd look on ebay for them....I've seen new ones regularly go for $100-$110 shipped. If you're patient, they come up on nano-reef.com, and reefcentral.com periodically for about $100...If you're lucky you can get a used one for that price that's already been modded with a light upgrade, which is the most common upgrade for these tanks.
But then again I try not to buy anything in this hobby at new prices . :lol:
The 24w lamp that it comes with would be sufficient for some mushrooms, perhaps anthelia, and xenia. Perhaps some polyps. If you want to keep a clown it won't care what kind of lights you have on it, unless you want to try to keep an anemone for it to host in, which most folks like to do. If that's the case then you'll definitely need to upgrade your lights, because the anemone won't survive under the stock lights.
Brian
But then again I try not to buy anything in this hobby at new prices . :lol:
The 24w lamp that it comes with would be sufficient for some mushrooms, perhaps anthelia, and xenia. Perhaps some polyps. If you want to keep a clown it won't care what kind of lights you have on it, unless you want to try to keep an anemone for it to host in, which most folks like to do. If that's the case then you'll definitely need to upgrade your lights, because the anemone won't survive under the stock lights.
Brian
djconn
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Nice little tank. Just to give you an idea, I have 64 total watts on my 5.5 gallon so 24 watts on a 12 gallon is really on the low side. I would suggest upgrading the lighting or as Incysor said, look around for one that already has the lighting swapped out. You really wouldn't want to limit yourself that much but I guess you could always upgrade later. Matt, who made my canopies, might be able to help you out with a custom canopy.
i searched on ebay and think i found something good, tell me what you think http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... eName=WDVW and what should i replace the 24 watt light with?
djconn
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Hey Chris,
I ran across some threads a while ago about the NEW 12 gal Nano Cube deluxe. It came out this month and comes with (2) 24 watt CF lamps instead of one. I would try to find that one and then you can pretty much keep everything stock. Might be a little more expensive but def. worth it if you don't have to modify it.
here is a link: http://www.jbjlighting.com/sys_12g_nanocube.html
I ran across some threads a while ago about the NEW 12 gal Nano Cube deluxe. It came out this month and comes with (2) 24 watt CF lamps instead of one. I would try to find that one and then you can pretty much keep everything stock. Might be a little more expensive but def. worth it if you don't have to modify it.
here is a link: http://www.jbjlighting.com/sys_12g_nanocube.html
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Chris read your post. So did you ever get your 29 gallon in the end? What did you start off with, how does it look? Are you happy with what you got?
I'l like to help out if you got the Nano since I have one myself the deluxe and I moded it out to 78 watts.
In reality with water displacement the deluxe has about 10 pounds max of salt water, 8 if you went with a lot of Live Rock like me....
let me know if I can help,
Mike
I'l like to help out if you got the Nano since I have one myself the deluxe and I moded it out to 78 watts.
In reality with water displacement the deluxe has about 10 pounds max of salt water, 8 if you went with a lot of Live Rock like me....
let me know if I can help,
Mike
so true
Very true. He helped pick out a tank for my girlfriend, and it was the jbj nanocube deluxe *12 gallon* 48 watts, more than enough for what I got going on. Be sure to check out the pics in nanos 20 and under, you'll see pics of my nano cube deluxe and also mike's as well.
mikeguerrero said:
Very true. He helped pick out a tank for my girlfriend, and it was the jbj nanocube deluxe *12 gallon* 48 watts, more than enough for what I got going on. Be sure to check out the pics in nanos 20 and under, you'll see pics of my nano cube deluxe and also mike's as well.
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Chris,
Have you gotten your Cube yet. If not, nanocustoms.com has a sale on there deluxe model for I believe $129.00 brand new. Regular price, I've seen them at $149.99.
Mike
Have you gotten your Cube yet. If not, nanocustoms.com has a sale on there deluxe model for I believe $129.00 brand new. Regular price, I've seen them at $149.99.
Mike