it's been a while.

hooterhead

hooterhead

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haven't been around in a long long while but i thought i'd share my new tank with you guys. if you don't remember, this was my old tank, http://nanotank.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1903 (well the set-up wasn't old but the tank was about 8 years old and all scratched up). since then i've got a job at the best LFS for miles around. it's a small privately owned place and the owner has had a service company flourishing for over 15 years. so i got a 5 gal made by a company called Odyssea. it's roughly based on the nano cube but much more cost effective (we sell it for $60). the filter is housed in the hood next to the lights. this tank came with a pretty crappy pump and 18watts of light. so i had to fix those of course. i gutted and retrofit my 36watt coralife pc into the hood (had to cut quite a bit of plastic), replaced the pump with a MJ-400 and added a rio 50 for a little extra flow. then the tank ran hot the day after getting everything in. 85.7 was the highest. so i found the smallest pc fan i could get and fixed the problem tonight. i think that the corals will look better in a couple of days. ok here's the pics...




like my "indo-pacific" substrate? it's white sand from my 60 and tahitian moon i had laying around.



lights



filter (i know running with that pad is not a good idea but it's pretty noisy without it)



fan (the bottle cap is for a size reference)
 
skipm

skipm

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Is there anyplace I can get more info on the tank, I am kinda curious about it. Skip
 
ripcurrent

ripcurrent

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I got a question for you on the 18watt PCs... what is the total length with endcap and how wide are they at the widest point(also considering the endcap)?

you have a great tank! I'm diggin the sand!
 
hooterhead

hooterhead

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the bulb and endcap are 9 1/4" long together and just under 2" wide.

skip: can't find any site about them or anything. i think they are made by jebo. what info are you looking for?

the fan is a hoss. it's got the tank down to a steady 73.6. i'm going to have to run it on a timer to keep it from getting too cold.
 
skipm

skipm

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I was actually able to find some info on EBay about the tanks. I was just curious about the tank since its lines are so similar to the Nanocubes which we end up modding the heck out of when we buy them. I als saw that they have several different sizes of these tanks on the market. Very nice tank and great DIYs BTW. Skip
 
hooterhead

hooterhead

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yeah we carry the 5, 9, 10, 20 (half circle), and 45 gallon sizes. they are all the same tanks just in different sizes. some have better lighting than others and some have bigger filters. i'm not all that impressed with the light/filter combo for a reef but they'd work very well for a freshie tank. i like to mod all my things anyway.
 
hooterhead

hooterhead

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well the tank's changed quite a bit now. it's late and everybody is sleeping but i'll try and get some pics tomorrow. new additions...

pulsing xenia, hairy mushroom split (3 now), zoos, rock, feather dusters, brain, diff GSP's, black perc, button polyps and sexy shrimp. i'll get some more pics of it all up tomorrow








looked like this a few days ago but it's changed some. i'll get a FTS in tomorrow.
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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:shock: Wow hooterhead your tank is pretty really amazing :shock: first time i see it too and also has been awhile ... where were you :?: anyways just a thing like always you have quit some aptasias in your tank why you dont get rid of them :?: :?: :?: (you can see them clearly on the sexy's picture) and also i forgot your sexy's are cool different from the other ones they are almost brown to dark red but yours are really light brown,cool....anyways cute tank.

eddy :cool1:
 
skipm

skipm

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Great pics! Your tank is filling in quite nicely. I love the zoos and of course the sexies.
 
hooterhead

hooterhead

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the aiptasia are gone now. joes juice took care of them. thanks for the heads up though. i'll get a recent pic up today once everything opens up. lights just came on a second ago.
 
hooterhead

hooterhead

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no worries man.

here's the new pics.
new green ric


new xenia (it's been pulsing like crazy)


new GSP (they're more neon than my camers shows)


and the FTS.......
 
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reefman23

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I really like your tank. The rockwork is great...I like how it comes around on the left side and leaves the open sand on the right front...great job!

Jesse
 
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