hi all.....heres the short story.....i recently found a small leak at one of the seams on my 10aga......i used to use hang on back fuges and skimmers......and i was thinking of replacing it with a nanocube or something like that.......but thought....hey ill make my own.! great idea that was......
well....basically i had a 10g with mostly softies and a clown.....sand bed , ...LR and a Aquaclear for a fuge and a rio nano skimmer......i found that the all-in-ones's filtrations were too cramped and could barely do anything with it......so i built a sump out of some 1/4" acrylic...with a skimmer section...fuge...return section....i bought a new 10g and drilled a 3/4" drain and a 1/2" return..put it together with bulkheads and "Bam"....instant nanocube......i painted the back black and painted underneath the bottom glass white.....(yep...went barebottom on this one)......i find that sand my nano collected too much detritus and started having a hair algae problem....even if i did 3g water changes evry weekend....im going to keep this one simple....but full functioned....i picked up a used tunze 9002 and used a rio 600+ for the return.....i currently have a satellite 40w pc fixture with some diy moonlights......clip on lamp for the fuge.....small pc fan for cooling and a 50w heater in the fuge section......
with the tank and sump together the dimensions are 20"x16"x12"....i sold most of my livestock to kinda start over.....i did pick up a black and white clown from a local reefer.....but anyways... heres some pics....
i might add a few more pounds of LR,but i am feeling the open look.
still trying to dial in the skimmer,this thing is fussy about water level
thats all for now.....any suggestions would be cool....
i would like to upgrade my lighting...but not sure what yet.....maybe a 80w current orbit......but this satellite is not too bad....
i also need to build a ATO....i have a battery powered air pump and just ordered a float switch so hope to get that done soon.
well....basically i had a 10g with mostly softies and a clown.....sand bed , ...LR and a Aquaclear for a fuge and a rio nano skimmer......i found that the all-in-ones's filtrations were too cramped and could barely do anything with it......so i built a sump out of some 1/4" acrylic...with a skimmer section...fuge...return section....i bought a new 10g and drilled a 3/4" drain and a 1/2" return..put it together with bulkheads and "Bam"....instant nanocube......i painted the back black and painted underneath the bottom glass white.....(yep...went barebottom on this one)......i find that sand my nano collected too much detritus and started having a hair algae problem....even if i did 3g water changes evry weekend....im going to keep this one simple....but full functioned....i picked up a used tunze 9002 and used a rio 600+ for the return.....i currently have a satellite 40w pc fixture with some diy moonlights......clip on lamp for the fuge.....small pc fan for cooling and a 50w heater in the fuge section......
with the tank and sump together the dimensions are 20"x16"x12"....i sold most of my livestock to kinda start over.....i did pick up a black and white clown from a local reefer.....but anyways... heres some pics....
i might add a few more pounds of LR,but i am feeling the open look.
still trying to dial in the skimmer,this thing is fussy about water level
thats all for now.....any suggestions would be cool....
i would like to upgrade my lighting...but not sure what yet.....maybe a 80w current orbit......but this satellite is not too bad....
i also need to build a ATO....i have a battery powered air pump and just ordered a float switch so hope to get that done soon.
LOL.. you enjoy your tank the WAY YOU WANT IT.. just playing.. 