My 8g Cad Lights Work Tank.

[IronRising]

Originally Posted by JmeJReefer

Love the nanos!!!

Any mods u can do to the filtration chambers?

a par38 will grow sps in that tank.

Thats a great chunck o rock ya got there....

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Ya i think i will defiantly be upgrading the lighting when the time come to dive into SPS. I am thinking of doing a DIY LED fixture for an upgrade. I know Everyone swears by CREE LED but since this is such a shallow tank I might go with the cheaper BridgeLux LED. Since it only has 12" to bottom and those should be more than enough to pump some par to the bottom. and i will only need a small fixture with more focused lenses.

as far as shrinking the the filtration it barely fits the pump as is so i think that is staying, and there the black vinyl wrap on the back that i could cut out and to make a window for a light to run a hidden Fuge.

I had to dig to the bottom of a bin to find that rock . the top right section is another chunk that has been glued to the main bottom piece. you cant really see it in the picture but there is an awesome little shelf right on top that will make for some prime mounting spots.

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[IronRising]

Hello all

So the start up cycle has taken a little longer than i have anticipated. My Nitrite would not leave!

But know we are good to go. My PH is high right now. but my lights have been on for about 48 hours. (power Outage rest my timer)

First inhabitants will be placed in this weekend/Monday morning. will have some pictures then.

Just look at those test results

[IronRising]

Hello all

So i got my first tank inhabitant on Tuesday. I was really hoping to get the Helfrichi Firefish but alas nobody in edmonton seems to be able to find one for me so i settled for a Semi Rare Elegant Fire Fish (AKA decora Firefish or Purple Firefish) He has very interesting colors. he is a little shy and does not come out to much yet.

I have not given up on my flaming prawn goby as he will be my main attraction for fish in the tank. i have a couple stores looking for one right now.

Now here is a picture for your viewing pleasure.

[IronRising]

Hello again all,

Just added two new tank mates

Hectors Goby


and a Cleaner Shrimp


Over view of Tank



Gonna start adding corals next week! will post some pictures

[mohammadali]

is it a aiptasia in the middle of the rocks ?

[IronRising]

Originally Posted by mohammadali

is it a aiptasia in the middle of the rocks ?

Better not be! lol. No there is not. i started with dead rock and grabbed a seed rock from a buddy's tank that is aiptaisa free.

[IronRising]

Hey all its been a while.

I had a a tank crash after a water change... lost everyone. Sad Day.

I have now added two Black Clowns and a few corals. The picture below is as of two weeks ago.



This picture is From the Weekend a day after adding the corals ( Thanks craigwmiller )




Mini Reef Here We Come!