Hello to all,
Since I have quite a few threads dealing with various aspects of my Nano setup sofar , I thought I'd create a single thread dealing with my Nano from startup to where it is now.
So here goes :
I bought a Boyu TL450 nano in November 2008.
For substrate I decided initially to go with playsand as I quite like the look of it. I have subsequently changed part of the substrate to aragonite , since the playsand keeps on being blown around by the flow and the corals are not crazy about this.
Nano : Just received - Nov 2008
I removed all bio balls and ceramic rings and replaced this with filter floss on an eggcrate platform in the 1st compartment. Sealed up all watergates at the back of the Boyu (except the topmost one and also sealed off the slots in the 3rd compartment which houses the heater. Also sealed off the 2nd spout (next to spraybar in 4th compartment)
Modification done to spraybar. Moved the spraybar up and installed a 700lph return pump in the 4th compartment. Built an eggcrate platform and put in Chemi-Pure elite in the 4th compartment under the return pump.
Used a Resun SP1200 (1100lph) powerhead in the display for flow . This was upgraded in Week 3 to a Seio M620 (2400lph) which gives a much wider dispersed flow as opposed to the direct stream from the powerhead.
Moved the spraybar back to it's original position and angled it at approx 5 deg to the watersurface, as I was getting MEGA salt creep on the lights and canopy.
Liverock was bought on 8 Dec 2008 and promptly placed in the tank. No real aquascaping done. Pretty much just dumped the rock in.
I got 7.5 kg of Kenyan LR . Very good stuff though
The cycle started on 10 Dec 2008 and from the very first day , there was already amazing life popping up everywhere.
Jewel Anemone - Corynactis Viridis
Clove polyps - Clavularia sp.
Pencil urchin - Eucidaris Metularia
This is what the tank looked like by Week 4:
Since I have quite a few threads dealing with various aspects of my Nano setup sofar , I thought I'd create a single thread dealing with my Nano from startup to where it is now.
So here goes :
I bought a Boyu TL450 nano in November 2008.
For substrate I decided initially to go with playsand as I quite like the look of it. I have subsequently changed part of the substrate to aragonite , since the playsand keeps on being blown around by the flow and the corals are not crazy about this.
Nano : Just received - Nov 2008
I removed all bio balls and ceramic rings and replaced this with filter floss on an eggcrate platform in the 1st compartment. Sealed up all watergates at the back of the Boyu (except the topmost one and also sealed off the slots in the 3rd compartment which houses the heater. Also sealed off the 2nd spout (next to spraybar in 4th compartment)
Modification done to spraybar. Moved the spraybar up and installed a 700lph return pump in the 4th compartment. Built an eggcrate platform and put in Chemi-Pure elite in the 4th compartment under the return pump.
Used a Resun SP1200 (1100lph) powerhead in the display for flow . This was upgraded in Week 3 to a Seio M620 (2400lph) which gives a much wider dispersed flow as opposed to the direct stream from the powerhead.
Moved the spraybar back to it's original position and angled it at approx 5 deg to the watersurface, as I was getting MEGA salt creep on the lights and canopy.
Liverock was bought on 8 Dec 2008 and promptly placed in the tank. No real aquascaping done. Pretty much just dumped the rock in.
I got 7.5 kg of Kenyan LR . Very good stuff though
The cycle started on 10 Dec 2008 and from the very first day , there was already amazing life popping up everywhere.
Jewel Anemone - Corynactis Viridis
Clove polyps - Clavularia sp.
Pencil urchin - Eucidaris Metularia
This is what the tank looked like by Week 4: