This is truely amazing Lawrence and I'm sorry if I get you into trouble but why is nobody crapping on you?
You started stocking without cycling. You added an anemone to a five day old tank and it's in a nano...
If anybody else did this the WHOLE forum would have been on their case...???
Again, sorry if I'm getting you into trouble but I was just wondering...
Nice one - I am busy building a little nano for my Girlfriend. My main tank is busy cycling ... boring .... never stared at bloody rock for so long in my life
My little nano is a little different didnt like in tank filters so I took a 30L tank I bought for the gold fish made two holes in the glass one for return one for overflow and I have built a sump
My sump is about 15 to 20l whilst the main tank is 30l. Have a little skimmer R140 at LFS.
Just painted the back black and now waiting on the plumbing to dry. Should have it running by Thursday.....with the help of some members here
With regards to double standards, please remember there are many ways of running a successful reef tank, the advice that is given is generally given for a newbe to the hobby. there is a formula that works, and is fairly fail safe. This is until you generally get to grips with the hobby and understand the ins and outs. People generally then work out their own systems and what works for them.Once again, very nice... And please don't get me wrong, I was not critisizing you, more the double standards I have found on the site...
With regards to double standards, please remember there are many ways of running a successful reef tank, the advice that is given is generally given for a newbe to the hobby. there is a formula that works, and is fairly fail safe. This is until you generally get to grips with the hobby and understand the ins and outs. People generally then work out their own systems and what works for them.
Would i ever recommend running a skimmerless tank to a newbe, no. Would i ever recommend a 24hr cycle on a tank to a newbe, no. Would i ever recommend running the Zeovit method to a newbe, no. Would i ever recommend a nenny for a newbe in a new tank, no. Would i ever recommend the keeping of SPS to a newbe, no. Now this is not to say that none of the above cant be done.
Once again, very nice... And please don't get me wrong, I was not critisizing you, more the double standards I have found on the site...
I say if the nennie stays happy, this tank is a gem! For the money you can't complain and it also has a mini fuge! Thats crazy cool IMO.. Perfect for the beginner and a little tank for the office
Well said..If one really works it out its a real value for money set up...and yea Im sure that the nennie is happy mabe to happy as its getting bigger LOL..
True....100% you get what you pay for.. at least they getting a nice system for its price.but you will still get some people who will complain.. why cant it have a bigger skimmer/ better lights ... Then they must pay better $$$
Hi there@Aquaria-SA
Sorry if you've mentioned this, dont feel like skimming through 4 pages to find it
What lighting and flow does this nano come with?
This was the 1st Nano I ever owned and there were a 2 big problems I found.
1.) Heat. The light housing is really close to the water, if you run the water high they are actually submersed! this in turn heats the tank dramatically. They seem to have been tackled this issue with the vent fan on the top now which should help a lot.
This has been solved , It now has a cooling fan that blows cool air from the outside to the inside of the tank and pushes the Hot air out the two side vents on the hood as well as the rear of the tank.
2.) Flow through the sump. Although this Nano is really well made ,the flow through the sump is really slow. Easily fixed you think, I'll just get a faster return pump. You do that and the pump empties the return chamber faster than its filled which results in micro bubbles in the DT. OK, so to get around this you run the water level higher, problem is then you submerse the lights under water (this is fine because the light housing is water proof) which in turn raises the heat. A kinda catch 22.
This has also been solved and there is no problem with the flow of the water through the filtration chambers , there are no mico bubbles at all when the sustem is running..when you first set the system up there are a few for a day or so , one can understand this as the air dose get trapped in the odd places when you fill up the Nano for the first time,but after 24h theres none. Also no need to increase the water level.
It not all doom and gloom though. With a few mods (lifting the lid a tad and putting in a bigger cooling fan) my dad has been running this Nano for about 6 months with no issues and its coral focused. Its really well made and it has a solid feel to it. All the components are pretty top notch as well. I paid R2200 for mine so R1399 is a steal imo.
Its a great little system and yes for its prices its fantastic
Its a really good tank if you can circumvent those 2 issues.
Oh and surprising the skimmer is relatively good as well. I expected it to be horrible but it does alright considering its size. There has also been a few mods done on the skimmer from our side , but its really a great skimmer for its size.
We have really check and strive to deliver a new modern range of product's to the SA market and will continue to improve where its needed as Aquaria Cares for this great Hobby and really want s it to grow to new height's. Thank you for your comments and help.
The Aquaria Team
It really looks great.I had a nennie in Boyu Tl550 and he was fine, water quality must be good, and T5 are fine.
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True....100% you get what you pay for.. at least they getting a nice system for its price.
Hi there
They come out with 2 x 24w TC tubes & the pump is rated for 420L/P/H
Hope that helps
Regards
The Aquaria Team
This was the 1st Nano I ever owned and there were a 2 big problems I found.
1.) Heat. The light housing is really close to the water, if you run the water high they are actually submersed! this in turn heats the tank dramatically. They seem to have been tackled this issue with the vent fan on the top now which should help a lot.
This has been solved , It now has a cooling fan that blows cool air from the outside to the inside of the tank and pushes the Hot air out the two side vents on the hood as well as the rear of the tank.
2.) Flow through the sump. Although this Nano is really well made ,the flow through the sump is really slow. Easily fixed you think, I'll just get a faster return pump. You do that and the pump empties the return chamber faster than its filled which results in micro bubbles in the DT. OK, so to get around this you run the water level higher, problem is then you submerse the lights under water (this is fine because the light housing is water proof) which in turn raises the heat. A kinda catch 22.
This has also been solved and there is no problem with the flow of the water through the filtration chambers , there are no mico bubbles at all when the sustem is running..when you first set the system up there are a few for a day or so , one can understand this as the air dose get trapped in the odd places when you fill up the Nano for the first time,but after 24h theres none. Also no need to increase the water level.
It not all doom and gloom though. With a few mods (lifting the lid a tad and putting in a bigger cooling fan) my dad has been running this Nano for about 6 months with no issues and its coral focused. Its really well made and it has a solid feel to it. All the components are pretty top notch as well. I paid R2200 for mine so R1399 is a steal imo.
Its a great little system and yes for its prices its fantastic
Its a really good tank if you can circumvent those 2 issues.
Oh and surprising the skimmer is relatively good as well. I expected it to be horrible but it does alright considering its size. There has also been a few mods done on the skimmer from our side , but its really a great skimmer for its size.
We have really check and strive to deliver a new modern range of product's to the SA market and will continue to improve where its needed as Aquaria Cares for this great Hobby and really want s it to grow to new height's. Thank you for your comments and help.
The Aquaria Team
Thats great to hear! Like I said, its a really well made system and it was only those 2 faults I had issues with. The lighting is spectacular for this sized tank so its a really worthwhile purchase in my mind. Excellent starter system
I failed to mention that I used this as a fairly successful planted tank as well