VP's 80L Starfire Nano
So far i have installed the tank, done all the plumbing and electrical work.
I will be picking up the Bubble Magnus NAC tonight for it and will go hunting for some DSB substrate tomorrow. LFS has Marble dust available but im unsure on this, anyone used it before??
I also need to pickup a heater and i plan on running a Cooler if i can pick one up off a member who no longer needs it.
Here are some pics so far, as this is my first nano setup any advice will be great.:)
Plumbing
Tank
4 x Return lines
Octopus Lighting
Full tank shot
Picture of my living room, nano on the left, 6 foot on the right
Introduction:
Hi All,
I picked up a new tank off a member on masa who started the project but lost interest and did not finish it. He built it to replicate an ELOS designed tank, so here I am 4 months after my first project building another....
So, In the process of setting up for my next large project i have decided to setup this nano tank to house some of my frags and rare Rics/Corals while i transition.
System Objectives:
House my precious corals while i get ready for my larger tank. It will be setup as a bare bottom shallow reef with DSB/Refugium in the sump.
Type of reef:
Mixed Sps/Lps
Display System:
Initial Fill Date:
10/12/2011
Display Tank Dimensions:
800mm x 400mm x 300m
Display Lighting:
Octopus Horizon T5
2 x 24w HO White
2 x 24w HO Blue
Stand:
Custom Built Steel frame with Laminated wooden panels.
Hood or Rimless:
Rimless
Sump Design:
Skimmer section, DSB with Macro section and Return Section.
Filtration:
Bubble Magnus Skimmer
Support systems:
Display Water circulation:
Eheim Compact 3000 running into a Wavemaker split 4 ways into the main display tank.
2 x Tunze 6015's
Skimmer:
Bubble Magnus NAC Skimmer
Evaporation Top Up:
Manually to begin with but will be using a Tunze soon.
Chemical additions:
Going to Run Read Sea products and see how they go..
So far i have installed the tank, done all the plumbing and electrical work.
I will be picking up the Bubble Magnus NAC tonight for it and will go hunting for some DSB substrate tomorrow. LFS has Marble dust available but im unsure on this, anyone used it before??
I also need to pickup a heater and i plan on running a Cooler if i can pick one up off a member who no longer needs it.
Here are some pics so far, as this is my first nano setup any advice will be great.:)
Plumbing
Tank
4 x Return lines
Octopus Lighting
Full tank shot
Picture of my living room, nano on the left, 6 foot on the right