Let's See Some Nano's

[young_skywalker]

I'm just curious to see what all of you have done with your nano's...so here is an opportunity to show them off if you'd like.

 

[slim_jim989]

heres mine some older pictures and all havent taken new ones yet

rip my little scooter

 

[returnofsid]

Here's the build thread to the Aquapod 24 that we've been setting up for Angie. It's almost complete. http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43528

 

[dudeman]

hey slim jim, whats that bubbly looking fella in your last pic called. that thing is reall cool

 

[slim_jim989]

thats actuatlly my RBTA thats what he used to look like lol hes not bubbly like anymore

 

[dudeman]

i have never seen one look like that. weird

 

[travis_]

I cheated and tied my 2.5 gallon nano (pico?) into my 200 gallon system. I bought a small, plastic tank from Petco for under $10. I found a bulkhead fitting with a hose barb for 1/2" tube from Pacific Marine Exchange for $1 each. I cut the right sized hole in the pastic tank using a jacknife and made the correct ID using a dremel and installed the bulkhead fitting at overflow level. Then I hooked up what I call my umbilical cord, which is a tube inside a tube. My inlet water is supplied by a small 3/16" tube like used for my RO water system which is ran inside my 1/2" drain line. I run the drainline through a 90 degree hose barb fitting and run the internal line out the end of the fitting. This makes it nice and simple having only 1 line running to/from the pico. For lighting right now I am using a 60 Watt compact Bright white (6500k i think). It is like a x-mas light bulb. I actually have part of the bulb submersed in the water for heat and more intense light (is this OK?). THe zoas seem to be doing well and algea gorwing well under it. I have a pompom crab and a camel shrimp in it right now, they seem happy.

Here is a pic of my PomPom in this nano:

And here is a picture of the nano itself (bad pic I know).

And URL for more pics:
http://www.greenconversion.net/pico

 

[gotfish]

5.5g aio.

 

[dudeman]

im not 100% positive on this, but there is no way i would submerse a lightbulb in water... IMO thats just asking for trouble, but i could be wrong

 

[travis_]

im not 100% positive on this, but there is no way i would submerse a lightbulb in water... IMO thats just asking for trouble, but i could be wrong

I remember reading about this being done to grow phytoplankton somewhere. So far I have not had any issues and I am GFCI protected, but you are probably right. If it ever did break for any reason, no matter how unlikley, I would have mecury posioning of my entire system I suspect.

 

[dudeman]

anybody else want to chime in on this? id like to know wheather or not this practice is safe...

 

[dailydriven911]

Here's a little video of my old 20l my first sps nano...



My old solana...

 

[sandswhitson]

Those are some sweet tanks dailydriven911. Nice!

 

[slim_jim989]

yeah thats how my RBTA looked when i first got it i wished it still looked liked that lol it was sorta one of a kind lol

 

[brandyrb]

yeah thats how my RBTA looked when i first got it i wished it still looked liked that lol it was sorta one of a kind lol

What size nano is that in your pics?

 

[young_skywalker]

nice tanks guys...hey gotfish, how do you like your 5.5? I had one for a while but it came down when I moved.

 

[dmbfreek]

Just some old pics. Don't have these anymore.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g230/glenjerome/70gsalt081.jpg

 

[dmbfreek]

oops, forgot the other pic
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g230/glenjerome/salt099-1.jpg

 

[dudeman]

some nice looking tanks all

 

[slim_jim989]

What size nano is that in your pics?

its a 12gal nano with pc lights