Let's see your Coldwater tanks!

[NemCrazy]

I wanted to see what Coldwater tanks are out there.

 

[fall0n]

If I could get a chiller cheap enough, i'd give it a go!

 

[NemCrazy]

Talk to mike at micro reefs llc. He sells all in one pico and micro Coldwater tanks that have built in chillers for the price of a used chiller. And Coldwater marine Aquatics has great pico sized inverts

 

[AquaticEngineer]

I found the thread I introduced my coldwater tank here from a couple years ago

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f236/coldwater-temperate-reef-keeper-here-d-60653/

Got some good pictures of the gorgonians I used to have.

 

[user 26995]

I found the thread I introduced my coldwater tank here from a couple years ago

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f236/coldwater-temperate-reef-keeper-here-d-60653/

Got some good pictures of the gorgonians I used to have.

Used to have?
Do you still have this tank running
Its really nice. Those starfish are cool.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Don't have the gorgonians anymore, but I will get more eventually. I lost them in a tank transfer a while back. I actually have more livestock now than I did then in including a bunch of bad ass bat stars


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[user 26995]

Don't have the gorgonians anymore, but I will get more eventually. I lost them in a tank transfer a while back. I actually have more livestock now than I did then in including a bunch of bad ass bat stars


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Do you have pics of the bat stars or are those the ones on the front of the tank?

 

[user 26995]

Talk to mike at micro reefs llc. He sells all in one pico and micro Coldwater tanks that have built in chillers for the price of a used chiller. And Coldwater marine Aquatics has great pico sized inverts

You know you have got me talked into it. I found a micro chiller that I can put on my 3 gal pico.
I need to get my frag tank running and move the livestock currently in the pico, into it.
I have wanted a catalina goby since I saw one. I will get one.

 

[NemCrazy]

Yaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! You won't be disappointed. I absolutely love my catalina's. They will rock in your pico. I can't wait to see that.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Do you have pics of the bat stars or are those the ones on the front of the tank?

Here's pics of the Bat Stars I have right now, the other three in the thread pics above are in a tank at Saltwater Fantaseas now

You know you have got me talked into it. I found a micro chiller that I can put on my 3 gal pico.
I need to get my frag tank running and move the livestock currently in the pico, into it.
I have wanted a catalina goby since I saw one. I will get one.

Nice Just wait until you start looking around, there are even cooler fish out there for coldwater than catalinas

 

[NemCrazy]

And stu you may like my blood stars but I'm jealous of your bat stars and really all the other goodies ya got lol.

 

[user 26995]

So I was looking at some of the nems on Coldwater marine Aquatics. There area some really pretty little ones. Not sure how big some of them get, but I believe they were really small and perfect for a pico. I just need to get busy on my frag tank. Its almos ready for water. Just need a 2' piece of hose, which I can pick up at work tomorrow. This will be fun.

 

[user 26995]

I love the bat star in the first pic. Too big for a pico though, huh!

 

[NemCrazy]

Yep bat stars are too big for a 3G but corynactis, Beadlet, waratah ,aggregating and moonglow anemones are perfect for nano's. And each of those are pretty hardy.

 

[NemCrazy]

It's totally fun! Coldwater is a world apart from the fussy and picky warm water tanks. It'll be good to have a partner in crime north of the Columbia river

 

[C.M.A. Josh]

wow all join in! first off we have the old tank.... made front page of reef builders
http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/12/coldwater-marine-aquatics/#ixzz1qOEzeBJU

Coldwater Marine Tank Video by Stuwobbe | Photobucket
50 gal cube! all animals collected by me or from Steve W.

 

[NemCrazy]

Good to see you here Josh!! Sweet tanks. I always liked your first one with the green surf nems!

 

[C.M.A. Josh]

All add my new tank as soon as I can figure out how to post them! The files are to large so i need to make the pictures or have Stew do it hahaha

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Here's Josh's tank setup.

Its an Envision built 1" thick acrylic tank I found on craigslist and buffed out. Had a guy I know built a custom stand that would fit the footprint of the tank and allow enough clearance to keep the 1/10th HP chiller and mini fridge with auto feeder housed underneath it. A lot of the design is based on a scaled down, cost effective version of Steve Weasts system.

Heres Josh's tank when it was first being built in my garage:

 

[C.M.A. Josh]

thanks for posting my tank Stu!:clap2: