Skimmy
SKIM FU
o.k. well, i thought i should finally make a thread about my sweet nano...
so first the specs;
24x12x12 15gal all glass tank
tek 5 24" t5ho 4 bulb fixture
octopus bh100f hob protein skimmer (modified
)
koralia nano powerheads, 4 x 265 gph
15 lbs tonga branch/fiji live rock
2" live sand
the driving motivation behind this set up was to have a nano reef that is visually eloquent in design, without alot of heaters, powerheads, wires or plumbing visible, yet with competent filtration and flow capable of sustaining sps corals.
well, after compromising a little bit, i came up with the idea of using the bh100f skimmer(rated for 100g), which would also house my carbon/phosphate media bag and titanium heater, keeping them out of the tank, and the other benifit was that the pump for the skimmer was located in the body of the skimmer, not the tank. so all i have to look at now was powerheads for flow...
i started off with 1 koralia #1 @ 400gph,
then moved to 2 koralia nano's @ 265 each
then upgraded to 4 koralia nano pumps, because i could basically put one in front of each of the exiting 2 already in the tank with hardly even noticing they were there...:idea:
and they are so tiny anyway, about the size of a small egg.
as for the lighting, i chose the combination of having a 12" tall tank in conjunction with the 4 bulb t5 tek light unit, i figured this way with so little depth penetration, i could keep just about anything and not have crazy heat issues in the summer time. well, my suppositions were confirmed!! i can keep the most sensitive and hard to keep sps and actually have them thrive, and increase in color instead of fade away.
here's a list of my corals; all purchased from BARRIER REEF AQUARIUMS of coarse!!
red/orange pavona
true superman monti
true rainbow monti
purple monti digi
red/green acan lord
pink bubblegum acan echinata
orange/brown acan hilliae
red/blue micromussa with green bulls eye center
austrailian green duncans
armor of god zoa's
eagle eye zoa's
pink/green mouth zoa's
pink zoa's
fire & ice zoa's
orange/green zoa's
dragon eye (or green apple) zoa's
red/blue ricordea
purple gorgonian
sunset milli
oregon tort
rasberry lemonade (acro. nasuta)
blue pulchra
pink birdsnest
red/green favia brain
red mushrooms
purple acro. horrida
orange plate fungia
green hydnopora
for clean up crew i have;
10 astrea snails
10 scarlet leg hermits
10-20 stomatella snails
2 pepermint shrimp
2 emerald crabs
plan on adding 1 or 2 conch snails for sand sifting
fish:
1 firefish
i plan on doing a yasha hasa goby w/ candy cane pistol
and possibly other nano gobies as well(trimma, green bar, neon)
here's a couple crappy photos of my tank....
i will get some good pics and close ups of each frag/colony soon!
the color is all washed out on these pics because of my t5's
and there will be much more posting on my skimmer modification ...of coarse!!
more pics and posts to come soon!
and please, dont solicit me for frags...unless of coarse you have something rare to trade as well:shock:
so first the specs;
24x12x12 15gal all glass tank
tek 5 24" t5ho 4 bulb fixture
octopus bh100f hob protein skimmer (modified
)koralia nano powerheads, 4 x 265 gph
15 lbs tonga branch/fiji live rock
2" live sand
the driving motivation behind this set up was to have a nano reef that is visually eloquent in design, without alot of heaters, powerheads, wires or plumbing visible, yet with competent filtration and flow capable of sustaining sps corals.
well, after compromising a little bit, i came up with the idea of using the bh100f skimmer(rated for 100g), which would also house my carbon/phosphate media bag and titanium heater, keeping them out of the tank, and the other benifit was that the pump for the skimmer was located in the body of the skimmer, not the tank. so all i have to look at now was powerheads for flow...
i started off with 1 koralia #1 @ 400gph,
then moved to 2 koralia nano's @ 265 each
then upgraded to 4 koralia nano pumps, because i could basically put one in front of each of the exiting 2 already in the tank with hardly even noticing they were there...:idea:
and they are so tiny anyway, about the size of a small egg.
as for the lighting, i chose the combination of having a 12" tall tank in conjunction with the 4 bulb t5 tek light unit, i figured this way with so little depth penetration, i could keep just about anything and not have crazy heat issues in the summer time. well, my suppositions were confirmed!! i can keep the most sensitive and hard to keep sps and actually have them thrive, and increase in color instead of fade away.
here's a list of my corals; all purchased from BARRIER REEF AQUARIUMS of coarse!!
red/orange pavona
true superman monti
true rainbow monti
purple monti digi
red/green acan lord
pink bubblegum acan echinata
orange/brown acan hilliae
red/blue micromussa with green bulls eye center
austrailian green duncans
armor of god zoa's
eagle eye zoa's
pink/green mouth zoa's
pink zoa's
fire & ice zoa's
orange/green zoa's
dragon eye (or green apple) zoa's
red/blue ricordea
purple gorgonian
sunset milli
oregon tort
rasberry lemonade (acro. nasuta)
blue pulchra
pink birdsnest
red/green favia brain
red mushrooms
purple acro. horrida
orange plate fungia
green hydnopora
for clean up crew i have;
10 astrea snails
10 scarlet leg hermits
10-20 stomatella snails
2 pepermint shrimp
2 emerald crabs
plan on adding 1 or 2 conch snails for sand sifting
fish:
1 firefish
i plan on doing a yasha hasa goby w/ candy cane pistol
and possibly other nano gobies as well(trimma, green bar, neon)
here's a couple crappy photos of my tank....
i will get some good pics and close ups of each frag/colony soon!
the color is all washed out on these pics because of my t5's
and there will be much more posting on my skimmer modification ...of coarse!!
more pics and posts to come soon!
and please, dont solicit me for frags...unless of coarse you have something rare to trade as well:shock:
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