brooklyn johnny
Active Member
This is my 10 gallon “kitchen nano” I set up over the summer. I was originally skeptical about setting up a nano, but I can now say that I love this tank and have learned much that my 180 never taught me. I maintain it now with a dilute kalkwasser mix (1/2 or ¾ teaspoon per gallon according to alkalinity) and daily additions of calcium chloride, keeping my alk between 3 and 3.5 meq/l and calcium around 450. Lighting consists of 2 36 watt PCs, one 10,000 k and one actinic. I have a 7 gallon refugium that I made from a plastic "critter keeper" that has since filled with various ‘pods and 5 species of macroalgae. Lighting for the fuge is run 24/7 with 2 15 watt NO "Lights of America" from Home Depot for just $7 each (bulb and fixture). I have an Aquaclear 150 hanging on the back with a Minijet 404 in the filter pumping up to the fuge. I just recently upgraded from two Minijet 404s in the tank to 606s and am happier with the increased circulation. I have two clams (maxima and squamosa), sps, lps and softies alike. I have included a couple of full tank shots and will follow with some closeups. Any comments or questions just ask and I can go into further detail on anything. I had to drop the compression and resolution of the images below 100k so some are a little grainy.
anyway here it is
