10gal.tank lighting help please!!

charvel

charvel

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Can anyone give me some brand names,place of purchase and anything else for ten gal.lighting.It doesnt have to be alot of watts just enough for some nice softies and lps. My lfs doesn't have anything for a 10. I have everything I need and have been wanting to do this for sometime so any info would really help me out a great deal Thanks, Mike.
 
brooklyn johnny

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Here is my 10 gallon nano with the 2x36 watt PC kit with one 10 k bulb and one actinic. Works great and is healthily supporting clams and sps.
 
charvel

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Originally posted by Brooklyn Johnny
Here is my 10 gallon nano with the 2x36 watt PC kit with one 10 k bulb and one actinic. Works great and is healthily supporting clams and sps.
Thanks for the pics. Beautiful tank. Can you tell me what you have for filtration etc? Did you get any of the corals,lr,etc. online? Any info would be great. Thanks alot, Mike.
 
charvel

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Originally posted by michelle13
I ordered my lights from petsupplyliquidator.com I have a 65 watt pc light on my ten and it does great.
Thanks Michelle13 sounds good I went to the sight and I didn't see yours but similar. Do you have 10,000k? Do you have enough light for all corals?Thanks alot. Mike.
 
brooklyn johnny

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The only filtration I run is a 7 gallon refugium above the tank. I have quite a bit of circulation in the tank, with two Minijet 606s in the tank, and an Aquaclear 150 hanging on the back that contains a third Minijet that pumps into the refugium which then gravity feeds back into the tank. I also run carbon once a month for a few days. My readings have been great, with phosphates and nitrates never testing above zero. I do a one gallon water change weekly. The only additives I use are kalkwasser nightly to keep my calcium between 400 and 500 and my alkalinity around 3.0 meq/l. I vary the strength of the kalkwasser to keep my readings in check. I have a pic of the whole system with the refugium that I will post on Monday. I strongly recommend ahsupply.com for the retrofit kit, and I buy my bulbs from hellolights.com. With those 72 watts of light over the tank, I have successfully been keeping clams and sps. Good luck and just let me know if you have more questions. Nanos are neat ;)
 
entice59

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Originally posted by Brooklyn Johnny
Here is my 10 gallon nano with the 2x36 watt PC kit with one 10 k bulb and one actinic. Works great and is healthily supporting clams and sps.
i have 2x36 watt PC jbj's and it seems like you have a lot of beautiful coral i thought i couldnt get like frogspawns, open brains and a lot of other things i dont know the names of. Can you tell me how deep is the tank? mines is only 12 inches deep. How long have you had your tank? Very nice Tank
 
brooklyn johnny

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It's a standard 10 gallon that's been set up since the summer. You were misinformed if someone said you would not be able to keep those. My frogspawn is thriving, growing into multiple heads over the past few months.
 
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I drip kalkwasser and feed DT's phytoplankton. Everything else I replenish with a one gallon water change per week, and I get quite a bit of overflow from my refugium into the tank... Here is a pic of the refugium...
 
entice59

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cool, i wish i had enough cash for a refuge, one more questions, should i shoot my phytoplex directly towards anything?
 
brooklyn johnny

brooklyn johnny

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In a tank as small as a nano I don't think that's necessary. I just add mine near the powerhead and within seconds it spreads throughout the tank.
 
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