Ben's New Nano!

bmorosco

bmorosco

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Hello everyone! I am in the beginning stages of setting up my Nano 24! I have read and read and read...these forums ! I want to thank everyone weather you know it or not you have helped tremendously!Equipment:
24 gallon JBJ nano cube
Stock lighting
Upgrade to Maxijet 1200
Ebo-Jager 100watt heater
PH-8.3
Amonia-0
Nitrate-0
Nitrite-0
temp-80.0
Ordered Caribbean Sea Live Sand 20lbs
Live sand from Buddies Tank 4lbs
Live Rock 32 pounds Nano Package
4-5 pounds in the middle chamber for refuge
(will do a light in there not sure how yet some good ideas i have seen.)
Here is a couple of pics going through the set up. Hope you enjoy!

Then the substrate!

Rock arrival!!!!

Trying my hand at Aquascaping!

And the finished "I THINK" version!

More to follow thank you everyone!
 
nwdyr

nwdyr

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Take that rock OUT of the back! Sorry but that's a totally bad idea , no flow and a total debris trap. I know because I did it and was VERY sorry I did. Run it stock , upgrade the lights if you want to do the hard stuff. Stock is good
You ahve allot of LR in there already ,why add more where you cant see it?
We need pic's
 
bmorosco

bmorosco

Member
Ok live rock in the middle is a bad idea? Why is that? Everythig I have read on here say to do that. I am confused now....
 
bmorosco

bmorosco

Member
Ok im am vry nervous now ...Should I put the bioballs and the ceramic stuff in and take out the live rock out of the middle chamber?
 
mboswell1982

mboswell1982

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have u looked at the ones some of the guys have done with using chaeto in the middle instead of the bioballs and what not? instead of using the live rock
 
bmorosco

bmorosco

Member
yes i have looked into that should I just take the rock out and put the ceramic and carbon for now until i get the chaeto?
 
mboswell1982

mboswell1982

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im gonna defer to nw's advice on that one LOL but yeah, thats prolly the thing to do, an u can pick up the chaeto as soonas your lfs is open, they should have some hanging around somewhere, it wont take much too
 
mboswell1982

mboswell1982

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no prob man, just as a warning though, take any advice i give you with a large grain of salt LOL i dont have a tank set up as yet, im still researching and have been for the last 2 months now LOL
 
spanko

spanko

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best to take the rock out of the back. It will collect detritus like nwdyr said, you will not be able to clean it out, and it will therein increase your nitrates. With the amount of rock you have in the display you will be okay without anything in the middle chamber for now. Later on you can put a bag of chemipure elite and or some puigen. Then when you are ready a nice ball of chaetomorpha with a small light over it to help reduce nutrients in the tank.
Think of it this way, the rock and sand you have in your tank will take care of your biofiltration, the small bit you can add to the back is really to little to add anything noteworthy. The finished I think version looks nice but if you are anything like the rest of us you will change it. Keep asking questions and posting your progree and pictures. Great bunch of people here to help you and learn with you..
 
mboswell1982

mboswell1982

Active Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2853143
best to take the rock out of the back. It will collect detritus like nwdyr said, you will not be able to clean it out, and it will therein increase your nitrates. With the amount of rock you have in the display you will be okay without anything in the middle chamber for now. Later on you can put a bag of chemipure elite and or some puigen. Then when you are ready a nice ball of chaetomorpha with a small light over it to help reduce nutrients in the tank.
Think of it this way, the rock and sand you have in your tank will take care of your biofiltration, the small bit you can add to the back is really to little to add anything noteworthy. The finished I think version looks nice but if you are anything like the rest of us you will change it. Keep asking questions and posting your progree and pictures. Great bunch of people here to help you and learn with you..

so spanko, did i give him some halfway decent advice? LOL
 
bmorosco

bmorosco

Member
ok guys thanks..I took out the rock and put everything in stock...I will ask a ton of questions through this process and thanks again..
 
spanko

spanko

Active Member
Wait, you put the bio balls - media back in? This is okay but be aware that this system needs to be maintained in order to work as it is designed to. The media has to be removed, about 1/3 per month, and swished around in saltwater in order to remove the accumulated detritus from them so that you nitrates do not increase. Much the same as putting the live rock back there only these are easier to get out to clean. If you put them in now with the idea of removing them later they will have become part or your bio filtration and can only be removed a handful at a time to allow the biofilter in the tank to increase its bacteria so that you don't experience an ammonia spike.
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

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from what i have read is yes, take that LR out of the middle, a good idea would be your lit fuge from what every1 says here...
as far as your bioballs go, people are not to crazy about them.. they say as long you have your CHEMI-PURE (make sure to rinse out with RO water or Salt water as if you dont you will have your water turn all black.
They also recommend Purigen .. (optional) .. or you can have 1 or the other (Chemipure or the Purigen)
From what i have been told.. ceramic rings/bioballs and your carbon will not be necessary if the above are in your tank. Just make sure to keep up with your water changes and everything should be fine. I since i had them still just kept them in since i started my tank with them and figured i guess its nothing to lose since i already have them.. the carbon will be released as needed so its not like i will have TOOO MUCH.. but thats a matter of preference i say. I have heard a lot of different things and i guess there is no right or wrong (someone please correct me if i am miss leading him)
Whisk and Nanon00b have helped me a lottttt in this hobby and here are some helpful links i can pass down from the VETS who have helped me TONS...
Your lit Fuge:
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/atype/0/Articles
Where you can buy your light for your cheeato:
http://discount-pumps.biz/pond-lights.htm
*as mentioned above if you want to upgrade your lighting:
http://www.nanotuners.com/index.php?cPath=62
hope all this helps... WHISK will be proud of me.. LoLLLLL ...
im a complete n00b just acting like i know what im talking about... this is all wise words from some smart guys here.. just a FYI.. these were helpful to me as i hope they will help you as well.
P.S - your rock work looks VERY GOOD.. i reallly like it. Reminds me of WHISK's tank.. hopefully you have a ton of hitchers and goodies as he did! Keep us posted!
 
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