My 20L Nano..

indigobluetc

indigobluetc

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So I had a 20L laying around and I decided to make it a frag tank for my up and coming reef that is being built.
Well after some time I lost my 135 to a nitrate explosion.
So I decided to put some of the rock in here to make this a nice little nano. This is how it is at the moment, that is untill I decide what to add to it!

I am running the following on it:
Emperor 400
Pro Clear Aquatic MPS 75 skimmer
Penguin 550 Power head
100w heater
Random 60 gph power head
Stock list:
BTA
2 Head Frogspawn
Galaxia
Green Zoas
I have about 40 #'s of rock in there at the moment.
Readings are as follows:
PH 8.4
Amonia 0
Nitrate 5
Nitrite 0
Temp 80-81
Sg 1.025
Here are some pics let me know what you think!
These are from the first stages (frag tank)




 
indigobluetc

indigobluetc

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Here is some pics of the first light that I built for it:
I am running a 18k 24" @ 40w / actinic 24" @ 40w / 8k 24" @ 20w. I am running at 100w with this one so 5w a gallon.




 
indigobluetc

indigobluetc

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This is the new light that I built for this tank, I didnt like the light I had so I built a new one. It is running @ 180w so 9w a gallon. Lights are 6.5k / 18k / actinic / 18k / 6.5k.







 
subielover

subielover

Active Member
Looks great, your rbta looks happy
Did you have a cycle at all, since everything was already established?
 
indigobluetc

indigobluetc

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Yes, I had it up and running for about 2 months before I added the new rock. I didnt have any cycle after adding the new rock since it went straight from the old tank to the new.. Pictures do not so it justice..It looks soooo much better in person! On a side note that RBTA is A LOT bigger. It was just closed up since I turned the lights on to take a pic.. It takes up a good portion of that rock
 
spanko

spanko

Active Member
Looks great. I was wondering why no relector in the new light. Seems to me you are loosing some light upwards with the current configuration.
 
indigobluetc

indigobluetc

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No updates as of yet sorry guys I have been busy. I do have some new ballasts for this tho. I had an old rusted to crap CustomSea Life PC fixture that I took apart and took the workhorse 3 ballasts out. SO I am going to replace the huge overly heavy ones I have on there now. That way I can turn on diff sets of lights as the day goes and make it slowly darker.
 
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