ReefNut's 6g Nano

reefnut

reefnut

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I have a 6g Eclipse nano... about 4-months old.Water parameters: 12-7-03
Salinity- 1.025
Temp- 78deg
PH-8.0
Calcium- 420
Alk- 8.4
Mag- 1300
Nitrates- less than 5ppm
Equipment:
32w CustomSeaLife PC retro kit (run 10hour a day)
Small powerhead
Built in mechanical filter (I run filter pads and carbon sometimes, NO bio-wheel)
Heater
Hood Fan
Contents:
15lbs LR
10lbs LS
6- Astraea Snails
2- Blue leg Hermits
Coral Banded Shrimp
Small False Perc
Branching Hammer
2- Branching Frogspawn
Red Schrooms
Small zoo polyp cluster
Small star polyp cluster
Cabbage Leather
2- Different Finger leathers
Halimeda Plant
Maintenance
1g water change weekly
Clean glass as needed
Run filer pads and carbon
Doses:
Calcium
Alk
Mag
Feeding
Formula one flake or pellet once a day
That's about it I think. I will get an up dated photo... Here it is as of 10-15-03. The torch coral was getting to big so it is now in the 110g tank.
 
reefnut

reefnut

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Thank you, it's still a baby:joy:. I don't keep up with costs any more... I don't want to know :thinking:.
 
overanalyzer

overanalyzer

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nice looking tank - I noticed you run it @ 78 degrees - do you run your large tank @ that temp too?? Just curious because mine is set to 80 and climbs to 81 during the day for about an hour and 1/2 or 2 hours then slowly drops back down ...want to know if it is helping somethign specifically or just your standard procedure thanks!!
 
reefnut

reefnut

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My 110g runs around 80-82. I keep the nano cooler at 78 just because of the small water volume and because the temp can change rapidly with 6g of water... really I just wanted a "safe zone" in case for some reason the temp started to climb. Paranoia I guess :scared:
 
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nanoambiance

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reefnut, where did you find the 32 watt retrofit kit, who makes it, and did you actually have to install the kit, drill holes, cut out and make place for fan, screws, etc, all sounds scary like i would mess it up . . .
 
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nanoambiance

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If I wanted to do a 6 gallon eclipse, but with NO fish, only a few inverts (no shrimp) just hermit and or snail, and wanted some shrooms, green starburst polyps, and a yellow colony polyp only, how often THEN would i have to do water changes? Same frequency, or would the less bio load buy me another week or so? Just curious. beautiful beautiful little nano!
 
reefnut

reefnut

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The 32w PC is a Coralife. I did install the kit but it was very simple. I also had to cut in the fans... but it was also pretty easy.
With no fish your nitrates would not build up as quick so water changes bi-weekly may be ok...
 
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nanoambiance

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BIweekly? I thought you were doing 1 gallon change once a week?
If I had a 6 gallon with 20 lbs LS, and 12-15 lbs LR, and only green starburst polyps and yellow colony polyps, with one -2 hermits and snails, and occasionally dosing trace elements, I would still have to change the water at least once a week? Even with all that natural filtration, and light bioload relying primarly on light?
Thanks for input though ReefNut, I appreciate your time
 
reefnut

reefnut

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Thanks fishfreek, I got the lighting from the LFS when I got the tank... there are several websites that sell them though. I am running a 50/50, when I replace it, it will be a 50/50 with true actinic.
 
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