Ron's 24gal Nano Cube

[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member
PMd! .. thanks man
hey the coral i have in my 12g right now.. are no where as near green as they were @ the LFS.. do you think its cuz of my PC lighting?..
i want to put them under my MH's but my tank is not cyceled.. theyl die in there no?.. I dont even know what they are.. they are green polyps i guess... no idea what kind.. They dont look like they are shriveling up and dying, but they just have no where as near green in them as they used 2 .. and some of them are a brownish tint with a bit of green. I am tempted to put them in the 24 under the MH's but the water params are not ready in that tank.. ill try 2 get a pic up of it soon.
 
subielover

subielover

Active Member
They are Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoanthids or RDE's for short. Very easy to care for polyps and grow and spread like crazy. My advice is to keep them where they are. Once your 24 is cycled, then you can put them in. Just be careful how much light they get. When going from pc lighting to metal halides corals can go into shock(for a better term) basically just give them a few hours a day of halides and increase the time they are on by an hour every week or so.
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member
your the man subie!

edit: are you into cars?.. (just curious from ur username)... i used to be in the "JDM" scene y0!.. -_-..
unless your subie stands for somthing else, then my bad.. lol
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member
This used 2 be my money pit... i just recently parted it out... i still have the car though. Just got rid of all the goodies.

 
subielover

subielover

Active Member
I almost traded in an old STI for one of those, but I couldn't fit. They are tiny and I am not
Nice ride though.
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member
haha.. dont begin to tell me how small this car is..
try being 6"3.. luckily im failry skinny or else id be in a lot of trouble.
I hate life sitting in my car though. I will be getting rid of it soon however.
Being 6"3 200 pounsd is not fun in a little 2 seater s2k.
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member
bleh still running 0's down for my nitrate/rite/ammonia .. ph 8.2 .. still a damn waiting process. grrr im tired of waiting already.. i moved most of my rocks from my 12 gal to my 24 and my 12 gal is boring as ---- now too.. LOLjust has my poor neemo in there bored .. and my "dragon eyes!" LOL
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member
yay! im excited, i have bugs on my glass .. looks likei ts on its way.. last time when my glass had bugs on it the tank was ready in no time...
now i neeed to take care of this heating issue.. id ont want to put a fan on it but i dont think i havea choice. I have a nasty water evaportation problem as is... speaking of which i need to go pick up some RO water! I ran out yesterday and i need to top it off... grr
suggestions for heat?..
 
braydonosu

braydonosu

Member
If you are having evap. problems now having a fan will kill you. I'll bet you'll have to replace at least a half gallon a day with an open top and a fan. When I had a 12 nanocube with an open top that's about what I was replacing. If all you are planning to keep are zoas and rics ~80 on the high end is not that bad. Everyone seems to say 78-79 is perfect - 1 deg either way shouldn't kill any of the easier to keep corals. I would see if you can't set you heater to keep the water at 78ish at night and then see how hot the MH makes it during the day - if it doesn't get to 81 I wouldn't worry about it. JMHO
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member
na i dont want a chiller.. it gets to about 81.5 but i dont want that much of fluctuation.. and i do plan on having some cool corals ... i dont think anything NUTS
rics/zoas/mush/bubble corals/etc.. maybe even clam..?.. so i want eveything just right
 
subielover

subielover

Active Member
Whatever your tank gets to be at it's peak, I think you said around 81, is what you want to try to keep it at. 81 is fine, as you know, the fluctuation is what kills things. Glad to hear, you are seeing pods on the glass, that is certainly a good sign
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member
im afraid of keeping it at 81. i want to be able to have cool ---- and not have to worry about it being to hot for some things...(i just raised the heat again on my heater).. lets see if ti can geti t to a steady 80.. and see how that works..
im also in the process of making my own top off ill draw a little diagram and post in a minute..
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

Member


i need to figure out a way to find a valve that lets water come down outo f trhe tube but not come up (mixing with the r/o water) from the tank.. im not sure if they sell anything like that... any1 have any ideas?..
i think it MIGHT work if i can get somthing to stop the r/o water from mixing with the salt water in the tank/container..
 
freeborder_01

freeborder_01

Member
you dont need that. As long as the bottle is air tight the water will stop being released when the tank water covers the opening. You would think the water would go into it but something about the density of the saltwater compared to the fresh prevents the salt from creeping into the water bottle. Ive seen several examples of this working and also one with food coloring to show that the water doesnt go back in.
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...owtopic=177758
dunno if that will get deleted but theres an example otherwise pm me your email and i can talk to you about other examples
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top