Thinking about nano set up?

yimmy

yimmy

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Hey guys haven't posted in a long time, I used to have a 95gal tank that was to much time and money. I broke it down and its still in my garage unsold since sepetember. I've been dieing to set another tank up but since I'm a junior in highschool and I have college in mind I want to keep it small so i can be more mobile.
I'm thinking about doing a biocube 14 gallon reef, my LFS has them for like 190$.
I'm thinking a clown and a jawfish and some coral and maybe another shrimp. Any help about changes to the filtration or anything like that would be nice, I still have a huge UV, a little giant pump and canister, but I have a hunch that would turn it into a tornado. Any input about these tanks would be awesome.
Thanks!
Jimmy
 
osuaquarist

osuaquarist

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If you are patient you can find great deals on craigslist.com
I just got a 12g cube for $65 plus about 15lbs of livesand. I'm cycling it now

Also look for a fishclub around your area I just joined one and a member let a friend and I buy cured Fiji LR for $1.50pp!
 
yimmy

yimmy

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Thanks for the input.
I'm going to buy the tank and a lot of stuff from my store, when I traded in rock and fish I got a lot of money and theres no where else to spend it but there.
 
yimmy

yimmy

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I'm not sure if I plan on buying filtration since the biocube has a lot built in, I'm planning on getting rock and fish and sand from my LFS. What I'm wondering is is there anything with the cube filtration thats not quite up to par that you need to substitute with something else, I've heard of people using live rock instead of bioballs but what else is there? I'm also wondering about how good the lighting is... I know theres only about 2wats per gallon on the tank which is less than there is on a big reef but since its only like a foot high is that an issue? Thanks for all the help
 
seagoblin333

seagoblin333

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the stock bulbs would usually do fine, but in your case if you want to do reef i would upgrade definitely. Also your tank probably will do fine flow wise if its a 12g. What type of powerhead does it come with?
 
yimmy

yimmy

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I'm not sure what type of pump Here are the spcifications of the tank tho
14.3gallons
pump volume-137gph (Might drop another ph in for circulation)
Lanp Wattage-10,000K-24wat
actinic
length=14.96in
widthe=15.49
height=13
 
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