Edmund Koh Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 So after 7 years away from the hobby, I decided to reignite my interest in this hobby Honestly .. Coming back wasn't easy. So many things have changed since then. Back then it was mechanical filtration > biofiltration. These days it's the other way round. Back then it was T5 now LEDs. Everything was new and a huge learning curve for me. (Of cos the money was a huge hole in the pocket too) This time I decided to do things slightly special. Decided to go for a custom nano tank, one that gives me the length to watch my fishes swim and yet containing just 55L of water. It's 90cm (L) X 20cm ( X 30cm (H) with 30cm of its length partitioned to form an IOS which stores my skimmer, chiller and a lovely Refugium. The narrow glass also meant big nice rocks would be risky. So Spongebob Bikini Bottom here I come! And SpongeBob says Hi! I have since removed all the small figurines as there were just too light to be in the tank. Keeps getting knocked over by the waves. Would be placing them in front of the tank though It has been 5 weeks since I started my cycle and the tank is now officially cycled. Both Ammonia and Nitrite reads zero and Nitrate reads 5. In the last few days, I have added a rock of small hairy mushrooms, a cleaner shrimp and 2 frags of really beautiful Zoas. Picture as of today: Current Equipment: Lights: AI SOL Blue Refugium lights: Lumnia Aqua White (Currently still uninstalled) Chiller: Iceprobe (it's maxed out on this tank. Thinking of upgrading to a proper chiller) Skimmer: Tunze 9004 Return Pump: Hydor 1150 Wavemaker: Jebao RW4 Biofiltration: 600g Biohome 19 2inch cubes of Marinepure (some sitting within the sandbed in the display area) Handful of red macro algae (came with lots and lots of pods) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Amazing!!! I love the theme bro!!! Cant wait to see fishes added Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Haha slowly Mandrain should be coming up soon if I can find small ones. realized that there are lots of pods in my refuge already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Clement Chen Posted October 28, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted October 28, 2014 Love your tank, so cute! 1 Quote Clem's Clam Corner (Decommed) 60cm x 40cm x 30cm Tank Nano tank reboot v2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Haha! It is super messy! Shall take some time this weekend to tidy up the cables behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted October 28, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted October 28, 2014 Haha. Nice and unique decoration. My daughter will sure love your tank. Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Thanks bro Will update once there are new additions to the tank. Anyways .. Wondering if this has happened to any bro here before. Just 5 days ago my tank was showing way above 100ppm of Nitrate. That day I changed 50% of water twice at 2 hour interval and Nitrate dropped to 50ppm. Nitrite was still around 0.5ppm. I then added my hairy mushroom and cleaner shrimp. I tested Nitrate again last night and was surprised that it showed almost zero. Nitrite was at zero. Is it normal for the back end of the cycling process to be completed so quickly? Or did my addition of mushrooms, Zoas and a small handful of red algae speed up the removal of Nitrate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Today marks the day of my Tank's first casualty. The smaller of 2 true perc clowns I added decided that Angry Man's cave would be his resting ground. His buddy is still doing well. Though I have a feeling my wave maker's wave might be the cause of the death. How do we know if there's too much flow in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted November 3, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 3, 2014 Sorry for the loss bro. If you fish is always swimming against the current and cannot swim freely to every part of the tank... Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yups I think that's what happen to this little fella. Add to the fact that the bully from his buddy during their pairing process has taken its toll. Have since switched off my wave maker and leave the wave duty to only my return pump. I started with a Tunze 6015. Then changed to a Jebao RW4 set at power 1. I wonder what produces less power then that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted November 3, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 3, 2014 My ehiem canister is 1000l/hr plus rw4 three bar which is around 1500l/hr for my 2*1*1. Fishes all ok with the wave. Did you try w1 and dial to slow for your rw4? I guess since you do not have much rocks to break the wave, you might want to start slow? Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Had the dial in the middle of fast and slow. Shall wait for tomorrow then try again. Dun want to tire my remaining clown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Nice ios tank u have there. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Thanks bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted November 3, 2014 SRC Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2014 Sad to hear of any casualties I'm pretty sure the wave maker can be dialed in. I have the slightly bigger RW8 & able to dial the settings till I barely feel anything when I place my hand in front of it. Else maybe adding a sponge around the wave maker can slow the flow through it. Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Bro .. how did u do that? I tried adjusting the wavemaker to 1 bar of power and the slowest setting. It still pushes onto my hand quite hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted November 4, 2014 SRC Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2014 I recall setting it to W (wave mode) then tuned the speed knob to the slowest - I think this changes the interval time between pulses which affects the amount of water it pushes. Hmm...but this seems to be what you have described & still too strong. I'm now using the Apex to control the wavemaker, hence it has somewhat slightly more control (eg. shorter pulse time + longer wait time before the propeller turns again => less flow) Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 I think the way it is now without the wave maker seems to be better for both corals and the remaining clown fish. I shall keep it this way. Intending to add in a hydor low flow pump to increase the flow by just a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Damianiac Posted November 5, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 5, 2014 I read somewhere tat if juz fish alone dun need wavemaker.. Correct me if m wrong. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 Got more corals then fish. So got to see how I can get the right wave for the tank. Will update when I got the solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Bunster Posted November 6, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 6, 2014 Great theme tank you have there! Love the cobblestones. Will you be adding a real life Patrick in the future? Btw... can you tell me where you got that frag rack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Those cobblestones are actually Marinepure Cermedia 2" cube biomedia. Bought too many for my sump so decided to add it into my display section. Hmm.. A real life Patrick is already in the tank. Added him together with both my true perc last Saturday. Looks exactly like Patrick. Haha! Hmm.. The frag rack is from AM. It's a Skimz magnetic frag rack. I like how it's nicely done up with very clean edges. But the bad thing is that the holes are not circular. They are "+" shaped slots. Meaning only Skimz frag plug can fit into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Bunster Posted November 8, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 8, 2014 Thats a cool Patrick! 6 arms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Bunster Posted November 8, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 8, 2014 Btw... I'm curious about the iceprobe... how well is it working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hmm.. I was initially planning for only a 2ft over length tank. That's why I got the iceprobe. Now that the tank is 1ft bigger, the iceprobe is really struggling. I recently hooked up a tempt controller to it but the weather have been really cooling so can't test it much. Iceprobe usually takes around an hour to get the temperature down but extended usage would not result in further reduction of temperature. I do think it will be able to get the temperature down by 2-3 degrees for a smaller tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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