My 1.5ft nano cube

[whiteice78]

Hi all, after many years of hiatus from the hobby, finally decided to return, small scale

Thus, my 1.5 ft nano was born. Brief specs :

Tank:

- 1.5 ft cube, 10mm braceless with black silicone

Lighting:

- Dymax Octo 150 watt MH clip on with 20K BLV bulb

- 2 x Hydor Moonlight

Filteration:

- Tunze Nano Reefpack 200 (still waiting)

- Ehiem Pro II 2026 canister with surface skimmer

Chiller:

- Hailea HC100

[whiteice78]

FTS, as my skimmer is not in yet, running very low stocking levels now. SO tank look very plain

Flame from bro reddevil

My suns, got them at lelong px from GO

Got this from another bro here, but broke it up into pieces to skirt one of the anchor rocks

To the left is a crocea from Irwana and to the right, a maxima from CF

My latest and favourite addition, Fijian Zoos from Irwana. Hope they cover up the rock real fast

[LoReNsIa]

nice.. like the way u place ur gsp, when it start spreading, will be very nice..

[ReDDeviLs]

hi bro,glad to see the FA again!

nice zoas u got there..

[comycus]

V. nice nano! The suns looks yummilicious!

[raydiative]

nice tank! great scaping.. even better placement of your GSP!

[jackywongto]

Wow very nice bro. Another twin

love the star polyps skirting idea.

The Fijian zoas are very nice too.

Another person to share frags with

[jackywongto]

Whiteice78

Question: how old is your tank already?

Do you intend to continue using the cannister even after the arrival of your Reefpack?

[peacemaker]

Nice scaping! Looks like 1.5 Ft cubes are the "In" thing now~ Mine is 1.5 Ft cube display, still counted lah hor?

[jackywongto]

for nano, 1.5 ft cube is a good size.

You can easily get a oversize your chiller, skimmer for it.

(except for lighting - hard to get 1.5 ft light )

[whiteice78]

hi bro,glad to see the FA again!

nice zoas u got there..

Thanks bro for the reefsafe flame. Hope he's happy in the new "HDB flat" after moving over from your "bungalow". haha

[whiteice78]

Whiteice78

Question: how old is your tank already?

Do you intend to continue using the cannister even after the arrival of your Reefpack?

Hi Jacky, yes, I intend to continue using the canister even after the reefpack comes in. I gathered that since I needed a pump for the chiller and it doesn't hurt having the extra filteration, the canister just made sense.

[whiteice78]

Whiteice78

Question: how old is your tank already?

Do you intend to continue using the cannister even after the arrival of your Reefpack?

Oh, forgot to answer, my tank is approx 2 months plus already. I'm having a bout of diatoms now kept just under control by the sri lankan turbo snail.

Just 2 weeks about, I saw an isopod scouting around my sand. Fearing for the safety of the FA, I had wanted to get a cleaner wrasse. However, Ah Beng advised me to get Chromis instead. I have a crab in there too. Lowered my DIY crab trap in already but still no success. Haiz.

[whiteice78]

Nice scaping! Looks like 1.5 Ft cubes are the "In" thing now~ Mine is 1.5 Ft cube display, still counted lah hor?

Thanks bro, yup, 1.5 is just about right. not too big to fill and yet not too small to not be able to place anything inside

[whiteice78]

nice.. like the way u place ur gsp, when it start spreading, will be very nice..

Yes, waiting for it to start spreading too. Right now, it just looks like a well manicured lawn.

[whiteice78]

V. nice nano! The suns looks yummilicious!

Yup, hope to get some Super suns soon as well as hoping the black sun colony I adopted from a kind bro here is nursed back to pui pui state like the orange ones.

[whiteice78]

Went on a mini spree at GO today. Nice talking to Shan

[jackywongto]

nice acquisitions.

GO corals are often very tempting.

Would really like to know if anyone can step in and leave without buying anything.

what is the white box there?

your scaping is really very nice now.

will be an awesome tank when you stock up with more gems.

Think there will be more nanos starters after seeing your thread

[pokmingsheng]

nice blastos you got there...

your sand bed is so clean and neat...

envious.. haha...

[raydiative]

nice acquisitions.

GO corals are often very tempting.

Would really like to know if anyone can step in and leave without buying anything.

what is the white box there?

your scaping is really very nice now.

will be an awesome tank when you stock up with more gems.

Think there will be more nanos starters after seeing your thread

i can step out without buying.. did it a couple of times in fact... lol...

think the white box is for cheato...

[raydiative]

such a nice FA.... is your tank a 3 sided view?

[whiteice78]

nice acquisitions.

GO corals are often very tempting.

Would really like to know if anyone can step in and leave without buying anything.

what is the white box there?

your scaping is really very nice now.

will be an awesome tank when you stock up with more gems.

Think there will be more nanos starters after seeing your thread

Thanks bro, you are right abt not being able to leave GO empty handed. Initially only wanted to get a couple of blastos but in the end ...... If not for the fact I'm still skimmerless right now, I would have gotten some more.

oh, the white box is really just a ceap plastic holder. I stuck it where my skimmer shd have been and chucked in some Cheato. Just a temp masure b4 the skimmer comes in. I'm also toying with the idea of diying a small mini refugium that would be nice to look at a well so I can display it behind my main tank. Refugiums can look pretty too and if I could cultivate zooplankton in there, it would be perfect.

[whiteice78]

nice blastos you got there...

your sand bed is so clean and neat...

envious.. haha...

haha, eh actually the sandbed not that clean, got some diatoms still, only thing u cant see it from the pics

[whiteice78]

such a nice FA.... is your tank a 3 sided view?

yup, i was lucky to get it from bro reddevil. Initially, it hid in the "caves" most of the time. But when I introduced the 2 Chromies and True Perc, all 4 of them are constantly at the surface waiting for food esp when someone goes near.

Yes you are right, my tank has 3 sided views

[jackywongto]

I'm also toying with the idea of diying a small mini refugium that would be nice to look at a well so I can display it behind my main tank. Refugiums can look pretty too and if I could cultivate zooplankton in there, it would be perfect.

I am keen too. Lets share pointers when you embarked. I think I will have some space of an intank refugium when I remove the cleaner module.