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Jacobnano

01-31-2010, 06:59 PM

Well heres an out of the ordinary tank of mine. It is a coldwater biotope based off of the Puget Sound here in Washington. It is cooled with a chiller, I painted and made the overflow myself. It is kept at 59 degrees let me know what you think :)

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Jacobnano

01-31-2010, 06:59 PM

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MizTanks

01-31-2010, 10:53 PM

stunreefer

02-01-2010, 08:48 AM

Awesome!

I love cold water anems, some of the coolest animals we can keep! Do you do your own collecting?

Also, that looks like a standard aquarium (based on the rim), how thick is the glass? Do you get any "sweating"?

ReeferRob

02-01-2010, 08:50 AM

Very unique tank, I like the star fish a lot!

Jacobnano

02-01-2010, 08:27 PM

Jacob~that is one sweet lil nano~very cool~no pun intended~:)

Thank you :)

Awesome!

I love cold water anems, some of the coolest animals we can keep! Do you do your own collecting?

Also, that looks like a standard aquarium (based on the rim), how thick is the glass? Do you get any "sweating"?

Thanks! Yes, everything in the tank is collected from my family's property in the San Juan Islands here in WA. Yes it is the standard 15g, I haven't had any "sweating" but that is because it is the winter and cold still, but last summer I got a little, the thing is I have an AC unit just for my room so it stays basically the same temp all year.

Very unique tank, I like the star fish a lot!

Thanks, yeah the starfish is pretty cool, and the blue and copper are nice colors IMO.

jimsflies

02-01-2010, 08:58 PM

Wow...cool idea. Nice to see different animals from the norm.

thefishgirl

02-01-2010, 09:07 PM

Very cool!!! Pun intended. *teehee*

Jacobnano

02-01-2010, 09:23 PM

Wow...cool idea. Nice to see different animals from the norm.

Thanks! Yea coldwater tanks are pretty uncommon I guess haha

Very cool!!! Pun intended. *teehee*

Thanks :big_grin:

schminksbro

02-01-2010, 09:56 PM

Fantastic setup! Love the cool water anemones!

Jacobnano

02-01-2010, 10:28 PM

Thanks! They are neat and fun to feed. Since they are non-photosynthetic, well almost everything is, then I get to and feed them a lot haha

Sir Patrick

02-01-2010, 10:55 PM

Sweet set up man!!

Jacobnano

02-02-2010, 12:44 AM

Thanks I appreciate it :)

ReeferRob

03-17-2010, 11:52 AM

How bout an update on this beautiful tank?!! Any new acquisitions?

Jacobnano

03-17-2010, 07:20 PM

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Sir Patrick

03-17-2010, 07:31 PM

What temp ya keepin that at?

Jacobnano

03-17-2010, 07:41 PM

57 at the moment :)

thefishgirl

03-17-2010, 09:35 PM

So beautiful!! Thanks for the updates!

Jacobnano

03-17-2010, 09:41 PM

Thanks! And anytime :)

ReeferRob

03-17-2010, 10:19 PM

What's your feeding regiment for those anemones? I can't remember do you have any fish?

Beautiful colors too. You should definitely do a CR Showcase My Reef page!!

Jacobnano

03-17-2010, 10:21 PM

It really depends on how busy I am. I should feed every day or other day but it is usually something like once a week.

I did, but an ammonia level killed them. I added 3, and that was too many. I am going to add two or less from now on.

Jacobnano

04-24-2010, 11:56 PM

Heres the worm I was talking about earlier. I should look it up, it can swim around or crawl. It does both very quickly. It seems to eat leftover food, and they are multiplying.

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ReeferRob

04-25-2010, 08:56 AM

Creepy little guy!

demonclownfish

04-25-2010, 09:02 AM

ask beakerbob, im pretty sure he knows alot about worms

Jacobnano

04-25-2010, 11:25 AM

Creepy little guy!

True dat.

ask beakerbob, im pretty sure he knows alot about worms

I think I have already IDed it. It grows to 36" long and prefers fresh dead clam haha. But they scavenge anything so I have a new CUC member!

kozyreef

04-25-2010, 11:33 AM

very nice tank.

kgood1

04-25-2010, 11:37 AM

Sweet tank Jacob.

Jacobnano

04-25-2010, 11:44 AM

Thanks!!!!!

reefermadness

04-25-2010, 10:38 PM

I know the oregon reef does a similar tank....Really a great idea.

Sir Patrick

05-13-2010, 12:32 AM

Any new additions to this sweet coldwater tank?

Jacobnano

05-13-2010, 08:49 AM

I know the oregon reef does a similar tank....Really a great idea.

Yup. Pretty neat fo sho.

Any new additions to this sweet coldwater tank?

Naww. My macro algae is kind of on the weak side because my urchins have eaten basically all of it, so thats kind of annoying.

igot2gats

05-13-2010, 10:59 AM

Wow...cool idea. Nice to see different animals from the norm.

I concur. Def out of the ordinary, like you said. DEF keep us posted on your tank.

Does a coldwater tank require different kind of lighting?

Jacobnano

05-13-2010, 08:21 PM

Usually a coldwater tank doesn't need very intense lighting. I had macro in mine but I am still deciding whether or now I will continue to. I have been having some algae problems (pest kind) and the urchins are eating the desirable kind.

Sir Patrick

01-07-2011, 12:24 AM

This little tank still rockin?!?!?!

Jacobnano

01-07-2011, 12:59 AM

Heck yes haha!

rosebud161616

01-07-2011, 05:57 AM

Any new pics?

I hate sticking my arm in my 72* seahorse tank. I'm scared to think of what it must be like to put your arm in this baby! :)

Jacobnano

01-07-2011, 06:59 PM

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iyachtuxivm

01-07-2011, 08:00 PM

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Wow really cool! What are they? Chiton and anemone of some kind?

Sir Patrick

01-07-2011, 10:45 PM

Whatever they are-

They are too cool!