Kozyreef 's sps Dominated Nano

[kozyreef]

This is my Nano I set up after my downgrade. I kept my favorite pieces of rock work and my bubble tip anemone.
Its the 29G HQI with the oceanic stand. It has been set up since March 2010.
The only thing I've upgraded was the light bulb from a 14K to a 20K, and adding a hydro flow .
I have plans to upgrade the skimmer and add a refugium light.
Along with upgrading the return pump. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/088.jpg I ripped that thing open it was like Christmas.http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/091.jpg

This is one month later
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/111.jpg
Front viewhttp://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/DSC_0893.jpg newly updated
Right view http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/109.jpg
Left viewhttp://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/110.jpg
!!!I will post better pictures of my corals and tank as soon as i find my better camera!!!

Live Stock:
Pair of Clowns
6 line wrasse(Picking up Saturday)

Inverts:
Cleaner Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimp(Picking up Saturday)
Emerald Crap
2 nassarious Snails
Brittle Star
6 Blue leg hermits
3 margarita snails
Pink and Yellow sea cucumber

Corals: Most have lost a lot of color from the move will be fixing that soon!!!
Variety of acros-picked most up from Mike in ypsilanti
Purple Bush Gorgonian
Blue green chalice
Bubblegum monster
Tyree alien eye
Rose Chalice
lava chalices
Rainbow Monti: lost coloration

Lighting Enhancement with LEDs. I have a 38 in string of water proof Leds from SuperBrightLeds arriving today UV coloration to make my colors pop. planing on attaching them under the brace for the glass top via ziptie. Will post pics ASAP!

[jimsflies]

Nice looking tank!

(I moved your thread to the member reef forum, the nano contest is almost over...we'll be starting another one next fall.)

[kozyreef]

o thanks i had no idea!

[demonclownfish]

looks great, love the cucumber. thought it was a sea apple at first :)

[igot2gats]

Nice tank. I can't wait to see your Sixline. Keep us posted with lots o' pics.

[kozyreef]

Ok well i got my string of Leds today it has 90 bulbs total and draws around 24 watts. but pure uv bulb i guess equals GREEN... because thats the only color that popping:( it is my favorite color but i like a variety and my blue pink and yellow acros barley show any coloration. Maybe i should of gone with half Uv bulbsand half Cool blue or something. well i am happy anyways.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/196.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/197.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/202.jpg

[kozyreef]

^when i am not lazy i will get out the super cool amazing camera and start giving my self some more photography lessons:propellerhead:

[kozyreef]

looks great, love the cucumber. thought it was a sea apple at first :)

You are correct it is a sea apple it was sold to me as a cucumber i think it is the same sub family???

[kozyreef]

Nice tank. I can't wait to see your Sixline. Keep us posted with lots o' pics.
Thanks, i am picking him up tomorrow for 5 bucks hopefully he isn't full grown or to large.

[kgood1]

Looking good!

[demonclownfish]

You are correct it is a sea apple it was sold to me as a cucumber i think it is the same sub family???

awesome they always have great color to them. i heard they can nuke a tank if they die is that true?

[kozyreef]

yes i was told that i wont want him in there to long if he croaks. he is very sensitive if there's a change in lighting he closes up,
any vibration around the tank the slightest. and i have to watch waterchanges because if part of his body is above the water line
he closes up for a week or more he is actually becoming trouble some since i ran out of phytofeast tuesday and he is purely a filter feeder.
when he opens up though its flat out majestic

[Sir Patrick]

Sweet nano you got set up kozy!!

[kozyreef]

thanks Chris!! trying to work out my color combos i think i am gonna add a string of red to my actinics. make my corals look as good as yours do under my old lights haha :silly:

[Sir Patrick]

I have a feeling a string of red will do exactly that!

[kozyreef]

ya who knows though i could endup with magenta actincs.
purple and red make ...... i really dont know:stars:

[Sir Patrick]

I know what purple and red make!!!

Less green!! :highfive3:

I would guess it would be a winning combo, along side the halide.

[kozyreef]

I know what purple and red make!!!

Less green!! :highfive3:

I would guess it would be a winning combo, along side the halide.

haha i feel like all my corals are green slimmers now

[kozyreef]

Trying to catch a good picture of these guys is like catching a fly with a pair of twezzers. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/DSC_0907.jpg

[kozyreef]

New Six Line http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/DSC_0920.jpg

[kozyreef]

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/DSC_0953.jpg
topdown view
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/DSC_0955.jpg

[igot2gats]

Nice clown quote - that was a good one.

Your additions look awesome. Keep up the great work.

[kozyreef]

Nice clown quote - that was a good one.

Your additions look awesome. Keep up the great work.

thanks i spent another half hour taking pics today also i figured if i devote ten min a day to photo shoots then id get some pics that will compare to some of the photography magicians on here "youngtimothy"

and thanks for support i think the best feeling is when someone admires your tank the worst is when someone looks at it and doesn't see what you see.

[Sir Patrick]

Ready for more pics to admire!!

[kozyreef]

Ready for more pics to admire!!

when your tanks a month old its difficult to find admirable items, i will see what i can do :)

[kozyreef]

Added a additional string of Blue LEDs this is with my 20,000K MH on
Beforehttp://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/DSC_0893.jpg
After http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/DSC_0964.jpg

[Sir Patrick]

Huge difference!!

You like it?

[kozyreef]

ya! im loving it ... tomorrow im gonna work on some new pics when i awake and not exhausted. ill get some actinic only shots. !!!but my reds are bangin!!! i can actually see the red starting to come out in my rainbow monti. its gonna take another couple months before my corals color up fully from the move though:/
it looks super blue in the pictures. but its not that bad in person.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Great looking tank!


Trying to catch a good picture of these guys is like catching a fly with a pair of twezzers.
^I actually did that once... so keep trying.

[kozyreef]

Great looking tank!


^I actually did that once... so keep trying.

u actually caught a fly with tweezers.? really? wow u must be talented!

[Tom@HaslettMI]

u actually caught a fly with tweezers.? really? wow u must be talented!

Mostly luck with a little bit of otherwise useless knowledge... flies always move backwards with they take off. I've also spent many, many hours with forceps catching and inspecting aquatic insects.

[kozyreef]

Mostly luck with a little bit of otherwise useless knowledge... flies always move backwards with they take off. I've also spent many, many hours with forceps catching and inspecting aquatic insects.

o i see we did that in a biology course when i was away at school.

[ROGERWILCO357]

what do you have pushing the water around what kind of pump? nice hook up my son has one that looks very similar . with sps also.

[kozyreef]

what do you have pushing the water around what kind of pump? nice hook up my son has one that looks very similar . with sps also.

i just have the traditional oceanic pump alot of people use a maxijet 1200 but that is only a 30 gallon increase in flow i am going to be purchasing a vortec mp10 soon considering my other powerhead just broke. currently im using a hydroflow adapter until then.

[Bella127]

I used the hydor flo deflector too on my old 29g biocube . It kept falling off so i wrapped Teflon tape around the nozzle and it stayed on pretty good. It also seem that the Hydor flo actually restricted flo so I ended up taking it off.

[kozyreef]

i am realizing that also it is quite a nuisance

[kozyreef]

ok so after neglecting and moving my tank looks like things have been going good for a couple months. i still have my clowns and my gbta. reaquascaped my tank so looks like its gonna be a good winter for reefing!
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/xxevilpersonxx/chalice.jpg

[Sir Patrick]

More pics!!!

[kozyreef]

working on using some thing other than my camera phone!

[Sir Patrick]

Dont blame ya there! Cant wait to see some growth shots!