Heidi's Bedroom Nano

[Sir Patrick]

What light are you going to use on this?

[Heidi]

What light are you going to use on this?

I will give you a hint but ya'll will have to wait cause I like suspense...
Hint:
3 lights

thats all for now I have to wait for a bit on stuff coming in the mail

[TheLittleMermaid]

Heidi it looks awesome! I just love the size and depth of the tank. It gives lots of room to work with!

[Heidi]

So it has been too long between updates, sorry people Basically I went through my cycle, today I added a chalice and 2 pearly jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons). I did a little water change and added 2 handfuls of "special reef grade" sand I bought for more texture for the jawfish to build with. They are SOO cute people! I will hope they come out tomorrow and I can get some decent pictures. They are about an inch and a half each and were sharing a hole at the pet store so maybe they will get along Here are some things I did today and yesterday.
..Did a 2 gallon water change
...Moved heater to back behind the rocks so you can't see it
...switched out the 450 power head for a 750.. MUCH better.
...Took off the whisper filter (I was running carbon on and off for the last few weeks)
...Built a screen top for the jaws
...Glued down all the current coral so the jaws don't think its burrow building material.

Here is an updated picture, tomorrow I will be mounting my lights and showing you all the fun DIY i did with that. the second picture is one of the jawfish... bad picture I will get better ones later. Also the water is super cloudy cause of the added sand. Thanks for looking!!
Heidi

[Captain]

Lookin good. Needs rock /(^o^)/

[Heidi]

Lookin good. Needs rock /(^o^)/

There is more rock for it cycling in my big reef right now I have to tie them into the stack that is there still just haven't had the chance... You always think I need more rock

Heidi

[Heidi]

Did you get the red chalice with blue?

Yes I had it in the 150 but stuff in there is all doing really bad right now so I figured I would keep it in the nano for the time being.

Cute lil' buggers

aww thanks! I will get some pictures today now that they are out of hiding

Heidi

[Heidi]

So, before the disaster of the big tank sucked ALL my free time for like 2 weeks, I had ordered lights for the nano but I had to retro a fixture and whatnot to set them up. This is a photo timeline of the fixture. It consists of 3 Par38 LEDs (2 "reef" fixtures that are 20k and have 12 3 watt LEDs white and blue) and one "growth light" with 6 2 watt blue and 6 2 watt red. I bought a "table lamp" with adjustable arms and mounted it upside down to a piece of sheet metal. Then I affixed aluminum rails on the sides and bought a AI Hanging kit to mount it from the ceiling. When it came down to cost I spent as much on this project as a new MH fixture with lamp would have cost but still about half of the cost of a pre made LED fixture and I can direct all 3 arms wherever I want. Each of the LED bulbs came with a remote control that allows me to dim them by color from 1-100%. I am hoping to catch the jawfish out today and I will get some coral pictures too. Everything in there is doing pretty well so far. No deaths as of yet











Bad picture I took with the iPhone to show the jist... I need to mess with the lights and get them spotted how I want them to stay... Thanks for looking!
Heidi

PS Panfish: I got the jawfish at a place called Aquatica in Chicago