Heidi's Bedroom Nano

[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

[nate_newton]

My guess would be 2 Ecoxotic Stunners and 1 Panorama

[rosebud161616]

I really like that scape a lot! How many inches of sand do you have. Pearly jawfish are very social and really like to live in a group, so I think they should be fine. 3 might even do better socially, but this is a nano...

[Heidi]

I really like that scape a lot! How many inches of sand do you have. Pearly jawfish are very social and really like to live in a group, so I think they should be fine. 3 might even do better socially, but this is a nano...

I have my rock work around the back and one side so there is a 13x 13 inch area left for the fish to dig I wanted to give them room but also know they like little groups but for this area I will start with a pair and see what happens. Now that I read that again I wondered if you were wanting to know the depth of the sand bed which is averagely 4 inches deep. What I would love is a little mating.... would it not be the coolest!? I have diatoms and my water is finally clear so now we are just waiting on lights to get some good photos but these will have to do for now.

This week: Lights, more coral, and the jawfish pair.


coral still isn't in its permeant placement, but it's getting closer. I will do a little invoice in a few days when I get some more stuff. So far I have gotten everything in here from my 150 or bought from happycoral.com .


some rubble I added for my fish to make their homes with. I will add a bit more this week anything that is on the ground in the picture that is not rubble or sand will be puttied and glued to the rock-work as to not encourage coral stealing of the jaws. OH AND LOOK! It's diatoms!! Signs that my small cycle is coming to an end


Acans are still kinda mad but they will puff up eventually.


pretty blue and white flowerpot is finally starting to polyp out after 4 days, there are some ugly reddish zoas there that I am not sure if they are going to make the cut or not we will see what they look like under the good lights.

Thanks for following along! and Miz you better not tell my super secret on the light!

Heidi