A turn of events

matt.radich

matt.radich

Tang
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Because I can't have just one nano tank in my room, I had to have another. When I had my 29 gallon up for trade I received a 9 gallon nano wave as trade, which I thought was fair, it was exactly what I was looking for. I set it up, let it run and ordered my knock off Chinese LEDs and waited... And waited... And waited. After about a month I finally got them, and set them up. I thought they were great and I told myself that I would let this tank cycle and I would actually keep it for more than a few months... I had build a little PVC rack to hang these bulbs and was all set with rock and the cycle was nearing it's end




But then I decided that I miss having a glass box(who knows why) and I went out tonight and bought a bare 10 gallon to love everything too. So much for keeping the nano wave for a long time and into college, hopefully the 10 gallon sticks through. I had bought two more bulbs and hung them for a total of 27w of blinding led power! I am just planning on softies in this tank with some chromis or damsels, we'll see. Here is how it looks after 3 hours of running

The big 'ole power sweep is getting replaced with a koralia, on it's way now. But this is what I am liking so far.
 
matt.radich

matt.radich

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A turn of events

Yeah I'm trying to stay with faster moving darting fish, and keep the clowns in my 20, but so far I like the look. The open space on the sides helps open up the tank and make it seem bigger than it is
 
matt.radich

matt.radich

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Not much change besides the fact that the mushrooms are getting huge, damsel is still the only occupant with two hermits for now. Ordering more CUC for both tanks tomorrow. I bought a koralia 240 and got that going, and it looks like I may have avoided a mini cycle again even though I added more sand. Here is how the tank sits and I think I am going to keep the scape like this. Keeps the tank feeling pretty open
 
J.guokas

J.guokas

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A turn of events

Looks good man. You should try to get the heater out of there though. Put it in the hob filter or something.
 
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FinsUp

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I, for one, am glad that you decided that you would rather have a glass box! We just got the wave cleaned up, upgraded the pump to a maxijet 900, and pulled out the LEDs that Mike had sitting around waiting to become an aquarium lighting system. :whoo:
 
matt.radich

matt.radich

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A turn of events

Update on the tank, the damsel is doing well, I had also put a clown in this tank in hopes that the damsel wouldn't attack him, and what do you know, sometimes I catch them swimming together! I also added a cuc and I am starting to get coraline, I think these Chinese 9w LEDs are doing some good! Also the mushrooms are growing like a weed, I am thinking about doing a softie only tank, may look pretty cool when full of mushrooms.

Also converting my AC50 into a fuge, just ordered my light a few days ago, should be here on Wednesday, fingers crossed!

Also still need to put that heater in the AC, just waiting until I convert it to a fuge to do it...
 
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