JVC's JBJ 12 "Budget" Build

New FTS
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Duncans and some Zoas I got from Fishbeard
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New Acan, Grow Out Paly and New Green Ricordea (with a bit of clown interference!)
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Hammer I got from Fishbeard (that will be placed where the old hammer was in the center, just letting it grow a bit bigger otherwise it will get lost down in the rock scape.
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Duncans and my Hammer frag from Black Friday at MCF
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YWG on a rock with a few small different types of zoos.
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Galaxia
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Zoa rock
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Green Toadstool
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anddd of course, a few more of the new clowns who are best friends and look happy as ever!

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Thanks for Looking and Nice meeting anyone I met the other night at the MCF Holiday Party!
-John
 
Smitty said:
Wow, your tank looks great...and it's filling up fast with corals. Good job.
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Thanks man! I've been filling it up pretty quickly, can't wait to get this 24 gallon nanocube I have sitting around setup. Thinking I might go ahead and drill the 24 and run a 10 gallon sump. That probably won't get set up til later this winter or spring at the rate I'm going at.

EricTheRed said:
Lookin' good!
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Thanks! Good talking to you at the Holiday Party too!

dalbright82 said:
love the tank!
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Thanks!
 
JVC said:
Thanks man! I've been filling it up pretty quickly, can't wait to get this 24 gallon nanocube I have sitting around setup. Thinking I might go ahead and drill the 24 and run a 10 gallon sump. That probably won't get set up til later this winter or spring at the rate I'm going at.
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DONT DO IT! It seems like a great idea, and works really well for a while, but the glass on the nanocubes is just too thin! I have had 3 of them drilled. All while in use.
 
SkullV said:
DONT DO IT! It seems like a great idea, and works really well for a while, but the glass on the nanocubes is just too thin! I have had 3 of them drilled. All while in use.
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hmm... good to know. Just trying to figure out an alternate since the baffles have become unsiliconed in the back chamber of the 24 I have.
 
Yea I've seen all 3 of his nano cubes and sadly they all ended bad. Luckily everything in there was fine. But I also think drilling the nano is not a great idea.
 
JVC said:
hmm... good to know. Just trying to figure out an alternate since the baffles have become unsiliconed in the back chamber of the 24 I have.[/QUOTE)

Re-silicone them, really easy. Since they are physically molded into to the plastic wall the silicone doesn't even need to be pretty or sealed 100% As long as it's mostly a good job they will serve their purpose.
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I'll probably just end up fixing the nanocube then. Id hate for it to fail if I drilled it.

Jamie - yeah I picked em up at the event. They were in one of the top tanks across from the register that everyone kept looking at. Haha

Blake - I want to go bigger but the nanocube is such an easy platform to setup that my costs into the 24 ($40 for tank and stand, maybe another $75 into pump/skimmer etc) are WAY lower than anything else I could find that would be bigger. Although I would love to do a 40 cube or something longer like a 40 breeder size but once you get into that territory there's a lot more costs in setting it up that I don't have the money for right now.
 
JVC said:
I'll probably just end up fixing the nanocube then. Id hate for it to fail if I drilled it.

Jamie - yeah I picked em up at the event. They were in one of the top tanks across from the register that everyone kept looking at. Haha

Blake - I want to go bigger but the nanocube is such an easy platform to setup that my costs into the 24 ($40 for tank and stand, maybe another $75 into pump/skimmer etc) are WAY lower than anything else I could find that would be bigger. Although I would love to do a 40 cube or something longer like a 40 breeder size but once you get into that territory there's a lot more costs in setting it up that I don't have the money for right now.
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Look into a 20L build for the time being. You can collect parts by keeping an eye out on the F/S forums and things like the protein skimmer and pumps you can transfer into a 40B if you do build one down the road. You can also get away with some cheaper lighting cuz a 20L is so shallow, you don't have to worry about having a lot of PAR penetration vs on a taller tank.

I can't wait to get my 20L started up.

BTW: i love your aquascape on your 12gal NC... i hope to do something similar as far as livestock goes for my nanocube in our dinning room. Just gotta get one more of those stock PC bulbs so i can do 4x24watt PC lighting :)


-Eric
 
helitaiwan963 said:
Look into a 20L build for the time being. You can collect parts by keeping an eye out on the F/S forums and things like the protein skimmer and pumps you can transfer into a 40B if you do build one down the road. You can also get away with some cheaper lighting cuz a 20L is so shallow, you don't have to worry about having a lot of PAR penetration vs on a taller tank.

I can't wait to get my 20L started up.

BTW: i love your aquascape on your 12gal NC... i hope to do something similar as far as livestock goes for my nanocube in our dinning room. Just gotta get one more of those stock PC bulbs so i can do 4x24watt PC lighting :)


-Eric
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I have everything he needs to set up another tank pretty much and he knows it. I've got a 20L or a 29G, heater, return pump, sump, rocks, sand....It's just a matter of time...and MONEY!
 
rattyE36 said:
I have everything he needs to set up another tank pretty much and he knows it. I've got a 20L or a 29G, heater, return pump, sump, rocks, sand....It's just a matter of time...and MONEY!
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My money tree just died last week unfortunately. haha
 
i feel ya on the budget issues. i'm a college kid! haha, but i'm just taking my time and collecting the items i need and before i know it, the tank will be up and running.
 
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