Nano reef tank club

MMreef

MMreef

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We have many owners of beautiful small tanks here on CR. Let's put them in one place on this thread.Show yours please, and give us some info on it. I think anything smaller than 40 gal. should be considered nano,so please no bigger than 40 gal. I will be setting one up soon next to my 120 gal. so I want to see yours for inspiration.
 
Here is my old, poor quality video of my nano tank from 4 years ago.
This is what I had:
24g aquapod
150w mh light fixture (don't remember the brand)
CPR hang on refugium with protein skimmer
nano chiller (don't remember the brand)
Maintenance: I was pretty new to the hobby and I wanted to have an eel, fish and corals, but I didn't have the funds to buy a bigger tank. So I invested in the refugium with protein skimmer + 5g water changes every 5 days or so. I had this system running for about 2 years before I upgraded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YbNrjOzvfs&feature=plcp
 
I'm running an 8 gal Nuvo with 9 LEDs(soon to be 13). Controlled by a RKL, my temp and salinity are constant. Stock pump plus an mp10 for flow. I was running a fluval g3 canister bit its too efficient on such a small tank. I started with lps and palys. Now I have some sps. Obviously space is at premium, but I think I've done well. My sps have been doing very well, but I'm seeing a bit of drop off in color. I'm going to start feeding my coral more heavily. Then maybe this guy will flourish. I do 3 gallons once a week or two, but I may cut back. I only do this to replenish essential elements.
I've been reefing for two years now and this has been my favorite tank. I wish we had a nano club section in forum and maybe a separate TOTM contest for just nanos. Nanos are easy to stock fast, but offer no wiggle room for lazy reefers(depending how you stock). :) enjoy. Pics @ 4 months old.
 
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I have a 37 gal cube tank which is a mixed reef, with a 10 gal sump/refugium(3 different micro algaes). For filtration, I have about 115lbs of live rock, an aqua c remora protein skimmer (powered by an marineland 1800 pump), and a 2 inch sand bed. I have 4 different powerheads in the tank for flow. The tank consists of 12 sps's, 10 lps's, and about 8 different softies. The tank is lit by a Ecoray 60D led light fixture, and I've recently set-up a jbj auto top off with a 10 gal reservoir. My livestock consists of a clown fish, a chromis, scooter blenny, and diamond goby...with a cuc of several hermit crabs, various snails, 2 emerald crabs, a cucumber, and a serpent star. This tank has been set-up since July/2011.

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I have a 29g biocube with a mj 1200 pump ... 2 koralia 425 nano powerheads ... I have about 35 lbs of live rock ... As far as fish go I have 1 black and white clown 1 royal gramma and 1 bangaii cardinal ... My tank has been running about a year and a half now... This was my first saltwater tank and I currently also have an aio 40g breeder running ...

40g breeder ( sorry for the iPhone pics)
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n544/tgunz127/0b391bba.jpg
29g cube ( after writing this I noticed I don't have a current pic but this is it before some construction .. I will post current pic later )
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n544/tgunz127/1864510b.jpg
 
Thanks ... My biocube pic is pretty old I will have to get a more recent pic when I go home ... I have changed alot since then
 
Here is my NC28g 89w led adv (25x3w 14k, 4x3w royal blue, 2x1w moonlights). InTank Media Basket (Chaeto/purigen), Reef Octopus BH1000 HOB Skimmer, 2 stock 266gph accella return pumps. JBJ TrueTemp Heater/Controller, JBJ NanoZapp 3w UV sterilizer, Vortech MP10wes.

Fish (in order of introduction)
2x (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1x (Stonogobiops yasha)
1x (Salarias fasciatus)
1x (Centropyge argi)

large CUC, 2 BTAs, sexy shrimp, pep shrimp, various LPS softies and limited SPS.

dosing vitamin C and Kent Tech M.

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