Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
Finally got a small refugium for my little 5.5g nano. It's got a built in skimmer. It's basically a clone of my CPR Aquafuge PS unit, but it's only 14" long and holds about 2g of water.
I bought a refugium from Aquatraders. I was REALLY hesitant to buy from them, given their reputation, but I decided that I could use the CC and get my money back if they hosed me.
I bought a 10lb bag of live sand from a LFS today and dumped it into the fuge. I've got all 10lbs in there. It's about 8" deep. Y'all know how much I love the DSB. :bounce: I had an awful time getting a powerhead hooked up to it. I had to use some 1/2" vinyl tubing to get it connected. The only powerhead that would work is a MJ1200. Yeah!! --300GPH in my 5.5g nano now. :shock: Might be too much, I'll have to wait a day and see if the water clears up. It's cloudy as hell right now. I don't think the sand is blowing around. Just cloudiness from adding the sand to a new fuge. My 6-line wrasse, Striper, is gonna have to get strong and swim his ass off, or die. I'm still pissed at him for trying to kill Nemo in the 30g tank. Thats why he's in the 5.5g by himself. He's an evil little sh*tball.
I'm worried about a spike, so I put my new little Rapids mini-canister on the tank with fresh carbon in the reservoir. Hopefully that will eat any nitrates and ammonia from the new "live" sand.
I got a PC light from Catalina. It's got 3 bulbs @ 13w each. 2 of them are 10K and one Actinic. 39w of PC on a 5.5g tank. Maybe I can grow some SPS with all this flow and light? Wouldn't that be hilarious? I can't grow SPS in my 30g tank, but I can just see myself overgrown with it in 6 months in this little fishbowl. :lol:
Pics later if y'all wanna see. It's fugly right now though.
I bought a refugium from Aquatraders. I was REALLY hesitant to buy from them, given their reputation, but I decided that I could use the CC and get my money back if they hosed me.
I bought a 10lb bag of live sand from a LFS today and dumped it into the fuge. I've got all 10lbs in there. It's about 8" deep. Y'all know how much I love the DSB. :bounce: I had an awful time getting a powerhead hooked up to it. I had to use some 1/2" vinyl tubing to get it connected. The only powerhead that would work is a MJ1200. Yeah!! --300GPH in my 5.5g nano now. :shock: Might be too much, I'll have to wait a day and see if the water clears up. It's cloudy as hell right now. I don't think the sand is blowing around. Just cloudiness from adding the sand to a new fuge. My 6-line wrasse, Striper, is gonna have to get strong and swim his ass off, or die. I'm still pissed at him for trying to kill Nemo in the 30g tank. Thats why he's in the 5.5g by himself. He's an evil little sh*tball.
I'm worried about a spike, so I put my new little Rapids mini-canister on the tank with fresh carbon in the reservoir. Hopefully that will eat any nitrates and ammonia from the new "live" sand.
I got a PC light from Catalina. It's got 3 bulbs @ 13w each. 2 of them are 10K and one Actinic. 39w of PC on a 5.5g tank. Maybe I can grow some SPS with all this flow and light? Wouldn't that be hilarious? I can't grow SPS in my 30g tank, but I can just see myself overgrown with it in 6 months in this little fishbowl. :lol:
Pics later if y'all wanna see. It's fugly right now though.