my 100 litre (26 gal) build

Giglamesh · 07/26/2010, 07:10 AM

System Objectives:
a nano tank that will keep ongoing costs down as well as maintenance to a minimum
System Type: a mixed reef with a couple of sps frags at the top. if i can keep parameters nice

Display System:
Strike up Date: last few months

Display Tank:.
46x48x48cm

Display Lighting:
150 watt solarmax electronic dimmable ballast with a blumembright mini 150watt double ended reflector
tossing up between 14 and 20k bulb

Stand:
diy by me and my grand father im making it 4 feet long so it can house the sump and gives me room to grow as im likely to want to increase the tank size sooner or later.

Hood:
dont think i will have one may have something so the light doesnt flood the room.

Sump:
3 feet by 16' by 15'
Refugium:
center section of sump

Refugium Lighting:
10 watt led floodlight 6500k

Support systems:

System Water: Natural salt water

Display Water circulation: mp10es

Return Pump: aquamedic oceanrunner 3500lph think im going to have to downsize or put a ball valve to slow the rate of flow will wait till i have it running to decide

Skimmer: just a cheap one for the time being. will upgrade to MARINE SOURCES MS-120-6530 as its footprint is small enough to fit in the the first compartment of the sump.

Evaporation Top Up: manual for the time being. may look at one from guppies

extras there will be 2pc fans running in the hood for air circulation. led strip for moonlight from ebay
resun cl450 chiller.
Chemical Support:
not for the time being
Calcium Addition:

Alkilinity Addition:
Other Chemical Maintenance: Magnesium etc

Current Water Chemistry:
na

how do you add pictures?

Giglamesh · 07/26/2010, 08:55 PM

here are some pictures from a couple weeks ago will update tonight with pics as of today

tanks a little dirty as it hadn't been given a proper clean as i was still working on it currently has a 15k amd bulb in

pico-reefer · 07/27/2010, 05:19 PM

looks good!

mullinsd2 · 07/27/2010, 06:18 PM

sweet. i look forward to seeing some more pics

Giglamesh · 07/28/2010, 03:26 AM

here are the pictures of the tank as it is now need to add more base rock and do my scape

what do you think so far?

Giglamesh · 07/28/2010, 03:43 AM

im not very good at taking photos. just a point and shoot

Giglamesh · 07/29/2010, 01:15 AM

well have added all the rock i want in the tank at the moment. here are a couple pictures. if i get any high light corals i will look at making the rock more vertical. just have to get that nice coraline covering it all.

cheers Travis

KiaSaf · 07/29/2010, 01:27 AM

That mp10 makes it look super sleek. Are you not going to be adding any sand? That might add a couple of inches.

Giglamesh · 07/29/2010, 01:36 AM

yes i will be its on a temporary stand for a month or so until i get time to build the propper one then i will put sand in

Giglamesh · 08/03/2010, 03:46 AM

just a little update slowly getting some algae spots on the glass all params good nitrates at 5ppm not to worried though

Giglamesh · 08/24/2010, 03:27 AM

ok well i have an update to be done. will get photos up tonight. i have a new skimmer a Marine Sources MS 150 - 6530 so big for the tank but will be good when the inevitable upgrade happens. its a machine compared to my old piece of poop jebo skimmer. still have yet to get a new bulb

slack on my part though. have a couple of corals now. thats about it for the time being
ok first shot is a little old

this is it right now

and not sure what types of corals these are but i like them

so thats the tank for now getting some zoos tomorrow

Giglamesh · 09/03/2010, 01:50 AM

ok well little bit of an update. i really like zoas so i will be amking it a zoa dominated tank. i have three zoa rocks at the moment. green with turquoise centers, purple, and green with yellowy orange rim. next week i am getting 8 frags delivered
eagle eye, pink, hulk green, light blue, orange, purple and green, blue and gold and some really nice reds

Giglamesh · 09/19/2010, 10:37 PM

the nem here is being destroyed today

and fts

ps there is a little hair algae but only on the things that came out of my previous non rodi waterd tank manual removal is sorting it out

Giglamesh · 10/13/2010, 05:58 AM

and this is a tiny frag of some kind of sps that came with one of my zoo colony's just interested to see if it grows.

JasonBJones · 10/13/2010, 06:52 AM

Tank is coming along. Just out of curiosity, what are the two lips for at the top of the tank?

Giglamesh · 10/13/2010, 06:17 PM

i presume they are structural this used to be a freshwater tank so i had lids on them

Giglamesh · 10/31/2010, 05:09 AM

Giglamesh · 11/10/2010, 02:35 AM

well over the last few days between studying, procrastinating on here and uni i built a cover for the tank as i was worried victa might jump to his doom.
i wanted to use the clear nylon bird netting that people in the states use, but was informed you cant get it in australia. so i have used gutter guard. i was a little worried it might block the light to much but it seems fine. just dialled the power up a little to compensate.

Have.... you met ted

got a pair of clowns
and also got two corals a devils finger and a green frogspawn.
and the compulsory fts

Giglamesh · 11/21/2010, 02:23 AM

big update. well there was an add in the classifieds of a bloke giving away all his corals fish and livestock, so jumped at the chance, to my luck he was only 20 minutes from home. pics say it all. im not a big fan of keeping gonis in home aquaria due to poor survival rates but one was included in his corals, so i will be doing my best to keep it alive.
some of the corals and the nem are annoyed as i was cleaning before the photos

pomby27 · 11/21/2010, 03:02 AM

nice find

Giglamesh · 11/22/2010, 01:04 AM

lol sorry should have changed that as its was copied and pasted from my main forums (australian) tank journal.

cherubfish pair · 11/22/2010, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giglamesh

System Objectives:
a nano tank that will keep ongoing costs down as well as maintenance to a minimum
System Type: a mixed reef with a couple of sps frags at the top. if i can keep parameters nice

Display System:
Strike up Date: last few months

Display Tank:.
46x48x48cm

Display Lighting:
150 watt solarmax electronic dimmable ballast with a blumembright mini 150watt double ended reflector
tossing up between 14 and 20k bulb

Stand:
diy by me and my grand father im making it 4 feet long so it can house the sump and gives me room to grow as im likely to want to increase the tank size sooner or later.

Hood:
dont think i will have one may have something so the light doesnt flood the room.

Sump:
3 feet by 16' by 15'
Refugium:
center section of sump

Refugium Lighting:
10 watt led floodlight 6500k

Support systems:

System Water: Natural salt water

Display Water circulation: mp10es

Return Pump: aquamedic oceanrunner 3500lph think im going to have to downsize or put a ball valve to slow the rate of flow will wait till i have it running to decide

Skimmer: just a cheap one for the time being. will upgrade to MARINE SOURCES MS-120-6530 as its footprint is small enough to fit in the the first compartment of the sump.

Evaporation Top Up: manual for the time being. may look at one from guppies

extras there will be 2pc fans running in the hood for air circulation. led strip for moonlight from ebay
resun cl450 chiller.
Chemical Support:
not for the time being
Calcium Addition:

Alkilinity Addition:
Other Chemical Maintenance: Magnesium etc

Current Water Chemistry:
na

how do you add pictures?

Wow you really planned this out. So many people just throw everything together and they end up with equipment incompatibilities and livestock incompatibilities. Thumbs up here.

Giglamesh · 11/29/2010, 05:01 AM

thanks, good planning goes along way.

heres the upgrade im planning.

just getting quotes together at the moment

cherubfish pair · 12/04/2010, 09:36 PM

What will be the gallonage (litres) of the one above?

Giglamesh · 12/04/2010, 10:24 PM

its going to be 191 litres, so i think thats about 55 gal.
i was going to go with an internal weir but after much ahming and areing i decided to go external, its going to be rimless with bevelled edges and the front pane of glass will be starfire.

im hoping to have the tank and stand ready for transfer buy the beginning of February.

07/26/2010, 07:10 AM	#1
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	my 100 litre (26 gal) build System Objectives: a nano tank that will keep ongoing costs down as well as maintenance to a minimum System Type: a mixed reef with a couple of sps frags at the top. if i can keep parameters nice Display System: Strike up Date: last few months Display Tank:. 46x48x48cm Display Lighting: 150 watt solarmax electronic dimmable ballast with a blumembright mini 150watt double ended reflector tossing up between 14 and 20k bulb Stand: diy by me and my grand father im making it 4 feet long so it can house the sump and gives me room to grow as im likely to want to increase the tank size sooner or later. Hood: dont think i will have one may have something so the light doesnt flood the room. Sump: 3 feet by 16' by 15' Refugium: center section of sump Refugium Lighting: 10 watt led floodlight 6500k Support systems: System Water: Natural salt water Display Water circulation: mp10es Return Pump: aquamedic oceanrunner 3500lph think im going to have to downsize or put a ball valve to slow the rate of flow will wait till i have it running to decide Skimmer: just a cheap one for the time being. will upgrade to MARINE SOURCES MS-120-6530 as its footprint is small enough to fit in the the first compartment of the sump. Evaporation Top Up: manual for the time being. may look at one from guppies extras there will be 2pc fans running in the hood for air circulation. led strip for moonlight from ebay resun cl450 chiller. Chemical Support: not for the time being Calcium Addition: Alkilinity Addition: Other Chemical Maintenance: Magnesium etc Current Water Chemistry: na how do you add pictures? __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

07/26/2010, 08:55 PM	#2
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	here are some pictures from a couple weeks ago will update tonight with pics as of today tanks a little dirty as it hadn't been given a proper clean as i was still working on it currently has a 15k amd bulb in __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot Last edited by Giglamesh; 07/26/2010 at 09:19 PM.

07/28/2010, 03:26 AM	#5
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	here are the pictures of the tank as it is now need to add more base rock and do my scape what do you think so far? __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

07/28/2010, 03:43 AM	#6
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	im not very good at taking photos. just a point and shoot __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

07/29/2010, 01:15 AM	#7
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	well have added all the rock i want in the tank at the moment. here are a couple pictures. if i get any high light corals i will look at making the rock more vertical. just have to get that nice coraline covering it all. cheers Travis __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

07/27/2010, 05:19 PM	#3
pico-reefer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: nj Posts: 334	looks good!

07/27/2010, 06:18 PM	#4
mullinsd2 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 753	sweet. i look forward to seeing some more pics

07/29/2010, 01:27 AM	#8
KiaSaf Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: SFV Posts: 115	That mp10 makes it look super sleek. Are you not going to be adding any sand? That might add a couple of inches. __________________ "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." -Albert Einstein

07/29/2010, 01:36 AM	#9
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	yes i will be its on a temporary stand for a month or so until i get time to build the propper one then i will put sand in __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

08/03/2010, 03:46 AM	#10
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	just a little update slowly getting some algae spots on the glass all params good nitrates at 5ppm not to worried though __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

08/24/2010, 03:27 AM	#11
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	ok well i have an update to be done. will get photos up tonight. i have a new skimmer a Marine Sources MS 150 - 6530 so big for the tank but will be good when the inevitable upgrade happens. its a machine compared to my old piece of poop jebo skimmer. still have yet to get a new bulb slack on my part though. have a couple of corals now. thats about it for the time being ok first shot is a little old this is it right now and not sure what types of corals these are but i like them so thats the tank for now getting some zoos tomorrow __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot Last edited by Giglamesh; 08/24/2010 at 03:37 AM.

09/03/2010, 01:50 AM	#12
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	ok well little bit of an update. i really like zoas so i will be amking it a zoa dominated tank. i have three zoa rocks at the moment. green with turquoise centers, purple, and green with yellowy orange rim. next week i am getting 8 frags delivered eagle eye, pink, hulk green, light blue, orange, purple and green, blue and gold and some really nice reds __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

09/19/2010, 10:37 PM	#13
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	new update lotsa piccys the nem here is being destroyed today and fts ps there is a little hair algae but only on the things that came out of my previous non rodi waterd tank manual removal is sorting it out __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

10/13/2010, 05:58 AM	#14
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	and this is a tiny frag of some kind of sps that came with one of my zoo colony's just interested to see if it grows. __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

10/13/2010, 06:52 AM	#15
JasonBJones Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 508	Tank is coming along. Just out of curiosity, what are the two lips for at the top of the tank?

10/13/2010, 06:17 PM	#16
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	i presume they are structural this used to be a freshwater tank so i had lids on them __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

10/31/2010, 05:09 AM	#17
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	first coloured sticks __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

11/10/2010, 02:35 AM	#18
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	Have... you met Ted well over the last few days between studying, procrastinating on here and uni i built a cover for the tank as i was worried victa might jump to his doom. i wanted to use the clear nylon bird netting that people in the states use, but was informed you cant get it in australia. so i have used gutter guard. i was a little worried it might block the light to much but it seems fine. just dialled the power up a little to compensate. Have.... you met ted got a pair of clowns and also got two corals a devils finger and a green frogspawn. and the compulsory fts __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

11/21/2010, 02:23 AM	#19
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	Re: Travis's 100l cube. Have..... loads of new corals big update. well there was an add in the classifieds of a bloke giving away all his corals fish and livestock, so jumped at the chance, to my luck he was only 20 minutes from home. pics say it all. im not a big fan of keeping gonis in home aquaria due to poor survival rates but one was included in his corals, so i will be doing my best to keep it alive. some of the corals and the nem are annoyed as i was cleaning before the photos __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

11/21/2010, 03:02 AM	#20
pomby27 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: walnut ca Posts: 42	nice find

11/22/2010, 01:04 AM	#21
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	lol sorry should have changed that as its was copied and pasted from my main forums (australian) tank journal. __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

11/29/2010, 05:01 AM	#23
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	thanks, good planning goes along way. heres the upgrade im planning. just getting quotes together at the moment __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

12/04/2010, 09:36 PM	#24
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	What will be the gallonage (litres) of the one above? __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

12/04/2010, 10:24 PM	#25
Giglamesh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354	its going to be 191 litres, so i think thats about 55 gal. i was going to go with an internal weir but after much ahming and areing i decided to go external, its going to be rimless with bevelled edges and the front pane of glass will be starfire. im hoping to have the tank and stand ready for transfer buy the beginning of February. __________________ 3 foot shallow, rimless, led lit reef Current Tank Info: shallow 3 foot

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