Scythanith's 10g Nano (March 15 Update)
 

Budget $395.45

Equipment:

Used 50 watt ebo-jager heater $22.45 x .75 = $16.84 (JL Aquatics)
Used Quiet-One 800 water pump $26.99 x .75 = $20.24 (MarineDepot.com)
Used Hagen Fluval 1 Plus submersible filter $23.95 x .75 = $17.96 (JL Aquatics)
New T5 retrofit kit $125.00 (Bayside Corals)

Livestock:

Alpha & Omega zoo's $5.00
Star Trek zoo's $5.00
Radioactive Dragon Eye zoo's $5.00
Alien Eye chalice $15.00
Purple People Eater chalice $15.00
No name chalice $15.00
Ricordea (2 smaller than a toonie, 1 larger) $20.00
Montipora sp. (2 x 1") $20.00
Radiant Urchin $28.00
Harlequin Shrimp $45.00

Consumed budget:
$353.04
Remaining budget:
$42.41

Freebies:

Stand Materials:
New Stealth 80mm fans (2) 2 x $14.99 = $29.98 (P.C. Place)
New DC adapter $13.97 (The Source)
Plywood, stain + wood conditioner & glue = ~$110 (Windsor Plywood & Home Depot)
Cord tidies, zip ties & cable wrap = free (found in my tool box)


Live rock (~7lbs)
Black sand and crushed aragonite
Black acrylic for rear equipment area (thanks Steve)

Build pictures:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/IMG_7484.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0015.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0016111.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0019111.jpg

October 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0024111.jpg

November 15th Update:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/DSC_1715.jpg

December 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...C_0072edit.jpg

January 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...C_0108edit.jpg

February 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...C_0046edit.jpg

March 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0038999.jpg

You got a lot of catching up to do there buddy, better get on that :razz:

Will be keeping my eye on this build for sure.

Well here are some updates:

More construction on the stand and getting ahead on the lighting.

Messed up on the stand with the wood but it turned out ok. I actually used the wrong side of the plywood....oops.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0015.jpg

Thank you Steve for the acrylic scraps and the glue repairs haahaa!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0034.jpg

Getting near done, but I need to install the lights in the hood and get the last bits of wood on the hood around the tank perimeter.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0038.jpg

I will get a construction tally for applicable cost for the budget once I am done, then comes livestock and water changes haahaa!

The entire tank theme will be space oriented. Rock work, inhabitants, corals, hopefully everything will have a spin on it but we will see. The livestock budget is going to get tight but we will do our best!

Game On!

Wendy & Scott

There is someone in your tank! :mrgreen:

Stand looks good. Are staining it or painting?

whats the reflective sheet for? :confused:

Kick ass stand.

Here are some of the possible inhabitants, nothing is finalized yet though!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0023.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0031.jpg

There are some neat fish and inverts that are on our list as well!

Send some of those zoas my way.......:razz:

Haahaa, we are actually staining it red mahogany... which just so happens to be the same colour as the wood you see on the inside of the stand...hence my mistake lol!

That is beautiful! WOW!

Here's a couple zoo's for you to feast on!
 

The sheet is some metallic bubble wrap, I had it there to simulate something under the tank for leveling.

The entire tank bottom will be black, as will the inside of the stand to make it a little more incognito!

Here are a couple more zoo's for you ryan!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9..._0080label.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9.../Zoanthids.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9.../Blue-Zoos.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0054.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0053.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0051.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0050.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0048.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0062.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0006.jpg

I'll get some better shots of the purple deaths and nuclear greens tommorrow after the riders game!

Then you can frag them and Ill pick them up later on........:lol:

Haahaa, I tell ya what, when this competition is over ask me again! They should have grown by then!

Cheers!

Sexy Scott... just the way I like you

I think the creep meter just went up.....:lol:

ohh those first zoos. i think I just had a small heart attack. this going to be a zoa dominant tank?

I call dibs!

Impressive as always Scott, keep it up.

I think mixed reef for the most part. I can't go with a lot of the LPS I like since by nature they are quite large for a 10 gallon. But I am going to try a couple encrusting and plating variety's of LPS, and a couple kinds of SPS with a light sprinkling of zoanthids for flavor haahaa.

Thanks Wes, I can always count on you for moral support haahaa!

I have begun painting the tank this morning, should have the stand completed tonight, lighting included. I will stain it on sunday I guess.

I'll say! Those are amazing!

Holy cow! That's an impressive zoa collection. Man oh man.. beautiful!

That's a damn nice stand you've built there! And those zoos, WOW.

Np Np

New Pictures...
 

...will be coming soon. We just stained the stand and I have the lights near on. Soooo, we are going to have this thing running tommorrow hopefully. And then the fun stuff, some rockwork and such.

Update soon!!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0008.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0010.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0009.jpg

Lights!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9.../DSC_00131.jpg

Retrofit T5?

Good to see your glass box holds water.. lol

Also, just a reminder, Don't forget to update your first post with your budget.

Yep retro T5, should be bright enough for most corals in there. I will have a total build cost for all applicable equipment once I have the tank done and running.

Used 50 watt ebo-jager heater $22.45 x .75 = $16.84 (JL Aquatics)
Used Quiet-One 800 water pump $26.99 x .75 = $20.24 (MarineDepot.com)

That's my equip so far.

Scott

Lighting box:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0004111.jpg

Getting there... but I didn't like this location in the house:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0016111.jpg

To combat the high temperatures (hit 98 on the first test run) I had to add some fans to the canopy. They are stealth 80mm fans running on a 12VDC adapter.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0019111.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0020111.jpg

Here is the tank in the new location, we can't take advantage of the three viewable sides but it still looks good there for now.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0023111.jpg

And the first shot at the rockwork. Tried something new!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0024111.jpg

No livestock until I get home from work. I have to leave for about 2 weeks so the tank should be near ready for livestock when I get home.

Beautiful stand etc...looks really really nice stained. Very cool!

A couple more rockwork shots:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0026111.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0028111.jpg

WOW I love this tank! The rockwork is amazing... with the 3 viewing panels... wow. Simply awesome. Well done :biggrin:

Looking real nice. Dave

Seriously Scott?.... Seriously? Get that tank outta there. That stand is not designed for that kinda location???

I go around telling people how you're a perfectionist... then you go and put a that's tank set up for 3 side viewing in a location like that... tear... I'm hurt I'm hurt... you're not the man I thought you were

The old location was wayyyyy better from what I can tell

Well I think he's eventually moving that monster terrarium in the background into the basement so the location should work better in the future.
Come on Wes don't give up on Scott just yet, he's just a little upset he messed up his special wood. You two were obviously made for each other.

Ok Ok... we'll see what he's got in mind and how things progress

Haahaa you guys are nuts.When I got the tank in the first location, it made the front room look really small and I didn't like that. The tank almost went to the basement which would have sucked but we juggled around some furniture and got things in a better state. I know Wes, I don't really like it there either but it's better than it being stuck in the basement. Steve, you are correct sir. The terrarium (6' tall, 4 ' wide, 2' deep) is going outside for daytime sunning of the reptiles and an even larger terrarium (6 x 4 x 4) will be built in the basement. I am going to use your halide with a UV shield and some supplemental ceramic heating and UVB.

Wendy has been watching the tank and she said my temperature was stable at 80 all day yesterday so I guess the fans are doing their job.

When I get home from work (2-3 weeks) I will test the tank and start adding livestock asap.

Cheers,

Wendy & Scott

Well... I guess I'll let it slide for now

I am still undecided but I think some of these may make their way into the tank. What do you all think?

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...whawk-paly.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...icked-Zoos.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...ed-NG2-Zoo.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...-Death-Zoo.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...DSC_002211.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...-Chalice-2.jpg

I am waiting to add livestock until I get some new stuff in from a trade I'm doing with another reefer.

I tested the basic tank parameters and they all check out:

NH3/4 between 0-1 ppm
NO3 nil
pH 8.1ish
salinity 1.024sg

I'll do Mg, Ca, Alk a little later on before stock goes in. The first water change is done as well. i am going to need to address the issue of breaking the surface of the water to break up a protein skim that is forming and the teeth I made for the overflow are awfully long so water never has to cascade through them. I'll figure it out sooner or later.

Cheers,

Wendy & Scott

Scott, those are all terrible, I wouldn't use any of them. But I'll help you out and I'll take them off your hands. I'll give you some candy cane and green polyps which will look way better.

On another note if you want to lift your teeth height just glue a piece of acrylic behind them. It's always easier to raise overflow height than lower it.

NO NO NO.....some of them fit MY color scheme so I'll take them.......you don't even have to ask...I'll just take em for ya cause I'm that kind of person...you can thank me later!:biggrin:

My only concern is that the back section is going to be where all of the evaporation occurs. So if we are away from the tank for too long the water level won't be high enough to get over the teeth. The pump and the heater could get awfully hot all alone on the backside haahaa.

Let me know if you have any ideas Steve.

p.s. We need Colby's fish trap.....stupid striped cardinals.....

Either an ATO or more water flow and surface agitation, which I'm sure you already thought of.

The trap is at the store, but speaking of Colby, it's his B-Day today we should drag him out.