chi's 17g nano mixed reef

[FishyFishy!]

Welcome to the board!!

Very nice setup you got there.

I'm interested though, I see the beananimal setup (great drain choice!), but is the hole to the left of the overflow your return? Why is there an intake strainer on it?

[chi]

Originally Posted by reeferfulton

Looks really nice and clean.
Are you about to add your first fish , or did you remove them to treat them ?

I had to remove them. I had a power outage a month ago which took the lives of my mystery wrasse and potters angel with a ich outbreak. The clowns seemed to show no signs of ich but I decided to play it safe and qt them.

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Welcome to the board!!

Very nice setup you got there.

I'm interested though, I see the beananimal setup (great drain choice!), but is the hole to the left of the overflow your return? Why is there an intake strainer on it?

Thanks! Yup that is the return. The return has the strainer to prevent fish and snails from being sucked inside when there is a power outage. I didn't want the flow of the return pump to be too strong so I took the head off. It kind of disturbs with the mp10's wavemaking ability (wave looks unnatural). The flow is also tuned down to make the refugium inhabitants happy (copepods).

[neoh]

Welcome!

Is that an elegance in the front there?