JDigital's 23G Nano 'SPS' Build

[JDigital]

Well, I have decided to start a 23G Nano tank in my room. I plan to make it an SPS Dominated tank. I will be running a Fluval 305 canister filter with Carbon, Phosphate remover, and Live Rock. Flow will come in the form of the return from the Fluval and 2x Seio M620 Powerheads. Giving me about 1500GPH of flow. Sand bed will be 20lbs of Caribbean Live Sand, LR will total out at about 27lbs. Lighting will come in the form of an Aquamedic Ocean Light HOT5 Fixture. 4x24W, running 2 10K, 1 Fiji Purple, 1 Actinic.

The LR that I have is currently cooking to get rid of a bunch of NASTY THICK GHA.. it's so thick it looks like carpet! I worked for about an hour last night scrubbing with a wire brush, and only got about half if it scrubbed before the brush was pretty much useless... Need to get a new brush to finish the job.

Pics aren't much to get excited about, but I know we all love them.





And my new toy for both of my reef tanks!

[mseepman]

Looking good...I'm currently working on a 16G DIY SPS nano myself and so I look forward to seeing how yours moves along.

[JDigital]

^^ Nice Mark, Hope you make a build thread for it..

I am doing the Nano SPS just because as of right now, my MH lighting for my main 75 display is gonna be awhile before i can get it.. This will give me a chance to have frags growing out, that I can transfer once my lighting is complete on the 75. Plus I need a lil SW where I spend the most time.

[purplepolypeater]

i didn't know lightsabres were real

Josh,
since you are setting it up. Thought you might interesting in some crush coral (little bigger than sand, with some red stuff mixed.) I have extra with me here after my setup in may. About 1/2 bucket (the HomeDepot bucket)
Shout me if you want it.

[OCDP]

Originally Posted by purplepolypeater

i didn't know lightsabres were real

haha.. took me a second to figure out what you were talking about..
they DO look like lightsabres....

Sorry to hijack. This should be neat... I tried going SPS in my 20g, and had some success. Not too much growth or polyp extension, but I did get really nice colours at least. It can be a challenge..

Have you considered BB ? I found having sand in a small system while doing SPS was the devil. Wayyy too much nutrients and just a general amount of crap that builds up that the SPS didn't care so much for. Obviously results vary, so to each their own! I'll be following along here. I love smaller tanks.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by OCDP

haha.. took me a second to figure out what you were talking about..

they DO look like lightsabres....

Sorry to hijack. This should be neat... I tried going SPS in my 20g, and had some success. Not too much growth or polyp extension, but I did get really nice colours at least. It can be a challenge..

Have you considered BB ?

Not really, for the simple fact that I am not a huge fan of how it looks..

[OCDP]

Fair enough.. it all comes down to a personal preference in the end. I just like to see how much crap is building up, and it makes it that much easier to remove!

Anyways.. tagging along!

[JDigital]

I think that's the only reason I would go BB, easy clean up, as there will be 1 or 2 small fish in the tank..

[DanG]

Refractometer, one of the best investments you can make for a reef tank.