CadLights 39G Signature

mseepman · #1 05-06-2008, 10:16 PM

Any new updates Oscar?

Oscar · #2 05-06-2008, 10:39 PM

Thanks for the reminder, I can't believe my last post is a month old already.

The last photo shows the tank just after I moved it to its final location. Since then I actually did some aquascaping, installed the light canopy and have seen quite a growth in baby feather dusters.

Then over the weekend I visited Interior Reef for some more rocks and critters.

I will try to post some more photos this evening.

mseepman · #3 05-11-2008, 07:09 PM

Bump....

Oscar · #4 05-12-2008, 11:45 AM

My last post in April was just after getting the cabinet constructed and the tank moved to its permanent position.

Next I had to wait for some replacement parts to get the lights up and running again. One of the actinics had blown over the Easter weekend and had burned out one of the sockets. It took a few weeks for the replacement parts to arrive.

Here is what the tank looked like with the lights installed and the actinics in place.

This first batch of rock is Cuban LR that I picked up from Interior Reef. Lots of great shapes, coraline algae, and as it turned out lots of interesting growth, expecially feather dusters.

A couple of weeks ago I went back to Interior Reef to get some additional LR and a couple of more hermits. After a serious rearrangment of the rock the tank now looks like this:

mseepman · #5 05-12-2008, 03:40 PM

Looks good. What are your plans for stocking? How do you find the flow in the tank with just the stock return pump?

Oscar · #6 05-12-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mseepman

Looks good. What are your plans for stocking? How do you find the flow in the tank with just the stock return pump?

Actually if you squint and look real close you can see a Koralia 1 in the centre of the rock. The pump return also has a Hydor rotating water deflector (the poor man's wave maker).

Based on the waving motion of the feather algae that has popped up the tank circulation looks pretty good.

As far as stocking goes I keep changing my mind. So far I have 5 hermits, an urchin and Lester the Lobster. The urchin was embeded in the Selembu rock I purchased from Interior Reef. My wife is from Nova Scotia so picking up Lester was a must, although he is pretty darn shy.

I have a birthday coming up so I have suggested she make the first selection of fish/corals to add. She had a very long look at the Interior Reef tanks a few weeks ago and has some ideas.

But I am always open to suggestions?

mseepman · #7 05-12-2008, 05:15 PM

Well, I'm just putting together my first nano as well (about 16 gallons) but I plan it to be an SPS tank for a couple of reasons. One, in the small space you and I have, many softies or LPS corals sting each other if they get in close contact. I have that problem already in my 70G tank where I can't put anything near anything else without the tenticles coming out.
Two, the color combinations of SPS are crazy nice.

I would take a look at Snappy's online sale (Coral Master on here) and think about filling that beauty you have with SPS frags that will color up in every shade. His prices are reasonable and the 8 frags I got from him have all been doing well.

Just my thoughts though. I admit that SPS are tougher to keep in the long run but the rewards just seem that much bigger.

Oscar · #8 05-13-2008, 01:56 AM

Well my wife is firmly convinced I am a nerd (she was pretty sure about that before) since I started grabbing a beer, pulling up my viewing chair and watching the paint peel, er I mean watching the algae grow.

All there is to see at this point are the hermits as they make the rounds but I am keeping my eye open for new critters including feather dusters as they pop up.

And a view from the viewing chair: