JDigital's 23G Nano 'SPS' Build

[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.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by DanG

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

haha! tell me about it.. i absolutely love it..

[JDigital]

Ok, couple changes from my original post regarding equipment and LR.

1. Lighting:

Wattage hasn't change, just my units. I was originally going to go with a 4x24W Aquamedic unit, however, I was able to get my hands on 2x 2x24W Coralife units for much less money (even if I replace all the bulbs, it still saves me $100, plus the units are a lot more sleek). I will still be running 2x 10K , 1x Actinic, 1x Fiji Purple.

Also added one Coralife 1watt LED Lunar light.

2. Powerheads:

I am still going to be using 1 of the Seio M620's, but the other will be used in my water change bucket, and get replaced with a Koralia 2 for a bit more flexability in position and jet concentration.

3. Live Rock:

I picked up about 25lbs of Coraline covered (plus loads of bristlestars, snails, and misc live stuff) rock from a local Can-reefer today, so I will be returning the other stuff I had cooking where I got it. Hopefully save myself a bit of algae issue down the road.

Pics:

Last night after adding the CaribSea Live Sand:


and tonight after adding the new lights and LR (this is not my final aquascape, just had to get the rock submerged to avoid die off):

[JDigital]

August 18, 2008 - 48hours after rock was added.

Ammonia - 2.4-3.7 ppm
Nitrite - No Kit
Nitrate - 5-10ppm.

Could be a quick a cycle with this new rock I picked up..

[JDigital]

These two beauties will be the main inhabitants of this tank, along with a small yellow clown goby... No pic of him yet..

True Percula Clowns already paired: