New JBJ Drilled w/sump

[b16a2]

This is my 24 gallon JbJ Nano Deluxe Build.
Heres a brief background,
Started a few years ago with SW, but with college in Winnipeg 14 hours away it was difficult. Now Im ready to start up again though.
I want to stick with a Nano because of price and ultimatly the convience of size. With my first baby just arriving space is hard to find... but I was determined to find something that worked. After debating the cpr fuge's available, I opted to drill the tank and get a sump. This increased my total water volume and gave me a place to store my mantis shrimp and equipment.
I also drilled 2 holes in the 1st and 3rd chamber divinding the Maindisplay and Maindisplays sump to add 2 pumps on a ocean pulse duo, then upgraded the lightin to 28g hqi lid. The bulb was garbage so I went with a phonix 14k and have never been more pleased!
Tank: JBJ Nano 24g deluxe
S-Stank (Garbage!! Do Not Buy!)
Lights: 28g jbj HQI with a pheonix 14000k (stock bulb was garbage)
Skimmer: Still juggling between my prizm and my tunze 9002
Sump: 10 aga, 3 chamber, filter sock, center fuge
Circulation: 750gph from sump, 350gph DIY spray bar along the center wall, 2x 265?gph on a ocean pulse duo timer.

1x Maroon Clown (worst buy ever, soo agressive)
2x Blue Chromis
1x Sixline Wrasse
Turbo snails
Hermit crabs


I Tried and Failed with my bonsai Aqauscape. But I learned alot, and next week gonna try again.

Pics coming Up in a few mins

[b16a2]

I picked up the basics and started. The hardest thing was actually finding someplace to set it up where it could stay for 1-2 years. Getting the basics moved into the new place, I started on the tank build, after 3 days I ended up with this.



The blue Regal Tang is now out, so is the engineer goby. at 2.5 years old he was 11-12 inches...

My Ocean Pulse Duo... gonna swap out soon for a mp10


You can finally see coraline creeping onto my poorly exposed zip ties. This aquascape was a fail for me... but next week I will post pics on my 2nd attempt at a BONSAI AQUASCAPE!


After getting really bored with the tank, even though it was only 4 months old, I shut it all down and began to rip off the rim... it was a disaster, turns out jbj nanos top rim is actually used to cover the fact that the glass is horribly chipped and chaotic at the top. My 2nd Hate about the JbJ Tanks.






And this is what it looks like today. Almost 6 months in.

[lorenz0]

nice little start...

btw noticed the user name

[claymax]

hey its just like mine, i sould start a build thread one of these days....

[Reefie]

Nice work so far!

I LOVE the stand!!! Where'd you find it?

[b16a2]

Reefie:
The stand is 1 of the 2 you can pick from for the 24 jbj Nano. Im sure your local sw fs can get them in for you. But be warned, this is very very unstable. The tank when full weighs in at 240+lbs, the stand weighs about 2lbs. I can hardly clean my walls without bouncing the tank around.

Hey I've been following your video updates on youtube. Great to see the actual build process.

[b16a2]

Hey Cugio thanks!
Im having alot of trouble right now being able to acuratly re-create my color in videos. Even borrowed my cousin's camera... but alas, the pheonix 14k bulb is just to amazingly brilliant. I really cannot boast enough about this bulb. 55$ with shipping to my parents Sandpoint cabin in the states.

I work at a lfs here in town, and recently have had the opportunity to order some really cool Acroporas, if they continue to survive and thrive for 4 more days, they will make their new home in my tank

[b16a2]

Took a video on the garbage camera. The link is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT0C8...eature=mh_lolz

I could use some ideas for plumbing? Proflex Sumps have a really nice hose, wondering I could find something similar?

Since getting rid of Dori (blue tang) and the engineer goby Ive noticed a much happier, stabler tank. The two were replaced with a sixline wrasse. Also got two baby clows wich, if they pair up, I will use to replace my maroon clown. Hes such a bully.

[b16a2]

In case you didnt check out the new video, here are some pictures from the same update.

Comments are always welcome, I need some constructive critisism! Be judgemental, my tank to be all it can be, which means all the kinks gotta be addressed.

Next update will hopefully be the stand Im going to start this week.