BeefOrChicken's_Zenith System3 - 25g Mixed Reef

[beefORchicken]

So our first batch of clown eggs hatched a few days ago. I didn't think that any would survive but i did see one baby clown 3 days after hatching. So maybe there is a slim possibility that a fish might survive. Our system is skimmerless so maybe there is something in the water that the little guys can feed on.
Just last night the clowns spawned again, so basically 4-5 days after the first batch hatched. Of course this time there are many more eggs. I am really curious to see if we will have something survive eventually (if they keep laying eggs at this rate).

[beefORchicken]

we added a new fish to our tank, a tailspot blenny. He's been a great addition, he currently eats film algae on the glass, and more importantly he eats annoying macro algae including derbesia.

Here's a view from space command:

[beefORchicken]

We have had no moonlight on this tank for a long time now and with no way to see the tank at night my bro and i decided to diy one. we put together two light fixtures to go on either side of the tank. they are hidden inside the tv chambers, we used one white, one blue, and 5 uv leds per side. they run at around .25w total (all 14 leds). we decided to try out uv leds in the fixture for fun and after seeing what kind of pop they had we needed to balance everything out, so there are 2 knobs to control 2 channels, one channel is the white and blue, the other is the uv channel. this way we can see things pop whenever we want by cranking up one channel while being able to do night viewing by turning up the white blue channel. at night we have the moonlight very very dim.

with many new led fixtures on the market featuring uv we wanted to see for ourselves what they looked like. i'd have to say that uv is INSANE. things that didn't pop under actinic now do, and things that popped like crazy under actinic pretty much look lame in comparison to the kind of pop under uv one problem is that its really hard to photograph, so you'll have to take my word for it

moonlight fixture


2 channel moonlight controller


cotton candy chalice under direct uv

[beefORchicken]

when you have a sumpless nano, space is limited, really limited. we've been fragging corals here and there and i hate frag racks. so with some space inside my ac70 filter we fit a piece of egg crate and diy-ed an led fixture. the 'frag filter' can hold about 4-5 small frags, which is perfect for the size of the tank. the led fixture has 1 blue and 1 white led running at 2w total. we'll probably be selling frags soon once we see good results!

[beefORchicken]

added a chromis


Some pics with a DIY viewing tube (deep-see)

[subman]

Very cool pics!!! Let's see the tube

[beefORchicken]

Originally Posted by subman

Very cool pics!!! Let's see the tube

its a 6 inch pvc tube with a magnifying glass glued to the end