JBJ 28 gallon owners thread.

Wonder what would be a better pump type to change out for the stock pumps in the back chambers.

Greatly appreciate any guidance/feed back.

 

Maxi jet 1200's work great as replacement pumps

 

I apologize for the late reply, I have been very busy with work for a couple weeks now. Anyways, no, there are no modifications needed at all! The water feed pipe can be swung either closer or farther away from the return pipe, which is perfect so you can have each pipe exactly where you want them. It also allows you to have the unit sit back enough where you can still easily open the hood and at least latch on to the first set of stand holders.

I have the feed line in the chamber to the left of the sump media basket chamber (I think it is technically the heater chamber) and the discharge halfway in the right sump chamber (technically the skimmer chamber) and halfway on the right most pump chamber. This way some of the flow goes back into the sump since it will actually outflow the stock return pumps, and some will go directly into the pump chamber, but hits the filter sponge so there is no splashing noise.

It also allows me to easily just push the unit a little towards the right chamber during maintenance so I can pull out the media basket without having to remove the whole skimmer. Honestly, I think it works out PERFECT for the JBJ!

I hope this makes sense and helps you.

 

Hi,

I am trying to get beck into tanks after having to leave my 38 gallon salt system at home when I left for college. I am looking at the JBJ 28 gallon set ups, but cant decide which lighting system to go with. I had been thinking about the LED intermediate series, but I am not sure if it will support the corals I want to get. Ideally I would like to have soft corals, anemones, maybe sps and a clam. Ive never had sps or clams before, so they would be added down the road. Is the LED intermediate hood sufficient, or should I go with the CF-Quad? There is a new series of nano tank that just showed up on drsfostersmith.com as well, with CREE LED's. Has anyone had any experience with this tank? Ive included the link to it.

Thanks for your help, and this thread has been amazing to look at. There is a ton of great info and some beautiful tanks!

JBJ Lighting Nano Cube Next Generation LED Aquariums | Nano Aquarium Systems & Aquarium Kit

 

The intermediate will not be enough for SPS or clams. And the professional can be overpowering for lower light corals (you can not dim them). What I am doing is replacing the stock CF-Quad lighting with a Rapid LED retrofit kit.

Also, the CREE LED lit tanks only have them powered at 1.3W, so again there would not be nearly enough light for SPS or clams IMO.

Hope this helps!

 

Thanks for the reply!

That does help a lot, starting out with the CF's would probably be better anyways, and the tank is 100 bucks less. Which retro kit are you going with, the dimmable or non? also, do you need to change the fans out often with the CF-quad hood? I know those lights get pretty hot

 

I am going with the dimmable, since I have a Reef Angel controller and can use that to dim them. I have only had my tank since September, so no I haven't replaced the fans yet. Its the winter now of course, but I have no trouble maintaining 76.6 degrees throughout the day with the lights on.

 

AquaMaxx Hob-1 Protein Skimmer

Hi All,

I recently added the AquaMaxx Hob-1 Protein Skimmer to my aquarium. I have to say that I am very very happy with this skimmer. Outside of the skimmers skimming ability the best thing about the AquaMaxx skimmer is that it is super quiet. It also fits well into the back compartment of the tank.

I did try out the CRP Bak-Pak skimmer and I would not recommend this one simply because it is very loud and it does not fit the JBJ 28 Nano as well as the AquaMaxx.

I hope this helps in finding the right skimmer.

 

Thank you for the input.

That jives with all the reviews I have read, with regard to both the AquaMaxx and the CRP.

 

How many?

First off I want to say I LOVE this thread! All about my nano! ;D

Anyway, I have had my 28 Gal nano CF Quad for just over 3 years now and have been running the following:

all stock lighting (just replaced all bulbs about a month ago)
running stock pumps and just added 2 Koralia 600's
40 lbs live sand
32 lbs live rock

2 Ocellaris clowns
1 cleaner shrimp
1 cucumber
1 serpent star
1 pink pin cushion urchin
1 feather duster worm
1 BTA
1 Condy Anemone
1 anemone crab (currently hosting in the condy)
CUC (1 large turbo snail, about 5 ea small ceriths, astrea and nassarius snails, 5 blue leg hermits, 5 mexican red leg hermits and 2 white leg hermits)
1 frogspawn
1 branching hammer
waving xenia
a few different zoas

I do a 2 gallon water change weekly and run carbon and phosguard (which I change every 3 months)

My parameters are at a constant 0 for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate
calcium stays about 420
KH 9.3
PH 8.2
temp 79.5

Not sure that you really need ALL of that info but just in case.

My question is that I have only had my 2 clowns in there for fish. My husband seems to think that this tank will only hold one more fish (which I plan on getting a blue spot Jaw fish here soon). I can see that some of you have posted having more than 3 fish in your 28 gallon nano. What is the true fish capacity that this tank can handle?