My 1 year old nano!!

Really nice looking tank, everything looks natural.

 

Filtration:
-3 stage type filtration hidden by the false wall.
-I took out the activated carbon though.

Equipment:
-All stock except for lighting.
-Pump is stock 106 gph pump.

Dimensions:
-L 15.8" x W 13.8" x H 14.8"

Lighting:
-DIY LED lighting
-10 cree 3 watt bulbs (6 royal blues, and 4 whites.)
- The lighting is controllable. I can control the different temps of the blues and whites. I have the whites dimmed and it has the 20k look to it.
- The overall light this fixture puts out could be compared to a 175W metal halide based on PAR readings on the sand bed. It might even be more like a 250W MH.

Corals:
- Lots of zoa frags (they look amazing under LED's!!)
-Maxim clam
-Candy cane corals (started with about 5 heads and has grown out of control under the LED's <--- had to frag it about 5 times)
-Huge chunk of SPS in the front left side of tank (not sure what its called)
-White montipora and purple montipora)
-Green star polyps
-xenia (grows very very very fast!!)
- 2 acros
- blue polyps and green polyps (forgot the names ha ha ha)
- 2 green open brains
- feather duster

Also:
-6 lined wrasse
-peppermint shrimp
- emrald crab
- nassarius snails
-margarita snails
-bumblebee snails
-some other types of snails i cant remember the names of...

I will dim the buckpuck driver and try to get some less blue pictures and post them tonight.

 

I think it looks great! One of the better nanos out there.

 

loooks very nice keep up the great work

 

Yes MoJoe i will take some more pics and i will dim the blue down tonight.

 

Thanks!! That means a lot to me!!

 

how did you do the DIY LED lighting and how much did it cost?

 

I too am interested in your lights, i have the same tank and its been 'off' for about a year, year and a half i want to do stuff with it now. I have a small amount of exp with led's and would love to see the diagram if you used one!!!!! Great tank!

 

Very nice set up!

 

It cost me about $200-250 to do. I did it by looking at other peoples DIY projects and following them.

Basically you need:

1. Cree 3 watt bulbs from nanotuners.
2. Heatsink
3. Power supply
4. Driver

My other thread goes in depth sort of of the LED build. It has a parts list and a diagram.

Ok i will attach this diagram that i used from Minadin on nano-reef.