My 26 gal Aquapod...

Ok the first pic i ever posted was back in 2009... So the phosban reactor was filled with eather phosphate media to pull out of course phosphates.. wich cynoa loves to grow with.. Or i had it filled with carbon to keep the h2o nice and clear.. i runn both throught because it's a universal tool to fill with media of your choice to pull out what ever chem levels are up and are in need of lowering....

Skimmer.... now thats realy up to you on a small tank, if you do a water change weekly to me really no need for one pending the amount of water being changed on a nano..( i am sure others have other fealings on it)
But i do runn a reef octopuss 100 back hang skimmer and within a hour pulled a dark nasty green skimmate out of the tank.. I was using the bio cubes little skimmer but that was a waste to me of $$ and time. but if it works for you great...

Chiller i runn a Mini Artica 1/15 chiller .. i live in north east ohio and tends to get warm along with i am running a 150 HQI MH for light and tank temps tend to get up in the upper 80's without the chiller because of lighting and high temps outside....

Coral vite is a good chem to dose, but as in time pending your coral loads (meaning what nutrients your corals absorb) your dosing maybe more.. Along with the addtion of calcium and other assoted chems..
keep in mind these are my crusty $.02

I hope this helps....


Best of luck...

 

Love the updated photos! The fishes look very happy!

 

Ty salsalito for the information. Still a little confused on phos reactors -- I have some macro algae that I remove every two weeks or so and so far that is the only way I know how to remove phosphates from my system. I would need to dig up more information and maybe get a more in depth explanation about what they do, and how I can add one to my system. Most of the LFS in my area do not sell stuff for such a small system (29g) but having something like that on the back of my tank imo would ease my nerves a lot more as to the overall health and quality of my h2o and my tank

 

Wow i can't believe how long my tank has been running and the turn of evolution with it meaning Lighting systems to life support systems..
Here's a few pic's from day one to today..

Tank was originally set up November 2008

Novemberish 2009


November 2011 W/Hqi 150 Mh


And today W/ taotronics 120 watt led Diy mount.

With today's pic Life support system includes
Taotronic Led
octopuss 100 Bh Skimmer
Artica Nano Chiller (soon to be unplugged i hope)
Reef Keeper 2 controller system (just installed as of yesterday)
35 lbs live rock & 30lbs live sand.
Live stock
assorted cuc w/ tiger tail cucumber
cleaner shrimp
1 Pumpkin urchin
1 purple fire fish
1 false purcula clown
1 Bi color Blenni
1 cleaner wrasse
Corals
A few Sps
Riccordia Orange/Blue/ and green
Big colony of Zoa's


Enjoy and happy reefing.

Here's a link to DIY Led mount..

http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/diy-light-mount-tao-tronics-led-135680.html

 

nice tank!
btw, what do you dose?
TIA

 

thank you much..


What do i dose..?? Really nothing.. i use reef crystal salt mix. Water changes every 2 weeks about 3-4 gals at a time. I do dose Seachem reef calcium thats really all i add after testing water to see if i need it or not. I try my hardest not to stick my hand in the tank. If its not broke i dont try and mess with it to much unless i get a upgrade..
I forgot to mention i wa using Bionic 2 part Ca. With that additive for ca i noticed i grew a great amount of coriline algae on everything. For some reefers they like the look .. I'm sorry i do not i found with Seachem ca for what ever reason i only grow a little bit over time verus alot with the other ca additive.

Thanks again for the kind words..

Happy reefing.. !!

 

thanks

 

Here's a one year in review with a couple pics, with Tao tronic led's nondimmable.

January 8 2013

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Now June 23 2013.

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Enjoy..!!

 

I hope my aquapod looks like yours!

 

All in time...... IT will ....