PowderBlue Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Decided to toss this up since some of the corals didn't sell and the rock as well. I also snagged a pistol shrimp goby pair at upscales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack-the-reefer Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Nice! I love these little tanks. Are you modding it at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 It has a par38 over it and I did a little bigger return pump as well. Other than that I just run chemipure elite and purigen with some chaeto stuffed in the stock filter. Just set it up last night so I'll see how it goes! A lot of people have great success with similar setups and very little effort on these! It's a sweet little tank. Biggest issue will be keeping it stable with how little of water is in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack-the-reefer Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I don't think it'll be an issue. I have had a spec 2 running for almost 2 years with no real problems. Tiny tanks are great because maintenance takes 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 I don't think it'll be an issue. I have had a spec 2 running for almost 2 years with no real problems. Tiny tanks are great because maintenance takes 5 minutes. Nice! The design on these spec tanks is really nice. If they came with a little better light it would be an awesome reef ready nano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulV Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Nice tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Looks like a cool little tank for some acans (whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 Thanks Paul! It's a sweet little tank for sure and thanks for the killer deal! Reefjunkie I can't have that nice of stuff in this thing haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slumberland Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I don't think it'll be an issue. I have had a spec 2 running for almost 2 years with no real problems. Tiny tanks are great because maintenance takes 5 minutes. Do you have any pictures of it? I was thinking about putting one of these together for the office, but I want to see how people have them set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack-the-reefer Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Here's a very blue picture from today. This is honestly the easiest tank I have. I haven't had a single problem with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 What's your schedule on maintenance jack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack-the-reefer Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Other than top offs, just half gallon water changes every few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Ha ha Randall! I knew you couldn't go without a tank! Sweet little tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Ha ha Randall! I knew you couldn't go without a tank! Sweet little tank! I've come to the conclusion I have a problem... haha! These little tanks are just too cool not to have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Just the blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Glad you stuck around. I'm actually thinking of going back to a smaller AIO as well. I just don't spend the time like I used to with the tank and would like to focus on the FOWLR and coldwater more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Glad you stuck around. I'm actually thinking of going back to a smaller AIO as well. I just don't spend the time like I used to with the tank and would like to focus on the FOWLR and coldwater more. I cant get away haha! That's a huge part of why I tore down the 29 gallon. I have been spending far more time on my car and just haven't been spending much time on the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 So I made my own led light using the stock fixture. oddly enough I made it out of automotive 12 volt led strips. I figured it had to be better than the stock light, I've heard of people having success with yumas and zoos with the stock fixture, so I'm curious to see how mine pans out. I have 3 strips of blue and 2 strips of white each strip has 20 leds on it. The corals are far more opened up than with the stock light and the color is much more appealing. It sounds like a TON of light but it's really not. It's about as bright as my par38 bulb was. It's driven by a 30 watt led 12volt to 110 driver from home depot for 30 bucks. I got the leds for cost, so basically free lol. If I would of had to pay retail for it all I could of gone with a much better led and driver but I wasn't interested in spending 140 bucks on a light for the tank. Here are some pics of the tank with the diy light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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