3 Foot Office Nano
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Beautiful, but I can’t believe the size of it and the amount of equipment! Lol
Simply amazing, and so neat and tidy and pristine, and those office pictures are really useful to show the size.
Simply amazing, and so neat and tidy and pristine, and those office pictures are really useful to show the size.
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Absolutely stunning! Congrats!
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Thanks. One of my really old videos had over 50,000 views and at the time I thought my tank was amazing. Looking back at that video, and pictures I took at that time, you can see brown algae covered rock, dull colors and corals struggling to even survive. I did have a lot of patience though and continued to work through my issues. The tank even completely crashed in 2018 and I'm still sticking with it.
Thank you! The tank fools a lot of people, and thats kind of the goal. The longer than usual length to height ration creates a panoramic view and then with a clear back it adds a fake sense of depth. Instead of 8" it looks more like 2 feet as thats the distance to the wall.
Totally. I mentioned it above that my tank has had quite a few ups and downs and its really easy to just give up when things aren't going right. Continued patience, adjustments, and improvements along the way help every tank. I too still want parts of my tank to look great immediately. There are a few frags that I know will look amazing but they need 2-3 years of growth and that means 900-1000 days of accidents i need to avoid to make it happen.
LOL Its like the best time and worst time to do it. No distractons and what seems like a ton of time to get everything done. Then its 2am-3am and I'm getting sleepy. I might make mistakes, and now I don't have the time to correct them or I don't even notice I screwed something up and going to get worse and cause a mess in the morning. Fun times.
Thank you. Ya..... the equipment to tank ratio is getting a bit on the ridiculous side. But I've definitely noticed a difference in the health and quality of the corals by running an Apex, Trident, and better filtration over my v1 tank.
The 2nd office picture is one of my favorites. It was nice having a tank at work. Lot of coworkers and clients loved to look at the tank, but it did make maintenance very difficult once I started to have kids and other duties I needed to get home to after work. After the tank was moved home it got a bit neglected being in the basement and only seeing it in the evening for a short while. Now with working from home being a thing, its right back to being next to me all day
Thanks! The cooler shot was pretty neat. The fact that I could transfer every living thing in a small box showed how small the tank was.
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Wow I’m still in love with that Venustus angel, and boy o boy has she grown. Is she still being a model citizen and not touching any coral?
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No words for the artistry of this tank.
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i’m really surprised you have a flame wrasse in there with no cover...
also, a venustus that you’ve had in there for a couple of years now!
truly amazing and an inspiration to say the least
also, a venustus that you’ve had in there for a couple of years now!
truly amazing and an inspiration to say the least
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The Venustus has been a model citizen as far as I can tell. I rarely have polyp extension on most of my sps so maybe she's nipping at everything when I'm not around but the corals are really taking off lately and showing great color so I'm not changing anything.
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There is a screen top for the tank.
Its still the original that I've used since the beginning. Here is a picture of it just after I built it. It could definitely use an update though. After almost 9 years the mesh is getting loose and the frame has some salt damage.
I take it off when I go into the room to feed the fish. I leave it off while I'm in the room or taking pictures of the tank. The wrasse has been on the floor a few times though and given me slight heart attacks. I'll be looking at the computer and I'll hear an unusual splash or thud and know something jumped. It almost always the flame.
