Approximately 9 gallon nano build

kateater · Jun 9, 2016

FL_Reefer said:
Great job, I'm truly impressed! I wish I had the confidence to do it. I know I could build it but wouldn't trust it to blow up, lol

Its only 9 gallons lol besides I'm taking it to work for my office.

kateater · Jun 9, 2016

ReefQueen said:
This is a better pic, except I had to switch to egg crate because of the heat and it does leave shadows, not the lights fault though lol.

It might just be the pic but does it look that streaky in person? I'm talking about being able to see the different colors, kinda like a rainbow.

ReefQueen · Jun 9, 2016

kateater said:
It might just be the pic but does it look that streaky in person? I'm talking about being able to see the different colors, kinda like a rainbow.

No its the pic, and the egg crate isn't helping either. It is definitely not that streaky in person. It looks much better with the acrylic top, but it's too hot here now and I can't do open top with a 2 year old lol. This is my cheapy, spend as little as possible on, tank. In person the par 38 looks exactly like my friends Kessil color wise so for $30 I am pleased

kateater · Jun 9, 2016

ReefQueen said:
No its the pic, and the egg crate isn't helping either. It is definitely not that streaky in person. It looks much better with the acrylic top, but it's too hot here now and I can't do open top with a 2 year old lol. This is my cheapy, spend as little as possible on, tank. In person the par 38 looks exactly like my friends Kessil color wise so for $30 I am pleased

Figured it was the pic, looks great!

ReefQueen · Jun 9, 2016

Thanks, it's not too shabby for a tank I don't do much with lol. I think the eBay seller was greenhouse led or something like that if you decide to go that route. It's the one with 12 leds, I think there is an 18 also.

kateater · Jun 9, 2016

ReefQueen said:
Thanks, it's not too shabby for a tank I don't do much with lol. I think the eBay seller was greenhouse led or something like that if you decide to go that route. It's the one with 12 leds, I think there is an 18 also.

Thank you, I don't plan to spend much on this one either.

kateater · Jun 13, 2016

Ok so I added a few soft corals and shrooms out of my main tank. I also decided not to use the marinepure spheres after reading the post about leaching aluminum, so I added rubble from my 215g sump to the center chamber. My light still hasn't arrived so for now I only have an 8w T5 on it. The shrooms are stretching for light and the Kenya tree is still closed up from being moved along with low light and Bayer dip. The toadstool is opened up but fell over.