Shh.... Santa came early.

[p.pep85]

great tank!!!!!

 

[ClearView Lids Verified Sponsor]

So do you guys think I should run with or without a skimmer? A tunze 9001 skimmer fits in this pico no problem. What do you think?

Or just a media basket with pre filter carbon and a phosphate pad?

If it twer me...I'd stick with media. A system this size doesn't really need a skimmer if you are doing water changes regularly and cleaning your media. It's so easy and fast on a system this size! Media trays give you options that a skimmer won't...and they are less expensive to boot in this case.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

SWEET!!

 

[jaugermeister]

Equipment arrives tomorrow afternoon. Stoked. Stay tuned for updates.

 

[tomxreef]

Man, I am really tempted to get one of these as a gift to myself to replace my perfectly good biocube 14. I already bought myself a wwc bounce for christmas though...

 

[jaugermeister]

You could always get one now and justify it by telling yourself that you'll cut the bounce once big enough and recoup the cost. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[tomxreef]

You could always get one now and justify it by telling yourself that you'll cut the bounce once big enough and recoup the cost. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Thats what I did when I bought my wwc jellybean about an hour later...

How is the flow using the stock pump? I'd love to do a gorgonian rock flower anemone tank with this.

 

[jaugermeister]

Flow is pretty good throughout the drop. I'm impressed with how much is circulating

 

[jaugermeister]

 

[jaugermeister]

Let there be light

 

[jaugermeister]

 

[jaugermeister]

Installed the light heater and tunze Osmolator

 

[jaugermeister]

Now for wire management and cleanup.

 

[OrangeGoblin]

Nice! When are those shrooms coming?

 

[jaugermeister]

After the holidays. I'm leaving on vacation for two weeks out of town starting today. So the last thing I want to do is to add corals yet.

 

[jaugermeister]

The tunze Osmolator is installed but I hate the return line hose and how it's attached. I'm going to bend some 1/4" tubes tonight to make it look clean.

 

[ReefGeek_11]

Hey juagermeister! I picked up this AI prime for my tank, what're you running your settings at? I have the IM Nuvo 10, I currently have my settings at 14500k all at 30 percent except 17 percent on green red and white.

 

[David M.]

I've been waiting to see a build thread on this tank. Looks good so far! I thought they wouldn't get shipped till after Christmas though.

 

[jaugermeister]

Oh I kind of snuck into Adams shop and stole the first one off the line! I guess it helps living 20 minutes away from his shop. Lol

 

[jaugermeister]

I hate the way tunze return line sits on a tank so a heat gun and son 1/4" tubing solves the unsightly problem.