SickString
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- Joined
- May 21, 2018
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- What state or country do you live in
- Florida
Been lurking the forums for a bit, and decided to join recently. I’ve been out of the hobby for 4 or 5 years, and recently wanted to get back in. I’ve had larger tanks in the past....90g FOWLR, a 58g Oceanic with softies and LPS, and a 29g Biocube with softies. This time I wanted to do a SPS Nano, or I guess technically, a Pico.
Where I have the tank is in my “Cave”. It’s a room I built in half of my garage. It’s where I mix and record music....guitars, some drums, vocals, etc., so I need the setup to be as quiet as possible. Condenser microphones pick up EVERYTHING. So I decided to make an enclosed tank, sump, light type of system.
The tank is a 5.5g that was originally an above tank refugium for my 58 Oceanic. It was drilled with an overflow to drain into the 58g. For lighting, Im going with the Kessil a80 mounted to the canopy 5” above the surface of the water. Sump is another 5.5g. My plan originally was to baffle an old wet/dry sump, but it’s easier for me to just baffle another glass 5.5. I’m not doing a skimmer. I will be putting cheato in the middle section shortly after the cycle is finished. I went with CariSea Life Rock and dry sand. I do not want any hitchhikers at all in this system. If I don’t put it in, it doesn’t belong. We’ll see how that goes, lol. One chunk of the Life Rock got broken up and siliconed to one of the side walls and some of the back wall.
The tank is still cycling, but it’s getting close.
Hoping to get something in this soon, like at least a cuc. Water and rock is boring....lol.
Here’s a short video from when i got it up and running. Since then I’ve baffled the sump, remedied the gurgling drain and tidied up some of the wiring.
Where I have the tank is in my “Cave”. It’s a room I built in half of my garage. It’s where I mix and record music....guitars, some drums, vocals, etc., so I need the setup to be as quiet as possible. Condenser microphones pick up EVERYTHING. So I decided to make an enclosed tank, sump, light type of system.
The tank is a 5.5g that was originally an above tank refugium for my 58 Oceanic. It was drilled with an overflow to drain into the 58g. For lighting, Im going with the Kessil a80 mounted to the canopy 5” above the surface of the water. Sump is another 5.5g. My plan originally was to baffle an old wet/dry sump, but it’s easier for me to just baffle another glass 5.5. I’m not doing a skimmer. I will be putting cheato in the middle section shortly after the cycle is finished. I went with CariSea Life Rock and dry sand. I do not want any hitchhikers at all in this system. If I don’t put it in, it doesn’t belong. We’ll see how that goes, lol. One chunk of the Life Rock got broken up and siliconed to one of the side walls and some of the back wall.
The tank is still cycling, but it’s getting close.
Hoping to get something in this soon, like at least a cuc. Water and rock is boring....lol.
Here’s a short video from when i got it up and running. Since then I’ve baffled the sump, remedied the gurgling drain and tidied up some of the wiring.
