Cuteios 7.5G Nano Cube Project

[cuteios]

Finally working on a new tank. Just got back from cartimar, I had them build me a 12x12x12 cube. It's going to be my new baby. I can't wait to get it all setup. Of course I can't really start setting up until sunday or monday, but whats a couple more days.

[jerickson81]

Goodluck! Exciting talaga mag set up ng tank

[cuteios]

One day old, still have to wait before I can stock it, I painted two sides black.

[thurrmac]

thats from DLBD?

[cuteios]

Hi thurmac, I'm not sure what you mean by DLBD. I had it slapped together at cartimar, I forget which of the stores.

[cuteios]

Update: today is D-day. Got the materials to begin cycling.

The current setup:

7G 12x12x12 cube AGA
4 Kgs fine white sand
4.5 Kgs LR
6G of sea water from Katrinas
Jebo 502 HOB
Temporary lighting 3 X 8W T5

I started the day with a single 8W T5 Blue light and this is what it looked like.



Aside from being murky it clearly needed a lot more light. So I did a little DIY and wired two more T5 lights I got at the hardware store, these are regular 8W T5 6500K daylights. But its definitely an improvement.




Ran out of budget for the test kit, but its on the top of my list for next payday

[randiedonhito]

nice bro, yan din ang size na iniiisip ko uli e, may tank din ako dati na ganyan ang size pero 1/8" ang kapal. ano kapal ng glass mo, nagpaquote ako sa carti 350pesos ang 1/4" thk. 12"x12"x12". mas maganda kung rimless but ok lang yan,maganda ring tignan.

[cuteios]

250 lang ang siningil sa akin for this specific tank, it's only 1/8 thick

[randiedonhito]

ah ok na rin yan, basta weekly water change ka lang after ka matapos magcycle. good luck bro.

bro, basahin mo ang link na ito kung di mo pa nabrowse para lalo kang mainspire mag nano.
http://www.nano-reef.com/featured/?tank=47

[cuteios]

Thanks for the link, I'm already very inspired to get this Nano to work, I miss my old tank as it is.

[cuteios]

Week 1 update: I've stopped running the lights on their regular schedule. I was running the 3 x 8W T5 bulbs on a 10hr schedule but have been suffering from a major diatom bloom the past few days. I also noticed that I have a large population of Pods in the tank. I wonder what that means in terms of water quality.




Hoping to replace the temporary light with an LED fixture soon. I'm looking at approximately 24W of LED lighting courtesy of 9x 3W LEDs 6 x 3W Whites 10000K and 3 x 3W Blue at 450nm

[pepperghost]

inaabangan ko kung paano ginawa LED mo... sana bago mo siya buuin picturean mo rin baka makatulong din sa ibang mga gustong mag DIY LED...

ill definitely be checking this tank of yours every now and then... hehehe! goodluck bro!

[cuteios]

Stocking time for my nano. I hope I don't go overboard. It's been a very very long month waiting to get to this point. The numerous crabs and snails hiding in my rocks have thrived very well in the past weeks.

[bangurdead27]

waiting for updates especially the lights