New Nano eclipse 6

forestal · 07-03-2005, 10:22 PM

Hi all.

wanted to share my new 6 gallon eclipse nano tank. It's been up only a short while. (water used from my reef, filter pads in the emperor were used for several weeks in my reef, as was rock, so after 3 days, no noticable nitrite/ammonia - )

Please feel free to offer criticism (constructive or otherwise).
This is the third nano i have setup (i took the others down to consolidate my tanks, but then had to restart one, just love the look)
Plan on just a softie tank

I have the tank turned backwards, so my emperor 400 can fit as a hang on filter and gives great water flow.

Lighting currently is a 2 corallife 2x9 watt 50/50; 36watts total - thinking upgrade to a 2x24watt from nanocustom.com, but i don't think i need with softies.

8 pounds of live rock (fiji), very porous with good coralline, lots of tube worms.

bare bottom (my first) trying it out.

a couple of frags from my growout rack, xenia, some mushrooms, clavularia, tubipora and gorgonian. Small piece of halimeda and some chaeto are in the tank, along with 1 redlegged hermit, 1 bluelegged hermit, 3 trochus and 1 nerite snail.

I plan on no fish, just inverts, relatively low bioload with frequent trimming of coral (once it is up and running well)

auto top off with minimal amount of kalkwasser/ro

Plan weekly 75%water changes, waiting a month first to let it settle in fully.

Full Tank Shot:

Clavuria:

Blue/Green shroom

Starting to split?

Clavularia & Green Tubipora sp. (closing up for the night, will try for a better shot):

Small tube worm, tons of em and tiny too (chaeto in foreground for scale):

Gorgonian frag (note upper new branch in 1 week in tank):

forestal · 07-04-2005, 08:22 PM

finally got decent pics of the tubipora and hairy shroom:

proud2bcanadian · 07-04-2005, 11:28 PM

Wow. That looks great!
Good job!

IMO that lighting should be just fine for that tank. Increasing it by 12watts won't make a substantial difference since it's only going to be a tank for softies.

Woodstock · 07-05-2005, 06:26 AM

Good job!

Gina · 07-06-2005, 06:33 AM

Looks great! Nano's are so cool looking!!

forestal · 07-06-2005, 09:44 AM

thanks for the kind words all

07-03-2005, 10:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
forestal Torch coral Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 582 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	New Nano eclipse 6 Hi all. wanted to share my new 6 gallon eclipse nano tank. It's been up only a short while. (water used from my reef, filter pads in the emperor were used for several weeks in my reef, as was rock, so after 3 days, no noticable nitrite/ammonia - ) Please feel free to offer criticism (constructive or otherwise). This is the third nano i have setup (i took the others down to consolidate my tanks, but then had to restart one, just love the look) Plan on just a softie tank I have the tank turned backwards, so my emperor 400 can fit as a hang on filter and gives great water flow. Lighting currently is a 2 corallife 2x9 watt 50/50; 36watts total - thinking upgrade to a 2x24watt from nanocustom.com, but i don't think i need with softies. 8 pounds of live rock (fiji), very porous with good coralline, lots of tube worms. bare bottom (my first) trying it out. a couple of frags from my growout rack, xenia, some mushrooms, clavularia, tubipora and gorgonian. Small piece of halimeda and some chaeto are in the tank, along with 1 redlegged hermit, 1 bluelegged hermit, 3 trochus and 1 nerite snail. I plan on no fish, just inverts, relatively low bioload with frequent trimming of coral (once it is up and running well) auto top off with minimal amount of kalkwasser/ro Plan weekly 75%water changes, waiting a month first to let it settle in fully. Full Tank Shot: Clavuria: Blue/Green shroom Starting to split? Clavularia & Green Tubipora sp. (closing up for the night, will try for a better shot): Small tube worm, tons of em and tiny too (chaeto in foreground for scale): Gorgonian frag (note upper new branch in 1 week in tank): __________________ Peace, Dan

07-04-2005, 08:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
forestal Torch coral Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 582 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	finally got decent pics of the tubipora and hairy shroom: __________________ Peace, Dan

07-04-2005, 11:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
proud2bcanadian Plate Coral Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 708 View Gallery Karma Komment	Wow. That looks great! Good job! IMO that lighting should be just fine for that tank. Increasing it by 12watts won't make a substantial difference since it's only going to be a tank for softies. __________________ David Liles

07-05-2005, 06:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
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07-06-2005, 06:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,292 View Gallery Karma Komment	Looks great! Nano's are so cool looking!! __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

07-06-2005, 09:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
forestal Torch coral Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 582 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	thanks for the kind words all __________________ Peace, Dan

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