7.5 gallon SPS Nano Cube With Sump

[geldof]

Here are some pictures of my 7.5 gallon mostly SPS / mixed nano cube with 5 gallon sump. It's been up for a year and a half. Enjoy.

 

[cmantis]

Looks nice and colorful! What light are you using?

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Wow. Very nice. Can you tell us a little more about equip?

 

[rookie07]

Looks great!
Lot of coral in there!

 

[ruha456]

Looks awesome

 

[geldof]

Thanks everyone

MP10
Sol nano blue lights
Drews dosers for 2 part
Aqua C nano skimmer
DIY top off paired with Aqualifter
Reefkeeper 2
Eheim Jager 100w
Nano cooler fan

 

[ducati335i]

Now that is skill.. I would b so worried to not mess up a tank w little water.

 

[E.intheC]

Great looking tank. Did the contents of the vase get transferred over to this tank?

 

[geldof]

Thanks guys. The vase was transferred to the 7.5 cube a year and a half ago.

 

[yesjenks]

Wow, very impressive!

 

[smoq]

Great tank. One of the best nano systems I've seen. Please do write more about it

 

[Koyfam16]

Very impressive...never seen such healthy looking sps in such a small tank..
More pics!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using Reefs

 

[geldof]

Thanks for the interest.

Here's a video that I just posted.

http://youtu.be/QXcLq-ZXktg

And some details about equipment and parameters.

Equipment

MR 7.5 Gallon Cube, drilled
5 gallon AGA aquarium, sump, 4" Filter Sock holder
DIY Aquarium Stand
Aqua C Urchin Nano Protein Skimmer with Maxi Jet 1200
Vortech MP10 Gen 1, flow main display
Seio 320 GPH, flow main display
AI Sol Nano Blue LED Lighting, controller, DIY wood stand
Danner Mag Drive 1.9 (190 GPH) return to main display
Nano Bio Pellet Reactor, DIY
Reefkeeper 2 with temp and PH probe
100 watt Marineland Stealth Pro (need to replace, these are known to fail)
UP Aqua small aquarium cooling fan
ATO Autotopoff.com paired with Aqualifter on timer
2 Part Solutions, RODI Unit
2 BRS Drew's Doser Peristaltic Dosing Pumps for 2 part additive
Two Little Fishies Nano Mag

Alk 7.15
Cal 350
NO3 .01
PO4 .00
Mag 1275
NH4 0
SG 1.025
Temp 78.1 - 78.2
PH 8.2-8.5

 

[STHILL]

Very nice vid

 

[geldof]

Thanks, but I felt that the colors were not right, so I dialed them down a little. It's more colorful, in person, but the video is pretty close. I'll add some music to it, when I get a free second.

Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/TbgThiHrAKc

 

[geldof]

Reef Hobbyist Magazine Article, The Geldof 7.5 Gallon SPS Cube

I was asked awhile back to do a writeup about my 7.5 gallon sps cube, for Reef Hobbyist Magazine. It was published in this months issue (Volume 7, Issue 2)

http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/downloads/pdf/version26.pdf

pages 42-46

Pretty cool.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Great write up. Congratulations.
How often do you change the phos lock?

 

[geldof]

Thanks for checking it out.

I've been changing the Phoslock every two months, but sometimes wait longer. Hanna meter usually reads 0, even after 2 months, only rising when there is an invert death.

 

[Captain Ron]

Awesome tank man.

I see that you're dosing the calc and alk with dosers but you are also dosing magnesium and other supplements. Do you manually dose everything but the calc/alk? Only reason I ask is because you mention that you travel often and if it's manual dosing, do your friends just dump them in casually once a week?

Thanks,

Ron

 

[geldof]

Awesome tank man.

I see that you're dosing the calc and alk with dosers but you are also dosing magnesium and other supplements. Do you manually dose everything but the calc/alk? Only reason I ask is because you mention that you travel often and if it's manual dosing, do your friends just dump them in casually once a week?

Thanks,

Ron

Magnesium is mixed into the new SW at about 3 tbs / gallon and replaced during every WC.

Other supplements are only added when I am around, mostly by eyeing the color / PE and algae growth. The coral can go quite some time without these additions and Mag can be made up for.

I never have friends dose anything aside from carefully measured food and changing the top off reservoir of pre made RODI if a 5g jug runs out.

I find friends looking in are most handy for checking obvious things like power outages or bad ATO, in which case I can guide them through a temporary patch solution.