- Location
- Riverdale, NY
Howdy All - I'm new here and I have just finished re-starting my aquapod 12 so I thought it would make sense to post a build thread.
The aquapod has a hard time venting, so to deal with some higher temps, I removed and discarded the hood (it was pretty beat up anyways - lots of corrosion) and replaced the lighting with a PAR30 bulb and gooseneck from boostled.com
Then, I removed the big ol sponge, the bio balls, etc... and set up a refugium in the back with LR and chaeto. I stripped some of the plastic vinyl off the back of the tank so it could be lit with an LED light strip.
I've also added the aqua c remora nano. I know an HOB skimmer is questionable in a tank this small, but I really want this tank to be as clean as a whistle since it is in my classroom and I want it to do alright over weekends and 1 week breaks.
I replaced the stock pump with an MJ900 and I am using a hydor koralia nano for flow.
Finally, I added a heater and an auto top off from autotopoff.com (draws from a two liter rectangular nalgene container and uses a tom's aqualifter).
There is 20 lbs of live sand in the tank and about 12 lbs of live rock.
Inhabitants include a coral banded shrimp, a few hermits, a few snails, and a clownfish.
There is a sea fan in there and I've got some ricordea, a duncan, some zooanthids, and an acan lord coming next week (ebay).
Likely I'll add another fish and a few more coral, but I'm going to let what's happening now stabilize for at least a month before proceeding. As soon as I get up to the five post minimum, I'll post some pictures!
The aquapod has a hard time venting, so to deal with some higher temps, I removed and discarded the hood (it was pretty beat up anyways - lots of corrosion) and replaced the lighting with a PAR30 bulb and gooseneck from boostled.com
Then, I removed the big ol sponge, the bio balls, etc... and set up a refugium in the back with LR and chaeto. I stripped some of the plastic vinyl off the back of the tank so it could be lit with an LED light strip.
I've also added the aqua c remora nano. I know an HOB skimmer is questionable in a tank this small, but I really want this tank to be as clean as a whistle since it is in my classroom and I want it to do alright over weekends and 1 week breaks.
I replaced the stock pump with an MJ900 and I am using a hydor koralia nano for flow.
Finally, I added a heater and an auto top off from autotopoff.com (draws from a two liter rectangular nalgene container and uses a tom's aqualifter).
There is 20 lbs of live sand in the tank and about 12 lbs of live rock.
Inhabitants include a coral banded shrimp, a few hermits, a few snails, and a clownfish.
There is a sea fan in there and I've got some ricordea, a duncan, some zooanthids, and an acan lord coming next week (ebay).
Likely I'll add another fish and a few more coral, but I'm going to let what's happening now stabilize for at least a month before proceeding. As soon as I get up to the five post minimum, I'll post some pictures!
