JBJ Nano Cube....... Unmodified

[H2Sea]

Ive been reading about countless modifications of the NANO CUBE and Im ready to get another one.......... Which mods do you think will be most benificial?

here's a couple pics of my first "stock" nano cube

 

[Anonymous]

Don't really have any advice, but will be tagging along because I'm thinking of going with a cube myself here soon..

Your pics seem very blue. - What lights do you have running on that?

 

[kingnitro1]

Hello,
I removed the foam out of the back and left in the bio balls and the ceramic rings.Added a heater in the first compartment in the back.I have live rock and about one inch of sand.For livestock I have two percula clowns,one BTA,
one hermit,two snails,mushrooms,one squamosa clam,macro algae.Everything is doing great.Just do water changes and you won't need to add a skimmer.I have seen hang on skimmers on this tank and you have to hack up the hood.Ruins the nice look of the tank.

 

[Countzer0]

I noticed I had problems with the water on top being stagnate ...so first i cut several grooves above the top vent. Then I took a baseball card sleve cut it to fit and covered up most of the top vent ... this drops the water level in the back creating more waterflow and better water movement.

 

[johns120]

any one know the website for JBJ?

 

[GregJKy]

any one know the website for JBJ?

Here it is:

http://www.jbjlighting.com

 

[H2Sea]

Your pics seem very blue. - What lights do you have running on that?

I using the factory JBJ 24watt 50/50 bulbs. Perhaps its my camera?? :lol:

 

[blu-thang]

What I did to mine was that I Cut 1/4" Slots on upper left hand side to skim the top of water I also Removed the noisy stock powerhead and changed it with a mini-jet mn 606, this pump is quiet! I also removed the sponges,bio-balls,and ceramic rings and put in some small pieces of liverock. Im Planning on upgrading lights soon,Also installed a csl moonlite Overall tank is very cool once all mods are done.

Peace and happy,Nano-ing

 

[Juck]

I think the 3 most important mods are:

Cut slots in the upper intake to break the scum on the top of the water

Remove ceramic rings but keep carbon & sponges,,sponges offer massive surface area for denitrification,, far more by volume than ceramic rings or Live Rock.

Install Maxi-jet 600 powerhead or similar (stock powerhead is 'rattly' and underpowered) and modify single-direction output of water from powerhead,,,the stock whirlpool water current is really annoying,, at least my clowns didn't like it.

 

[Anonymous]

I don't have one yet but seriously considering it...

Out of curiousity do you think there's room to install a SCWD with multiple outlets?

 

[Anonymous]

Sure, if you gutted the back a bit and drilled another hole. Actually maybe I spoke too soon. I haven't seen a SCWD in a while, what exactly is the diameter of the fattest part?

 

[Anonymous]

I don't have one handy either but lunchbucket has some good pics on his site, looks like it's roughly 5x2x5 (or more like 8x2x10 once done..)

What are the dimensions of that "filter" area on the cube?

 

[Anonymous]

^

You know... - that area everyone hollows out to put rock / heaters / whatever in.....

 

[Anonymous]

The back to front is only about 2.75"

 

[Anonymous]

Hmmm.... - Might still be workable though...

Thanks!

 

[bdelaney]

Sure, if you gutted the back a bit and drilled another hole. Actually maybe I spoke too soon. I haven't seen a SCWD in a while, what exactly is the diameter of the fattest part?

I have one on my 29 gallon. The rough dimensions are 4.5" wide (from outlet to outlet across the top), 5.5" tall, and just over 2.5" thick. I'm pretty sure it would fit back there.

 

[Anonymous]

Might be a few months until I can do it, but it's looking like a plan.....

 

[Pisces1]

I think the 3 most important mods are:

Cut slots in the upper intake to break the scum on the top of the water

Remove ceramic rings but keep carbon & sponges,,sponges offer massive surface area for denitrification,, far more by volume than ceramic rings or Live Rock.

Install Maxi-jet 600 powerhead or similar (stock powerhead is 'rattly' and underpowered) and modify single-direction output of water from powerhead,,,the stock whirlpool water current is really annoying,, at least my clowns didn't like it.

Hi. Just curious about "cutting" slots on the upper intake. Please explain. I've had some issues with scum on top of water. Thanks.

 

[meesh]

Aside from a small ph directed towards the surface, I run my nano-cube "as is" out the box (going on 7 months now without a single problem, knock on wood!)

 

[Anonymous]

The list of dealers on their page is pretty small. Is there another source?

( http://www.jbjlighting.com/dealers_usa.html )


*goes to look*