12g nano cube

[Anonymous]

Anyone have one?

I went to my LFS today and he has a few nano cubes set up. Two 24s and one 12.

One 24 has one of the little skimmers running in it's filter area! And it fits in the 12 gallon too.

The 12 is lit with 2 18w PC lights and he has softies and some LPS in there growing just fine.

There is also a model with 2 24w PC lights that seems a little better to me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-JBJ-12gal-N...oryZ3212QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



I like the idea of the seemless look without any DIY on my part. For $150 it isn't bad. Even if I got a 10 gallon tank and started piecing together lights, filter, pumps, etc., I wouldn't save much on that.

What do the Nano people think of these cubes?


Gratsi!

 

[fload]

nanocustoms.com
they got some sweet setups best of the best

 

[Meloco14]

I got my nanocube a few months after they came out. They have since made many changes, so I can't comment specifically on the new ones. But mine has been great, relatively speaking. I went into it knowing that I would be making a few modifications. For $99, it was worth it. I took out the sponges and bioballs from the back and replaced it with some LR rubble, a bag of chemi-pure and a bag of purigen. I replaced the stock pump with a via aqua pump and installed a movable nozzle on the return so i can direct the flow. I blocked off the overflow and cut my own surface skimming teeth in the plastic to become the new overflow. I also added a mini jet 404 into the display. My version of the cube came with one 24w PC bulb. I removed the ballast from the hood and made it external. I then added in a 32w PC bulb and 2 13w PC bulbs. All of the ballasts had to be external to fit the bulbs, and the plastic cover had to come off. Instead I cut a sheet of lexan to fit the opening of the tank for splash protection. I also added a fan in the back for ventilation. This tank has been running for over 2 years now and has been great. Very low maintenance. I don't have any fish in it, only corals, snails, hermits, and one emerald crab. I plan to add a few anemone shrimp in the future. I have mushrooms, ricordea, a candy cane, polyps, and a staghorn montipora that is overgrowing everything. I also have an encrusting sps and a branching sps that have popped up as hitchhikers. Overall I am happy with the tank, but I did have to do a little work on it to be able to do what I wanted to do. The only problem I had was the first ballast I had burned out quickly, but JBJ sent me an improved one quickly and without any problem. I believe the newer tanks already have some of the mods I did, like the fan, the directional return, the overflow, and the option of improved lighting. I have heard a few reports of bad electrical work and a few tanks cracking, but luckily I have not been a victim of this so far. I think if you know what you're getting into and aren't afraid of a little DIY then it's a great tank. I still love the look of it, and while using a regular tank and adding in a sheet of acrylic to create a sump section isn't hard, it still doesn't look as good IMO. HTH

 

[Anonymous]

I got my nanocube a few months after they came out. They have since made many changes, so I can't comment specifically on the new ones. But mine has been great, relatively speaking. I went into it knowing that I would be making a few modifications. For $99, it was worth it. I took out the sponges and bioballs from the back and replaced it with some LR rubble, a bag of chemi-pure and a bag of purigen. I replaced the stock pump with a via aqua pump and installed a movable nozzle on the return so i can direct the flow. I blocked off the overflow and cut my own surface skimming teeth in the plastic to become the new overflow. I also added a mini jet 404 into the display. My version of the cube came with one 24w PC bulb. I removed the ballast from the hood and made it external. I then added in a 32w PC bulb and 2 13w PC bulbs. All of the ballasts had to be external to fit the bulbs, and the plastic cover had to come off. Instead I cut a sheet of lexan to fit the opening of the tank for splash protection. I also added a fan in the back for ventilation. This tank has been running for over 2 years now and has been great. Very low maintenance. I don't have any fish in it, only corals, snails, hermits, and one emerald crab. I plan to add a few anemone shrimp in the future. I have mushrooms, ricordea, a candy cane, polyps, and a staghorn montipora that is overgrowing everything. I also have an encrusting sps and a branching sps that have popped up as hitchhikers. Overall I am happy with the tank, but I did have to do a little work on it to be able to do what I wanted to do. The only problem I had was the first ballast I had burned out quickly, but JBJ sent me an improved one quickly and without any problem. I believe the newer tanks already have some of the mods I did, like the fan, the directional return, the overflow, and the option of improved lighting. I have heard a few reports of bad electrical work and a few tanks cracking, but luckily I have not been a victim of this so far. I think if you know what you're getting into and aren't afraid of a little DIY then it's a great tank. I still love the look of it, and while using a regular tank and adding in a sheet of acrylic to create a sump section isn't hard, it still doesn't look as good IMO. HTH

Thanks

I ordered the JBJ dx model. It comes with two 24 watt bulbs, so with 50 watts of light, I should be able to have anything except sps or a clam. Fine with me!