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Milly
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 08:23 PM
So I somehow managed to find a BRAND NEW NEVER USE OUT OF THE BOX fluval on CL today. She had it listed as $50 obo. I offered $40 and we got it!

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/25/unehe8e6.jpg

I've never had a tank this small before but I understand WC's are key. Jason and I were thinking of doing high end zoas and rics with maybe a two spot goby or something along those lines. Any other ideas? Can't wait to get started, but before we do, we're going to look up DIY modifications (mainly lighting) :) more to follow...
hobogato
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 08:32 PM
ask chris (zerreissen) about lighting mods, he has a one that he has modded as a planted tank. cool little tank
Scutterborn
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 10:46 PM
Heck of a deal!!


-Ben-
Fracture
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 10:52 PM
Awesome I'm about to set up a 1.2 g :)
Milly
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 11:18 PM
You're brave!! Lol. Now time to save up for a new led fixture for this. I'm thinking AI nano, by my pocket book says no at the moment. Time to save pennies and donate some blood...lol jk
Milly
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 11:19 PM
ask chris (zerreissen) about lighting mods, he has a one that he has modded as a planted tank. cool little tank

Thanks ace, I have his number ill give him a call sometime this week.
Fracture
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 11:22 PM
I have 4 extra LEDs from my bf's build so I'm gonna have him make me a little light fixture
Milly
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 11:26 PM
Nice, I did find a retrofit kit on rapidled, it's for a biocube 8g, and looks like it would fit nicely in the hood.
allan
Sun, 24th Feb 2013, 11:44 PM
How about a par38?


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Milly
Mon, 25th Feb 2013, 08:40 AM
I could, just not sure how I'd set it up. I really want to keep the hood, or make a new one. I like the hood look, looks sharp and matches the bottom. And the tank doesn't look as clean when the hood is removed.

With the nano or retrofit kit, I can slip it inside the hood and mount it.
Milly
Mon, 25th Feb 2013, 09:51 PM
Doing some mods to the filter, using the same plastic grating it came with for a support for my filter. Going to add some macro full of pods in there along with some chemi pure. It worked well with the AC70 I had on my 20L

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/26/yna6asar.jpg
Milly
Mon, 4th Mar 2013, 10:52 PM
Water, sand rock added. Picked up a small ballast at the fishy market (thanks ben!!!) that runs 9watt bulbs. Running a 10k and actinic:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/05/zy3y4y5e.jpg
Scutterborn
Mon, 4th Mar 2013, 11:47 PM
Looks really great! I didn't think that light would do that well. I shoulda doubled the price I charged! ;)


-Ben-