15g Nano

[slicktoppomp]

After almost 6 months I'm about to have salty fingers again. After seeing some of the nano's on here and other places I couldn't resist any longer to have a tank again. I had old sand and rock laying around so I figured I was halfway there already. It's an Aqueon 15 gallon column tank. They had a sale at petsmart on these so I sold some stuff of mine and ran in and picked it up today. Good thing too cause the sale ended today.

Here are the specs:

15 Gallon roughly 13x13x25
20g hang on back filter
Single 12 inch T-5 light
Around 20lbs dead rock and 15-20lbs dead sand
Have a maxi-jet 900 strapped to a rock and hidden.

Plans for it:

Mainly zoas and maybe a few lps
Add an led strip or 2 to the canopy and swap out the current bulb
Upgrade to Aqua Clear and do a fuge mod.
Build a small stand for it.

[XO PRESENTS]

Nice.. can't wait to see tenants in the nano .. especially with your taste....

[slicktoppomp]

Thanks Ron. Let the cycle begin!

[leonel619]

nice start raul..

[unbereefable]

That will be just enough rock to seed your big tank. When you're ready that is

[slicktoppomp]

Thanks Armando! When you gonna setup another tank again?

@unbereefable
Well I don't know about that. Maybe one day way way down the line.

[nanoreef1]

Thats going to be a sweet tank!

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[slicktoppomp]

Thanks man! So i was wondering is anyone could answer this question for me. How long should i expect it to take my tank to cycle? I've never started a tank with dead sand and dead rock. I've always started and tank with at least 1 of the 2 live. My ammonia has already started climbing within the last 2 days. Still haven't seen the nitrites start climbing yet.

[nanoreef1]

Thanks man! So i was wondering is anyone could answer this question for me. How long should i expect it to take my tank to cycle? I've never started a tank with dead sand and dead rock. I've always started and tank with at least 1 of the 2 live. My ammonia has already started climbing within the last 2 days. Still haven't seen the nitrites start climbing yet.

One month thats how long it took for me.

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[slicktoppomp]

One month thats how long it took for me.

Thanks for the quick reply Hector. Damn a month is way longer thank i wanted to wait. I remember a while back for one of my other tanks i added some of that "bacteria" in a bottle junk and believe it or not it actually sped up my cycle. Maybe i'll try that again. I've already waited 6 months for another tank and i don't wanna have to wait 1 more month haha. Thanks

[nanoreef1]

Thanks for the quick reply Hector. Damn a month is way longer thank i wanted to wait. I remember a while back for one of my other tanks i added some of that "bacteria" in a bottle junk and believe it or not it actually sped up my cycle. Maybe i'll try that again. I've already waited 6 months for another tank and i don't wanna have to wait 1 more month haha. Thanks

Yeah that Cycle stuff does work I used it in the past added fish right away and they did fine.

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[slicktoppomp]

So here are my current parameters for the tank. Just around 2.0-3.0 for ammonia. I'm considering just letting it do it's thing. Even if it takes a whole month to cycle I figure that will give me time to save and buy my LEDs.

[slicktoppomp]

So I changed up my scape today. Wanted to have a little more height and a little more floor space. Pulled the powerhead off the rock cause it started sucking sand and blowing it everywhere. So I repositioned it and added a Hydor flow deflector. Still considering another powerhead. Added a heater bought from a local reefer. That's all that's new. Tank is still cycling.

[fresh2120]

What r u going to pack into this thing. I might have a frag or two for u.

[jason142]

Add some Microbacter 7, I would use that vs the cycle.