PENEJANE Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Thanks to the wonderful help of njd I now have myself a 7 gallon nano tank. Running a Aqua One 300ltr/hr HOB filter and a Jebo clip on 13w PC fluro which will be updated to two 18w energy saver bulbs. Nothing flash as of yet. Looking at painting the back black at some stage but for now I will go with black paper (not in pic yet). Going to see how it goes. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 looking good penejane. You may have seen the new thread i started about setting one up. I will start mine in about 2 weeks i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 welcome to the "dark side" PJ It gets addictive The nano won't be big enough soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 LOL skippy the nano is way big enough for now (*note the "for now" part*) as we are in the process of buying our first home. I still have another 2 tanks sitting empty and once we are moved in and settled I want to get my big 6ft planted freshwater display sorted. Looking forward to it big time. Had another look earlier and the dust has settled down heaps and is looking good and clear. Noticed some wee tenticle things sticking out of a piece of rock so I am going to have to wait and see what that is lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Wee tenticle things... Aiptasia lucky you... I am setting up my 15 gallon nano in a couple weeks, Cant wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 good luck evil bud and hope all goes well for you. Its amazing. I can't keep my nose off the glass hehe. Keep checking to see if anything else has poped up out of the rocks. I will see if I can get my friends camera and take some macros of this little critter so it can get ID'd and sorted for friend or foe. Looking forward to pics of yours evil when it gets started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinity Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 I see the new red sea cubes on its way out. Looks like something special T5 lighting built in fan and timers for the lights included as well as skimmer. heres a link http://www.red-sea-max.co.uk/ they look hot !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 ok I have noticed that the water level is getting a little low now I know that you can't add more salt water and supposed to use fresh water but I don't have a RO unit and was wondering if there is any brand of bottled water that I could get from the supermarket to use for topping up? I don't think that East Rd sells RO water by the ltr so was wondering what other options I have. Cheers :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 The nano won't be big enough soon I started with a 1 foot tank, when I upgraded to a 200L tank my eyes popped out of my head when i took it out of the box. 6 months on & I'm not that impressed with it any more just cause i'm used to it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 ok I have noticed that the water level is getting a little low now I know that you can't add more salt water and supposed to use fresh water but I don't have a RO unit and was wondering if there is any brand of bottled water that I could get from the supermarket to use for topping up? I don't think that East Rd sells RO water by the ltr so was wondering what other options I have. Cheers :bounce: Countdown/Foodtown sell stuff called "Pure Dew" from memory (if it's on the shelves :lol: ) which used to work well for me for topup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Awesome. We only have countdown down here so I will check there tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Dunno if i'm doing it wrong but I use water straight from the sky . Roof collection system, thru the water tanks and pump, through the pipes and out of the tap Mix with ASW (2 cups to 20 litres) and toss in an occasional 20 litres of fresh water to keep the salinity right. Doesn't seem to cause any problems. If you have a big tank and buy water to add in it is going to get &*%@# expensive. Also, research has shown that the bottled stuff is not much better than standard tap water (without the chlorine! but salt mix dechlorinates that anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Dunno if i'm doing it wrong but I use water straight from the sky . Roof collection system, thru the water tanks and pump, through the pipes and out of the tap Mix with ASW (2 cups to 20 litres) and toss in an occasional 20 litres of fresh water to keep the salinity right. Doesn't seem to cause any problems. If you have a big tank and buy water to add in it is going to get &*%@# expensive. Also, research has shown that the bottled stuff is not much better than standard tap water (without the chlorine! but salt mix dechlorinates that anyway) I used to do this, till till I tested it with a TDS meter one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 What did it tell you? you've got me worried now. Might need to take a sample to work and get my lab to test it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 What did it tell you? you've got me worried now. Might need to take a sample to work and get my lab to test it Lol can't remember the reading but it was about 30pmm from memory, a little better than tap water but not much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 If I could would it be wise to set up a drum somewhere about the place to collect rain water? Or is this way not worth it? I also take it that way would mean that the water is stagnent and won't be any good after a day or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 My rain water tanks water has between 12-18ppm TDS before going through the RoDi unit, then it comes out 0ppm . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 my tap water is 75ppm :-? RODI 0ppm of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 If I could would it be wise to set up a drum somewhere about the place to collect rain water? Or is this way not worth it? I also take it that way would mean that the water is stagnent and won't be any good after a day or so? Because you will be using so little your better of buying bottled water. You can get it in 4liter bottles which should last a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Ok they never had the brand that was mentioned earlier but I went for the one that had no cloride (sp) in it. I will type up what is on the bottles of water that I got. Its the Signature Range Spring Water. MG/Litre Magnesium 1.42 Calcium 2.31 Potassium 3.9 Sodium 8.9 I went for the bottle that had the less amount of anything. I got 2 4ltr bottles. I soo hope that this water will be fine. Looks like I am losing about 500mls of water every 3 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Try The Warehouse, that's where I get mine, 10l containers $5.75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted September 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Ohhh didn't think of looking there. I will check there when this stuff runs out Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Chloride is not much of a worry, the biggy you are trying to avoid is phosphate. Some bottled water is simply carbon treated and will still contain phosphate, and some spring water will contain it. Any water treated with RO will have low / zero phosphate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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