Hey everyone,
I just discovered this site a short while ago and am happy to see so many reefers in boston. I've been in Boston for about 10 months and the urge to start another tank has come (I took down a 60 gal in cali before movin here).
The problem is that I can't have a big tank in my apt so I need to start a nano. I am familiar with the difficulty in starting up a nano, but could use some help with the initial set up. I need a system that once stable, will be easy to maintain (i.e. 1 water change a month).
The tank(s) that I am really deciding on is the "Fan Cooled Nano Cube Deluxe Aquarium". There is a 12g and a 24 g.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=10677&N=2004+2020
Simply put, is this a good system to work on? I figure I will use about 1.5 lbs LR per gal for bio filtration in addition to an X amount of calciun carbonate (southdown/yardright) sand. Does this seem like a sufficient start (minus supplements etc...) with this type of tank?
Any comment/advice is appreciated.
Mike
I just discovered this site a short while ago and am happy to see so many reefers in boston. I've been in Boston for about 10 months and the urge to start another tank has come (I took down a 60 gal in cali before movin here).
The problem is that I can't have a big tank in my apt so I need to start a nano. I am familiar with the difficulty in starting up a nano, but could use some help with the initial set up. I need a system that once stable, will be easy to maintain (i.e. 1 water change a month).
The tank(s) that I am really deciding on is the "Fan Cooled Nano Cube Deluxe Aquarium". There is a 12g and a 24 g.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=10677&N=2004+2020
Simply put, is this a good system to work on? I figure I will use about 1.5 lbs LR per gal for bio filtration in addition to an X amount of calciun carbonate (southdown/yardright) sand. Does this seem like a sufficient start (minus supplements etc...) with this type of tank?
Any comment/advice is appreciated.
Mike