xxBarneyxx
Fish Aficionado
Well we had been talking about it for ages but over the weekend I got the Orca nano out of the shed and after much cleaning up (why didnt I do this before I stored it!) its now sitting in our living room ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Mods done to the Orca:
Other mods that will be done:
Adding chemical filtration to the back chambers (carbon, phosphate and nitrate removers).
This tank is planned to be a seahorse tank so there will be no skimmer.
Adding a small light to the middle chambers for a fuge.
Progress so far:
Well its all been salted up and I have moved about 5kg of small bits of LR from my 100g reef to the nano. I also added some xenia, blue daisy coral and green mushrooms. I have also fragged a small toadstool to go in there but waiting for that to reattached to a new b it of rock in the big tank at the moment before I move it. Not sure if we like the layout yet so will probably be changed at some point.
I'm trying to catch our blue clown goby from the 100g tank to put in here as he is being constantly harassed by the algae blenny.
The only other livestock in there is a smaller astrea snail, a small hitchhiking Nassarius snail (I didnt even know I had any of these in the big tank). There are also a few astrea starfish.
Eventual stocking will be a pair of H. kuda seahorses and the clown goby.
Edit: Couple of quick photos taken with my phone (so not brilliant but gives an idea).
Mods done to the Orca:
- Everything remove from the back chambers.
- Newjet 800 put in left hand chamber, output goes through spraybar hole (spraybar removed).
- Holes for the heater mount covered over with black silicone.
- Heater replaced with a new rena 50w heater.
- Weir cut into the left hand side of the skimmer chamber and holes cut lower down to improve water flow (wont be using a skimmer in this tank so water flow through the back is more important then blocking micro bubbles).
- Korallia Nano in the front.
Other mods that will be done:
Adding chemical filtration to the back chambers (carbon, phosphate and nitrate removers).
This tank is planned to be a seahorse tank so there will be no skimmer.
Adding a small light to the middle chambers for a fuge.
Progress so far:
Well its all been salted up and I have moved about 5kg of small bits of LR from my 100g reef to the nano. I also added some xenia, blue daisy coral and green mushrooms. I have also fragged a small toadstool to go in there but waiting for that to reattached to a new b it of rock in the big tank at the moment before I move it. Not sure if we like the layout yet so will probably be changed at some point.
I'm trying to catch our blue clown goby from the 100g tank to put in here as he is being constantly harassed by the algae blenny.
The only other livestock in there is a smaller astrea snail, a small hitchhiking Nassarius snail (I didnt even know I had any of these in the big tank). There are also a few astrea starfish.
Eventual stocking will be a pair of H. kuda seahorses and the clown goby.
Edit: Couple of quick photos taken with my phone (so not brilliant but gives an idea).
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