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Originally Posted by Phurst  Along with the tank, I got a heater, about 10 pounds of base rock and some Deltec CA reactor media to use as substrate. |
I have never heard of reactor media being used as a substrate. Does this work well?
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I also dumped in a cup of sand from my tank and put a sponge I keep in my sump in the filtrattion department of the nano.
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On my 24g Nanocube, I dumped the sponge and bio balls a while ago - but I have a AquaC Remora
HOB attached.
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As far as livestock, I'll probably have a couple of turbos, a few nasarius, a couple of hermits, a couple of peppermint shrimp, and for fish, maybe a pair of percs and a purple firefish or a royal gramma.
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This is the equivalent of my bioload on my 24g. You are planning rather aggressive water changes, so maybe you can keep up in a 12g?
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The back wall of this nano is plastic, and I've been toying with the idea of plumbing in a sump and using a spare 10 gallon under my desk.
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I don't think the back of a Nanocube is plastic. Mine is a vinyl laminate on glass. The Nanocube is basically a glass tank with a plastic interior walls for the
sump chambers.
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I could put in a DSB, LR rubble and maybe some cheato. I guess I'll see how it goes with the built in filtration, but I could do SOOOO much more with a sump/fuge.
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One trick is to use the center chamber to grow Chaetomorpha. The tip is to trim and peel away the black vinyl laminate that covers your center chamber, submerge the Chaeto and light it from behind with a low wattage (ie 13W)
PC light or L.E.D. fixture from Nanocustoms. This provides better light penetration into the chamber for growing your Macros.
Sounds like fun. I want a second tank! Good luck!
-Scott
