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Old 08-05-2007, 12:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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12G Nanocube Setup

Okay everybody I am a week away from being able to setup my newly purchased JBJ 12G Nanocube and wanted to make sure I have everything. I already have black Onyx Sand, I am getting live rock next Saturday from my uncle to take down with me for setup, getting water either from uncles tank or LFS. I still need to purchase a test kit and thermometer. Remove the bio-balls and ceramic rings from filtration. Is there anything else I should to help with the filtration? Also I was planning on upgrading the stock pump with like a maxi jet (I think like the 900) and either running a Y-Connector or possibly a hydor flo. Any recommendations on which setup would be more effective? I have only seen pictures of people running the Y-Connector, but was wondering if the hydor flo's I have heard about would be more affective. Thanks in advance!
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Old 08-05-2007, 12:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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i dont have a nano, but i HAVE used the hydor flo add ons. every one that i have ever had stopped spinning after a couple of months. i took them off to clean them, but still no spin when i replaced them.
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Old 08-05-2007, 12:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Alright. Thats good to know because I was really sold on how they worked. LOL
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I picked me up a digital thermometer today at the pet store in the mall. Its a Coralite one I believe. Its black and battery operated. Can the probe be hidden in the back in one of the chambers you think or does it have to be out in visible sight? I think I may try just a Y-Connector at first and see how that does. I was thinking about running carbon or some purifier in one of the filtration chambers.
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I have that thermometer for my nano and I hide it in the back. I run carbon in the second chamber.
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Old 08-12-2007, 12:40 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Here are the pictures from yesterday and today. The tank is pretty clear and I am going to work on some aquascaping today. The LR I got that had some mushrooms on it is looking like its going to make it. Here are the pictures for now.
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Tried getting a shot of the mushroom with the neon green look, but gf's camera isn't as cool as mine lol.
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Off topic, you can post the pics directly on here from photobucket by clicking the img code (it should auto copy) and pasting it directly into your post

looks like this
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Almost forgot, i used the hydor thing on my return for myu 12g Nanocube and it worked the whole 6 months i had it, and it also worked the 2 years the previous owner had it. I also had a MJ900 running on mine as well. That combined with the hydor flow worked beautifully i thought, so i think you'd b safe going with that combo. But the tip you have on there now looks as thoough it will do a sufficient job
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The flow seems to be very efficient with the factory pump. I am not to sure if I am going to upgrade or not.
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