New Nano Build UNS 30A (Dual) AIO and Inspirations 7 Gallon

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

How low is the lowest setting on axis 20? When I got the hygger (395gph) a couple days ago I thought i would be able to adjust the speed down to 80gph-ish. The lowest setting it can go is around 118gph. It’s too high that the back chamber can’t keep up. I may have to look into this one. I already have the AI light so it’s nice that it uses the same app.

You can set it for a trickle. Down to 1 percent even off. Definitely adjust to any variable speed.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

I love the simplicity and beauty of this tank! Do you need to scrape the bottom of the tank to keep it clean?

Thank you. Not at first. I think now I have done it twice. It is mostly just a light brush as I want to keep most the growth. Since I remove everything during water change it's easy to do if needed. I will probably not scrub the bottom this Thursday by the way it looks so far.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Just received my custom cut glass lid from Amazon. Turned out great.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Plate coral eating a bristle worm and moving around the tank.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Plate coral eating a bristle worm and moving around the tank.

Wow that is cool you were able to see that!

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Wow that is cool you were able to see that!

Hopefully I'll get to see it again. I think the bristle worm fell off the glass as it was climbing and blew onto the plate.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Just a simple update, Tank is doing great. A large feather duster has appeared on frogspawn skeleton so we shall see how it grows. The shrimp seems happy as well as the flaming prawn goby. I swapped out the socks Thursday and will be cleaning old ones.

I also received the Inkbird ITC-306T wifi controller. There seems to be an issue with the app as I can control the fahrenheit exactly on the unit but not in app. When I swap to Celsius, this is resolved. While I can't turn the inkbird off, I can drop the temp and put back up so heater doesn't turn on.

Now I can adjust the lights and heater without touching. The AI Blade lights are working great. The corals are still adjusting but starting to notice more brighter colors coming through. I also lifted the frogspawn with another rock so it is higher and now should avoid touching anything. This gives the elegance more room as well.

We are currently still looking for a simple stand. Looking at single door accent tables that are 30 inches tall and since tank is just under 12 x 12 we are looking at ideas as it also has to fit our theme.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

I thought I updated but seems I did not. Monday after dropping our dog Maple off for her 8 week X-rays from knee surgery, we did some errands and stopped by the reef store.

I ended up buying a purple gorgonia. I ended up needing to cut and fought with it gluing it down to the pipe organ piece with the macro algae. This piece was larger than I thought. Also required some rearranging. Everything was a little closed up from moving around in the pics. I'll try and take better tomorrow.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Tank is still doing really well. Except a couple things I noticed. Only difference has been upgraded lighting and then placement.

The purple gonipora decided to close up. I had rearranged placement a bit for the gorgonia. This purple goni doesn't seem to have liked this. It is looking slightly better but will see how it does this week before moving again next water change. Since it's looking better since placing in different flow and the other goni is happy, this is what I'm suspecting. Plus doesn't help my shrimp like to sit on it lol.

The Pipe organ doesn't seem to be opening all its polyps. I was suspecting when I got that this would be the issue over time. I mainly bought for all the sponges and such hitchhiking. We will see how this does as well.

Plate coral got a little burnt from new light in beginning and showed some burning. After lowering light intensity slightly and placing things a bit different, it seems to be happier.

These blade lights produce a lot of par. They are now running at 20 percent from 25. The tank is still really bright. I am still on the hunt for a new stand.

The rest of the corals are doing great and adjusting to the new flow pattern. Things are still waking up a bit

 

[Ryebreadiest]

How do you like the tank itself?

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

How do you like the tank itself?

The tank itself I think is really nice. Back chambers have good room for things. Glass and seams seem well to. I wish they used a clear glue for front seams but doesn't take away From the tank. The equipment comes with it just needs to be chucked lol. Replace the pump and unless your using their steady flow nozzle. By a spin stream for random flow. Their filter sock and the adapter that you buy separately is good as well. Maybe better options for price vs what's usable. But I do like it.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Finally found a new stand. Should provide enough room for what I want to do. Also will be moved to a new spot. Has enough room to put my 2 water jugs under, one cabinet to manage the controllers and wires and the other for storage of everything else. There will still be plenty of space on the table top as well.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Was a very busy day. With long work day, replaced several door locks and build the new stand. Now to decide on mounting the lights and setting up the cabinet for the controllers.
Took some pictures with one of our pups photo bombing.