Hello from Culver City, glad to be back in California!

[bruinhd]

Hi y'all, I just moved back to California in May after spending 5 years out in Chicago. Let me say I love Chicago, NYC, Denver, Portland, Seattle...etc, but there is NO place that can replace Los Angeles. This is my home forever and ever. It's the greatest city in America, bar none.

1, My name is Henry
2, Location: Culver City
3, Working on setting up a tank! Had to break all my old ones down in Chicago before moving back! =(
4, Got addicted while out in Chicago because winters get cold and miserable.
5, 5 years

Here are some pics of my old nano tanks:

As you can see, I am very much into nano tanking. However I am trying to move away from it because it is very frustrating to maintain parameters with a small volume of water and it is much more time intensive than large tanks if you can believe it!

 

[Beezaroh]

Welcome! You've had nice tank! Clean look. Theres very few of us reefers here in the westside. Glad to see a local reefer.

 

[WayneL333]

Welcome back home! Let me know if you need a couple of starter sps frags when you're ready.

 

[MrSquid]

Welcome! Great to see another west-sider. (I'm in Venice - also moved here from the Midwest)

 

[Assyrian fish guy]

welcome back to LA, and welcome to SCRK. have fun, ask question, and dont get mad about what ppl may say.

:wel1:

 

[pgr11]

Welcome home. Good looking tanks you've had. Make sure to start a build thread when you setup a new one

 

[JJsBoas]

Welcome, Henry! Glad you made it back home to Cali!! Good looking tanks. What size is that first one and what kind of lighting do you have over it? Looks like a DIY fixture?

 

[gr1mm]

Welcome to SCR, nice looking tanks, im sure your next one will be just as nice.

 

[bruinhd]

Shoulda mentioned, I also did freshwater tanks but I am just going to focus on nano saltwater again.

 

[rroselavy]

Hello Henry, and welcome back to this corner of the US. I live on the West Side as well.

I especially like your minimalist style of reef tank. Looking forward to your next one.

Why are nano tanks MORE work? More work per gallon you mean?

I am thinking of starting second tank - a nano this time. To me it seems as if it is overall LESS work since water changes are much smaller, and there is less livestock to tend to. Seems like I would also save considerable money on consumables like electricity, salt, bulbs, RODI filters/resin, additives, and food.

Perhaps I am missing something...

 

[BeanMachine]

welcome back to LA, and welcome to SCRK. have fun, ask question, and dont get mad about what ppl may say.

:wel1:

He means SCR (Socalireefs) hehe but yeah join SCRK (Southern California Reef Keepers) we meet once a month on the 3rd Sunday in Signal Hill. Just not this month due to Reefapalooza.

 

[dorkymk3]

Welcome to SCR!


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[oredith]

Why are nano tanks MORE work? More work per gallon you mean?

I am thinking of starting second tank - a nano this time. To me it seems as if it is overall LESS work since water changes are much smaller, and there is less livestock to tend to. Seems like I would also save considerable money on consumables like electricity, salt, bulbs, RODI filters/resin, additives, and food.

Perhaps I am missing something...

i can only speak for myself, but maintaining the 12g nano is a royal PITA.

yes, the water changes are easier, and the additives a lot less, but, generally with a nano, you don't have the same level of equipment you would a large tank.

without an ATO, and a chiller, keeping even salinity stable was a nightmare a couple months back. i was losing 1+ gal in evaporation a day.

and finally,

Welcome!..

 

[evad1]

http://youtu.be/oM4EBr7F9Jc

there's nothin like LA
welcome!!!!

 

[SAKTEK]

Hi y'all, I just moved back to California in May after spending 5 years out in Chicago. Let me say I love Chicago, NYC, Denver, Portland, Seattle...etc, but there is NO place that can replace Los Angeles. This is my home forever and ever. It's the greatest city in America, bar none.

1, My name is Henry
2, Location: Culver City
3, Working on setting up a tank! Had to break all my old ones down in Chicago before moving back! =(
4, Got addicted while out in Chicago because winters get cold and miserable.
5, 5 years

Here are some pics of my old nano tanks:

As you can see, I am very much into nano tanking. However I am trying to move away from it because it is very frustrating to maintain parameters with a small volume of water and it is much more time intensive than large tanks if you can believe it!

Welcome back Carlos. I love your third picture with the microscope next to your tank. Experimenting on your corals. Lol!!!

 

[bruinhd]

who is Carlos??

but yeah, nano is a major pain because the parameters change FAST. when a fish dies, it can crash your tank FAST, like while you're at work all day. When you first start on the nano route, you find yourself doing desperate water changes a lot when you make mistakes because ammonia will spike really high when it does. Your water and bacterial buffer is minimal and unforgiving. From a management side, yes, the water changes are much more manageable. As for dosing, I find it dangerous and unecessary at the nano level. If you are making your own saltwater and doing water changes weekly, you don't need to dose anything because there will be adequate levels of additives in the salt.