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Nanocrazed 2025 Budget Build! -- 5G Fluval

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NanoCrazed

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Equipment:

  • 5G Fluval, spare tank I bought on a sale back in 2017 (if I recall, I bought it for $75... so FMV, about $30?)
  • 50W heater, spare (FMV $10)
  • Light, spare (Lominie, $35 bought during Prime Day 2 years ago - FMV $20)
  • ATO, pulled together from spare parts I had laying around ($0)
  • 10G Aqueon, spare tank for ATO reservoir I got from a fellow BAR member several years ago ($0)
Misc. Parts -- 3D printed:

  • RFG nozzle ($0)
  • Overflow lid ($0)
  • ATO Reservoir lid ($0)
Decoration (from previous tanks):
  • Sand ($0)
  • Rocks ($0)
Livestock:
  • 2 clowns from other tanks ($0)
  • fireshrimp from other tank ($0)
  • purple tang from other tank ($0)
  • goni won at CFM ($0)
  • purple gorgonia frag with a bit of atomic broccoli macro ($15)
  • CC inferno BTA from @thephoreefer ($100) -- originally was going to use Nexus jokers from home, then decided on BWs but settled on the inferno with the deal I couldn't pass up!
Total damage: $175

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some 3d printed parts to customize my tank...

RFG nozzle -- this was a pain to get right. I had modeled it using another Fluval 5G at home than realize the internals were different size than the one in my office...

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Overflow lid:

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2X lids for Aqueon 10G for ATO Reservoir:

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Mr. Seahorse said:
Great setup but the purple tang needs a much larger tank than 5 gallons.
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agreed -- it's just here temporarily as a nursery of sorts... still too small for my DT as the other tangs will our compete it for food. Once it gets a bit bigger, then will move it there.

Have had it since it was less than a half dollar size...

That said, I plan on using my office tank as a nursery for baby tangs since a lot of them are so tiny from LFSes...

Brings up a good question, if I take stock out, does the setup cost go down? :)
 
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