lilredneckman Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Well as many of you know i got a Red Sea MAX for Christmas. I have it set up but have no sand or rock or water in it yet. I made a custom stand will have to post some pics later because it is time to eat!! Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Well as i said earlier i would post some pics so here they are.. Tank without sand in it Custom stand I now have added sand also. I will have to take some more pics tomorrow when it has cleared up. Hopefully i will be able to go get some rock tomorrow! LMK what ya think! Link to comment
Nick's Reef Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 That stand is nice! Link to comment
StevieT Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 woot woot !!! i think you forgot the water Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 woot woot !!! i think you forgot the water Lol actually i got water in there now Thanks for the compliments all! More pics tomorrow!! Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 hey StevieT, when you said take the bio balls out do you mean the white little ring type of things in a bag? Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Well here are some pics of it after it has cleared up some It was completely clear this morning but i had to level the sand out. By the way there is 40lbs of sand in their in case you were wondering. Moonlights during the day And daytime lights on Link to comment
Urchinhead Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 hey StevieT, when you said take the bio balls out do you mean the white little ring type of things in a bag? (Fishhead2 answering for Stevie. Sorry Stevie): Yes thats exactly what he means. Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 (Fishhead2 answering for Stevie. Sorry Stevie): Yes thats exactly what he means. ok thanks! Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 So guess what, im getting rock from Nick's reef! it's only 11lbs for now but i will get more soon. Heres a pic. Link to comment
H20 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 The white rings in the bag are ceramic media. The bio balls are usually little plastic-type 'balls'. You may have both, or you may only have the ceramic rings in yours. Mine came with both, and I took both out. If you have live rock in your tank, there is no need for either. Congrats on getting such a nice Christmas present! Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 The white rings in the bag are ceramic media. The bio balls are usually little plastic-type 'balls'. You may have both, or you may only have the ceramic rings in yours. Mine came with both, and I took both out. If you have live rock in your tank, there is no need for either. Congrats on getting such a nice Christmas present! Ok thanks on the info, i will take out the rings right now, i don't have any bio balls. My tank still looks like it did in the picture, it does not seem to be clearing up anymore. It looks really cloudy, how can i reduce that? Link to comment
reefone Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Ok thanks on the info, i will take out the rings right now, i don't have any bio balls. My tank still looks like it did in the picture, it does not seem to be clearing up anymore. It looks really cloudy, how can i reduce that? put some kind of sponge or filter floss in the rear chamber to catch the debris. or just wait it should settle down after a couple days. Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 put some kind of sponge or filter floss in the rear chamber to catch the debris. or just wait it should settle down after a couple days. Ok, thanks i will go add some filter floss right now. Link to comment
StevieT Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 The white rings in the bag are ceramic media. The bio balls are usually little plastic-type 'balls'. You may have both, or you may only have the ceramic rings in yours. Mine came with both, and I took both out. If you have live rock in your tank, there is no need for either. Congrats on getting such a nice Christmas present! the RSM comes with the rings, no bio balls. I will always call any bio media "bio balls" just a habbit. and yes, chuck them and don't look back. Run the black sponge and the filter floss for a few days. Then you can chuck the filter floss, it's important not to let it plug up too much, it will interupt your flow through the filtration chambers. Link to comment
Nick's Reef Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 How do you like the rock I sold you? Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 the RSM comes with the rings, no bio balls. I will always call any bio media "bio balls" just a habbit. and yes, chuck them and don't look back. Run the black sponge and the filter floss for a few days. Then you can chuck the filter floss, it's important not to let it plug up too much, it will interupt your flow through the filtration chambers. ok, thanks for the info, i will run the filter floor for a week and then toss it. How do you like the rock I sold you? The rock looks great, great transaction and prices. Heres some pics of it in the tank. close-up FTS And here is a close up on some blue marks, the skeleton is dead sps and i think it may be partially alive. Don't worry, i will be getting allot more rock. Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Forgot to add i also got some more corals today because they were such a good deal. I will be keeping them in my 5g pico till the RSM cycles. Bullseye shroom Red shroom I also got a little cheato from Nick's Reef and got a pink paly frag too. Will post pics when it opens. Also got a free frag of radioactive green dragon eyes. None of these will be added until the tank cycles, but they will get added eventually. Link to comment
spanko Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Now you're moving. rock looks good but I agree with you as you need some more. Glad you are waiting on adding the coral to this tank. Be patient and let the tank mature. You will probably see some little cycle from this rock as well as anymore you put in. The problem with adding some rock now and then later is of course the need to wait again. You want to get to the point where you have added the total amount you are going to add then wait to ensure cycling has done it's thing. Adding a little at a time prolongs the wait period before you can add anything. Nice looking shrooms though. As for any life in that blue spot, I don't think so but you never know what will happen. Just keep an eye on it and hope for the best. To me that piece of rock, if it is the one on the lower right, looks like a pc or ornamental coral you would buy, not a pc of live rock. It will though become live rock as the bacteria colonize in it. It may already be live if the person you got it from had it in their tank for any amount of time. I could be all washed up on that but JMO. Keep us posted on your progress lilred. Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Now you're moving. rock looks good but I agree with you as you need some more. Glad you are waiting on adding the coral to this tank. Be patient and let the tank mature. You will probably see some little cycle from this rock as well as anymore you put in. The problem with adding some rock now and then later is of course the need to wait again. You want to get to the point where you have added the total amount you are going to add then wait to ensure cycling has done it's thing. Adding a little at a time prolongs the wait period before you can add anything. Nice looking shrooms though. As for any life in that blue spot, I don't think so but you never know what will happen. Just keep an eye on it and hope for the best. To me that piece of rock, if it is the one on the lower right, looks like a pc or ornamental coral you would buy, not a pc of live rock. It will though become live rock as the bacteria colonize in it. It may already be live if the person you got it from had it in their tank for any amount of time. I could be all washed up on that but JMO. Keep us posted on your progress lilred. Yeah i understand that i need to let it cycle after putting all of the rock in for a while. I will probably just wait a month or so just to make sure that it had completely cycled. The only reason i ask about the blue sop because there seems to be quite a few of them. Maby it will come back a color up, who knows. Thanks for the info! Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Well i got bored so i decided to make up my stocking list. FISH pair of red banded gobys pair of clowns maby one other fish but i have not decided yet (if so probably a coral beauty) CORALS Tons of zoas/palys hammer mushrooms ricordia red monti few acans (maby) GSP duncan INVERTS 10 blue legged hermits 1 pepperment shrimp 5 turbos 10 nass 7 ceriths 1 emerald crab MACRO ALGAE halamedia cheato Well i think that is it. Link to comment
StevieT Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Where are you planning on putting the cheato? Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Where are you planning on putting the cheato? Well i think i am going to get a soap dish and put it in the main display. I am going to try to cover the sides with some rock and hide it kind of near the back but still getting light. kind of hard to explain. EDIT: Maby this will help.( lol i love paint) Link to comment
Mickle Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I like the cabinate, whats the lil door for? Link to comment
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