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My daughter has been egging me on to get "nemo & dorry". Well Land Lord wont let me get a Big Boy tank. So in comes this beautiful 72 bow. Picked it up on ebay for a song & a 1/2.

 

EQUIPMENT

 

AGA 72 bow black trim

AGA 72 bow black stand

Versa tops

 

48" aqua medic (4x54w t5) light.

 

Pictures in the morning after it's cleaned

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Minor update:

 

Ordered the following items

 

30 lbs base rock

60 lbs of indo pacific (black and white) sand

2 maxi jet pro 400's (in circ mode capable of 500gph)

i've never used them in this fashion, but for 1/2 the price of a comparable koralia & 1/3 the price of a tunze, it's worth a try

300 watt eheim jager heater

coralife digital thermometer

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=288850

 

ideas?

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  • 2 weeks later...

Rock, sand, pumps & heaters came in.

 

Afixed a black background to the tank.

 

Ordered the following

 

cs90 overflow

taam rio 1700

AquaC Remora Urchin (with maxijet 1200)

 

Picking up a 29g tank from petland & diy'ing a sump.

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Making fast progress!

 

having a small amount of disposable income always helps the process.

 

It wont get wet till on or around january 15th (safe estimate)

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having a small amount of disposable income always helps the process.

 

It wont get wet till on or around january 15th (safe estimate)

 

well that was a bold faced lie.

 

Tank has been wet for a few days now. Been feeding a cube of mysis a day to get a amonia spike (which i now have)

 

current readings

 

ammonia .5 ppm

nitrites 0.0 ppm

nitrates 0.0ppm

sg 1.016

temp 80.5*

 

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Try some of these^

 

Very in detail, not mine but helpful I hope :)

 

 

I will try that, good thing I haven't ripped out that upper baffle yet. Also need to finish off the spray bar.

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Well it's been about 10 days now. Here are the readings.

 

Temp 80.4*

sg 1.017

ammonia ~0.25ppm

nitrite not quite 0ppm, but not at the .25ppm mark yet.

nitrate 0ppm (YEP)

 

 

Not going to test again till next week. It's doing it's thing. Just to dam slowly.

 

Anyway, havent had time to put much thought or try anything to reduce the micro bubbles. Tuesday im gonna head on down to ACE & install a TEE in the return line. Kick some of the flow back to the intake chamber, also adding in 2 more tees for expansion (wish list includes a chiller, reactor & idk). Also gonna buy some Filter pad to wedge into my baffles. Might get around to making a spray bar, unlikely, as im happy with the 3/4" outlet.

 

If all else fails, i will try reversing the flow of the sump (instead of left to right, i will try right to left) Beyond that, A filter sock. If that doesnt work. Tear down the sump & try again.

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well i lied.

 

tested the water again.

 

Temp 78.0 (moved the heater to the sump & dialed it back a bit)

sg 1.017

ammonia 0.0ppm

nitrite 0.5ppm

nitrate 0.0ppm

 

And I ordered more rock

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I find your post ironic..lol I am watching Storage Wars as we speak back episodes on Netflix. YUUUP !

 

Not a fan of the new Texas version

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  • 2 weeks later...

did a 4g water change (4g weekly works better than 8g bi weekly)

 

also bought a 6 line wrasse.

 

Whats left on the list? Mostly fish.

 

Flame Angel

Fire fish trio

reef chromis trio

Long Fin Fairy Wrasse

Royal Gramma

Mandarin

 

fuge light

Skimmer

Macro algae

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Lost a clown fish for unknown reasons. Carcass was not found. Parameters all normal (ammonia zero, trites & trates zero). Guessing the CUC had a tasty meal.

 

Refugium algae came in today.

 

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red gracilaria isnt fairing to well. Everything else has brightened up & is growing rapidly. Yes growing even at 1 week.

 

newest addition to the tank is a flame angel.

 

Total fish count is at 4 now.

 

Yellow Tang

False perc.

6 Line wrasse

Flame Angel

cleaner shrimp

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