INTRO
This is my first time doing a tank contest, so I'm pretty geeked to get this started. This tank will be LPS and Softies only. This tank will be home to a baby tomato clown and a baby green banded goby. Good luck to all contestants, stock and custom.

That bottle of Knob Creek will be opened when the contest is over and enjoyed over some ice cubes!

THE TANK
-TRUVU 10 gallon black back (Thanks Roxy25!)


THE LIGHTING
-Current USA 20" 40w PC


POWERHEADS AND HANG ON BACK FILTERS
-AquaClear 50 (200 GPH)
-Zoo Med Power Sweep 212 (125 GPH)
-**Maxi-Jet 600 (160 GPH)
-**Hydor FLO

** Replaced on 10/20/06


HEATER
-Visi-Therm Stealth Heater 50W

MISC
-10 lbs. Nature's Ocean Reef Sand
-50% Fresh NSW
-50% from established tank
-6 lbs. Fiji rock from established tank


ENTRY PHOTO



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MARCH



-Asin

Thats a really nice looking tank, I can't wait to see some life in it! Good luck in the contest!

Thanks, Buck.

What's up bro. That truely is a nice looking tank. I can see a real potential there. Best of luck.


GO '04 reefers!

welcome to the contest, good looking tank! oh and good luck!
luscien

oh man, have fun with that knob creek.... yuck! keep us posted, cant wait to see it progress

Cesar: Thanks bro! I will try my best to uphold the standards that '04 reefers have set.


luscien: Thanks and good luck to you.


sandlot13: I will have fun with that Knob Creek. Nothing better than whiskey on the rocks!



-Asin

UPDATE:

-10 lbs. Nature's Ocean Reef Sand
-50% Fresh NSW
-AquaClear 50

UPDATE:

Added 50% of water from established tank. Also added a few lbs. (about 6 lbs.) of rock from the same established tank.

FTS: Still a bit cloudy. I will update when its cleared up.





-Asin

UPDATE:

Added the following:
-Baby Tomato Clown. (From Pacific Reef in Torrance)
-2 Red Hermit Crabs (From Pacific Reef in Torrance)





FTS:






-Asin

I really like the open look!

Thanks, Prowland. I do too. Its something different for me, I usually go with the back wall up to the surface. But, I'm going with the open island look. I will attempt to put all rock in the center, with open sand in front and back. We'll see how it goes.



-Asin

i have a 5 gallon with very little rock in it, and another small mantis. i realy like it. i have another 5 gallon andit has a lot of stuff in it and its ok, but i like the other one better.
his tank looks great.
luscien

Thanks, luscien.

hoho, moving along well there bro~
lemme know if you need anything!

Thanks, bro. You know I can always use frags. Anything you got that is small, just keep me in mind!

I've decided that the frags I bought from you will be the first that I put in this tank. Just a little thank you for helping me out.


-Asin

UPDATE:

Added the following frags:

(From EZCOMPANY)



(From EZCOMPANY)



(From EZCOMPANY)



(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)




FTS's:





P.S. - Location of frags is only temporary.

More updates tomorrow!
-Asin

<3

Looking sweet dude.

Adin & Cesar, thanks for the compliments. I still got a long way to go!

UPDATE:

Added the following frags:

(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



(From one8thscale)



(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



(From one8thscale)



FTS



-Asin

UPDATE!

Added the following frags:


(From Pookstreet)



(From Pookstreet)



(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



FTS



-Asin

Damn, pacific reef has some nice stuff!

Pacific Reef is awesome. Great staff and great prices. It has now become my number one stop. I highly recommend it if you live in SoCal.


-Asin

do they have a website? I may go down there in a month or two. I make regular trips to the bay area anyway.

Bay area? As in SF? They are located in Torrance, CA. They have a website, but I think its down.


http://www.pacificreefstores.com/




-Asin

Damn bro you are coming around very good. You keep it at this rate your going to win the contest with all those cool corals. Very cool dude. Thumbs up!

Thanks bro. I'm kind of following yours and Tigah's lead. Hopefully my tank will live up to the standards that Tigah and yourself set.

BTW, how's your tank doing? Any extra frags laying around you don't need??

EQUIPMENT UPDATE:


I will be replacing my Power Sweep 212 with the following:


-Maxi-Jet 600 (160 GPH)
-Hydor FLO


-Asin

The power sweep gimmick is nice, if you like to clean it all the time lol. Is that why you switched to a FLO?

No, actually I've had it for quite some time now. It never gave me any problems until now. I never cleaned it either. Its actually the third PS I've owned and never had any issues with them.

But, in this small of a tank, they do tend to run a bit warm, so I decided instead of getting another one, I would just switch to a MJ600 and cut down on heat issues. The H-FLO will replace the "wave action" that the PS does.




-Asin

Oh damn dude thanks. What an honor.

Don't be so modest, bro. Your 20G was awesome. I have yet to see that 40 of yours though, what's up with that?

UPDATE:


Added a few lbs. of rock and re-scaped. Also added a frag and a baby six line wrasse.



Six Line Wrasse (From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



(From One8thscale)



Right side of scape:



Left side of scape:



FTS:



Next update: Tomorrow!


-Asin

That's such a cute wrasse! It's looking really nice!

Thanks, he's pretty cool. Tiny, about 1" or less and getting along pretty well with my baby tomato clown.

UPDATE:


Re-scaped... again. I think I like it this time. Hopefully it stays. Added a couple of frags aswell.


(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)



The boyz chillin'



FTS with new 'scape



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-Asin

Oooh, very nice!! Looks like it's coming along quite well!

Thanks, Pal.

Israel,

I want my tank back !!!! j/k lol

Wow you cleaned it up nicely it looks brand new !!!!!
Every thing looks good so far good luck with the contest

Lots of nice frags.

The tank was just fine, Roxy. I just cleaned it a bit, no biggie.

Thanks for the compliment, Truck!

I'm trying to figure out what the best place to put the MJ600 w/Hydor FLO in the tank would be. As you can see in the pictures, the AC50 is on the right and does a pretty good job on that side. Does anybody have a similar set-up on their 10 gallon? Where do you have the MJ600 w/Hydor pointing?


TIA



-Asin

Looking great!
In my 10 I have my powerhead (MJ600) aimed across the return of the powerfilter (ac110). I like how this disperses the flow around the tank a little better and i would think that the Hydor-flo would make that work even better.

Thanks, Buck! For the compliment on the tank and the suggestion on the MJ. I think that's what I will do.



-Asin

UPDATE:


Added the following frag:

(From Pacific Reef in Torrance)




October FTS has been added to first post. But, I posted it here aswell.


FTS:




-Asin

Man you must have some serious funds for this project dude. Real cool. I need to go to that Torrance place.

Those great corals are going to look even better once they are mounted to the rock structure, I can't wait to see how you arrange them.

Thanks guys. I've got a pretty good budget. I sold my 20 gallon setup with stand and canopy last week, so that gave me extra funds! Buck, I trying to figure out where to mount the frags aswell. I'm having a tough time doing it right now, I'm using super glue, but it dries so fast once you place it in water. I'm trying to figure out the best way to do it without having to remove the LR from the display. You got any ideas or suggestions?


Cesar, I've got about 10 more frags kickin' it in my qt tank, so there's more to come!


-Asin

Wowzies. Looking good Asin. That tomato must be tiny! Sweet.

Thanks, lgreen. Yeah, the Tomato is less than 1 inch and the sixline is about 1 inch, they are getting along swell.



-Asin