So when do the fish come? That tank is NICE.

You should get a school of powder blue tangs.

Like this,

it has been awhile! this thing is amazing!!!!.... the whole room! We gotta link up one of these days!

Hey, Tank looks great with the school of tangs Cal.....Is that you in the back there?


OK, seriously tho, it really looks sweet.

i need to get in on this

Thanks, fish will come eventually... Tank is way too small for most tangs, let alone a school of tangs. I will probably try to get a small tang for the tank, perhaps 1 PB.




Give me a call, my number hasn't changed...



LOL! Thanks!



You're in

Huh Huh, I said urine.
- Butthead

It's gonna look great no matter what. There are so many options with this that is a given. Have fun scaping.

looks great! I would vary the height of the rockwork more, like have some parts really shallow (only 1 rock tall) and then maybe one part on the end going all the way to the waterline almost. Or make the entire rockscape only 1 layer tall. That would go great with the ultra long panoramic style tank -kinda like danskim's tank:

Hello Calvin415.

Your tank build is the coolest build I have ever seen.

Just want to wish you and all forum users a happy new year.

I can't wait to see the rest of the build.

Christer
Kongsvinger, Norway

AWESOME TANK! :D:D:D:D:D:D
finally come online after a week in Goa without internet and this is so worth the price of the internet cafe!!
looks amazing, what sand you gna get?
ARHHH im jelous ^_^

peacee

This tank is going to be the absolute best (well ... it already is ... )
Seriously it is amazing!!! ... I have been folloWing it since you started this tank ... I am so impressed with what you have done with it!!!
I like the multiple island scaping personally ... maybe shelve like structures on the ends then a couple islands in the middle ... I am sure you will design it perfectly.

Congratz on the build!!!

Now let's see some fishies and corals!

-David

looks great cal! can't wait to see everything filled in.

Thanks, I'm having a hard time right now drilling without the rock breaking, so the next few days should be interesting...



I don't want to go to the water line, but I do want to lower the rock work height...



Christer, first WELCOME to Nano-Reef! Thank you very much for the compliment!!! I hope I don't disappoint you.



LOL! Thanks! I'm tossing up the idea of getting some southdown...



Thanks David! I'm hoping I can get the rock work going by this weekend. No ETA on fish or coral though. Of course I still have my lights to figure out.



Thanks, me either.

I am in awe of your talent and what you have put together here Calvin. I like the single layer rock look with lots of sand and sand dwelling inhabitants like corals, clams, crabs etc. It would be like snorkeling over a shallow reef before it drops off into deeper water. I'm sure that whatever you decide to do it will be an awesome, interesting setup.

im sure what ever you do with the rock work it will look amazing. cant wait to see more.

im thinking about using hydraulic cement to glue the rocks together with sand pushed on top.

I think the scaping would look amazing with a nice open bare look towards the middle (I know you have fittings to hide, so possibly hide it with minimal rock). from there you would have your left and right sides, a nice open middle to have short grassy plants.

oh boy I wish I had your tank to play around with, i bet its super fun!

bump... any progress?

OMG!

Awesome tank Calvin

Hey Calvin just wanted to stop by and see the progress! It looks awesome as expected!

Cant wait to see the lights on it!

Thanks for all the posts everyone, I pulled out about 1/3 of the rock (50lbs) and used some acrylic pegs with matching holes drilled... The lone drain strainer will be pluged and removed so please ignore that. Let me know what you think... Actually at this point I guess I don't really care what anyone thinks, this is at thinned out as I willing to do, and might add some back in depending how it looks with sand.

oooh, Looks very nice! Can't wait for sand.

well in that case, it sucks dont bother with it! heeee jokes it looks awesome, love the little caves and stuff, really natural
whats happening with the white thing in the middle?
god im envious lol that tank would look awesome with a school of chromis or anthias

He said he was plugging and removing it later.

Looking good Calvin a little sparse in my opinion. Personally I like to see varied levels in aquascaping. Otherwise though it looks really good. I do like the open space you've created towards the end there.

Thanks! I now have 90lbs of sand in it, but I want another 30lbs... Pics will follow once I have the other 30 or if I get antsy before I can get the sand.



Thanks, the white thing is now gone, covered with a plug. I'll try to get something in there for a bioload in the next week or two.



Yep, it's gone. Yeah I thought it was a little sparse as well, but I thought about it and I figure most corals I'll pick up will have a base rock to them anyway...

Calvin, best "nano" build ever.......everyone else, give up and die.

Seriously

Very cool! I've been following since the beginning then for the past few months havent been getting email notifications so I thought that you might have taken a break but am glad you didnt!

LOL! Thanks bro!



Thanks for following up then, not sure what's up with the emails stopping...


Well all the dust has settled and this sugar fine aragonite looks incredible!!! With the flow the bottom of the tank looks so real! It even has dunes!!! I can't wait to get the last bag added and post some pics!

sand in it already, Man you work fast. Cant wait to see that. just wondering are the lights almost done?? i know it will even more different once those puppys are on it. the thing looks great.

PICS PICS PICS PICS !
I can't wait to see it with sand in it !!!

ooooooooo!!! sand!!!! another update i can look foward too!!! thanx again for the suspense!! its like waiting for the new season of 24!!! good job brodda!! thanx!! keep it up!!! any thoughts onm livestock yet? going for any type of theme??

Not fast enough... Lights are still a light at the end of the tunnel. That is the next project just waiting on the time. Perhaps this week.



Soon enough, I'll be picking up the last bag of sand tomorrow night (as long as it's not sold out) so you can expect pics on Tuesday if the dust is settled (should be 3 bags were clear in less than 24hrs).



LOL! Livestock is still in the air, I was strongly considering a bunch of cuttles, but seeing all this sand makes me want to go with a bunch of leopard wrasses... I guess only time will tell. I'm hoping to throw in a school of chromis to put some poo in the tank and see how the seeding of the LR goes. I have 1 piece of actual LR, everything else was dry so I need to get that bacteria spread.


Thanks for the feedback everyone, hard to believe so many people are following this.

hard to beleive??? you've started a 12' cult!!

Yea, plus it's one of the few threads I actually get email notifications for, so I got that goin' for me.....which is nice.

We love this tank Cal!

Oh, I also updated my sig line with my last tank if anyone didn't already know or make the connection on my last tank.

Thanks for all the feed back guys, I truly appreciate it!!!

Okay, just for you hard cores...

It's just a preview so yes it's short.

Su weeet!

Awesome !
Seriously cool how those patterns have formed in the sand

you little tease you. ITS AMAZING SAND,



but honestly it doesnt even look like there is water in the tank in that video.

isnt sugar grain simply the best?
ive got some in my tank, though its not as clean as yours (got it from the beach its got some darker pebbles and stuff in, and came with a few baby crabs and bivalves and stuff) but its amazing to make dunes etc with and looks soooo natural
great tank so far:D

Looking great

absolutely stunning!!! I just love this tank and if I had the talent/money/room/husband that would allow me to...i would soooo copy this build!!! keep up the fantastic work and I can't wait to see the lights too!

SAND!!!

thats cause his water hasnt finished getting wet.

calvin you big tease!!! great to see sand! wow, were getting excited over sand!!

LOL



Thanks!



Thanks, I hope I get there everywhere, I just added the last bag of sand so we'll see how it looks tomorrow...



LOL! Thanks, oh there is definately water in there, I pulled about 2 gallons from my skimmer cup Saturday night from all the sand debris...



Yeah, I never knew what I was missing. Thanks!



Thanks!



LOL! yeah I'm very lucky to have a wife that allows me to do what ever I want when it comes to a tank, she get's into it enough to know the names of everything, but leaves it up to me to decide what to put in it. Still hoping to get started on the canopy in the near future...







I know, it's sand, you'd think I filled it with Gem Tangs with the excitement level.





If you didn't see the post above, I added 1 more bag of sand tonight giving me 120lbs totals, now I just need the haze to clear... Hopefully it will be enough sand. Thanks for all the support and feedback everyone!

Looks Great Calvin............Can't wait for the Fish and Coral stage , gonna be some tank then !

Looks awesome!!

so are you still putting the chromis in to get some bioload in there?
if u do it may help to underskim and just use a bottle of bacteria culture, to give the bacteria more "food" to grow on, should cycle and spread the bacteria faster

anyway keep up wit the updates