It Continues.....



Tank: 14g Rubbermaid Roughneck tote (water volume: 11g)
Light: 2x24w T5HO [odyssea]................... (URI 14k/ Odyssea 12k)
Heat: 75w Marineland Stealth & 100w Stealth (Room gets cold @ nite)
Flow: 2x Koralia Nano's
Rack: Diy 3 step frag rack

Rock: 12.5 lbs.
Sand: what?










You can doeet too!

Ooooooh!!

Indeed!

Can't wait to see what ends up happening with this. I've got a 7.5g tank I can build, and I might copy your build!

yesss! ohhhhh, indeed



and thanx 4 stoppin by




It'll be nice... I promise.


copycat.
j/k

Well, mine would be bigger.

Wutt..

Ah snap.

sho' you right!

sooo.... this is boring. I hate the cycle.


Ugh...

It's torture, isn't it?

Cool!
What bulbs you using?

shouldnt have a huge cycle with live sand and live rock

1x URI 14k
1x AquaMedic Actinic (will be switched out for another 14k)



NO LS here......




my sentiments exactly.

just got my water tested at the lfs....

ammonia is maxed out, nitrite was thru the roof as well....
this is gonna take a while.

I got bored tonite, and wanted somethin' to take pix of,



soooo....








oh yeah.



this beast can hold 66 frag plugs, has two levels,
and has two "fish opening's" between the two level's for ease of swimming (if i decide to put a fichy in here....)



ANY THOTS?

nice design, but u might wanna make that lower section removable so you can access below for siphoning during a water change or when you drop a frag below it. Just my $.02 and horrible run-on sentence.

hey im liking!!!
giving me idea`s here (stolen it!)

AH SNAP!

thats a hellova run-on..... lol

thanx 4 the advice.






pics or it didnt happen....




DAMMIT TANK YOU NEED MOAR WERDS.

I am suprised your clown didnt find some way of getting in these pics too lol. Cant wait to see what magic you do to this one .

COOL!!!

Thanks guys.....





i H8 Cycling!

yer cycling? just dump a bunch of water from your other tank into this one to speed up the cycle bro. it'll cut the time in half

Fer real?


i guess im doin' that then....

I dont have much "cycling" experience

i used all water from my 70g to cure the rock for my 25. the process took about 1.5 week to finish the cycle.

True story. I used WC water to cycle my tank, and even with mostly dry rock, it didn't take too long.

Interesting, I have always been under the understanding that water does not contain nitrifying bacteria and that it resides on the hard surfaces within our tanks. Am I missing something here?

From what I understand, they're in the water column, but the vast majority live on/in the LR and LS.

The reason WC water helps is that it contains nutrients for the bacteria to feast upon. When using fresh saltwater, you need to "kick start" the cycle by adding something like a deli shrimp. Using WC water is the same process, but instead of waiting for the shrimp to decay, you've got waterborne nutrients from the start. Even with 0 ammonia, and 0 nitrite on the kit, they are still present in the water. They have to be, or the ammonia-consuming bacteria would die off, and you'd have a mini-cycle every time you fed!

Okay so you are going for the nutrient in the water column not the bacteria. Great thanx for the explanation.

No problem.

I have been wanting to add a frag tank to my RSM and might be stealin too....

Wait till you guys see what i did with the Rack.....





pixl8r.

When you're right, you're right...








I'm gonna make a hook to hold this section to the back wall.
that way, when i need to mess with the floor, I'll have a convenient place to set this section......
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the hook will go directly above the handle of the movable piece.
that way, it will hover over the top rack and not squish anyting






Lubb!!!

That turned out awesome!

Thanx MJ.....


But, most of the credit goes to Nanoyed for bringing a potential problem to light.

So, thank you Nanoyed as well...

You, my friend, are a genius! I am inspired! After my cruise next month I will be starting one of my own now lol.

damn i'm smooth!

Awww shucks opy...

cant wait to see yer version



Zap Brannigan?

first frags are wet....








just finished cycling.

gonna see how they do....

First Frags!

WERD.

Sweet! Now to go through your other thread looking for things I want you to frag for me .

perddy much....

20+ frags just went in....

I hope you still have room for the ones I am picking out lol. Pics!

Anything for you ope

Im just mad that i have to wait so long to put SPS in here....

I'm the same way! I have a strong itch to put SPS in my 29g, but I can't either.

Well when you can put sps in there frag me some pink milli. That thing is sweet!