i found similar ones but nothing exact. anyways, i have some KRYLON PAINT!!!! WOOHOO! finally.. now i can paint and get started.

hmm.. should i paint the intake for my aquaclear filter?

YES!
And anything else that would stick out.
The first time I saw this was the IPSF nano-lagoon, and it looks so good. For $.03 in paint, it makes it look so nice.

finished taping and painting in half an hour. not bad. not bad. time for rockwork. maybe FTS tonight

FTS: November 18, 2009



Rockwork closeup:



not really likin the rockwork right now. inputs are welcomed =D

Possibly too much in the top middle. Is the one in the middle the same kind? It looks different, maybe that whats throwing it off. Maybe have the two largest ones on the left and right on top of the others?

ledge in the middle with the flat piece..

+1
the mountain look you have now just fills the tank with rocks top to bottom. If you put a ledge in the middle it gives it a more spread out look and you can put more on it.

okay i rearranged the rockwork.... its official.. my aquascaping skillz SUCK!. anyways.. added two blue leg hermit crabs today and i think one of them maybe had babies? i see little things swimming around and they look like microscopic shrimps. hahahah ill upload new pix after dinner =D

tell me whhatchu think.

I like the second better, but it's almost squarish...

ill move around little pieces to make it look less squared.

does anyone here have an experience with baby hermit crabs? what do feed them? will they even have a chance to mature? when do they develop their shells. if i get enough info.. i might just let them grow and not add any fishes.

More likely they little critters swimming around are copepods/amphipods from the rock. If your hermit crabs had spawned they'd be microscopic at first.
Nice rockscape.
Good Luck!

i might put that flat piece more middle/bottom. then put some rock on top maybe give it a little height and break the "skyline". just my thought though...

I like it! If you move anything around be sure to post pics.

im pretty sure theyre not copepods or amphipods.. i added dry sand and dry rock and 4 gallons of water from my frag tank. they look like tiny tiny tiny tiny shrimps with blueish eys and orange bodies. they appeared like two hours after i released my hermits. they were also free floating and bouncing around. i have amphipods and copepods in the frag tank and they look completely different. anyways, i dont really see much in my tank anymore. probably died because of malnutrition in the new tank.

thanks! i moved the rocks around again and added corals. i think it looks better. ill post pictures tonight when everything opens up.

now im just waiting for the tank to mature and coralive to cover up the rocks and back wall. phew.

well.... i ended up getting some fishies today.. i went to take a look around my lfs and walked passed a tank with about 15 baby percula clowns!!! i just HAD to get a pair!! they have been eating like crazy and sooo much fun to watch. im glad i got them. they are TINY!





^^ they are not as pale as they look.that picture is really discolored

Nice clowns but when I said pics I meant FTS lol. But seriously, I love those clowns. Post a new FTS when you get a chance. I am a huge 10G tank fan!

I knew what you ment i just forgot!!
im waiting to borrow a good camera to take the fts!!

yeah nice clowns. They're awesome looking!

thanks. theyve been swimming around my frogspawn and every time i stick my hand in the tank or bump on the glass they swim over to the frogspawn and hide =D. they r full of personality.

Updates? FTS?

got a new camera today but i also got a ps3 so ive been playing all day lol new fts tomorrow

Aquscape entry pic ?



http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=217175

no no no, i was going to take a new picture but my brother took the camera to his apartment in san francisco and wont be back till friday evening!! >:O

ill have the FTS friday night. the tank is lookin good!!!! better then i thought.

December 05, 2009

I need to move that frogspawn back and hopefully the Zoanthids will grow and spread out evenly.


I need to move that frogspawn back and hopefully the Zoanthids will grow and spread out evenly.

watermelon/eagle eye colony with some green Zoanthids in there and Green Bay Packers.



These clowns are SOOOOOO fun to watch!!

Those are some crazy small fishes. They make the tank look crazy big.

Omg, those baby clowns are way way way cute!

Yeah!!! they're TINY!!!!



i was so happy when i saw them at my LFS. theyre always swimming together in and out of my frogspawn.

for the aquascape shots if you did'nt like the one you had PM me a new one

i love all your new zoas. what a good size colony

thanks! theyve been growing pretty quick. icant wait for them to spread out evenly. my water has been evaporating quickly! i think its a mixture of th really cold air and warm water. i have to top off 1 in. of water daily =[

I know what you mean, i add alomst a gal of wqater everyday for my top offs

yeah thats crazy!!! i want an ATO for my tank. it'd save sooooo much time

what?

My office tank takes a little over a gallon a week but at home in the summer I go though about 7-8 gallons a week with fans running. In the winter I cut back to about 4-5 gallons weekly.

The ATO is the best thing ever. You never have to worry about too much evaporating over night.

i totally agree, ATO would be a thing to get. In ime I will be getting one. Unless if I was able to make me one.

I made one from a float, a 12V relay that can pass 120v across the contacts and an old laptop charger. It works great too.

could you show me how you make one

I removed the case for the laptop power supply and removed the wires. I then took the plug that the power cord plugs into and mounted it to the new case and soldered the wires into the correct spots. I also soldered the hot side of the A/C jack wire to the switched contacts of the relay and the other side of the switch to the A/C outlet. I then ran a wire directly from the common side of the A/C input on the right to the A/C output on the left.

For the trigger I used a regular float and hooked one side up to the 12v possitive of the power supply and the other side up to the coil of the relay. Then I hooked the 12v nagative side of the power supply to the other side of the relay coil. When the float goes down too much it send 12v to the coil of the relay and switches the relay on sending the A/C current to the hot side of the A/C outlet and turning on the pump.

Here is a crude drawing and an even cruder pic

thanks opy, i'll see what i can do with this helpful info

It was my pleasure. I was just sitting there and trying to figure out a DIW for an ATO and I had just trashed a dead laptop and decided the PS and a relay would work perfect. Then I added flare with the grey box, AC plug and mini jacks for the float.It's one of my prettier DIW projects lol.

that DIY ATO looks way too complicated for me. hahahahha



damsels, i ment 40 heads of watermelons not 400! LOL

Hey peewee... been following... let me know what you do about the ATO... I've been looking for a straightforward one myself as I'm a little skiddish on the DIYs and don't really trust the simplest systems. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Oh yeah...newest scape looks primo... better than the original! Keep it up! Would love to see more pics.

ok

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my tank crashed and im starting over. the clownfish died and most of the corals survived, im gonna do a barebottom tank with minimal rockwork. i bought a big rock of GSP so maybe a gsp carpet that ive wanted for a long time.

okay so heres my current FTS February 12,2010:



It's a work in progress. Everything is coming along nicely, all i need is a clean up crew

Heres my GSP rock that i need to attach to the bottom:

any commments on the tank??