Just a real quick rundown on how my thread will be layed out. All official photos (photos that I wish to count toward contest requirements) will be posted in this post under the appropriate date. All unofficial photos (photos that I do not wish to count toward the requirements of the contest) will be posted in later posts.

I will also have other NR members vote on which pictures I should include under each month.

Aquarium
10 gallon AGA

Lighting
Coralife 150watt HQI hang-on

Skimmer
Skimmerless

Flow
Maxijet 1200 w/Hydor FLO wavemaker

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Entry photo


October
October 9th


October 14th


November

December

January

Febuary

March

Final FTS

I think this contest requires a newer sexier avatar!

Good luck everyone

I modded the prefilter of my remora skimmer to allow more water to flow thru the compartment. Originally water was overflowing the prefilter and dumping bubbles into the aquarium. So far this has really helped with that problem.



Alright vote time, which photo should I include in Octobers section?



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lol.this is like uyr 29g.
wat r u gonna do w/ the 29g (if anything)

Right now I am using it to seed some diy baserock that will someday go in my 90 gallon (whenever I get around to finishing it).

i vote for the second photo. also some suggestions, add a background, try to hide the MJ a little bit better, fill the tank with water to the top, and thats a lot of sand. but other than that, it looks good.

Thats as high as the water level can go. If it was any higher the prefilter wouldn't skim the surface

i like it the way it is... w/ all the sand and stuff

Me too. Not to mention I need the extra sand to make up for the lack of liverock. Also the mangrove needs a pretty deep bed. I think I'm going to go with a damsel as the major fish and maybe a shrimp goby. Any thoughts?

This lucky guy will never be used to cycle a system He gets a tank all to himself (well almost, but I don't think he will mind a small goby later on).

Well today I was at an auction and man did I get a munch of great stuff! Once everything opens I will take some pics.

Well here they are!











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These are some zoos that I am holding for a friend. Man will I miss them

Is my tank really this boring ???

i got a huge monti cap at the auctions chin, almost a centerpeice for my 10g frag/holding tank, wish i could get pics up on this site.

looks sweet i vote more mongroves tho

Well almost as boring as mine...j/k

Nice start. I love those zoas. Maybe a frag will 'accidentally' break off before you give it back to your friend.

Well it is leaning against the glass soo.....

sweet tank! i kinda like how open it is........ good luck with that damsel. i had one in my 10 gal last year, and he was awesome and beautiful till he strated to use his tail to spray sand EVERYWHERE!!!! my corals didnt like it, so i didnt like him! he was later fed to my mantis...... er i mean, given away to a good home...

loving the corals though!!!

So far he has been a model citizen especially to the rainfords goby I picked up a couple days ago. Don't know why haven't taken a pic of him yet

Where did you get that light? How much did it cost? I like a lot *drool*

I bought it at my lfs for $260. The owner gave me a discount as a b-day present (me and him are buds ) as it is normally $299 at store.

Just because the zoos are going back, doesn't mean you couldn't frag a few off the end

What bulb are you getting? Is it the stock coralife bulb? how do you like the bulb your currently using??

Its an Ushio 14k. Its a nice white with no blue tint however fluorecsent corals still have good colors.

OMG the maxijet in my 10 gallon slipped into the sand and sprayed EVERYTHING with sand! Fortunatly my softies are fine however my stonies arn't doing so well. The lps are taking it the hardest (most surface area for sand to settle). Hopfully everthing recovers but if the sps start to take a turn for the worst I will be moving them to another system and sticking to the softies (the very opposite of what I was wanting but what can ya do? )

Well unfortunatly I am going to have to drop out of the contest.... again. I don't know why I always have such bad luck! Most of the lps died after the sandstorm and the sps weren't doing to hot either. I would have put them in my 29 gallon however I was battling algae so that rock is currently being cooked (for thoughs of u who don't know what "cooking rock" is don't freak out. Its simply putting the rock in a dark bin with frequent water changes in order to remove excess detritus and algae). So all of my lps and sps are in a friend's tank while my remaining softies are in the 10 gallon with a piece of rock along with the goby. I am not a happy camper

wow.... that sucks.. forry to hear the Chin.
i hope things go better for you..... this tank really did look nice too...

i have never heard of sand killing corals, unless the sand has settled on your corals for more than 3 days maybe...i don't think your tank was old enough to have a nitrate trap under your sandbed either...something is fishy, don't quit yet!

It happend overnight so I didn't notice it right away. After cleaning the corals off they didn't look well. I ended up giving most to a friend, so far only a few made it