HiImSean Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 so i've been trying to set up my 25g cube for QUITE some time now. my wife and i are moving sometime in the next 4months so i don't want to set it up just to have to move it just after cycling. so in the mean time im going to quench my SW thirst by doing a 5.5g pico. i picked up about 50lbs of macro rock for my 25g so i will be using some of that for the 5.5g equipment 5.5g AC70/fuge 50w heater Rapid LED par38 light timer fish Onyx Percula Clown inverts 1 Astrea snail 4 Nassarius snail 6 Dwarf Cerith 1 Blue Porcelain Crab 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp corals LPS Hammer Frogspawn Red Acan Multicolor Acan x2 War Coral Pink and Green Blasto Red Blasto Blue Pink-Eyed Chalice Green Red-Eyed Chalice Cornbread BGM Chalice Tyree Pink Watermelon Chalice Jayda Chalice SPS Garf Bonsai Pink Mille Zoas/Polys Eagle Eye Whammin Watermelons Chong bongs Radioactive Dragon Eye King Midas Blue and Teals TRPE PPE Magicians Blue Agave Red Halo Pyschic PE Blue Tubbs Green PE unknown Orange Blue Hornet Softies Green Ricordea Yellow and Green Ricordea Yuma Pink and Purple Ricordea after the tank gets started up I will probably add an ATO system since i am out of my office 1-2days every couple weeks. since it was friday and i was bored i did a layout i think i like. i think i will do it a peninsula with the HOB at one end and maybe a small powerhead eventually at the other. planned scape let me know what you guys think and if i need anything or should change anything. Current FTS 11/22 12/12/11 12/15/11 12/22/11 1/23/12 2/27/12 3/19/12 4/10/12 5/28/12 7/19/12 Link to comment
metrokat Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 i love it, looks roomy, cavernous, open all at the same time. Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 thanks, i think it should fill up well Link to comment
JR! Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 gonna follow this. looks like its gonna be cool Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 yay picked up my tank last night, getting a few more things today. i hope monday it will have water on my lunch break Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 thanks. i painted the back of the tank, picked up some silicon for the HOB filter, and some epoxy. im soaking the HOB filter and heater in a vinegar bath. i was using them in a FW tank for the last few yrs so they were kind of dirty. also picked up a RapidLED par38 too Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 the fuge is now drying! here are some pics in the mean time Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 and here we go. im still trying to find a bulb, i may just order today or tomorrow. the fixture is 14" about the tank now. my office Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 light is on it's way! Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 GRRRR im having problems with my epoxy, its not really holding the rock together well. i applied it yesterday afternoon and its firm but not holding the larger pieces together. if i add some superglue to the epoxy would that work? Link to comment
iball1804 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Yes add superglue. Do you have the gel or liquid type? Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 im going to pick some on my lunch today, i've read use the gel stuff Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Woot, the tank is officially wet! I filled it this morning. I'm going to be out of town all next week but I'll prolly have to top it off Friday from anything that evaporated. I'll post some pics prolly the followning Monday when I get back in town. Link to comment
NURSE33.4 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Lookin good! Also curious as to what light you ordered What are your stocking plans? Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 the light was actually delivered yesterday. i didnt think the usps was delivering until monday but i checked my box and it was here! i picked up a timer for it. im going to set it up tomorrow before i go out of town. im going to do some shrimp/goby combo. i'd like a yasha goby but they're pretty expensive. i may wait to try to grab one until everything gets stable and i get an ATO Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thanks. I changed it a little to allow for more open space on the ground Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 i got in a little early before leaving and got the timer set so without further waiting... Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 anyone have any fish recommendations? i was thinking of a yasha goby but being that this is my first SW tank, i'd rather find something a little cheaper incase they don't make it. i've been thinking of a pearly jawfish but i think they get a little large. maybe a possum wrasse? my LFS had a small, 3/4", YWG that would be interesting. i'd like a pair of small gobys but none of my LFS really carry many nano fish. Link to comment
HiImSean Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 got a little bored yesterday and re did some rock. i liked the cup coral skeleton but i guess the epoxy i used was crappy and was pretty weak. i added a second island. i think the right side will be zoas and ricordia, and the left will have a few sps. i want that left top ledge to have a sweet encrusting monti on it. im going to makeor find a floating rock magnet for the top right under the filter. and this is the view from my seat Link to comment
HiImSean Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 i've been out of town for work this last two weeks and i came back today to see some algae finally growing. i havent tested my parameters yet, i'll do that today or tomorrow. im ordering an ATO this week Link to comment
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