junyoungmin Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Welcome to JunYoUngMins Ten gallon Paradise Contest Tank Start Date November 15, 2009 To start off i'd like to say Good luck to everyone, lets all have a good time and learn from each other. Lets get this started! The Plan So to get started i wanted to do something different with this tank. I want this tank to look super clean, easy, and natural. So i have a few ideas i am going to do, but i cant share that right now. I am doing a DSB though ::EDIT:: Ok now that the contest is started my plans are to have a enclosed closed loop. there will be no drilling or anything. it will all be enclosed underneath the DSB. I will also be going rimless as many others are. i took off both rims from a standard tank and added more silicone. The Equipment $0-Tank: Standard glass tank $28.89-Filter: Aqua Clear 30Purchase site $89.89-Lighting: 4x24w T5ho Fixture Purchase site $32-Circulation: 2x Maxi-jet 1200 Purchase site $0-Heater: Visitherm wal-mart HeaterPurchase site The Livestock $12 LR 3lbs $30 6 head frogspawn $35 Red lobo brain $35 Green brain $27 5" Electric blue favia Total=$289.78 Remaining Budget=$60.22 Link to comment
got2envy Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 good luck!! I like the bullet points Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 good luck!! I like the bullet points Thanks you too! yea its a big pile of html, it got confusing after a while Link to comment
flying_dutchman Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I think I missed or something, but what kind of contest is this? Link to comment
fewskillz Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 That looks like a pretty decent light for the $$$, what do you think about it? I need some cheap lighting for my 125 gallon. Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 I think I missed or something, but what kind of contest is this? how did you miss it?? its the 10g $350 budget contest. it starts tomorrow so its not too late to join. Link to comment
justkidding86 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 $28.89-Filter: Aqua Clear 30Purchase site Your shopping cart is empty. LOL Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 That looks like a pretty decent light for the $$$, what do you think about it? I need some cheap lighting for my 125 gallon. i like it for the amount i spent. its a decent looking fixture. there is a version with individual reflectors but it was 179$ still a good price but for the budget i went with this one. you should check them out. Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Your shopping cart is empty. LOL haha yea ill have to fix that, but you can still see it on their site. thanks for catchin that. I didnt have enough sand for my DSB so no pictures until tomorrow =( very disappointing! ive been waiting all day to set it up and now i have to wait anyway. what a bummer! Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Ok so i have it filled i can now tell all my plans!!! Link to comment
got2envy Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Okay u have my attention what are da planz? Link to comment
elitesurfer Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I'm following the project. Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 i am going to do an enclosed closed loop under my sand bed. i wanted to have no powerheads in the tank but also do something i though noone else would do. let me know what you guys think Link to comment
lajz9 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Sounds interesting. Why is there a pic of an old tank posted? Link to comment
nanoreefnate Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 i am going to do an enclosed closed loop under my sand bed. i wanted to have no powerheads in the tank but also do something i though noone else would do. let me know what you guys think problem with that is the pipes are gonna be a little hard to hide unless you have a super thick sand bed (2" at least) and also closed loops are just plain hard to maintain. just get a Koralia 1 and be done with it. Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 problem with that is the pipes are gonna be a little hard to hide unless you have a super thick sand bed (2" at least) and also closed loops are just plain hard to maintain. just get a Koralia 1 and be done with it. i tested it on a new 5.5g macro tank i just started so ill have pictures of both. i like it better than powerheads. youll see in the pics Link to comment
nanoreefnate Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 i tested it on a new 5.5g macro tank i just started so ill have pictures of both. i like it better than powerheads. youll see in the pics iight. Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 ::PICTURES:: ok so first ones are of the 5.5g test ill have pictures of the 10g up right after Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Pics of 10g! more pics to come! Link to comment
got2envy Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 You are a Mad Scientist very interesting idea!! Link to comment
nanoreefnate Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Pics of 10g! more pics to come! just as i though... your adding a large amount of sand in there. also, those powerheads are in danger of sucking up small particles of sand. lastly, that small area that contains your pumps will have 0 circulation and will probably be detrimental to your tank. IMO 1 powerhead would have taken up a lot less space than all that sand you added into your tank... Link to comment
junyoungmin Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 FTS up and running still a little cloudy but its clearing up Link to comment
peewee1467 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 thats actually pretty cool Link to comment
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