Wawawang Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I eventually outgrew my 5g AIO and ran onto a used 34g solona setup. Its been going for about 6 months now. This tank was mostly stocked from nuisance algae, corals, extra live rock from my main sps display. I also use this tank as a quarantine and a hospital tank for fish or corals that have issues in my main display. Its really starting to come together and it really brings a different type of feel compared to my sps tank. Almost to the point I'm starting to like this tank better lol. I just wanted to share it with others. -Tank: 34g Solona -Stand: stock black Solona stand -Light: Giessman 150 w/ icecap 150watt electronic ballast -Bulb: Pheonix -Skimmer: nano doc with in tank skimmer cup. (i only run the skimmer at 4 hours at night since its too loud) -Controller: reef keeper lite -Heater: Ebo 150 watt -ATO: JBJ 5g reservoir Livestock: -Liverock - 15 lbs misc rock -Fish - 2x true perks -Inverts - 5 margerita snails -Corals - rics, shrooms, birdsnest, duncans, zoas, xenia, gsp, etc. -Plants: mangrove, calearpa, GHA, etc. 6 months ago Today I plan on adding more fish (maybe a bunch if bangaii's) not sure what type yet. Possibly a BTA if i could ever find a rare one like a sunrise BTA. Thanks for looking. Link to comment
aquemeni5110 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Nice aquascape! How did you get it to hold like that? Link to comment
Rehype Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Awesome scape Wang..always been a big fan of your setups Link to comment
Zer0 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Looks badass dude! Cowboy Bebop! Link to comment
Wawawang Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 thanks everyone. its held up by acrylic rods, wire ties, and silicone. what makes this tank special for me is all the movement and the natural beauty the plants bring. really relaxing to observe compared to the sps tank i have. Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Cool tank man. Love the small ric/shroom garden at the base. I too am very impressed with the rock work. I just picked up a 34g Solana and have it starting to cycle now. The actual dry-rock should arrive in a couple days. With the acrylic rods, I assume you drilled your rock? If so, did you just use an all-purpose drillbit? Any issues or advice on drilling dry rock? Link to comment
Wawawang Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Yes all purpose drill.bit was used. I drilled the rock when it was dry and some rocks would just fall apart. just finess the bit dont try to force it at all. i also used some epoxy to cover the ties and covered that with the crumbs from drilling the rock. Link to comment
aquemeni5110 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 thanks everyone. its held up by acrylic rods, wire ties, and silicone. what makes this tank special for me is all the movement and the natural beauty the plants bring. really relaxing to observe compared to the sps tank i have. This is definitely one of my favorites. Great job on this tank. I also like your 5g AIO especially the pic where it had a foreground, mid and top layout. Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 You have some extremely interesting tanks, good work Link to comment
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