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The day has come to get this thing officially going! I have now have live sand in and the live rock is almost ready to go in. I have a little over 4lbs of cured live rock and about 7-8lbs of live sand. I’m just waiting on the water to finish mixing and the temp and salinity to get where I need it to be! Here are some progress shots for now...

 

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Just put all the LR in and just letting things settle. Its not scaped yet so I will do a little more when I can start to see everything!

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My First Hitchhiker... A little brittle star

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Here is the last pic for tonight. Im heading home now and will be back in the AM to tweak the scape and see how things are going!

 

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So it’s all cleared up this morning and the temp is about 78! The salinity is a little high (1.027) so I will need to tweak that. Other than that I need to re-scape and monitor!

 

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So it’s all cleared up this morning and the temp is about 78! The salinity is a little high (1.027) so I will need to tweak that. Other than that I need to re-scape and monitor!

 

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I think the scape looks good already.

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Lovin' the tank, dude. Your setup is so clean and neat, which your boss would definitely appreciate! Can't wait to see your living work of art. B)

 

Thanks ETucc! When I sold my 120g reef setup a few months back I told the guy that I wanted some frags when I get another tank! He is going to give me some frags for my little pico setup here. What I might do is get a frag or 2 of corals and a few snails and see how things go in this tank before I get the nice frags in. I’m hoping to have this thing stocked in about 2-3 weeks!

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I'd get like a cool little Panda Clown Goby in there if I were you. They're so adorable and friendly... He'll greet you every morning at work! If you were thinking of adding a fish, anyway. I have a YCG and he's the coolest. I hand feed him pellets :)

 

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I'd get like a cool little Panda Clown Goby in there if I were you. They're so adorable and friendly... He'll greet you every morning at work! If you were thinking of adding a fish, anyway. I have a YCG and he's the coolest. I hand feed him pellets :)

 

I'm going to hold off on fish for this setup. I may get a few sexy shrimp and a CUC but that's about it.

 

I did get a Pulsating Xenia and a Green Star Plop frag today. They are In the tank and going to monitor how they do! I'll post pics tomorow!

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So as I promised... MORE PICS!!!! I wanted to get a macro lense so I just got one today! Does anyone know how to get the iphone to not get the blue light to wash out the pics??? This is pain!!! :angry:

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I have to agree with Mariaface, I've used the olloclip quite a bit and you can't change a ton as far as blues on the phone (even with iPhoto), but if you can change the lighting it works better. I'm excited to see this tank going - I need to get some more pics of mine up now that I've started putting some stuff in it :)

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When I can't take photos with the DSLR, I just turn down the blues so my iPhone doesn't pick them up quite so much. It works out pretty well.
I may try to get the Aqua Illumination nano led light in a couple months. This way I can have it on its own timer and adjust the blue Hugh as well!

 

the scape looks good
Thanks oldskoolwayz!

 

I have to agree with Mariaface, I've used the olloclip quite a bit and you can't change a ton as far as blues on the phone (even with iPhoto), but if you can change the lighting it works better. I'm excited to see this tank going - I need to get some more pics of mine up now that I've started putting some stuff in it :)
I may need to go with the Aqua Illumination nano led light to tweak the light the way I need.
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Does anyone know how to get the iphone to not get the blue light to wash out the pics??? This is pain!!! :angry:

 

 

There is an app called Snapseed that can adjust your photos.

 

idk if apple has it tho, i use a Note 2.

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If you adjust the blues after the photo's been taken, you may get a decent-ish result but the photo loses quality fast.

This is the exact problem I have. I need to adjust before the pic before I take it. If I try after than the colors are all jacked up!

 

GET GEL FILTERS. They work wonders.

What are GEL filters?

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Its pretty much little pieces of colored plastic that you put in front of the lense and it filters out the blue light. I bought it from a guy who sells them on a facebook group. I got a pack of like 10+ filters for $5 shipped. Added on to those lenses that you got, you can have some nice pictures with true colors.

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Its pretty much little pieces of colored plastic that you put in front of the lense and it filters out the blue light. I bought it from a guy who sells them on a facebook group. I got a pack of like 10+ filters for $5 shipped. Added on to those lenses that you got, you can have some nice pictures with true colors.

Thanks xzeror! Do any stores sell these? I want to pick some up today if I can!

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I think I will try to make my own. I have printable transparency sheets currently. What color filters would work best for getting the blue out when I take a pic?

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What does everyone do for tanks at work? I have been thinking about my little pico tank am wondering how things are. I don't have a way to turn the lights on and off automatically yet. Also don't have a way to top it off with fresh RO water either. Should I need to worry about this or not worry about it for 2 days?

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