GHO5T Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 It has been more than 2 years since I left this hobby for the freshwater planted tank with CO2. Got inspired from looking at Takashi Amano's designs at an aquarium convention. I sold nearly all my saltwater gear. But I later found out that my passion truly lies in saltwater aquarium. So I decided that it's time to get back here, miss you guys!! Equipment • Fluval Spec 2 Gallon• ZETLight Nano Series ZN1702• Ecoxotic LED Strips• MiniJet 606 • Hydor Elite Mini Heater Current Status 12/24/14 [MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS!] Got a lot of help from a local Nano-Reefer(gw11ucb) yesterday. He filled my tank with awesomeness! Lots of new corals and a lot of aged live rocks as well. (Older pictures are in a couple of posts below) Semi - Top Down view Wish me luck! I'll be keeping you guys updated on the progress. Link to comment
cindyp Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 very exciting! looking forward to your progress and welcome back! i started accidently with a 3g pico (converted from a tetras tank) and just recently upgraded to an 8g. Link to comment
GHO5T Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Thanks Cindy! I wish I have space to upgrade the tank size. Hahaha ~ this is already sitting on a bookshelf. I'll be putting up equipment list shortly. Link to comment
cindyp Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 i see your location. are you a student? Link to comment
GHO5T Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 i see your location. are you a student? Yup, part time! Link to comment
cju84 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Cool set up!! Looking forward to seeing how it progresses. On a side note, my brother just finished his grad school at Haas this summer. Awesome campus you got there! Link to comment
GHO5T Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Yeah, it's pretty cozy with lots of cool food joint around. Topdog is awesome! More parts are coming in tomorrow and I should be able to fill the tank with water by Sunday I believe. Link to comment
GHO5T Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Everything is here, Woo hoo!! Here's some tank evolution for you guys. Just finished setting it up. Updated main post as well. What goes behind the tank, in order. - Sponge - Fliter Floss - Chemipure - Matrix - Purigen Water clears up and Tony Stark approved! Link to comment
acrab78 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Awesome... love the iron man shots... haha... Cool little tank, will be sweet in no time I'm sure. Are you running that chemipure purigen etc all before the tank is cycled? Link to comment
aviator300 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Awesome... love the iron man shots... haha... Cool little tank, will be sweet in no time I'm sure. Are you running that chemipure purigen etc all before the tank is cycled? If you are still cycling the tank, take everything out except the floss. The other stuff will work to purify the water which also (unfortunately) rids the tank of the bacteria that you're trying to grow. Link to comment
chanathon Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 lol thumbs up ironman made me laugh Link to comment
DodgerDave Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Love the scape for the 2 gallon set up. Love the Ironman even more! Please ensure he's in all the future pics! Must see Ironman take out algae bloom with lazer beam from his palm! Link to comment
GHO5T Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Awesome... love the iron man shots... haha... Cool little tank, will be sweet in no time I'm sure. Are you running that chemipure purigen etc all before the tank is cycled? If you are still cycling the tank, take everything out except the floss. The other stuff will work to purify the water which also (unfortunately) rids the tank of the bacteria that you're trying to grow. Thanks guys, me being silly, left Chemipure in there to make water clear up faster, it's removed now. Hahaha! lol thumbs up ironman made me laugh I'm glad I can help make someone laugh for a bit. Hehehe! Love the scape for the 2 gallon set up. Love the Ironman even more! Please ensure he's in all the future pics! Must see Ironman take out algae bloom with lazer beam from his palm! Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'll keep you guys posted on what's going on. I will check water parameters soon as a reference for the cycle, and I'll do my best to include Iron Man in future pictures. Hahaha~ Link to comment
aviator300 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I've always had a "ManCrush" on Tony Stark. LOL Link to comment
Kalanianaole Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Can you ask Tony Stark where he got the ZETlight from? Google won't show me who sells them. Link to comment
GHO5T Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 I hope everyone is doing well. It's a holiday weekend, woohoo! Been quite a busy lask week here, with the finals and Dragon Age: Inquisition. One finds time is a limited resource. Anyhow, water parameters has been tested and it looks.... promising! I have ordered some cleanup crew and hermit crab to test the progress from ReefCleaners, love those guys. Should be here either this weekend or early next week. And here's the test results! Can you ask Tony Stark where he got the ZETlight from? Google won't show me who sells them. It's from http://www.zetlight.com/ . Sorry for the late reply. It's quite hectic here. Tony is busy too. Link to comment
oldskoolwayz Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 lol @ ironman,sweet tank!!! Link to comment
1.0reef Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Awesome! I loved your other build! Link to comment
GHO5T Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 lol @ ironman,sweet tank!!! Awesome! I loved your other build! Thanks guys! Been quite busy with the holiday and all. It's also raining really hard here in NorCal. Anyway, some starter coral came in the mail today from UniqueCoral, they're still adjusting but, here's some pics for you guys. Tony is helping watch on the acclimation and make sure it's not overflow. All temporary position, of course, I'll move things around when are fully settled in. This guy is a fast adjuster. I love this piece, it has a little blue feather duster attached to it. Cute! Link to comment
1.0reef Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Nice! Over in Orinda (East Bay) we got a little hail as well! Hopefully the Sierra mountains will get a lot of snow. Link to comment
GHO5T Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Nice! Over in Orinda (East Bay) we got a little hail as well! Hopefully the Sierra mountains will get a lot of snow. There will definitely be some snow up there. Going up to snowboard/ski ? Sweet... Looking good! It's getting there. It seems the Duncan are having trouble adjusting to my lights, they open up when the lights are off. Gotta move it around somewhere. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Nah, I just hop the damn reservoirs get filled up lol. Link to comment
GHO5T Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Main post updated. I'll get more shots later. After Christmas. Anyway, I'm thinking of getting an ATO. Any suggestion for a tank this size guys? Link to comment
uwdanno Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Main post updated. I'll get more shots later. After Christmas. Anyway, I'm thinking of getting an ATO. Any suggestion for a tank this size guys? AquaSmart ATO seems to be a great choice Link to comment
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