theleftcoastguy Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Hey, I wanted to share my new tank with everyone. This is an upgrade from a 3 gallon picotope that I had going from fall of last year till the end of this summer when I retired it and transferred what livestock was left in buckets to my new apartment. The tank is a custom all-in-one I made from a standard 10 gallon. I had a piece of 3/16th inch black acrylic cut for the false wall. The overflow's toothless and runs half the length (roughly 9 ¾ of an inch) of the false wall on the left side of the tank, and is high enough such that the water level in the display is always above the tanks black trim. The layout of the filtration is approximately 14 inches on the left side to house the diy skimmer and maybe a small fuge section in the future, then an under-over divider I cut from glass which I have the heater in, and finally a return section that’s about 6 inches wide. Approximate water volumes are 6 gallons in the display and 2 ½ gallons in the rear compartments. All of the rock was from my previous tank with the exception of one small piece. I’m aiming for a minimalist scape so that there’s plenty of room for growth and swimming and probably have between 4 and 5 pounds of rock in there. I used all new dry aragonite sand, probably enough for like an inch and a half of depth. The tanks been up and running since mid August and I’ve been slowly trying to stock it since. Anyway, here’s some specs: Equipment: Tank: Custom AIO made from standard glass 10 gallon aquarium Circulation: Hydor Koralia Nano 425 Return Pump: Hydor Pico 70 gph Protein Skimmer: DIY mesh wheel made from same pump as above plus some recycling Lighting: DIY LED consisting of 2 Cree XP-G Cool Whites, 2 XP-G Neutral Whites, 2 XP-E Blues, and 8 XT-E Royal Blues all running at 700 ma. Livestock: 1 Royal Gramma 1 Ocellaris Clown 2 Astraea Snails 1 Nassarius Snail 2 Hermit Crabs 2 Head frag of Hammer Coral 2 varieties of pink zoanthids 2 polyp frag of ‘pink zipper’ zoanthids Green Montipora Capricornis Green Seriatopora Guttatus (I think) Thanks for reading, I'll try to keep this updated as often as possible, and feedback is always welcome! Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 That looks really good, do you have any better pics of the rear area? Link to comment
theleftcoastguy Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Thank you Halo. I didn't take many good pictures when I was siliconing, and I can't get behind the tank really but maybe these will help Link to comment
theleftcoastguy Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi there, just wanted to post up a quick update. I grabbed a frag of radioactive dragon eyes from the lfs today, but they're still closed up, I'll try to get pics tommorow when the lights are on. In the mean time I have these. That's what my homemade skimmer pulls out of my tank over a few days. Pretty good for an essentially free skimmer. If anyone wants details in case they're considering making a skimmer let me know. Link to comment
Giga Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Cool tank and good DIY goin on Link to comment
theleftcoastguy Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Thank you Giga Link to comment
Rural Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Cool skimmer! Does it use lime wood/basswood airstone? Looking forward to future posts! Link to comment
theleftcoastguy Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Thank you Rural. No airstone here, it runs off a small pump I modified with a mesh wheel and a bubble plate. Thanks for following! Link to comment
theleftcoastguy Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Here's a pic of the frag I picked up yesterday. I'm also pretty sure two other zoa frags I have are budding off which would be super cool. I'll post more pics if that's the case. Link to comment
theleftcoastguy Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Nice tank. Thank you! Link to comment
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