hemi Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 5.5 Gallon Ledge Reef 5.5 AGA tank divided with a slate color clay tile It overflows the fullwidth of the tank to the fuge. 175 gph powerhead for a return Lighting main tank 2-13w pc 7k 1-13w pc actintic Fuge 1 13w pc 7k Contest entry photo 1/28/2010 Dry baserock to start with 2 small pieces of liverock in fuge and dry sand. 2/2/2010 ClownGobie added 2/27/10 3/1/10 4/2/10 5/2/10 Looks like crap I need to clean the glass!!!! 6/26/10 The selicone let go of my LR and my tank has started to leak so everything was moved over to a new 5g tank 7/31/10 8/30/10 Big change Tank 5.5 AGA Heater Tetra 100w Refugium 1.5 tetra wonders tank Pumps Elite Mini Tetra BioFlow Mini Homedics pump Whisper 30-60 HOB Filter Lights 1-13 watt PC 6500k (refugium) on 24/7 2-65 watt PC 10k and Actintic on 2 hours off 6 hours on 2 hours 1-400 watt MH XM 20k on 6 hours Fan Walmart cheapo fan Honeywell Tank LiveStock Southdown sand and small shell mix 10-15 lbs. of Liverock Zoas 5 differant colors Polys Green 1 Red Mushroom 1 Green Mushroom 1 Blue mushroom (cant find it was free floating somewhere) Green Star Polyps 1 Damsel yellow/blue 8 Blueleg crabs Refugium LiveStock Macro Razer cheato 1 Nazz snail 1/2 lbs Liverock Sothdown Sand 9/30/10 Removed some rock and put corals in fuge till it settles alittle Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 looks like a good start now what are the plans? or are you gonna be secretive and wait till the last minute to tell us lol. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Congrats and Good LucK! I have to tell everybody this: It is EXTREMELY important!!! You HAVE to put a FTS on the FTS thread every other Sunday. The FTS thread will be made on January 25, 2010 when you are aloud to add rock, sand, water, and life. If you do not follow the directions correctly on the FTS thread or you miss a FTS you will de DQ'd. Link to comment
hemi Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Well I started putting the tank together tonight. I have the baffle in. I dont think what I used has been done but I also havent been around saltwater forums in a few years.I hate giving my ideas away to soon and the contest hasnt even started yet. Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 looks good. so what did you use to section off the tank? Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 lol that is definitely unique but not 100% original. tanks used to be made with slate bottoms instead of glass. that is also when tanks were metal framed lol. Link to comment
hemi Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 I used to have one of those slate bottom and chrome/stainless rim ones.I feal old! Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 that has to be cool. too bad you dont have an old pico tank that would be a very interesting submission for this contest. Link to comment
hemi Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 My 250LBS. stash of Southdown sand from 8 years ago 4.85 a 80lb.bag. It has been setting next to my couch for the past 3 years because I couldnt get it upstairs to store it! My rock that was bought 8 years ago for 2.50 lbs I have about 100lbs of this but here is the little piece form my collection.It was cleaned and dryed about 3 years ago.I gave it a good rinsing this morning to get it ready. Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 looks like your off to a really good start and that is a heck of alot of sand you have got there enough for several tanks lol. Link to comment
hemi Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Ya I still have everything from when I took down my 220g reef execpt the tank ,stand oh and the livestock. It had a 6" sand bed.I still have more somewhere. I can wait to get this little tank going!!! Hows yours comeing along? Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 mine is coming along nicely. i got 6lbs of small dead rock yesterday and the LFS said they were gonna try to order the sand i want for me. Link to comment
hlander Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Great Start! Cant believe i just now found this thread! Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 hahahahaah smooth one lol Link to comment
hemi Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Well I have the sump/fuge done,baserock is stacked and mounted,Dry sand is in,pump setup is done and plumbed,and have done a freshwater test.So it is time for the lighting now! Also need to work on the outside of the tank. Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 very nice work. i still have to wait for my pump n everything to get here before i can start building my base rock. Link to comment
hemi Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Wish I had the money for new lights!! So should I go with 13w bulbs,96w bulb,or 400w bulb Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 all of the above? +1 lol Link to comment
hemi Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Ok so ruffly 650w on the pico boy it would be bright lol Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 you could grow ANYTHING you could ever imagine under that kind of lighting lol. Link to comment
hemi Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Coral soup well done lol Link to comment
Mustang Boy Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Coral soup well done lol just install a few fans blowing directly at the lights to disperse the heat lol Link to comment
hemi Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Well I really wanted to use the 96w quad but it wont come on.I guess I will have to settle for the 13w mini bulbs.lol Link to comment
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