nanolax Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hi everyone, FTS 5/13/2010 Day 1 FTS Here's the specs for my new tank: Tank: ADA 60-P 18 gallon (24x12x14) w/ high clarity glass Equipment: Aqua Medic Spacelight EX 1x150 watt (20K XM HQI bulb) Azoo 50 watt titanium heater Vortech MP10 w. Ecosmart Driver Live rock: 8 lbs of Sealife inc. uncured live rock 6 lbs of cured fiji premium live rock 10 lbs of fiji pink live sand Livestock so far: Ocellaris Clownfish Tongan Fighting Conch Trochus snails Cerith snails Astrea and Ninja star snails Orange Montipora Capricornis pom pom xenia Notable hitchhikers seen so far: feather dusters yellow encrusting sponges tunicates yellow porites green palythoa colony mussel halimeda mini brittle stars xenia crab Biological filtration is the sole filtration method utilized for this tank. No supplementary filtration (skimmer, refugium, gfo, etc) is provided, nor will it be added unless I find it is absolutely needed later on. So far, strong, random flow provided by the MP10, intense lighting, high quality live rock, and weekly 25% water changes has provided great results. Future plans: Rather than buying several different frags, I'm thinking about adding just 2 or 3 of my favorite corals and allowing them to grow out and dominate the tank. After being in this hobby a while, I realized I'm happiest with my tanks when they stay simple. Stay tuned: more pics to come! Link to comment
mew Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Cool tank bro, but it needs more water. Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Cool tank bro, but it needs more water. Hahah yes. When I ordered the mp10 i had no idea how powerful it would be so i didn't fill the tank all the way up to the brim Link to comment
Rehype Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Looks great love the aquascape! Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Looks great love the aquascape! Rehype, I think i will name my clownfish "snookie" just cause I love your avatar. I won't be punching it in the face though Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 wow nice glass every time I see the tank I'm glad I shelled out the extra $25 bucks or so for the low iron version Link to comment
Rehype Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Rehype, I think i will name my clownfish "snookie" just cause I love your avatar. I won't be punching it in the face though Link to comment
reefer123 Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 rockscape is sweet looking, more water though. cant wait to see it progress Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 rockscape is sweet looking, more water though. cant wait to see it progress Thanks! Link to comment
Withers Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Looks great! Your bulb looks way bluer than mine does, I may have to go with an XM bulb next. Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hi everyone, just a few new pics... new clownfish FTS at an angle FTS under twilight Thanks for looking! Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I like your rocks. Some SPS will look fantastic growing on there. Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 Looks great! Your bulb looks way bluer than mine does, I may have to go with an XM bulb next. Thanks! Yeah I was actually pretty surprised at how good the xm looks. The bulb gives a really crisp, clean white-blue color..substantially bluer than the old ushio 20k I used to use. Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 I like your rocks. Some SPS will look fantastic growing on there. Thanks! ill be getting a few frags in this weekend. can't wait... Link to comment
masami93 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 i'm liking the aquascape. you have any ideas on what kind of corals you want to be growing in your tank? Link to comment
TheNordCelt Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Tank looks really nice, like the scape. Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 25, 2010 Author Share Posted April 25, 2010 i'm liking the aquascape. you have any ideas on what kind of corals you want to be growing in your tank? Thanks! I'm planning on this being an SPS tank Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 25, 2010 Author Share Posted April 25, 2010 ADAs are so beautiful I agree... the attention to detail that went into making these tanks is incredible and totally worth the cost imo Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 Hi all, some new pics: FTS with a new orange montipora capricornis frag (it appears my bulb has burned in to its true color) Angled FTS My clownfish curiously inspecting a new brittle starfish. The star came on the montipora frag and I rescued it before I dipped the coral. Link to comment
nanolax Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 looks real good! Thanks! yours looks great as well. That stand you made is legit Link to comment
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