kdino Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 hey guys so its official im joining AM's contest. this will be my first foray into contest land and itll be a fun one. ok so to start off here is my first dry FTS Equipment (as of now): -20L non-drilled all glass tank -aquatic life 115 skimmer -vortech mp10 -fishneedit 24" 4 bar T5HO at 96watts with 3ati blue plus and 1 fiji purple -Marineland stealth pro 50W heater future plans both stocking and otherwise: -maxi minis -mini minis -sexy shrimp -aquacultured SPS(both new and fragged from main tank) -awesome palys and zoas current inhabitants -a pair of firefish zoanthids and palythoas -king midas -potential purple hornet colony -purple deaths -jokers -pink panthers -fire and ice -gold spekled -red skirts w/ black centers -blues palys sps -purple cap -red cap -monti. setosa -green digi -green and purple pocilipora -monti. spongodes -sunset monti -red encrusting monti w/ red polyps -green slimer -Tyree undata lps -hollywood stunner chalice -purple tipped frogspawn -meteor shower cyphestrea sofites -tyree toadstool -green ricordea florida -rainbow ricordea florida -green and purple ricordea yuma Enjoy!!!! FTS UPDATE!!!! FTS 2 August 30th 2010 FTS 3 september 22nd 2010 FTS4 October 30th 2010 FTS 5 November 30th 2010 FTS 6 December 31st 2010 Happy New Year Everyone Link to comment
kdino Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 ok so today was a busy day...finally got around to setting up my ro system that i won in a raffle at a frag swap in may. so made some water, pretty quickly about 22 gallons in abour 2-3 hours. come to think of it, thats pretty quick i hope i wans't collecting the waste water and wasting the good water....hmmm might have to double check my tubage. anyway back to the contest tank so made some water for it, did some painting, epoxied rocks(did that over the weekend) and filled it all up. my tank is officially wet!!!! ok so on to some pics rocks were dried out previously live fiji rock some pre scaping with some epoxy getting all ready for paint and now on to the good stuff here it is all wet and with the rocks in place i decided to go with 2 islands cause i like the open space on the sand and the overall look of the tank. much better than a random pile if rocks IMO here is the left island, the main piece in the center was epoxied to create a base, its got a little cave or 2 and some good spots for some corals and here is the right island with a few jut outs and overhangs and there ya have it, i will be adding some more sand within the next upcoming days. tank of awesomness is off and running Link to comment
latteslave Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 That left rock is sick! Love it... Don't think I have seen anything like that yet. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I love the aquascape! Great Job! Link to comment
kdino Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 thanks guys!! i aim to please Link to comment
kdino Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 crap so i definatley filled that tank with the waste water from my ro unit and not ro water...off to a great start! Link to comment
kdino Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 thankfully there is nothing live in it yet all dead rock and sand....i did however waste salt basicially this was a leak test hahaha Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 At least you didn't lose anything Link to comment
tundrashaul Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 That scape is really cool. Link to comment
kdino Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 ok so filling it back up with real Ro water tonight and not waste water hahaha. i also added some more sand and some crushed gravel to diversify the look of the sand bed a little bit and give a more natural feel/look to it. pics to come when i get home Link to comment
Carloslekak Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Following!!!! lol Your Scape Is Awesomeness!! I have to admit i'm terribly bad at creating aquascapes...The right side looks like a sunken boat's bow coming out of the seabed... Link to comment
spanko Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Following along. Very nice scape. Link to comment
cph198 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Following along! I love the look of the 20L if i had the space i would be getting one, maybe once we move! Love the 2 island look as well! Link to comment
kdino Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 Thanks guys!!! Tank update: I have a diatom bloom :haha: pics after i get home from work Link to comment
kdino Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 latest update new FTS, tank still void of inhabs except for some various pods, a feather duster, and a few snails. ill be moving over some corals soon. like sometime this week so look for some more pics to come shortly in the mean time here is the latest fts Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I still can't get over that awesome scape. Lookin Good! Link to comment
kdino Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 I still can't get over that awesome scape. Lookin Good! thanks man i appreciate it, cant wait to get some corals in and see how it shapes up Link to comment
titos Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Cool another 20L. I like the long tanks makes them look huge. I like you right piece of aquascape. Good luck. Link to comment
noobwithatank Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 how do you like the light, also how is it fitted ontop of the tank since it is not 24inchs. Link to comment
kdino Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 so far i love the light, ill be putting in an order for for better bulbs tho. the stock ones do the job so far but i want some more blue. ill be picking up 2 blue+ an aqua blue special and a Fiji purple. pretty popular combo so i figured id give it a go. plus i saw some par numbers and they look great ok so ive actually had a few people ask me about mounting the light so ill post the pics on here for all to see. so i had 2 of these rails laying around work, they were flat so i bent them in a vice to match the OD of the tank. a little bit of double sided foam tape on the bottom of the legs helps with vibration of the light. Link to comment
kdino Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 new FTS will update list of inhabs and put up some more pics of them a little later lots of zoas, a tyree green toadstool, and a hollywood stunner chalice to name a few Link to comment
kdino Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share Posted October 23, 2010 i know you all are waiting with bated breath to find out whats new for this tank hahaha but just wanted to give a quick update, pics to come later this weekend. moved the front big purple rock to the back, it looks awesome, rearranged some corals, added 2 firefish and a bunch of new corals. Link to comment
kdino Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 october FTS 10-30-10 updated my lighting now using 3 ati blue plus and one fiji purple. little tough to get pics of the tank now but in person it looks amazing Link to comment
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