Shinchan Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Well, after years of thinking, plotting, planning, scheming, begging and pondering here is my first SW tank. Destructive criticism welcome... BioCube 8 (used from Craigslist) Stock bulbs All false floors knocked out of chambers Stealth 50W heater in chamber 1 Wall between chamber 1 and 2 trimmed Filter floss in chamber 2 (for the next few days) Hydor Pico Evolution 1200 pump Hydor Flo Between 8-15lbs of FREE Fiji live rock (I really have no idea how much is in there) If you've seen my other thread this rock was rescued after sitting in buckets with no water outdoors in freezing temps for 24 hours. It's been recuring in a tub for 3 weeks, parameters all looked good so I picked out some of the smaller examples and brought them in. I still have another 50+ lbs at home continuing to cook. Future plans: Live sand from LFS (in-tank cured sand, not bagged sand) In-Tank media rack/fuge with chaeto, purigen and chemipure DIY fuge light (back is already scraped) Typical CUC Zoas, zoas and more zoas Pics are from my blackberry, sorry for the quality p.s. Don't be hatin' on my thermometer, I'm getting my heater dialed in. Besides, I'll take an old-school analog thermometer over one of those POS $8 digital thermometers any day! Link to comment
Shinchan Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Current params: 79 degrees 0ppm NH3 .25ppm NO2 20ppm NO3 Link to comment
rO.oster Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 lookin schweet! the scape is great, each rock surface is getting good light exposure. nice start, goodluck Link to comment
Shinchan Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Current params: 79 degrees 0ppm NH3 0ppm NO2 5ppm NO3 pH 8.4 getting "in tank" live sand this weekend, we'll see where it goes from there... Link to comment
dylan1464 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 welcome to nano reef...where is the tank set up? Link to comment
Shinchan Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 On my desk at work, computer workstation in the center, BC8 on the left, 5.5gal freshwater Brevis (freshwater shell-dwelling cichlid) tank on the right... and a very understanding boss somewhere in the building Link to comment
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