Flexin5 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 that's a really nice tank. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hang on to your hats folks! Here we go! Equipment ready to be assembled! AC70: Media Basket in AC70: Next up, MP10! Link to comment
iball1804 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Oh. My. Gosh! Looks incredible! Keep the pics coming! Link to comment
jbb Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 WOW, great start. Def. gonna follow this one Link to comment
jcastle Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 WOW! i can't wait to see how this goes! i might almost be as excited as you are lol Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Half-full! Did you see that wicked plate coral in the middle of the tank? LOL Link to comment
Pandion Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 This is going to look really cool! I like the dimensions on this tank. The length makes it much more fish friendly, as well as the fact th shallow depth allows better light penetration. I'll definitely have to consider this tank when I set up my next micro.... Keep the photos coming! I'm excited for this tank!! Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Getting the water up to temp. Heater is going and I'm taking a quart of water at a time and heating it for a couple minutes in the microwave and dumping it back in to speed up the process... And... It's cocktail hour. Up to 74.7 degrees. Live rock going in soon! Link to comment
spllbnd2 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Very cool looking tank. Love the dimensions of it. Cannot wait to see it as it progresses along. Cheers, Alex Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Everything up and running! Live rock is in the tank. I'll play with the rockscape once it clears up and I can see what I'm doing a little better. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Working on installing the fuge light for the chaeto. I filed a small U-shaped channel to allow the cord to go through with the top on it. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hammer and chisel in hand, new rockscape formed. Wood chisel ruined. Fair trade. Link to comment
xenon Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Looks like a slick build. The only thing I can say is the rock on the left is too big for your tank. Take out the hammer/chisel and start shaping that sucker. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Looks like a slick build. The only thing I can say is the rock on the left is too big for your tank. Take out the hammer/chisel and start shaping that sucker. Yep, just knocked 1/3 of it off. I'm done for the night, but I might take a little more off tomorrow. That big rock has a small patch of GSP and two different kinds of zoas on it, so I'm trying to make sure they don't get damaged. :-) Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 For those of you who haven't gone to bed just yet, here's a picture of the moonlights in action. Link to comment
jcastle Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 that. looks. awesome. nuff said. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 that. looks. awesome. nuff said. The zoas would like to back up your statement... They seem pleased with the new digs. Link to comment
jcastle Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 wow! those are cool looking! Link to comment
MGDMIRAGE Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Sure is a purdy tank! Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Ok, so how soon before I start transferring things from my pico to the 10 gallon? I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get a cycle. The live rock is fully cured from a local reefer's established 60 gallon tank, and the sand is non-live aragonite. So far, Ammo, nitrite and nitrates are still holding at zero. I would expect if there was going to be any die-off, it would have happened within the first week. I've been dosing Nite-Out bacteria as per the recommended dosage as well. I suspect it's ready. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Ok, here's a little update. Everything is going great with the 10 gallon tank. This weekend, I transferred everything from the 2 gallon pico to the 10 gallon. I started by draining the pico over half way and started re-filling is slowly over an hour or so with water from the 10 gallon to acclimate everything. The two tanks are pretty similar, same salinity, temp, pH, etc etc. After getting everything acclimated, I moved the live rock and corals over first. My pom pom crab held on tight to the main piece of rock as it moved to the new tank which left only my little sixline wrasse all alone and very confused. Once I got all of the rock situated, I managed to net my sixline without her jumping out of the tank. The pom pom crab found a comfortable spot pretty quickly and has claimed it for himself. My sixline hid behind the largest rock for about 20 minutes and then started slowly venturing out. By the end of the evening, she had made a pretty good cursory examination of the entire tank, but stayed close to cover most of the time. The next morning, I came downstairs to find her thoroughly comfortable in her new home and frolicking in the water flow of the MP10. She's been very active and as always is very personable and curious about us when we're around or sitting in front of the tank watching. I'm going to turn the pico tank into a QT tank and keep it in the basement for now. It'll eventually go into the room with the African Grey parrot. I'll have some live rock and soft corals in it to keep it interesting, and some snails and possibly a hermit. The 10 gallon tank is super awesome. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'll try to get some pictures/video up in a couple days. I'm still in the middle of moving in with the fiance, so I don't have a ton of time. That's probably good, it'll keep me from digging around in the tank so much this week and give things time to settle and become comfortable. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 I threw together a quick video last night while I was feeding Maddy (That's the name my fiance gave the Sixline) Anybody have any suggestions for what to stock on that big rock that's next to the MP10? It gets fairly high flow there... probably too much for a mushroom coral. Any thoughts or changes you would make if it were your tank? Link to comment
Pandion Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Nice! I really like that tank! I want one now.... Anyway, Xenia? I've heard of them growing dirrectly infront of powerheads. Link to comment
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