hobbes Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Its a 18 gallon ViaAqua and its about 6 weeks old -2x32 watt PC (soon to be 6x32watt once I figure how to use my neighbors lights) -204 Fluva with only carbon -Red Sea skimmer (stoped using the surface skimmer because Clown Gobies went inside it) -2x Rio 600 - Ebo Jager 120 watt -20 lbs LS -70-75 lbs LR (neighbor shut down his 60 gallon so I took all his LR, I had 20 lbs to start with, the tank cycled in 5 days after that. I then waited 3 weeks to add anything) -Star polp -Yellow polp -Zoo frag - Cleaner shrimp - Mushroom frag - 2x clown gobies - 1x 6 line rasse - Feather duster - Sally Flatfoot - 15x hermits - 10x turbo All the inhabitants have been in there for about 2 weeks and have been doing really good. I'm using Reef Vital DNA, WM Research Calxmax, and photoplankton. Everything Nitrogen is at zero and salt is at 1.025 Any suggestions for when I add something in about 6-8 weeks? Suggestions in general? Insults? What would my fish like to eat since in about 1 day the rocks and glass will be picked clean? thanks Dave Link to comment
cadesun Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 halides would be a great addition. Link to comment
Quixsilver Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 ya you should check out uchiha's tank. It's suwweeeet! Link to comment
FateX9 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 nice aquascaping but where did the rest of the lr go to? because i know you cant fit 70-75lbs of rock in there Link to comment
hobbes Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 Alot is just chilling in the back of the tank. I don't really know about the actual weight of the rock. I had 20 lbs to begin with and my neighbor had 60, I threw out about 10 lbs. So my guestimation based on how much rock I had to begin with. Sorry about the pictures, I cannot get it to focus. Link to comment
hobbes Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 Please feel free to pick apart my tank with things you think I'm doing wrong. Its my first tank and I only know things from searching the website. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I like your aquascaping...maybe make some room on the sides so you can get to the algae when it starts to accumulate on the sides of your tank. Also, doesn't look like much room on the floor of your tank to fit bottom-dwelling corals and such. and metal halides would be nice so you can keep more stuff in there... Link to comment
Withers Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 the tank looks good, but the only potential problem that i see down the road is all that rock. from the side view it looks like the rock is almost touching the front glass, which doesn't leave much room for corals to grow out. granted, it could be the camera angle, and the rock could slope back around, in a half crescent type shape, which would be fine Link to comment
hobbes Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 aquamedic 250 watt 20,000k + via aqua 18gallon = bling (haha maybe i need some cool coral now and a patch for the hole in my wallet) I removed the fluval because it was a pain to clean so I just used an old HOB filter and put some live rock rubble and some pods in it (should i put sand in it also?). I stacked my protein skimmer on that too so it wouldn't be on the side. My GSPs havn't opened in a few days and I moved to to a turbulant part of the tank as suggested in other posts? Will they like the halides more? Link to comment
hobbes Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 oh any suggestions for coral to justify getting this expensive of a light.. any recomendations on where to get some cool coral at a good price? I just moved to So Cal from Oregon..... Link to comment
Tempest Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 I think your tank sucks and suggest that you send it to me to avoid further embarrassment Link to comment
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