vision Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 nuvo 10g. mostly zoa, some mushrooms. enjoy the ride with me fts 3.20.2023 2.3.2023 12.30.2022 (picked up power head) 12.13.2022 12.13.2022 10.8.2022 10.15.2022 // ⇨ equip: diy ada style stand nuvo 10g display ai prime 16 hd mighty jet desktop w/ 2x RFD's hygger mini powerhead icecap ato inkbird wifi controller eheim jagar 25w heater ⇨ fauna orange spot goby mocha storm clown (java) ⇨ inverts candy cane pistol shrimp trochus snail x2 nassarius snail x1 stomatella x3 (hitchhiker) serpent star (hitchhiker) ⇨ zoa white zombies radioactive dragon eyes blue hornets fire and ice fruit loops chernobyls candy apples purple people eaters // not doing so hot green people eaters purple death paly - within colony of chernobyls ⇨ mushrooms green rhodactis orange rhodactis (sp inchoata?) orange rhicordia (sp yuma?) ⇨ misc green star polyp - on back glass. we'll see how this goes, heh. // routines 🍔 feeding i've always enjoyed smaller feedings more frequently simply because i get to interact with the tank in some way. for fish lrs reef frenzy - every other day sera treat tabs for coral .5ml redsea ab+ if i remember reef roids for zoa - if i remember 🧪 testing keeping an eye on nitrates and making sure the water changes line up to maintain 5-10 nitrates. probably even cut down to 1 fish depending on how this goes as these get bigger. will likely pick up salifert nitrate ⇨ cats luna and luke 2 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 📝 starting dry with a nuvo 10 📝 i need a stand so i sketched a thing. never built a stand before, let's give it a shot? decided on 3/4 plywood. paying my respect to ada. rip takashi amano. let's get to work 📐build porn you already know it had to come inside for the dry fit okay i like it, piccaso. 👌 random thoughts - 3/4 ply is thick af. it's overkill. could have saved some money with 1/2 inch but it feels great, it's a strong boi for sure, plus i was too lazy to redo the sketch. - i'm gluing the boards together and securing them with #8 1 1/4 screws. - still needs sanding, primer, paint, hinges, interior shelves, holes for cords, you know, things real stands have. going to do an inventory of the equipment in the garage. haven't looked at some of this stuff since i moved so we'll see... 5 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 What a fantastic job on the stand. I bet you could sell them. You might be the first person to enter. I haven't seen any others yet. Following and good luck. 1 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 7:47 AM, debbeach13 said: What a fantastic job on the stand. I bet you could sell them. You might be the first person to enter. I haven't seen any others yet. Following and good luck. thanks dude, i really appreciate the compliment! hopefully more people enter and i hope you enjoy my journey as much i enjoy sharing it! -- i filled, sanded, primed and prepped for painting. i want to do this in grey, as it matches some of my already existing furniture in the office. next came the debate between spraying it or painting it by hand. i don't have a sprayer, nor do i want to buy one... took a trip to lowes and bought some spray cans. i sprayed a coat on the back of the door and i really didn't like the color i was getting. (also, the idea of spraying multiple cans of paint in the garage? naw bruh) so back to the drawing board. *hours later* like 1am last night i remembered the previous owners of this house left all of their paint behind upon their move. i'm talkin like a dozen cans of random paint colors in a variety of finishes, even 5g buckets worth! when we moved in, i threw everything in a cabinet and never thought about it until now. the reef gods answered with a grey! this can was ####ed up; no label, about a quarter full, but it was exactly the color i wanted. i had to break the top because the top was rusted/dried paint shut. i threw a solid coat on last night, gave it a sanding and another coat this morning. here's what i got so far i'm pretty happy with it. (sorry for the shit garage lighting). definitely going to sand it down a few times and throw some more coats on, it's already smoothing out though so it's promising. i got some soft-close concealed hinges, some little padded footies and i'll probably stick a neoprene self-leveling pad to the top. should i seal this with a clear coat or something? this is the first time i've built and painted something like this. any feedback is welcome! 2 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 24 minutes ago, vision said: should i seal this with a clear coat Yes 1 Quote Link to comment
NoOneLikesADryTang Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Glad to see another desert reefer on the site! The tank stand looks great so far - what are your stocking plans? 1 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 10/5/2022 at 5:36 PM, NoOneLikesADryTang said: Glad to see another desert reefer on the site! The tank stand looks great so far - what are your stocking plans? thanks brotha! Quote Link to comment
vision Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 le stand. ordered some stuff i am missing; salt, rodi filters, rocks, sand, and other randoms. should be cycling by next weekend i think? 1 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 day 1 equip: - self made ada style stand - nuvo 10g display - ai prime 16 hd - mighty jet desktop w/ 2x RFD's - icecap ato - inkbird wifi controller - eheim jagar 25w heater 4 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 i used some fritz turbo start and i'm planning to do the first water change on nov 15th as mark to a month. we'll see how the nitrates look next week. as far as stock goes... shrimp and pistol pair, maybe another goby or blenny? softies and lps? prices are nuts on stuff btw lol oh, and here's the hardscape. 3 Quote Link to comment
Gsepanik Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 That Stand is amazing! I had a nuvo 10 a couple years back and absolutely loved it. On 10/29/2022 at 12:30 AM, vision said: prices are nuts on stuff btw lol Yea no kidding, I just set up a new tank and felt poor for about 2 months while trying to buy everything. If I lived in Vegas I'd probably actually be poor (I'm a degenerate)! What pistol/goby combination were you thinking? Quote Link to comment
vision Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 21 hours ago, Gsepanik said: That Stand is amazing! I had a nuvo 10 a couple years back and absolutely loved it. Yea no kidding, I just set up a new tank and felt poor for about 2 months while trying to buy everything. If I lived in Vegas I'd probably actually be poor (I'm a degenerate)! What pistol/goby combination were you thinking? thanks so much. it was a fun build. i've since started doing other stuff in the house, having a lot of fun with woodworking and this was my first "real project". i'm more than happy to send you plans i made so you can cut your own if you have a nuvo 10 🙂 was used to paying $10-15 per head on some torches, they're damn near $30 per head in some LFS out here. i ended up picking up a orange spot goby. if i pick up a shrimp, it's going to be a candy cane. yet to see one at the lfs i go to... Quote Link to comment
vision Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 life happened, sorry for lack updates. added some stuff and moved the rockscape around after getting the goby. i wanted a place for him to be able to hide underneath and do goby things. girlfriend named the clown "java". kinda like it. will proceed. fauna orange spot goby mocha storm clown (java) trochus snail x2 nassarius snail x1 (!) stomatella - hitch hiker on green mushroom zoa radioactive dragon eyes blue hornets fire and ice fruit loops chernobyls candy apples purple people eaters // not doing so hot green people eaters (!) purple death paly - within colony of chernobyls mushrooms green rhodactis orange rhodactis (sp inchoata?) orange rhicordia (sp yuma?) misc green star polyp - on back glass. we'll see how this goes, heh. 12.13.22 - no lights 12.13.22 fts coasting along feeding i've always enjoyed smaller feedings more frequently simply because i get to interact with the tank in some way. for fish lrs reef frenzy - daily sera treat tabs - once daily if i'm home && remember (very inconsistent) for coral 1ml redsea ab+ - daily reef roids for zoa - weekly testing keeping an eye on nitrates and making sure the water changes line up to maintain 5-10 nitrates. probably even cut down to 1 fish depending on how this goes as these get bigger. will likely pick up salifert nitrate maintenance nothing to note here. water changes - weekly filter floss - weekly clean glass - whenever lol 2 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 stopped by the lfs this week to "just check it out" 🙄😉 i had been waiting for a candy cane pistol for like 2 months... they hooked it up for christmas and gave him to me for free! he's about 1/2-3/4th inch long, so just a tiny guy and i was a bit worried- goby is about 1.5 inches or so. goby took a nip at him when the pistol was introduced. i didn't have time that day to stick around and see what happened, but i was almost for sure he was going to be a goner... i found them together later that evening! picture of them soon. added a hygger powerhead, i was trying to get away with just the 2x RFD's off the return but it was lack luster flow for my liking. i'm running it on lowest speed throughout the day, i manually turn it up for a detritus clean out. great pump, highly recommend, $60 or so on amazon. great alternative to the nero 3 or mp10 (overkill) in this size tank. also picked up an iphone reef camera filter. still messing with it, not sure if the best combo is orange, or orange/yellow, might need to tweak the lights? running full blues this time. i feel like the straight up orange is still slightly off color, any advice? anyway, here's a fts. happy holidays 4 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 yo hope everyone had a good start to the year, i can't believe it's already february? wtf been pretty busy, i missed the entry for the nano-reno comp, oh well rofl. i have been getting the opportunity to hit the lfs roughly once a week on a day gf and i spend together. lucky for me, the lfs is literally right next to one of the spots she likes to stop at for plants. 😈 i picked up a duncan and some white zombie zoa. i usually don't buy "designer" stuff. to me, if it looks dope, i get it, and honestly, these are gorgeous. hope they don't melt! one of the mushrooms decided to go for a tour of the tank and was blended up in the power head. as far as everything else goes, nothing else to really report about the tank. i'm really... just enjoying it. imagine that? hahah. cut feeding to every other day since the nitrates have balanced out. pistol shrimp and goby are best buds. clown is is being a clown, hopefully he decides to host the duncan in the future. till next month! 2.3.2023 chernobyls fire & ice orange rhodactis duncan white zombies 4 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Beautiful! That’s interesting with your mushrooms on the sandbed like that… don’t they get buried in sand? Quote Link to comment
vision Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 On 3/20/2023 at 10:04 PM, banasophia said: Beautiful! That’s interesting with your mushrooms on the sandbed like that… don’t they get buried in sand? thank you! it's growin! just hit the four month mark, so there's a lot to go! the mushrooms are on a rock, and the rock touching the bottom of the glass. the rock is covered with sand just underneath their foot. the pistol shrimp likes to dig underneath the rock and kick sand on top of them, i just make sure they're not fully covered, but they adjust as they need to. 2 Quote Link to comment
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