yellowtangman Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I'm in the contest now. I hope its not to late to join. Here is my entry photo And heres another pic after I filled it Sorry for the bad picture quality. My camera sucks plus i'm not very good at taking pics of my tanks. Link to comment
Casabubu Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 YAY! Another contestant! Good luck Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 Thanks for the good luck! I guess I should probably post some specs. Everything is stock since i'm in the stock contest. I took out the ceramic rings and bio-balls. I am leaving in the activated carbon at least until the cycle is over and I will probably replace it every month or two. I also left in the sponge. I may leave it in or take it out later. I'm getting some LR/LS tommorow, i'll post a pic when I get it in. Thats about it for now. Mat Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 Today I picked up some LR/LS. The LFS just tore down someones tank so they had alot of nice LR that was literally purple from all the coraline. I got a few pieces of that and then some pieces of branching rock that did not have much color but have been in there for a month so they were mostly cured. It is all Figi and Tonga Branch rock. They were also nice enough to open a bag of LS and just sell me 5 lbs. I don't have any pics right now because the whole tank is a major sand storm. It is so cloudy I couldn't see what I was doing with the rock so I just threw it in there. Tommorow I'll stack it how I want it and then post a pic. Mat Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 I stacked the rock today. I spent an hour and a half and I still don't like it but I just left it like this. I will probably restack it later today or tommorow but for now this is what it looks like. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 Please comment on my tank and tell me what you think. Link to comment
alexwbush Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 good start... what livestock did you have in mind? Link to comment
jmt Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Welcome to the competition! Good luck! Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 For coral i'm probably going to do a mix of softies and LPS. For fish one yellow clown gobie OR bi-color blennie. Then either a cleaner or fire shrimp and other critters (eg. snails, hermits, etc.) When I was at the store yesterday getting rock and sand they had these really nice orange zoos. I got them and put them in my 20h while this tank cycles then I'll move them over to this tank. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 I restacked the rock. Now I think it looks perfect! Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 How do you guys like the new rock structure? Sorry about the reflections, how do you take pics without them? Do you take them at night? Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 I liked my rock how it was, BUT..........the whole structure collapsed! I didn't feel like restacking it tonight so i'll fix it tommorow and post a pic. The ammonia has spiked. If it continues at this rate, i'll be done cycling by next weekend, i'll just have to see what happens. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 Well I finally decided to stack the rock. This is my third and hopefully final rock stacking. I tested my water yesterday and today and my nitrate peaked and is now starting to go down. Here is a picture of my new rock structure. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 On my rock there were some button polyps that happened to survive the cycle. Here is a picture of them. Link to comment
Casabubu Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I think this aquascaping is much better than the first two. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 This is my favorite too. I liked the second one when I did it but now in comparison I think this one is much better. There are more shelf type places to put coral, which I will have LOTS of! Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 23, 2005 Author Share Posted July 23, 2005 I tested the water today and my nitrates were at 15 ppm. I am taking this as an indication that my cycle is almost over. I did a water change today (about 3/4-1 gallon) to help take care of the nitrates. I ordered some frags from SeaCrop which are scheduled to be delivered Thursday. I hope the tank is ready for them and if it isn't i'll just put them in my 20h until it is ready. I think it will be ready because all of my rock was fully cured. I will stop by the LFS to get some snails and hermits before my SeaCrop order comes. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Today I tested my water again and did a water change. Tommorow my order from SeaCrop is coming. I will post pics of my order tommorow when I get it. I did not have a chance to get any inverts and I can't spare any from my 20 gallon. I hope everthing is fine. I also added some frags from my 20 gallon. Here is a Xenia frage I added. Here is a mushroom I added. Here is a full tank shot. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Tell me what you guys think. Link to comment
SunsetApisto Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 pretty mushroom... what kind is it? Aquascaping looks great. Good mixing of different LR. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 I'm not really sure. It just came on a piece of LR when I set up my 20 gallon. It was in a cave in that tank and I thought since it wasn't doing anything there, it would be nice in this tank so I moved it over. Link to comment
SunsetApisto Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 it'll look really nice when it starts to spread. Put my on the frag list... haha.. Link to comment
yellowtangman Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Theres actually 2 shrooms on that rock. It spread in the 20 gallon too. There are 2 shrooms in the sand in the 20 gallon. And it spread like that even though it was in a cave. I can't imagine how fast it will spread right out in the open. I'm probably gonna glue those shrooms onto this rock in this tank. Link to comment
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