CurtBoswell Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hey everyone! I'm in the making of getting everything together to start this aquarium! But I should have it started in two weeks at the most! I've been researching for almost two years on and off and finally have the money to start it! It's going to be a 10 gallon display with a 5.5 gallon display! I'm going to be using two of these lights ( http://coralcompulsion.com/led/20k-full-spectrum-clearance .) So here it is so far! I can't get pictures to post from my phone. > Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Ordered my thermometers, return pump, refractometer, and heater today! So excited! I'll be ordering everything else in another 2 days or so! Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 If you make a flickr account you can upload them directly to the that from your iphone, and then copy and paste them onto the forum thats what I do. Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 If you make a flickr account you can upload them directly to the that from your iphone, and then copy and paste them onto the forum thats what I do. I'll definitely check that out! Thanks a lot! Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Let's see if this works. Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 I got my refractometer and the pluming for my overflow and return pump yesterday. Today I should get my Red Sea coral pro salt, return pump, and 50 watt heater! So excited! Link to comment
vlangel Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Welcome to the wonderful world of saltwater! Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Welcome to the wonderful world of saltwater! Thanks! Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Dry fitted my pvc overflow today. I need to finish up the rest of the plumbing and get it exact then I'll cement it together! Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 If I could get the pics to work on my phone! It keeps telling me they are too big and I tried copying and pasting on my phone but it wouldn't paste. Link to comment
skyzpop Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 If I could get the pics to work on my phone! It keeps telling me they are too big and I tried copying and pasting on my phone but it wouldn't paste. I personally use Photobucket for my pictures...welcome to the world of salt! Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 If I could get the pics to work on my phone! It keeps telling me they are too big and I tried copying and pasting on my phone but it wouldn't paste. I may of mislead you with flickr, you can upload the pics from your phone but then you need to be on a computer to copy and paste them to the forum! Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 I may of mislead you with flickr, you can upload the pics from your phone but then you need to be on a computer to copy and paste them to the forum! It's okay! I'll try it that way the next time I'm able to get on my computer! Thanks! Link to comment
Viking Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 You should be able to use Imgur to upload from your phone, and then past teh link in this furum, altho it only works like 20% of the time for me (the upload part, that is). Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/126574153@N05/14739359110/ I posted a link to the picture of my tank on my flickr. Link to comment
Egginis Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/126574153@N05/14739359110/'>https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/126574153@N05/14739359110/ I posted a link to the picture of my tank on my flickr. I really like your rockscape, as not many aquariums are designed this way. Looking forward to following along and thanks for the pics. Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Yes!! Haha! It finally worked! Thanks! I really like the idea of a valley look in the middle of the tank. Just so everyone is up to date even if you aren't following this. On Tuesday the 12th, I filled the tank up with water, put in live sand (about 10-15lbs.) I put in a small piece of live rock. You can see it up in the right corner. There was brittle star on that rock. He's now sitting in the bottom left of the tank on the sand. I believe he is dead. But that's okay. That will just aid in the cycle. Also I put in half of a raw shrimp to feed the bacteria. Link to comment
vlangel Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Cool scape! One thing to consider is when the rock is up against or very close to the glass it makes maintenance trickier, particularly keeping the glass clean near the rock. It won't hurt anything for algae to grow there but its all in what "look" you like. Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Thank you! Once I get my diatom bloom if I don't like the rock that close I might move it. One thing that will be different from my original post is the lights. Instead of using the coral compulsion screw in LEDs. I'll be using a 6"x20" fixture built by one of the members of this forum. Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 That one picture was Thursday. I'll be posting the link to one today once I get home! Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Thought I'd post the other pic for you since you said you can't from your phone haha! Link to comment
Angel<3Nanos Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 If you go on flickr. Click the picture you like. There's a small link right next to your comment button on bottom right of the pic. Under grab the link, there's an option to get the bbcode. Copy and paste it on here. It shouod display your pic here on the forum. You dont need a computer. On your phone use the option to view flickr in full version mode on your browser. Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 I got it guys! This is a pic from today! Nothing really changed. I got my overflow to work better. but my return pump is pumping up bubbles. I got it guys! This is a pic from today! Nothing really changed. I got my overflow to work better. but my return pump is pumping up bubbles. Link to comment
CurtBoswell Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 Today I fixed my Hydor Pico 180gph powerhead. It works well now. My overflow on the other hand does not have enough flow to work with my return pump. So I'm going to Lowes and going up one size. The one piece of live rock I do have, I flipped over so the coralline algae will get more light. It's pinkish red right now and there's not that much of it. Link to comment
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