Just wanted to show off my work so far....

swnewb

swnewb

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Tank is 65 gallons.
75# of LR.
100# of playsand seeded with 5# of LS.
It is in the home stretch of the cycle. Hopefully it will be ready for me to order my cleanup crew next week. Getting very excited:joy: Still need some work and a background, but so far I am pretty happy.
Pic is now posted down below.
 
alohami

alohami

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Very Nice!!! :cheer:
I really like the rock work with the open cave in the middle. Once you get a background on, it will look even better! Want to come set up my rocks? lol.
What kind of background do you plan to use? I have an Oceanvisions on my tank and love it! It's a nice solid medium blue and looks great. I highly recommend it. It looks like a painted background, but goes on in a snap!
 
mbrands

mbrands

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Lookin' good! I too like the little cave/tunnel in the middle.
Can I make a suggestion? Keep in mind that I think your tank is your tank . . . do whatever you want with it if it makes you happy. I think you'll get tired of looking at that powerhead in the front left corner. It looks like you've got a canister output that enters the tank at the top at an angle. That should help to circulate things around the tank, so you might consider moving the AquaClear to the top right corner pointed across the back, or attached to the back left corner pointing towards the front.
Just a suggestion . . . ignore me if you'd like. :D
What do you plan to keep in the tank?
 
swnewb

swnewb

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Originally posted by mbrands
Lookin' good! I too like the little cave/tunnel in the middle.
Can I make a suggestion? Keep in mind that I think your tank is your tank . . . do whatever you want with it if it makes you happy. I think you'll get tired of looking at that powerhead in the front left corner. It looks like you've got a canister output that enters the tank at the top at an angle. That should help to circulate things around the tank, so you might consider moving the AquaClear to the top right corner pointed across the back, or attached to the back left corner pointing towards the front.
Just a suggestion . . . ignore me if you'd like. :D
What do you plan to keep in the tank?
I agree. I actually am planning on moving the PH. But thanks for the suggestion anyways:D
The output you see is actually a HOT Magnum that I was using for circulation while waiting on my PH's to arrive. It actually is not in use and I will be taking it off. Right now with 3 PH's and an AC 500 filter, I have around 1300 gpg. That gives me right at 20 times turn over and that is before adding a skimmer, which I will actually probably remove the AC 500 after I get the skimmer.
As far as tank occupants, I have a list of possible livestock. This is what I was thinking:
Pair of true percs
Coral Beauty
Skooter Blenny
Watchman goby
Pistol Shrimp
Cleanup crew
Eventially adding corals, mostly mushrooms and polyps.
 
swnewb

swnewb

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Originally posted by AlohaMI
Very Nice!!! :cheer:
I really like the rock work with the open cave in the middle. Once you get a background on, it will look even better! Want to come set up my rocks? lol.
What kind of background do you plan to use? I have an Oceanvisions on my tank and love it! It's a nice solid medium blue and looks great. I highly recommend it. It looks like a painted background, but goes on in a snap!
I was planning the same color. I will check out the Oceanvisions. Thanks for the reccomendation.
 
meadbhb

meadbhb

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Hiya,
Ditch the scooter. They're from the same family as manderines and need a large pod population. My LFS said they get thiers to eat brine...so I bought one. Never got it too and four months later is starved to death.
Meadbhb
 
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