vibe's 10 gallon bedroom nano

[vibe]

well after the "crack incident" and near death experiences(corals and such) i decided to imediatly get to work on a new 10 gallon nano. all of my corals have been put into my 120 and i decided to start with a fresh clean slate. so heres a run down of my new nano:
********Tank Rundown*********
Tank size:
-10 gallon
Filtration:
-emperor 280 w/ Bio-wheel and carbon filter
Lighting:
-2x40 watt PC moonlite hood fixture (1 atinic bulb, 1 10,000k bulb)
Rock/Sand:
-2lbs of LR (Haitian/Tonga mix)
-20lbs of LS (2 inch sandbed)
Inverts/Clean up crew
-coming soon
Fish:
-coming soon
Corals:
-coming soon
Parameters:
-pH=8.3
-Am.=0-.25 (cycle starting)
-Trates=0
-Trites=0
-Salinity=1.023
heres a pic:

 

[nm reef]

Gotta love them nanos...best of luck with it and definitely keep us posted on its progress.

 

[bigarn]

Annnd..... you're off and running!

Good luck with it.

 

[tru conch]

did you use new water or some out of the old tank/120?
i liked your old nano so i cant wait to see how the new nano comes out. good luck.

 

[vibe]

thanx all. i used brand new water (purified by reverse osmosis). levels are perfect and i just picked up 3 1/2 more lbs of live rock today! i already have 3 zoo polyp colonies lined up to go in. im not sure if i have to wait but i think i might wait about a week before putting anything in just incase a spike were to happen.

 

[vibe]

heres the newest pic now with 5 1/2 lbs of LR:

 

[vibe]

got my water tested today. new parameter levels read:
pH- 8.09
trites- .10
trates- 0
ammonia- 0
alk- 8.4
phosphates- 0
Calcium- 500
salinity- 1.027
cycle is almost ending:joy:

 

[vibe]

bought 2 1/2 more lbs. of LR today. check out my new set up. this is what it will generally look like: