downhill_biker Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 sweet. got the water in there. i am at about the same point. got about 3" of water in there. your setup still impresses me, just so clean. love it. do you have a rock layout plan? do you have stocking plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Its alive!!!! Keep the pics coming! I will Im glad to see some saltwater in it sweet. got the water in there. i am at about the same point. got about 3" of water in there. your setup still impresses me' date=' just so clean. love it. do you have a rock layout plan? do you have stocking plan?[/quote'] The rockwork is gonna be a work in progress definetly. As for coral stocking Im gonna go with more LPS, softies, and montis on this setup. For fish Im gonna transfer over my pair of clowns, six line, and my reef lobster. Im thinking of adding a Kole or Convict tang, lawnmower blennie, and a small school of blue streak cardinals or chromis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefin' Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Is it full yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 Is it full yet? Nope not yet, its about 7" from the top. I had a little mishap. Noah decided to dump a roll of toleit paper in it and the mixing pump ripped it into all these nice little pieces Instead of trying to pull it out I just dumped it. I got about 15G back so far. Gotta love 2 year olds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidalsculpin Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Don't ya love it when your kids TP your reef tank? LOL Love it, man. Great progress. Like the look of that reflector. Great spread with a single bulb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 Don't ya love it when your kids TP your reef tank? LOL Love it' date=' man. Great progress. Like the look of that reflector. Great spread with a single bulb.[/quote'] Oh yeah TP time!! Yeah Im just gonna run one for now. I only have 28G of stuff to transfer over so 1 will be okay for now. Im in the process of trying to find another one though. I already got the extra ballast and bulb so soon I will have 2 250's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 So tonight I got her all filled up Water is at 34ppt so its just about right. I think my RO/DI unit is showing its age. I gotta add the last bag of sand and move some rock around. I got way more than enough base rock now I just gotta get a couple BIG pieces of liverock. My new skimmers are taking a vinegar bath and I think I might have found another lumenarc. Here a pic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 What's the stocking plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 What's the stocking plan? Im gonna add my two ocellaris, six line and reef lobster from my nano into it. I wanna add probably a Kole or Convict tang, lawnmower blenny and maybe some blue streak cardinals (3 or 4). As for corals mainly LPS, softies, and montis. There will be a few CHOICE sps in there but thats it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Updates. I got some rock thrown in there and the rest of the sand. The aquascape is pretty temporary till I get 1 or 2 big pieces of live rock. Heres some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 That looks good!! Don't mess with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I agree with Mike -- that' s a great looking aquascape for the peninsula. Maybe move the final pillar off to one side or another just a bit? That'd give you a nice little cove on one side of the tank and more open sand for acans/fungia/etc on the other. You've got me thinking about a peninsula tank now :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I third that. Pretty sweet looking! Maybe get several smaller pieces of live rock to add around the base and in areas that they would fit well. That would help seed eveninly and give a ballanced look to your rock collection, Looks hot! Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 where's the tp though... i agree with others, it looks fanastic. and once you get some corals growing off of it, it will fill up the rest of the space pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Thanks guys!!! Yeah Im gonna leave it pretty open. I was just wanted to replace the front couple rocks maybe with one big piece of live rock. We will see what I can find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Okay I got a little bit done today with the tank. I got two doors mounted living room side. I think they turned out really nice. I also got all the doors mounted on the canopy too. I gonna try to get some corals moved into their new home tonight!!! Here are some pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralreefaquarist Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 badass! nice work bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Looks really good Ryan!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Nice looking tank dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 That looks sweet Ryan.You did a [language filter] fine job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilmca Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Setup really is looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanareef Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Really fine cabinet work, Ryan The aquascaping is perfect The contrast really works (clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Stand and hood are great. Is that all the powerheads you're going to have? Are you going to have enough flow out on the exposed end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Im not sure about the amount of flow yet. I have a eductor thingy on my return that actually makes a big difference. I also have 3 Tunze 6045's, 1 Modded Tunze 6025, and 2 MJ mods at my disposal so we will see. I need to figure something out like you said though for the "Dead End" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Sounds like you probably have plenty of pumps, just need to figure out how to mount them without being an eyesore, and still having circulation out there. Perhaps you can be sneaky and hide one or more out in the rocks and run the cord along the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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