Cldormer
12/05/2007, 06:46 PM
Ok so I thought I'd share my adventures in Reef keeping with you guys. Now this isn't my first reef- (I've owned and been succesfull for over 7years now all the following tanks-29g,72g,120g,6.6g and this 12g) Just my first post on here!
Anyhow like I said I've been reefing for quite a while now but I've notice since my daughter was born-($$$) the reefs I can keep have been shrinking too!! LOL. My first nano did unfortunately have to be dismanteled after I was injured on the job and almost died myself....
Anyhow here is the best pic I had of it when it first started:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/IM000820.jpg
It was a 6.6g Bookshelf Aquarium from Aquatic Gardens with HOB filter and a 32w PC retrofit.....really cool tank for like $50 from Petco. Sorry about the crappy pic but it was from a cell phone quality phone I've had forever.
Anyhow I was shot in the head with a nail gun.....(ouch!!) one year ago while on the job and to celebrate the anniversary I bought myself a 12g AP HQI from Drs. Foster & Smith. I used the dried out rock and sand from the old 6.6 Nano. I also added 5 lbs of the new Carib-Sea live sand and 3 lbs of cured live fiji from a LFS to seed the old rock.
Here's some a pic right after it's set up:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0079.jpg
Isn't my daughter BEAUTIFUL????
And now a couple of days in after the tank has cleared up a little:
FTS:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0084.jpg
Closer FTS:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0083.jpg
Right Side:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0089.jpg
Left Side:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0088.jpg
I haven't done ANY mods yet other than throwing out the bio-balls and ceramic rings.
I have been using the carbon as the old rock still had some dead things in side I'm sure.
I just used distilled water from Walmart and Reef Crystals for the intial fill up. I've had to top off @ 16 oz. of water each day with the temp holding steady at 77.9 f. I won't bother even testing until 3 weeks out so I won't bore you with that. More to come in the future.
I am looking to goahead and set up the fuge-(chaeto & LR rubble) and get a skimmer in hopes of keeping the hair algae down.
Anyhow like I said I've been reefing for quite a while now but I've notice since my daughter was born-($$$) the reefs I can keep have been shrinking too!! LOL. My first nano did unfortunately have to be dismanteled after I was injured on the job and almost died myself....
Anyhow here is the best pic I had of it when it first started:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/IM000820.jpg
It was a 6.6g Bookshelf Aquarium from Aquatic Gardens with HOB filter and a 32w PC retrofit.....really cool tank for like $50 from Petco. Sorry about the crappy pic but it was from a cell phone quality phone I've had forever.
Anyhow I was shot in the head with a nail gun.....(ouch!!) one year ago while on the job and to celebrate the anniversary I bought myself a 12g AP HQI from Drs. Foster & Smith. I used the dried out rock and sand from the old 6.6 Nano. I also added 5 lbs of the new Carib-Sea live sand and 3 lbs of cured live fiji from a LFS to seed the old rock.
Here's some a pic right after it's set up:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0079.jpg
Isn't my daughter BEAUTIFUL????
And now a couple of days in after the tank has cleared up a little:
FTS:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0084.jpg
Closer FTS:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0083.jpg
Right Side:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0089.jpg
Left Side:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/cldormer/100_0088.jpg
I haven't done ANY mods yet other than throwing out the bio-balls and ceramic rings.
I have been using the carbon as the old rock still had some dead things in side I'm sure.
I just used distilled water from Walmart and Reef Crystals for the intial fill up. I've had to top off @ 16 oz. of water each day with the temp holding steady at 77.9 f. I won't bother even testing until 3 weeks out so I won't bore you with that. More to come in the future.
I am looking to goahead and set up the fuge-(chaeto & LR rubble) and get a skimmer in hopes of keeping the hair algae down.