My 20G Nano Reef Build Thread - Page 3

teddyzaper · 10/25/2011, 05:21 PM

ive gotta say, ive looked at this thread 100s of times, every time i get super jealous of that liverock.... i wish i could get that nice of rock

Bowels · 10/27/2011, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teddyzaper

ive gotta say, ive looked at this thread 100s of times, every time i get super jealous of that liverock.... i wish i could get that nice of rock

Thanks! I ordered it from http://www.gulfliverock.com/ gulf live rock, I thought they had really good prices, and though there was a cycle, I think a lot of life survived in and on the rocks

Thanks again tho

BTW everyone my clowns are eating and very happy lately, my current qualm with the tank is that my sea hare since having eaten all the hair algae, is now moving on to eating the plants that I like! they then start to grow back and he eats them to the nub again lol. I feed him half a dried algae sheet on wed, and again on sunday. Thinking about taking him back to the store, but I really like the little guy. Ill post some pictures soon, I cahnged the rocks around. Also my frogspawn has not been as "open" as I think he should be, Ive been moving him around every so often.

Bowels · 10/29/2011, 11:06 AM

Also I put the SPS on the bottom of the tank and the white part is almost all gone, he is looking MUCH better.

Bowels · 11/26/2011, 03:41 PM

So update everything is doing really great Ill get some pictures up soon, I just wanted to tell everyone I just got back from picking up a new tank, 29g deep already pre drilled, was a buddy's old tank so he already has all the kinks worked out, got the stand too, as well as a few frags ugh haha. So my 20 deep will become my sump and the 29g will obv be the DT, I am super psyched for the move, and I think I have my plan set in place.

1. Ill be filling a third 10g tank with water from the DT now, putting all the LR and corals and such in it for the interm,

2.then filling a 5 gallon bucket for the fish,

3. Two things with the remaining 5 gallons, clean the sand really good (prob 2g) then with 3g left put that in the new DT

4. Now I will make 10 more gallons of warm SW from fresh RO, and put that in the DT too

5. Now Ill put the LR in first (some corals are on the rocks) and aquas cape a little then the sand

6. I will prob let the water calm down a bit and then add the 5g with the fish.

7. I will wait a little while after that to add the rest of the corals

8. Ill put the 10 g that the corals and live rock were in into the DT

9. Then once the DT is up and running without the sump (overflow off and such for a little while) I will install the baffles into the sump (old DT) and get the piping all squared away

10. Then once I start the system up Ill add water to the sump (prob about 10 g in all) and pump it slowely up into the DT and adjust the flow of the pump until I have it just right, then add more water into the sump.

This whole process is about 1-3 weeks away depending on how fast I get the baffles ready to install and the stand needs a little work (it had some water damage on the top and i am going to repaint it. So Ill get some pictures of how everything looks now, and once I clean the new tank and stuff Ill get some pictures of that up.

super excited. As always I am really interested in hearing what everyone has to say, this is my first time doing this and I plan on doing a ton of research, but if anyone has any input on my specific plan / setup It would be really valuable to me.

Also want to thank Justin Bolton for his generosity and hooking me up with the new tank... that guy really knows what hes doing and his setup is Bomb diggity lol

Bowels · 11/26/2011, 03:45 PM

Oh btw my friend loaned me a water distiller, it takes about 4 hours to make one gallon but ive been just working it and filling buckets, I had the water tested and its pure so I am really happy for that its going to save me tons of money in gas going to get RO water.

thejerzboi · 11/27/2011, 12:07 AM

I really have enjoyed reading through your thread an look forward to your updates as. Am building a 20 long now as well

Bowels · 11/27/2011, 02:39 PM

Thanks man

good luck! is it your first?

Quote:

Originally Posted by thejerzboi

I really have enjoyed reading through your thread an look forward to your updates as. Am building a 20 long now as well

Bowels · 11/27/2011, 02:42 PM

Ok so here is a few pictures of the new tank (dont mind the reflection haha) I just cleaned out the whole thing and now all I need to do is some work on the stand, I am going to replace the top flat surface with that red plywood behind it and make a screen for the top of the tank, then repaint the whole thing (inside is white) outside black and work out the plumbing situation, and were ready to go!

Bowels · 11/27/2011, 02:55 PM

Ok and here is my 20g to this date lol I know its getting a bit crowded hence the upgrade, I really didnt plan on putting anymore in there but I got an irresistible deal from my buddy who sold me the tank lol so here they are. (btw I gave mr. frogspawn to that same guy, because he wasnt doing so hot in my tank and I moved him all over the place and tried everything, and everything else seems to be doing great)
here is the SPS, I think I told you guys he was being bleached a while back, but as you can see hes quite happy now

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Here is some kind of algae growing on a rock I am liking it

Bowels · 11/27/2011, 02:58 PM

Here are the star polyps with some purple mushrooms

Blue Zoas

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Nuke Greens

Here is some kind of acan I got

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Bowels · 11/27/2011, 03:00 PM

Blasto

New war coral

Xenia which is just going NUTS!

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Bowels · 11/27/2011, 03:03 PM

Here are the clowns

Palys i count 17 total now maybe not all in this picture

By bowels at 2011-11-27
And last but not least a picture of moose about to drive over those zoas there lol I love him anyways

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I just realized I didnt get a picture of my mystery coral that came on that live rock I still dont know what he is but he has developed some crazy rainbow colors and is lookin crazy! ill get a good picture sometime soon

hope everyone enjoyed the pictures. and again I know its crowded lol

boosted chemist · 11/28/2011, 03:23 PM

REally nice dude, cant wait to see it up and running, Having a sump will change your life lol.

Bowels · 11/30/2011, 12:04 PM

Just Purchased this pump its on its way!

I cant wait!
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/...ater-pump.html

thejerzboi · 11/30/2011, 10:09 PM

I tried building a 10 gal 2 years ago in college and it went well, but I had to move later, so i took it down. I have been adding up items for a SW tank and now have enough to build it

So your thread is one of the ones i have been following

Bowels · 12/05/2011, 05:41 PM

Awesome man! that's cool to hear, Id love to see some pictures! You plan on going nano reef? What lights are you gonna get? Im def addicted. How long did you have your 10g up before you had to take it down?

Quote:

Originally Posted by thejerzboi

I tried building a 10 gal 2 years ago in college and it went well, but I had to move later, so i took it down. I have been adding up items for a SW tank and now have enough to build it

So your thread is one of the ones i have been following

thejerzboi · 12/05/2011, 10:48 PM

I had the 10gal 2 years ago,
ATM I am planning on building a nano reef tank,
I am using a CFL, it is a 2x 65w
I am currently researching what I want fish/coral ...

I have 22lb live rock, cycled and have 4 hermits, 1 nas and 1 turbo snail.

Bowels · 12/17/2011, 04:27 PM

I moved to the new tank today

so far so good I am currently waiting for the water to settle all the corals and fish and clams and such are in a bucket with a heater and powerhead, they will be cool for a little while while i wait and then aquascape. Pictures coming soon of before/after pics and a few of the move in progress.

Bowels · 12/18/2011, 02:46 PM

Ok so here is the tank before the move:

By bowels at 2011-12-18
New tank before:

By bowels at 2011-12-18
New Stand:

By bowels at 2011-12-18
some zoas, they dont know whats coming lol:

By bowels at 2011-12-18

Bowels · 12/18/2011, 02:47 PM

Here is halfway through the move, everything is in buckets and the stand is in place:

By bowels at 2011-12-18

Bowels · 12/18/2011, 02:53 PM

All the live rock is in and im patiently (NOT PATIENTLY) waiting for the water to settle

By bowels at 2011-12-18

Bowels · 12/18/2011, 02:54 PM

Here it is after the water settled and I did a bit of aquascaping:

By bowels at 2011-12-18

Bowels · 12/18/2011, 02:56 PM

By bowels at 2011-12-18

Bowels · 12/18/2011, 02:57 PM

By bowels at 2011-12-18

Bowels · 12/18/2011, 02:58 PM

Does anyone know what this is, I was waiting until it matured but it seems to be splitting now, so someone has to know what this is:

By bowels at 2011-12-18

11/27/2011, 02:42 PM	#58
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Ok so here is a few pictures of the new tank (dont mind the reflection haha) I just cleaned out the whole thing and now all I need to do is some work on the stand, I am going to replace the top flat surface with that red plywood behind it and make a screen for the top of the tank, then repaint the whole thing (inside is white) outside black and work out the plumbing situation, and were ready to go! Last edited by Bowels; 11/27/2011 at 02:51 PM.

12/18/2011, 02:47 PM	#70
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Here is halfway through the move, everything is in buckets and the stand is in place: By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18

12/18/2011, 02:53 PM	#71
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	All the live rock is in and im patiently (NOT PATIENTLY) waiting for the water to settle By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18

12/18/2011, 02:54 PM	#72
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Here it is after the water settled and I did a bit of aquascaping: By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18

12/18/2011, 02:56 PM	#73
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18

10/25/2011, 05:21 PM	#51
teddyzaper Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Miami FL Posts: 551	ive gotta say, ive looked at this thread 100s of times, every time i get super jealous of that liverock.... i wish i could get that nice of rock

10/29/2011, 11:06 AM	#53
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Also I put the SPS on the bottom of the tank and the white part is almost all gone, he is looking MUCH better.

11/26/2011, 03:41 PM	#54
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	So update everything is doing really great Ill get some pictures up soon, I just wanted to tell everyone I just got back from picking up a new tank, 29g deep already pre drilled, was a buddy's old tank so he already has all the kinks worked out, got the stand too, as well as a few frags ugh haha. So my 20 deep will become my sump and the 29g will obv be the DT, I am super psyched for the move, and I think I have my plan set in place. 1. Ill be filling a third 10g tank with water from the DT now, putting all the LR and corals and such in it for the interm, 2.then filling a 5 gallon bucket for the fish, 3. Two things with the remaining 5 gallons, clean the sand really good (prob 2g) then with 3g left put that in the new DT 4. Now I will make 10 more gallons of warm SW from fresh RO, and put that in the DT too 5. Now Ill put the LR in first (some corals are on the rocks) and aquas cape a little then the sand 6. I will prob let the water calm down a bit and then add the 5g with the fish. 7. I will wait a little while after that to add the rest of the corals 8. Ill put the 10 g that the corals and live rock were in into the DT 9. Then once the DT is up and running without the sump (overflow off and such for a little while) I will install the baffles into the sump (old DT) and get the piping all squared away 10. Then once I start the system up Ill add water to the sump (prob about 10 g in all) and pump it slowely up into the DT and adjust the flow of the pump until I have it just right, then add more water into the sump. This whole process is about 1-3 weeks away depending on how fast I get the baffles ready to install and the stand needs a little work (it had some water damage on the top and i am going to repaint it. So Ill get some pictures of how everything looks now, and once I clean the new tank and stuff Ill get some pictures of that up. super excited. As always I am really interested in hearing what everyone has to say, this is my first time doing this and I plan on doing a ton of research, but if anyone has any input on my specific plan / setup It would be really valuable to me. Also want to thank Justin Bolton for his generosity and hooking me up with the new tank... that guy really knows what hes doing and his setup is Bomb diggity lol

11/26/2011, 03:45 PM	#55
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Oh btw my friend loaned me a water distiller, it takes about 4 hours to make one gallon but ive been just working it and filling buckets, I had the water tested and its pure so I am really happy for that its going to save me tons of money in gas going to get RO water.

11/27/2011, 12:07 AM	#56
thejerzboi Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: pine level, nc Posts: 53	I really have enjoyed reading through your thread an look forward to your updates as. Am building a 20 long now as well

11/27/2011, 02:55 PM	#59
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Ok and here is my 20g to this date lol I know its getting a bit crowded hence the upgrade, I really didnt plan on putting anymore in there but I got an irresistible deal from my buddy who sold me the tank lol so here they are. (btw I gave mr. frogspawn to that same guy, because he wasnt doing so hot in my tank and I moved him all over the place and tried everything, and everything else seems to be doing great) here is the SPS, I think I told you guys he was being bleached a while back, but as you can see hes quite happy now Uploaded with ImageShack.us Here is some kind of algae growing on a rock I am liking it

11/27/2011, 02:58 PM	#60
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Here are the star polyps with some purple mushrooms Blue Zoas Uploaded with ImageShack.us Nuke Greens Here is some kind of acan I got Uploaded with ImageShack.us

11/27/2011, 03:00 PM	#61
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Blasto New war coral Xenia which is just going NUTS! Uploaded with ImageShack.us

11/27/2011, 03:03 PM	#62
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Here are the clowns Palys i count 17 total now maybe not all in this picture By bowels at 2011-11-27 And last but not least a picture of moose about to drive over those zoas there lol I love him anyways Uploaded with ImageShack.us I just realized I didnt get a picture of my mystery coral that came on that live rock I still dont know what he is but he has developed some crazy rainbow colors and is lookin crazy! ill get a good picture sometime soon hope everyone enjoyed the pictures. and again I know its crowded lol

11/28/2011, 03:23 PM	#63
boosted chemist Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 371	REally nice dude, cant wait to see it up and running, Having a sump will change your life lol.

11/30/2011, 12:04 PM	#64
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Just Purchased this pump its on its way! I cant wait! http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/...ater-pump.html

11/30/2011, 10:09 PM	#65
thejerzboi Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: pine level, nc Posts: 53	I tried building a 10 gal 2 years ago in college and it went well, but I had to move later, so i took it down. I have been adding up items for a SW tank and now have enough to build it So your thread is one of the ones i have been following

12/05/2011, 10:48 PM	#67
thejerzboi Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: pine level, nc Posts: 53	I had the 10gal 2 years ago, ATM I am planning on building a nano reef tank, I am using a CFL, it is a 2x 65w I am currently researching what I want fish/coral ... I have 22lb live rock, cycled and have 4 hermits, 1 nas and 1 turbo snail.

12/17/2011, 04:27 PM	#68
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	I moved to the new tank today so far so good I am currently waiting for the water to settle all the corals and fish and clams and such are in a bucket with a heater and powerhead, they will be cool for a little while while i wait and then aquascape. Pictures coming soon of before/after pics and a few of the move in progress.

12/18/2011, 02:46 PM	#69
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Ok so here is the tank before the move: By bowels at 2011-12-18 New tank before: By bowels at 2011-12-18 New Stand: By bowels at 2011-12-18 some zoas, they dont know whats coming lol: By bowels at 2011-12-18

12/18/2011, 02:57 PM	#74
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18 By bowels at 2011-12-18

12/18/2011, 02:58 PM	#75
Bowels Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 647	Does anyone know what this is, I was waiting until it matured but it seems to be splitting now, so someone has to know what this is: By bowels at 2011-12-18

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