butchdawg's ballin 6 gal..........THE FUN has STARTED!!!!!

[Butchdawg14]

WOW.......so it has been a though road......but im now the fun has begun......

WARNING do not ever ship DHL...they suck....sorry if anyone likes DHL but it was not good for me. long story short.. I was suppose to get my tank on tues the 20th and didnt get it till late friday the 23rd cause they had no idea where my tank was....i call them about 7 times to try and track the tank.....GOOD NEWS i got my shipping charges refunded and the tank was good (no cracks).....so avoid DHL as much as possible......

So here is the start of my reefing career and yes i said career....since i have a 6 gal im going to get some corals and let them grow and then start selling them when they get to big...Ill be making a profit.....(my roomate said i will want another big tank but we will see)

so i tested my stuff (megabytes, kilobytes, and ammoina and all that junk) lol jj jj on the megabytes and stuff...

Ammiona(bad spelling)-2.41
NO2-1.2
NO3-20
PH-7.8
Salinity-1.023

now that is like spanish to me but my roomate said that the cycle is off to a good start and doing good so i listen to him and then wait wait wait till he says im good to put some coral and whatnot in there..

SO HERE IT IS

Just a scale of how big this ballin 6 gal is!!

 

[LarryW]

looks good. the cycle will take several weeks. It prepares you for having the patience that this hobby requires.

 

[Butchdawg14]

yea thats what my roomate said.......so for now ill just let it cycle and then the fun starts

 

[clowninaround74]

well big butch im up to 500 posts and thought your tank is pretty sweet...so heres my 500th post on the soon to be coolest 6gal around!!!

 

[prplfirefish]

Nice looking Nano Butch
But if your anyting like me-- I wanted a bigger tank as soon as I
got the 12 set up. LOL now the 36 is almost ready to be put in my office. Hopefully today we will get it set in place. It's a good thing my office isn't any bigger or quess what. LOL
Anyway it looks good.
Trac

 

[Thurge]

That is a sweet looking tank you have. Any idea what mobile critters you want to put in there?

 

[Butchdawg14]

prplfire-thanks.........yea we will see if i want bigger......


thurge-i have no idea what i want to put in there maybe a little clown goby, or pink spotted goby like my avatar, or i was think about the pistol shimp/goby combo

what do you think??

 

[murfman]

Nice looking tank. I have a bigger tank, 125 but am going smaller, 2.5 gallon pico!!!!!

 

[Thurge]

Ya ain't got much room so I think I would look for a mated pair of Shrimp Gobies and a pistol shrimp. ONCE I found a mated pair of Yasa Hasa gobies on liveaquaria. Sadily it was about 6 hours AFTER I ordered another fish.

 

[Darknes]

The only thing about a shrimp/goby combo, is you may never see them out. With a tank that small, you really can't get much else, so it will look like you don't have anything in there.

What about a pair of percs, or some chromis?

 

[murfman]

I have a pistol shrimp and rarely, if at all see him. I do hear him a lot though.

 

[reefkoi]

I am thinking about a leaf fish or frog fish for the 10. They aren't great with other fish (they eat them) but would make a cool fish for a small tank I think. Scott has one right now that I'm thinking about if he can get it to eat something besides live food.
That would be different for a reef tank you know.
Chris

 

[Butchdawg14]

i have never heard of that before......ill have to look into it.