Fibinotchi
Upstanding Citizen
I have been in this hobby for a while now, but never have taken the knowledge I have learned and applied it to a tank build from the start. In this hobby, most people know that there is a certain way to do things, but think they can cut corners and get away with it. Some of these things I have been guilty of cutting corners on are:
Overstocking
Overfeeding
Lack of proper Quarantine (for rocks, corals, and fish)
Lack of water testing
Lack of dosing
Not doing regular water changes.
After fighting aiptasia for the last year, AND LOSING, and after fighting hair algae, cyano, dinoflagilates(sp), and other bad algae, I decided it's time I take the time, and use some patience to do things right.
About a month ago, I got fed up one night and took all my rocks out of my 90 gallon and jammed them into a 55 gallon I had sitting around. I then transferred all my fish and corals. About a dozen rocks left over, I sat outside and left them to dry. I removed all the sand, and disconnected the sump and left the sump with the skimmer and a pump moving to keep things alive down there for a while. I plan on redesigning the sump system, but it's hard for me to figure out what to do with all those little serpent stars and pods down in there.
I then sat, read, and designed how I would like to build my dream tank. I ordered 2 maxspect g2 160's to replace the old nova extreme 4 bulb t5 I had lighting my 90 gallon. I decided to go bare bottom and ordered some star board and egg crate from an online dealer, along with some acrylic rods for making my rock structures sound and avoid the pitfall of stacking piles of rock on each other, which can be an avalanche waiting to happen, a detritus trap, and cuts down on the water volume of the tank.
This will be a couple months in the making, but I am in no rush this time. If there is some interest in this build, I will continue to update it with each completed task.
So, here is what I have so far. I also threw in some pics of my 10 gallon nano with 150 watt mh and the 55 gallon that's keeping my stuff alive during this build. I'll add more stuff as it comes to mind.
Overstocking
Overfeeding
Lack of proper Quarantine (for rocks, corals, and fish)
Lack of water testing
Lack of dosing
Not doing regular water changes.
After fighting aiptasia for the last year, AND LOSING, and after fighting hair algae, cyano, dinoflagilates(sp), and other bad algae, I decided it's time I take the time, and use some patience to do things right.
About a month ago, I got fed up one night and took all my rocks out of my 90 gallon and jammed them into a 55 gallon I had sitting around. I then transferred all my fish and corals. About a dozen rocks left over, I sat outside and left them to dry. I removed all the sand, and disconnected the sump and left the sump with the skimmer and a pump moving to keep things alive down there for a while. I plan on redesigning the sump system, but it's hard for me to figure out what to do with all those little serpent stars and pods down in there.
I then sat, read, and designed how I would like to build my dream tank. I ordered 2 maxspect g2 160's to replace the old nova extreme 4 bulb t5 I had lighting my 90 gallon. I decided to go bare bottom and ordered some star board and egg crate from an online dealer, along with some acrylic rods for making my rock structures sound and avoid the pitfall of stacking piles of rock on each other, which can be an avalanche waiting to happen, a detritus trap, and cuts down on the water volume of the tank.
This will be a couple months in the making, but I am in no rush this time. If there is some interest in this build, I will continue to update it with each completed task.
So, here is what I have so far. I also threw in some pics of my 10 gallon nano with 150 watt mh and the 55 gallon that's keeping my stuff alive during this build. I'll add more stuff as it comes to mind.
will do. Most of my work will be done on the weekends, so it may be the weekend before any good updates. The rock process is going to be the most pain staking part of this build. I should just do all new base rock.
