Gimmito's 450 L-Shaped Display

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I finally got around to work on my rockscaping w/help from a fellow reef club member who has a great eye (thanks Jestersix !).

 

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Here's a pic of the left side of the tank. There's two huge 40+ lbs of Marco Fiji Rock stacked w/2 pieces attached w/mortar and fiberglass rods on the sides. In the front is a small bommie which will house anemones (rainbow, sunburst,etc.) and 5 anemones (snowcassos or smores).

 

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Here's a pic of the right side of the tank. There's 3 pieces of Fiji rock glued w/the largest rock sitting on top (Marco Fiji Rock). I really wanted to soften that corner and hopefully w/the right coral placement I can achieve that.

 

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Full tank shot (that didn't include glare or a pic of me in it).

 

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I had a day to look at the rockscape, so I tweaked the left side a bit. LMK what you guys think.

 

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I hooked up my Kati Ani system via my Kold Sterile Filters.

Tap water.

Old Kold Sterile Filters.

Kati Ani.

 

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I dragged out my 300 gal rubbermaid trough and started making saltwater via salinity salt brand.

 

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Update: The saltwater has been mixing for a day and is still a bit cloudy. The LFS was out of the sand I needed, but is getting more in next week.

 

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Update: John at Ready Aquatics was able to locate 300 lbs of the Tropic Eden AragaSnow for me and will be shipping out this week.

 

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While I'm waiting on the sand to arrive. I thought I'd take some pics of the water circulation within the display. Here's a pic of the left rear (3) tunze 6205's and a 1" sea swirl.

 

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Here's a pic of the right rear of the display. A tunze wave box, 6205, & 1" sea swirl fill in that corner. I was able to place the magnets within the overflow boxes.

 

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I know was going to have a major dead spot in the right front of the display w/the rockwork. My solution is a tunze 6100 in a tunze rock (hopefully it doesn't stickout like a sore thumb).

 

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The Reef Octopus SR-140 media reactor came in today. I'll be using the new bio sphere pellets in it.

 

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I just got back from vacation and had some things waiting for me.

6 buckets of Tropic Eden sand that John from Ready Aquatics was able to get for me from his buddy (some guy named Anthony Calfo).

 

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I also received my bacteria & ammonia from Dr. Tim. I've been listening to various podcast and spoke to him regarding cycling the tank. Apparently, many large public aquariums use his products to cycle their tanks.

 

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I also picked up a Davey Jones Skimmate Locker from my buddy Mike.

 

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I took Anthony's and Frankie's advice about discarding the old batch of saltwater. This time I utilized a panworld 200ps pump for circulation, no heater, & added the salt over a couple of days.

 

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I also started placing the sand in the tank.

 

[drdoolittle]

alright!! we have the rocks, sand, RO water and salt.... were almost there.. water into the tank is next..

do you still have the other davy jones?

 

[gimmito]

Ha, Ha...what's up Ed ! I'm getting there. I traded the medium sized Davey Jones Locker for the large one. Your tank is looking real good.