~Lets see your nano aquascaping~

[Mr. Eko]

What is that pink coral in the middle?

What are your specs and other info, I think it looks really nice!

Keep it up.

 

[angelfishlover]

Heres an updated FTS of my 10 gallon with the algae under control.

 

[angelfishlover]

Heres an updated FTS of my 10 gallon with the algae under control.

 

[Hutton]

s13silvia... wow... that is amazing!

 

[Mr. Eko]

What are the specs on that puppy!
That looks amazing, one of the best ive seen in this thread if I may say so.

 

[Mr. Eko]

Anglefishlover- How did you get the algea under control, looks like a good start. Now the corals gatta get in there =-)

 

[Mr. Eko]

Hey there vsny2k5,
Sorry it took a bit to respond. Thanks for the compliments!!
This tank is not reef ready. It has a very modded hang on back overflow box. I have 1 400w single ended 15K XM over it along with 2 36W PC's. It's got a 15 gallon sump with a 10 gallon fuge. I have an Aqua C Urchin on it, Korallin 1502, and a home made kalkwasser reactor. My return pump is a mag 7 and I have 2 seio 600's on a homemade wavemaker. For cooling I'm using a JBJ Arctica Titanium 1/4hp, and I can keep it around 78.

Live rock... maybe 35 lbs?? Not too sure on that one... I kinda have a few hundred pounds laying around.. so I just grabbed some to make it look good. Live sand... again.. I have a few hundred pounds laying around... so I just made a 3-4" bed.

I do not have a hippo tang. It's just a lil blue tang.


If you're going to upgrade, don't just got to a 29, go bigger. You will thank me later.

:lol:

I thought that you weren't supposed to run Seios on a wavemaker, I have 2 820's and the box said that it would ruin them. How long have you had them like that?

 

[Mr. Eko]

Hey there vsny2k5,
Sorry it took a bit to respond. Thanks for the compliments!!
This tank is not reef ready. It has a very modded hang on back overflow box. I have 1 400w single ended 15K XM over it along with 2 36W PC's. It's got a 15 gallon sump with a 10 gallon fuge. I have an Aqua C Urchin on it, Korallin 1502, and a home made kalkwasser reactor. My return pump is a mag 7 and I have 2 seio 600's on a homemade wavemaker. For cooling I'm using a JBJ Arctica Titanium 1/4hp, and I can keep it around 78.

Live rock... maybe 35 lbs?? Not too sure on that one... I kinda have a few hundred pounds laying around.. so I just grabbed some to make it look good. Live sand... again.. I have a few hundred pounds laying around... so I just made a 3-4" bed.

I do not have a hippo tang. It's just a lil blue tang.


If you're going to upgrade, don't just got to a 29, go bigger. You will thank me later.

:lol:

I thought that you weren't supposed to run Seios on a wavemaker, I have 2 820's and the box said that it would ruin them. How long have you had them like that?

 

[Uncle Luke]

Keep them coming!!

 

[trottman]

Here are some pics of my 10 gallon reef with a 10 gallon rubbermade refugium overflowing into the main display. Fish in the tank include

one six line wrasse
And one False percula clown (no pic)

HERE ARE PICS OF MY SYSTEM

tell me what you thinks

 

[FrozenSurfer]

vsny2k5 - I (knock on wood) have had no problems with my overflow box. The siphon has never broken, and I'm moving about 4 times the amount of water it was designed to move thanks to a few mods that I did to it. As for the poer outages, I'm running a battery back up that is hardwired into my return pump. We generally don't have a ton of power outages, but when the power does go out it stays out for a while. I've had the back up last for well over 3 hours , Thankfully my new house has a stand by generator wired in too, just in case.

And actually that is a baby powder blue tang. not a hippo.

Wooden Nickel - generally you are not suppose to run the Seios on a wavemaker since the pump is mechanically not able to handle the hard starts. However. If you can get it to do soft starts, then you're in business. So, I made a DIY soft start wavemaker. It has been runing for about 6 months.

 

[nodbugger]

Frozen surfer, I do actually believe that is a Hippo, the yellow tail and black hook are a dead give away.

 

[angelfishlover]

Anglefishlover- How did you get the algea under control,

I let the snails do thier job .

 

[masterswimmer]

Frozen surfer, I do actually believe that is a Hippo, the yellow tail and black hook are a dead give away.

:thumbsup: I have to agree.

And it looks real nice. Good looking hippo.

 

[Mr. Eko]

How do you make a softstart DIY wavemaker...im interested in trying to do this but I would need a link of some sort, or a pic.

 

[Mr. Eko]

Trottman- Why is your fuge so cloudy? The display looks very nice. Good job, I really like the rockwork also.

 

[Mr. Eko]

Hey gang, just for kicks, I dug up a picture of my old 30g tank so you all can see the aquascaping on that one:

I have a 30 gal also and I want my rockwork to look alot like yours. I dont like the look of a lot of rock, but i have a lot of rock lol. So i dont know what to do. One question, do you have any trouble with detritus getting caught under the rocks becuase they look all flat with the sandbed. Just wonderin=-)

Looks great though.

 

[nodbugger]

Trottman- Why is your fuge so cloudy? The display looks very nice. Good job, I really like the rockwork also.

I think the tub just isn't 100% transparent.

 

[trottman]

Wooden Nickel Trottman- Why is your fuge so cloudy? The display looks very nice. Good job, I really like the rockwork also.

The fuge isnt cloudy.. i am using a rubbermaid container that is made out of cloudy/clear plastic. I could not find any that were truely clear

MAtt

 

[FrozenSurfer]

Wow, I didn't realize how old that pic was. That is a hippo, but she has since been moved to my 120, now there is a baby powder in her place. sorry for the confusion.

As for the soft start, well, I'm a Aeronautical Engineering student, and for one of my elcectricity classes we actually had to build a project, and I built the wavemaker. I'll try to get pictures of it, but basically all you're gonna see is the box and a whole bunch of elcectrical componets. But yeah, it works great. Maybe one of these days I'll actually sit down and draw a diagram for it.