so ive been lurking around this forum and nano-reef.com for a few monthes now, reading and takin in as much info as i can. and last week i finally made the leap and bought a NC. i really wanted a 90G but as of right now i cant afford one and all the hardware. SO i got the next best thing! here are some pics of it.
when i first dumped everything in the tank. super cloudy.
water cleared up after a couple of hours. this was my first attempt at rock scaping. i dont think it looks to shabby.
i went through several ideas at rock scaping, but this is the best i could come up with, if you noticed i got more rock to. the first setup only had 10lbs of pucani, 5lbs of fiji, in this pic there is another 5lbs fiji and 2lbs tonga. there is about 30lbs of fiji LS in there.
another shot.
shot of the algae growth that came on it from the LFS. IMO its not to bad, usually ive heard that rock that come from LFS are not colorful, but the ones i picked up were FULL of color, alot of pinks, greens, purples. not to shabby.
ive already started doing the mods for the tank.
here is my fuge setup
light is a 5300k in a hood i got for 10 bucks at petsmart
the hole.
specs:
06' JBJ 24NC w/surface skimmer
MJ1200 in champer 3
stock pump in chamber 2
MJ600 in display
removed almost all filter media cept for 1/2 of a filter in chamber 1
flipped 1 of the fans in the hood, so that 1 pulls in air and 1 pushes it out
when its done cycling it im going to do a fuge in chamber 2, hopfully by then ill be able to get the nanocustoms DIY MH light kit, or just get a MH pendant so i can keep sps corals.
thanks for looking, comments/criticism
when i first dumped everything in the tank. super cloudy.
water cleared up after a couple of hours. this was my first attempt at rock scaping. i dont think it looks to shabby.
i went through several ideas at rock scaping, but this is the best i could come up with, if you noticed i got more rock to. the first setup only had 10lbs of pucani, 5lbs of fiji, in this pic there is another 5lbs fiji and 2lbs tonga. there is about 30lbs of fiji LS in there.
another shot.
shot of the algae growth that came on it from the LFS. IMO its not to bad, usually ive heard that rock that come from LFS are not colorful, but the ones i picked up were FULL of color, alot of pinks, greens, purples. not to shabby.
ive already started doing the mods for the tank.
here is my fuge setup
light is a 5300k in a hood i got for 10 bucks at petsmart
the hole.
specs:
06' JBJ 24NC w/surface skimmer
MJ1200 in champer 3
stock pump in chamber 2
MJ600 in display
removed almost all filter media cept for 1/2 of a filter in chamber 1
flipped 1 of the fans in the hood, so that 1 pulls in air and 1 pushes it out
when its done cycling it im going to do a fuge in chamber 2, hopfully by then ill be able to get the nanocustoms DIY MH light kit, or just get a MH pendant so i can keep sps corals.
thanks for looking, comments/criticism
