burntricer
New member
Hey all
This is my build. Just filled it on the 1st
10 Gallon bow front with more dry rock than I know what to do with.
Background- 15 yrs ago I had an 90+30 display with sump. It failed miserably as I was broke, using tap water and new to the hobby(never got out of the ugly stage and couldn’t afford a clean up crew). However I accumulated a TON of rock and some equipment.
So now I have this small bow front, after a shallow sand bed, and all this rock, we’re using RODI water, aqua forest sea salt mix, a HOB for 30 gal tank that I’ll put cheato in at a later date. I have a wave maker, so I’ll add in another powerhead sometime soon.
A fluval nano sea light that I’m learning how to set up, when I did it before LEDs were prohibitively expensive.
I was going to use nutrafin cycle but there’s a lot of stuff coming off my old rock so I might hold off and see what happens in a few days testing wise.
The plan is to have a couple clowns, maybe a coupl designer clowns and a pile of crabs and shrimp, frog spawn, hammers, zoas and other lps.
Any pointers are welcome!
After 5 days, my ammonia is 4 ish, my ph is 6.0.
Not really concerned as I know this is all part of the cycle
***these pics are from the day it was filled, it has now had some rock removed so I can establish much better flow***
This is my build. Just filled it on the 1st
10 Gallon bow front with more dry rock than I know what to do with.
Background- 15 yrs ago I had an 90+30 display with sump. It failed miserably as I was broke, using tap water and new to the hobby(never got out of the ugly stage and couldn’t afford a clean up crew). However I accumulated a TON of rock and some equipment.
So now I have this small bow front, after a shallow sand bed, and all this rock, we’re using RODI water, aqua forest sea salt mix, a HOB for 30 gal tank that I’ll put cheato in at a later date. I have a wave maker, so I’ll add in another powerhead sometime soon.
A fluval nano sea light that I’m learning how to set up, when I did it before LEDs were prohibitively expensive.
I was going to use nutrafin cycle but there’s a lot of stuff coming off my old rock so I might hold off and see what happens in a few days testing wise.
The plan is to have a couple clowns, maybe a coupl designer clowns and a pile of crabs and shrimp, frog spawn, hammers, zoas and other lps.
Any pointers are welcome!
After 5 days, my ammonia is 4 ish, my ph is 6.0.
Not really concerned as I know this is all part of the cycle
***these pics are from the day it was filled, it has now had some rock removed so I can establish much better flow***
