New tank. ADA 60-F Bommie style! 9 gallon shallow

[milknfutz]

without further adieu, here some shots of the new tank lightly stocked..

the milliepora got a little bleached when I shocked it under the LEDs in the old tank.. it was also shadowed in some part under the pagoda cup and all the rocks and small area for such a big piece in the old 10 gallon. Looks like its coming back though

oh by the way - the scary, shoeprint 2x4 board is just a rustic lighting situation for the moment until I get my track-lighting 'on.

Also gotta hit up steve for an mp10 guard v2.0 to keep that sand from futzin around

I think I did something right on this one though..

future stocking includes a torch fatty, dendro and maybe a clam eventually.

so far I have the milliepora, pagoda cup, small red monti cap and a duncan in the back

bluestripe pipefish and maybe a couple of eviota gobies

Inverts - going to put a cleaner shrimp, pom pom and maybe a fiddler and some hermits - any suggestions for inverts?

 

[skunkmere]

very nice. that sump looks kinda scary. maybe you should double up on the tubs just in cae

 

[local anti]

Wont having the rock out of the water like that cause die off that could leech into the water?

 

[milknfutz]

very nice. that sump looks kinda scary. maybe you should double up on the tubs just in cae

Yeah I was thinking this too - the rubber is pretty thick but if anything did happen it would be most advantageous to have a second layer.. I probably wont run that much water in the sump anyways -

 

[milknfutz]

Wont having the rock out of the water like that cause die off that could leech into the water?

Yeah, but the rock actually stays moist (rather soaked looking in person) for some reason. Theres got to be some sort of wicking phenomenon going on where the top part of the rock absorbs water from the tank.. I don't know.. its pretty cool though, theres a lot of little tide pool areas. I was going to run a loctite bendable pipe from the return to spill over the top if the rock looked like it was drying but its still very wet! yum!

But if it did - the algae scrubber is suprisingly efficient and powerful - also the sump (18g) has a 30+ lbs it it - the die off probably would be significant

 

[skunkmere]

i wouldnt worry about the dry rock. its really cool, crabs can climb up there.

 

[erok_8g]

I love this tank.i think my 90g is gonna become a fowlr and im going to make this one a reef.

 

[milknfutz]

i wouldnt worry about the dry rock. its really cool, crabs can climb up there.

Yeah - I'm going to drop a fiddler in there eventually.. I've read different things in regards to if their reef safe or not though

 

[milknfutz]

I love this tank.i think my 90g is gonna become a fowlr and im going to make this one a reef.

you got a 60-f? (too lazy to look through threads lol)

 

[erok_8g]

Not yet but im gonna.

 

[milknfutz]

nice - I highly recommend - the silicon is non existent, glass is high clarity. The shallow dimensions allow you to play around with scapes in a different way

 

[milknfutz]

i wouldnt worry about the dry rock. its really cool, crabs can climb up there.

yeah, not putting any more crabs except hermits - maybe a pom pom.. saw a little gang of the hermits on top of the rock grazing for awhile though lol

 

[milknfutz]

Here's some pics of the non photo pieces chicago fish and coral had for sale -

The more yellowish one was supposedly a liminadia (sp?) some sort of carnatian coral I believe.. very interesting, I haven't kept any nps yet but was told by the employee that its a fairly decent one to keep

some awesome blueberry gorgonians

 

[erok_8g]

Milk who drilled ur tank and what kind of leds are u using?

 

[Ragby]

yeah, not putting any more crabs except hermits - maybe a pom pom.. saw a little gang of the hermits on top of the rock grazing for awhile though lol

The dry rock is brilliant. First time I've seen it done and I love the idea.

 

[milknfutz]

Milk who drilled ur tank and what kind of leds are u using?

I drilled the tank myself! :spin1: wha wha! It was as easy as everyone says, although it was my first time attempting it. I just taped a garden hose down and had continuous water going over the hole the entire time to keep it cool.
I messed up a little on the first hole because the holesaw skipped off the glass a little when I was trying to get the groove going - had a few scratches, but the overflow covered all that up easily.

Here's a photo of right before I drilled the tank .. I got the holesaws off ebay btw for really cheap (like 4 or 5 bucks, from hong kong) - worked really well! I even lent them out to someone else to use and they drilled 3 holes with fine.. although I still haven't gotten them back!

I'm using nanotuner par38 12K LEDs

 

[milknfutz]

The dry rock is brilliant. First time I've seen it done and I love the idea.

Wow thanks ragby! There's a somewhat famous 75g shallow 'volcano' tank out there that pulled this idea off splendidly.

It was somewhat luck as I pulled a piece of LR out of the bottom of a huge tote container and turned out to be almost identical to the picture I had in my head of the rock I wanted. Picked it up at chicago fish and coral (good deal at 3 or $4 a lb).

I was going to drill and rig up a taller piece and secure it with an acrylic rod through both rock and then run a 'waterfall' overflow up the back and have it come down over the top. I still might do this, but for the mean time, I really like having that small section exposed.Will be interesting to see what grows up there.

 

[milknfutz]

The dry rock is brilliant. First time I've seen it done and I love the idea.

Wow thanks ragby! There's a somewhat famous 75g shallow 'volcano' tank out there that pulled this idea off splendidly.

It was somewhat luck as I pulled a piece of LR out of the bottom of a huge tote container and turned out to be almost identical to the picture I had in my head of the rock I wanted. Picked it up at chicago fish and coral (good deal at 3 or $4 a lb).

I was going to drill and rig up a taller piece and secure it with an acrylic rod through both rock and then run a 'waterfall' from the return up the back and have it come down over the top. I still might do this, but for the mean time, I really like having that small section exposed.Will be interesting to see what grows up there.

 

[milknfutz]

Here is a photo of how the tank looks low tide - I had to turn off the pump to double up the sump with another rubbermaid bin because I was scared about how much it was bulging.

Here's a chiton? I have a few of them that scoot around the rock - always pleased to see them.. they are almost invisible though! exact same color as the rock..

 

[yellowRubi]

looks great! what is the footprint?