Part I for "Operation Angler Nano" has arrived!

[d2mini]

Picked up my "Part I" TBS shipment!

The plane left florida around 12:30 and landed around 1:30 in Houston. I was putting boxes in my car by 3pm.

Looking down into 4 layers of heavy duty plastic. Rock AND water. One of the great things about TBS's shipping.

Here's a closer look.
Richard purposely sent rock not quite as populated with life as he did on the first round for my big cube because the nano's are harder to cycle. Next round should be covered in more good stuff.

Here's the sand, straight from the bottom of the Gulf. Lots of varied sized granules.

Here's the smallest piece of rock in this shipment.

Whatta ya think, Wally? Smell any die-off, or is it good to go straight in the tank?
Wally said it was good to go.

Escargot, buddy?

That's it for now.... waiting for the water to clear before i show a shot of the tank. And.... Richard even sent me a color replenisher for my big cube! How freakin awesome is that?!?!

 

[d2mini]

The water is clearing up so here's a couple shots.

 

[d2mini]

It's been 4-5 days.
Still no ammonia to speak of.

 

[noahm]

Thats a pretty flashy tank/stand. Looks like some kind of futuristic container for when you keep your head alive....forever.

 

[d2mini]

hahaha, ya just like the celebrity heads in Futurama. :lolspin:

I won the tank at a raffle at one of my LFS.
It's a JBJ 28g Nano CF Quad.

 

[noahm]

hahaha, ya just like the celebrity heads in Futurama. :lolspin:

I won the tank at a raffle at one of my LFS.
It's a JBJ 28g Nano CF Quad.

Haha :lmao: that was exactly the image I was thinking of.

Good score on the tank btw.:dance:

 

[d2mini]

Ok, here's a few pics of the rock from Part II! But I wanted to get it in to the tank quickly with all the life on it. I'll post more pics later once the water clears.

As usual, AWESOME STUFF! Thanks Richard!!! :dance:

 

[Yogre]

Very nice, great photography as always Dennis!

What's up with the gloves? What's a little Mycobacterium marinum amongst friends?

Just kidding!

I used the same gloves when I loaded my parts 1 and 2 into my tank... had to have been at least 300 pounds worth.

 

[d2mini]

hahahahaha, ya... i'm not taking any chances with this stuff.

Here's everything in the tank!



FRONT VIEW

LEFT SIDE

RIGHT SIDE

FRONT LEFT CORNER

 

[Yogre]

Absolutely lovely. I need to order a color-up package from Richard.

Now, this tank is going to be for an angler? What species?

 

[d2mini]

Thanks.

Not sure yet... maybe a yellow wartskin. Depends what my lfs can get and how much.