Dudiyak
02-19-2016, 12:40 AM
Alright started this tank about a month ago with my buddy. (Both started about the same time)
Had the tank and rocks setup the way I wanted it but after looking at it for a while I wanted to change it up a bit but it didn't look that great to me so when I wanted to change it back to the way I had it before it never looked the same :(. But here's a picture of what I had it before.
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r564/david_kim9/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpskpnvoimc.png (http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/david_kim9/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpskpnvoimc.png.html)
So I run the tank with the hood on. I bought some ecoxotic led strips from a fellow reefer and put them on next to the other lights that come with the hood and use those for my moon lights because the ones that come with the hood just sucked. After doing a little research I came to conclusion that I can't fit a protein skimmer in any of the chambers with the hood down unless it's a skimmer with a air pump.
I changed the return pump with a marine maxjet 1200 and have 2 nano 425? Gph pumps
A surface skimmer and a aquatop 200 watt heater.
After waiting a month for the cycle to end I tested my water and everything seemed a okay.
Bought a couple of my first corals Here's a picture of what the aqua scape looks like about 2 weeks ago
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r564/david_kim9/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsla9413ty.jpeg (http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/david_kim9/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsla9413ty.jpeg.html)
As of now the fish and shrimps in my tank:
2 snowflake clownfish
1 six line wrasse
1 lawn mower Blenny
1 bumble bee goby
1 cleaner shrimp
1 tiger pistol shrimp
Here's what it looks like last week
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r564/david_kim9/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpswhuq8ueo.png (http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/david_kim9/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpswhuq8ueo.png.html)
Had the tank and rocks setup the way I wanted it but after looking at it for a while I wanted to change it up a bit but it didn't look that great to me so when I wanted to change it back to the way I had it before it never looked the same :(. But here's a picture of what I had it before.
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r564/david_kim9/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpskpnvoimc.png (http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/david_kim9/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpskpnvoimc.png.html)
So I run the tank with the hood on. I bought some ecoxotic led strips from a fellow reefer and put them on next to the other lights that come with the hood and use those for my moon lights because the ones that come with the hood just sucked. After doing a little research I came to conclusion that I can't fit a protein skimmer in any of the chambers with the hood down unless it's a skimmer with a air pump.
I changed the return pump with a marine maxjet 1200 and have 2 nano 425? Gph pumps
A surface skimmer and a aquatop 200 watt heater.
After waiting a month for the cycle to end I tested my water and everything seemed a okay.
Bought a couple of my first corals Here's a picture of what the aqua scape looks like about 2 weeks ago
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r564/david_kim9/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsla9413ty.jpeg (http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/david_kim9/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsla9413ty.jpeg.html)
As of now the fish and shrimps in my tank:
2 snowflake clownfish
1 six line wrasse
1 lawn mower Blenny
1 bumble bee goby
1 cleaner shrimp
1 tiger pistol shrimp
Here's what it looks like last week
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r564/david_kim9/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpswhuq8ueo.png (http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/david_kim9/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpswhuq8ueo.png.html)