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Tank is here and currently going through its leak test out in the garage so I thought it was finally time to start my tank thread!

 

Equipment:

EcoTech Marine Radion XR15w Pro LED

EcoTech Marine VorTech MP10wQD Propeller Pump

Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155

Tunze Comline DOC Protein Skimmer 9004

 

(Coming Soon)

Filtration:

50 lbs Live Rock

30 lbs Live Sand

 

Livestock:

Mostly still up in the air but for corals I'll be doing softies and LPS

Golden midas blenny

Bluefin watchman goby

1-2 other fish I'm still deciding on

 

First pictures coming tomorrow once I have it on the stand.

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Nice choice of equipment. What type of rock? 50lbs might be a lot in a Fusion 40.

Thanks! I had lots of time to read up and make choices while the tank was backordered.

 

I'm going to go with Tampa Bay Saltwater for the rock/sand. The 50 is what will be shipped and I probably will end up with some in the sump to move into a refugium later (or maybe even a little seahorse tank, I haven't decided yet).

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Okay, okay! Here are the pictures. I'm not sure this is much of an improvement. It's pretty boring right now.

 

Mostly of note is that the paper on the back of the display is a real pain in the rear end to remove. I've been peeling little ribbons away all day and haven't managed to get very far. Once I get all that done I'll have to wash the inside of the tank again so I can start installing equipment.

 

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I'm pretty proud that I managed to install some LED lights inside the stand without electrocuting myself. I'm not very handy.

 

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Take a hair dryer to the paper and it will come off much easier.......

 

Is the rock out of the ocean cultured rock?

Ooh. Good idea. Will try that when I go after what's left tomorrow.

 

Yup. Artificial rock cultured in Florida. I'm looking forward to checking out all hitchhikers. :)

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Ooh. Good idea. Will try that when I go after what's left tomorrow.

 

Yup. Artificial rock cultured in Florida. I'm looking forward to checking out all hitchhikers. :)

 

lol I'm sure you will have a few.. Those tanks are pretty sweet and ya for the life of me why do they glue the [language filter] paper down it seems like :)

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Obligatory ugly first FTS:

 

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It was late when I got home last night so I just piled all the rock in there to get some water on it after the long day of travel. Did some aquascaping today but I riled up too much silt to take a new picture.

 

The rock is lovely with lots of enctusting sponges and other goodies.

 

My favorite hitchhiker so far:

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I also have a tiny goby of some sort that came buried in the sand that I haven't been able to get a good shot of.

 

At least one pistol shrimp in the rock. I'm not sure if I'll keep him or not yet. Will probably bait a bottle trap tomorrow and see if I can catch it and any other crabs that might be crawling around overnight.

 

I did see a nudibranch I think fluttering around while I was rearranging stuff but I couldn't catch it. Will look through some pictures to see if I can ID it.

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Tank is here and currently going through its leak test out in the garage so I thought it was finally time to start my tank thread!

 

Equipment:

EcoTech Marine Radion XR15w Pro LED

EcoTech Marine VorTech MP10wQD Propeller Pump

Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155

Tunze Comline DOC Protein Skimmer 9004

 

(Coming Soon)

Filtration:

50 lbs Live Rock

30 lbs Live Sand

 

Livestock:

Mostly still up in the air but for corals I'll be doing softies and LPS

Golden midas blenny

Bluefin watchman goby

1-2 other fish I'm still deciding on

 

First pictures coming tomorrow once I have it on the stand.

This is going to be epic! Looks like you are off to a solid start!

 

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I finally caught the goby on camera:

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New rock arrangement:

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From the side:

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Definitely not the final scape since I have more rock coming in a second shipment but I'm pleased for now.

 

I've been watching the ammonia like a hawk but nothing detectable yet.

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Goby and urchin didn't make it. :(

 

I had an issue with my ATO yesterday that ended up screwing up my salinity and temperature overnight, plus about a billion micro bubbles, which is what I think did them in.

 

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Moved some stuff around and the water is finally clearing up. Still waiting for ammonia to show up.

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Ohhh nice! If the rock is that live in wonder if you will even have much of a spike? Tank is looking good btw!

 

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I hope not! We'll see how it goes. The rock was in the Gulf of Mexico last Wednesday and in my tank on Saturday. Very live and came packed in water.
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  • 3 weeks later...

Realized I haven't updated on here in a while. Everything is going very well! Added my CUC two weeks ago, and my first fish and coral last week. Really happy with my choices so far.

 

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My fox coral finally extending all the way.

 

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My little purple urchin chowing down on some nori.

 

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