Mini Me6
11/11/2007, 07:39 PM
I started out with an Eclipse6 FW. My 5yr old decided to crack the plexiglass. I decided to epoxy the plexy and start a nano reef tank. I've had SW tank of my owm in the past. It will take a few readings here and there to catch up on the new developements. I'm sure I can catch up on the times. This is a picture 1/2 month old.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0042_3.jpg
I decided to add substrate and chose black substrate. Water is preety cloudy:eek2: .
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0043.jpg
My AqauC Nano skiimmer was very loud for my living room. My wife was NAGGING ME, NAGGING ME, NAGGING ME to death:D . So I made this gizmo.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0045.jpg
Made everything pretty quiet. NO MORE NAGGING:eek1: .
I went to my local craft store and bought some coardboard material and made this. It's a little more pleasing.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0048.jpg
I measured Alk, Ph, Sp, Nitates, Nitrites, Amo had some opportunities in some areas, but nothing major. Had a small diatom bloom, my skimmer/carbon/water chages took care of that quickly. After 2months this is how my tank looks.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0043-1.jpg
Water is clear. Water current is sufficient. And I'm starting to see little buggers:eek1: .
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/trimmed.jpg
Now I'm waiting for my other testing kits to arrive along with my suppliments and coral food. It should be about a week or two before I start adding zoo's to my tank. Until then, I'm going to just keep doing my water changes and measuring my parameters. I also LOG all my findings. YOU CAN'T FIX WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. Keeping a log is CRITICAL in MINI REEF keeping. I'll update this Bio in a month.
PS: This is a BUMP from my previous post "I Just Gave Birth".
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0042_3.jpg
I decided to add substrate and chose black substrate. Water is preety cloudy:eek2: .
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0043.jpg
My AqauC Nano skiimmer was very loud for my living room. My wife was NAGGING ME, NAGGING ME, NAGGING ME to death:D . So I made this gizmo.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0045.jpg
Made everything pretty quiet. NO MORE NAGGING:eek1: .
I went to my local craft store and bought some coardboard material and made this. It's a little more pleasing.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0048.jpg
I measured Alk, Ph, Sp, Nitates, Nitrites, Amo had some opportunities in some areas, but nothing major. Had a small diatom bloom, my skimmer/carbon/water chages took care of that quickly. After 2months this is how my tank looks.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/IMG_0043-1.jpg
Water is clear. Water current is sufficient. And I'm starting to see little buggers:eek1: .
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/WOLFOX_X/trimmed.jpg
Now I'm waiting for my other testing kits to arrive along with my suppliments and coral food. It should be about a week or two before I start adding zoo's to my tank. Until then, I'm going to just keep doing my water changes and measuring my parameters. I also LOG all my findings. YOU CAN'T FIX WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. Keeping a log is CRITICAL in MINI REEF keeping. I'll update this Bio in a month.
PS: This is a BUMP from my previous post "I Just Gave Birth".