10 Gallon Nano Has Begun *PICS*

[talksalt]

I currently have a 75G FOWLR and thought to myself I would stop there when I got that one. Well, many months later I have decided to bump that one up to a 350. But untill I get that tank I had to have something else to do. So I started a nano. IMO Nano's are far more cool than most reefs I see.
Anyhow, About my nano
10 Gallon
20 LBS Cured LR
36 Watt Coralife (on the way)
AC/110 Power Filter Moded into Fuge (on the way)
--In the future--
2 False Perc Clowns
Not sure what type anemone yet
An Assortment of coral.
Cleaning crew
96 Watt Coralife

Well, I have this so far,
Got my 25 LBS of liverock from fedex today that was shipped out yesterday. There seemed to be a little dieoff so I went ahead and scrubbed in saltwater bucket then rinsed in saltwater.
Here is my arrival,
http://www.talksalt.com/david/1.jpg
Here is the bucket I scrubbed the rock in.
http://www.talksalt.com/david/2.jpg
And then the rinse side (all saltwater)
http://www.talksalt.com/david/3.jpg
Here is the tank right before I added the LR. I have grabbed LS & 50% water (about 3 gallons) from my current 75G. Allthough it would help the cycle faster I am still going to wait 2 weeks before adding percs and another 1 week before adding anemone. I just want to make sure the rock is fully cured before putting anything in. I have swapped out a couple of the big rocks I got in my shippment for a few smaller rocks out of my 75G so that will also help with the cycle.
Disregard the Powerfilter and the Light as the ones I have ordered didnt arrive today like they were suppose to. Those two are only temp untill tomorrow (Hopefully).
Before LR
http://www.talksalt.com/david/4.jpg
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[talksalt]

Hey, Found some type of coral or something, Anybody?? Its got a purple tint to it, Came with the LR.
http://www.talksalt.com/david/5.jpg
Here is the LR in the tank
http://www.talksalt.com/david/6.jpg
From a higher view, The rubble LR you see in the middle will go in my fuge with macro.
http://www.talksalt.com/david/7.jpg
The left side
http://www.talksalt.com/david/left.jpg
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[talksalt]

Right side
http://www.talksalt.com/david/right.jpg
My goal was to make a shelf type system out of the LR to give the anemone more easier places to choose to settle down. And also to make caves for hiding spots for inverts etc. Allthough you cannot see at the moment because of the cloudiness.
Tomorrow I shall post the steps I am taking on the AC/Fuge Mod like the one shown here at reefcentral with the AC70.
More to come soon

-Dave

[derrikd]

cool

[Conceyted]

that "coral" looks like some branch rock with coraline on it.

[talksalt]

Originally posted by Conceyted
that "coral" looks like some branch rock with coraline on it.
Could be, But its real Flimzy (flimzy?,!) Im not real big on coral as of now but this tank will allow me to more explore corals and more.

[TCU Reefer]

I like the aquascaping. Keep us updated.

[talksalt]

Originally posted by TCU Reefer
I like the aquascaping. Keep us updated.
Thank you kind sir, I was going for the split sides look with the space in the middle for swimming. Or the "Playground" As I like to call it.

[clown fanatic]

i too really like thw aquascaping, i'll be following this thread. wish i could get pics of my 10g at school up. as for the coral.. it looks to ME like a tube for a feather duster.

[Andrew]

Nice aquascaping for being a 10 gallon. I had the hardest time getting the rock where I wanted it in my old 10 gallon.

[cj_basser]

Yeah, that "coral" is a feather duster. They are really cool. It likes to bein a place with not a whoile lot of flow, and minimal light.

It eats micro organisms in the water colum.

[talksalt]

Originally posted by clown fanatic
i too really like thw aquascaping, i'll be following this thread. wish i could get pics of my 10g at school up. as for the coral.. it looks to ME like a tube for a feather duster.
Originally posted by cj_basser Yeah, that "coral" is a feather duster. They are really cool. It likes to bein a place with not a whoile lot of flow, and minimal light.

It eats micro organisms in the water colum.
Thanks guys, Hopefully they are hearty and can take a beaten because it was only damp when it arrived in the rock. Maybe I can save it.

andrew Yeah, it was a good hour and a half of me switching rocks between tanks and moving them around. Thats what the fun is all about :)

Well, About todays progress......I got a heater lol. I was suppose to get the AC/110 and the light in the mail today.Pffttt
Hopefully tomorrow.
Will post more when I have more :cool:
Thanks everybody so far.

-Dave

[vanmo92]

probrobly a fetherduster. looks like an earthworm though

[MeuserReef]

I like the aquascaping. We need PICS PICS PICS!

[talksalt]

Got my Light and Powerfilter. Already made the mod into a fuge and waiting for the glue to dry. So far its been 24 hours & have another 24 hours before I can get it wet. Cycle so far is 1.5 weeks with partial water from my established 75 Gallon. More pics coming soon.

Oh yeah,
Online fish store sent me a 36" 50/50 96 watt coralife instead of the 24 inch 36 watt like i ordered. They said to keep if I wanted to. Now I gotta find somebody to trade for the 20" that will fit perfectly. What a deal eh? :D

[coker98]

with only 3.6 watts per gallon of power compacts that anenome isnt going to be to happy. unless it is a condy but the clowns you want wont host in that species.

[talksalt]

9.6 watts per gallon :) Im keeping the 96 and i'm looking to try to trade the 36" 96W for a 20" 96W in the future.

[talksalt]

A few days later and I got a few more pics. My pics are a bit pixelized. I need to get a new digi cam, this cam is about 3 years old.
Front shot
http://www.talksalt.com/david/8.jpg
Left
http://www.talksalt.com/david/9.jpg
Right
http://www.talksalt.com/david/10.jpg
Far shot
http://www.talksalt.com/david/11.jpg
Birds eye
http://www.talksalt.com/david/12.jpg
Got a little bit of coraline growing
http://www.talksalt.com/david/13.jpg
Side angle view
http://www.talksalt.com/david/14.jpg
Birds eye Aqua Fuge Mod (macro on the way)
http://www.talksalt.com/david/15.jpg
http://www.talksalt.com/david/16.jpg
2 weeks running so far. 4 10% water changes and one 20% change done. Added about 5 more LBS of LS from my 75G. 1 more week and I think I will add the percs. I put a Hermit in there today. He is going crazy on the algea, I will get me a clean up crew in the next couple days.
More to come soon.
-Dave