We're setting up a 20 long on the bar between our kitchen & dining area. It will house mostly corals that we can't have (SPS) or don't have room for (larger LPS) in our 55 gallon softy tank. It will also house a pistol/goby combo since the ones in our 55 never paired LOL. Sexy shrimp are a must for him, and everything else is still undecided.
It took 3 stores & calling 3 or 4 others before we could even find a 20L in this area, as Petco's $1/gallon sale was over fairly recently LOL. This area has a LOT of reefkeepers! I still got it for that price with my Petco card!
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He cut a board to go under the tank, and I painted it with white exterior paint we already had from doing the inside of the 55 canopy.
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On the way back from buying the tank, we stopped at True Perc & got sand. 10 lbs of Bimini Pink with small bits of shell (a pistol shrimp will love that), 20 lbs of regular aragonite, and 20 lbs of Fiji pink aragonite will be mixed for the substrate at a good depth for the pistol/goby. We got home & mixed 14 gallons of water.
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We had 25 lbs of cured Vanuatu rock arrive today from Vivid Aquariums. It's the same rock I bought in 2000 (different vendor) that's in my 55, which is my favorite rock. Pics on their site actually look nothing like the rock you get LOL, it's beautiful, porous rock with great shapes & colors. We bought 15 lbs from Vivid 12/2010 to seed the 55 when we set it up with my old rock. We told them what size the tank was & the planned aquascape so they could send appropriate pieces. Donzi wants 3 separate sections of rock in the tank. Of course, we'll have to see what works with what & how I can manage to fit it together.
We also have a protein skimmer coming tomorrow that I don't have details on. LED lights & powerheads have already been ordered & will show up in the next few days. Exciting!
It took 3 stores & calling 3 or 4 others before we could even find a 20L in this area, as Petco's $1/gallon sale was over fairly recently LOL. This area has a LOT of reefkeepers! I still got it for that price with my Petco card!
He cut a board to go under the tank, and I painted it with white exterior paint we already had from doing the inside of the 55 canopy.
On the way back from buying the tank, we stopped at True Perc & got sand. 10 lbs of Bimini Pink with small bits of shell (a pistol shrimp will love that), 20 lbs of regular aragonite, and 20 lbs of Fiji pink aragonite will be mixed for the substrate at a good depth for the pistol/goby. We got home & mixed 14 gallons of water.
We had 25 lbs of cured Vanuatu rock arrive today from Vivid Aquariums. It's the same rock I bought in 2000 (different vendor) that's in my 55, which is my favorite rock. Pics on their site actually look nothing like the rock you get LOL, it's beautiful, porous rock with great shapes & colors. We bought 15 lbs from Vivid 12/2010 to seed the 55 when we set it up with my old rock. We told them what size the tank was & the planned aquascape so they could send appropriate pieces. Donzi wants 3 separate sections of rock in the tank. Of course, we'll have to see what works with what & how I can manage to fit it together.
We also have a protein skimmer coming tomorrow that I don't have details on. LED lights & powerheads have already been ordered & will show up in the next few days. Exciting!
. He got fully cured so we'd have less chance of hitchhikers like hydroids like I got on my uncured years ago and my pre-cured in 2010.
