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+1 for dry rock and seeding with live. I ordered 100lbs of dry rock from John at Reef Cleaners, and I was really happy with what he sent. When I...
I just ran my water tests again, here are my results Ammonia 0 Nitrite .5 Nitrate 50-100, it's between the two colors, but seems to be closer to 50...
Maybe I will look into one of the screen kits from BRS. Something like that wouldn't be too bad to keep on there. I just don't want it to be...
Now that the tank is officially cycling, I'm starting to put more thought into the potential stocking list. Here's a list of fish we're thinking...
How fine is the sand? Is it oolite, or larger? If it's that bad and the sand isn't too fine you could probably siphon the dust off.
More pictures. Still trying to decide on more rock.
I guess I probably wouldn't have to take out any sand, just move it to the side. I was just thinking about setting the rock directly on the glass...
I like the look of it, but I'm questioning if I have enough rock for the biological filtration, and coral placement. I was really nervous about...
I spent about 4 hours tonight putting rock on the tank, and I think I've got a pretty good start. There's quite a few places for fish and other...
My dry rock was delivered just about an hour ago. I know what I will be doing tonight. I will post pictures soon. Now just waiting on 5pm to get...
My sand came in this morning ;D, now just waiting on the rock. One of the bags has a pinhole in it and has leaked a little bit of water, but I...
I could definitely be wrong, but I was under the impression that most 55's were tempered. I would double check on that before drilling. If that...
Thanks guys! I'm really excited about this, I started thinking about building this tank about 5 or so years ago. Just didn't want to take the first...
One more pic, it would only let me add 5
Jason's 75g Build w/pictures I thought I would add a couple pictures, they aren't much, typical cell camera.
I should add the clownfish later on only if it's one of the more aggressive types right? We are most likely going to get the common Ocellaris...
As far as stocking the tank goes, I'm still trying to figure that out, although I do have a couple of fish that I really do want. I have young...
Well, I'm a starting this thread a little later than most I think, my initial build out is pretty much complete, I still wanted to share though....
I've been researching the same thing. So far from what I have been able to fine it's not a bad idea to leave the skimmer off while cycling to keep...
I'm in the process of building my first reef tank. I went back and forth before finally deciding on drilling my own. I wanted to be able to build...
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