Rocketman's 370g 5'x5' Square Build

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by rocketmandb, Jun 17, 2013.

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  1. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Uhm.. Jealous! Can't wait to see this with some life in it. Excellent build! Oh and congrats on your new home! When do you move in?
     
    Chance, Mar 30, 2014
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  2. rocketmandb

    rocketmandb Ocellaris Clown

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    Hopefully we're 3 weeks out
     
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  3. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    Dang! I'm going to have to visit once it's stocked!
     
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  4. rocketmandb

    rocketmandb Ocellaris Clown

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    Salt is in - first piece of rock - water flowing through the overflow.

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  5. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Congrats!
     
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  6. APC

    APC Gigas Clam

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    So far so good!!
     
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  7. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    Those waterfalls and pond are absolutely the BOMB! Wow, I'm usually not a big fan or things like that, but that one is awesome!

    Your tank is doing well too- my only adivce here is to get a good cycle, and add things like fish especially- slowly so the biofilters have time to keep up, etc.

    Get ready for your Dino blooms and Diatoms!
     
    Todd_Sails, Apr 11, 2014
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  8. chris adams

    chris adams Purple Tang

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    Awesome but my opinion that pond is way to small for that waterfall (you need to go bigger) we all know you like big ;)

    Also find yourself a nice garden and pond place and get some real koi.. luv mine and there really are some beautiful ones out there (Yamabuki ogon butterly koi are unreal). I can definitely say that I enjoy my koi just as much as my SW fish.
     
    chris adams, Apr 11, 2014
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  9. rocketmandb

    rocketmandb Ocellaris Clown

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    Yeah, I'd love to go bigger, but no where to go :)
     
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  10. rocketmandb

    rocketmandb Ocellaris Clown

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    This house was so screwy when we bought it that we had to take it down to studs to renovate. There was literally only one thing I would keep as-is and that was the waterfall :)

    I don't have the luxury of cycling the tank from scratch - and actually it will not go through much of a cycle, if any. I'll be moving my existing rock, etc. from my existing set up so the bio-filtration and bio-load will remain basically the same. I will also use Microbacter 7 to supplement on tank move day.
     
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