runswithscissors
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I'm a little late but why not... Ive got an old 5 gallon I use to use as a sump and an old hob skimmer taking up space in my slop sink. lets see what I can do with these 
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runswithscissors
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So I pulled out some of the baffles... and scraped at the silicon for an hour 
I decided not to use the remora skimmer and instead thru my biocube skimmer in there... The remora was just too loud
I also half some carbon and filter floss in a bottle on the maxijet (cheap way to make sure the water flows thru the media instead of around it) I'll probably trade it out for chemipure pure elite in a week or two.
I stole some live rock, sand, and water from my 75gallon and biocube...
Glued a few small rocks together, nothing super creative just wanted to stay away from just a pile of rocks
For lighting I had a AquaticLife T5HO I wasn't using, its only 20" with 1 18W 420/460nm Actinic Lamp and 18W 700+/10000K Marine Daylight Lamp... I think in such a small and shallow tank that should be enough light.
I'll be stealing a few corals from our frag tank and maybe a snail and hermit from my zoa tank. Right now I do not think Ill be adding a fish... this is the smallest tank Ive ever attempted and Im afraid adding a fish, even a tiny goby would make it even harder to keep stable... fingers crossed!
I decided not to use the remora skimmer and instead thru my biocube skimmer in there... The remora was just too loud
I also half some carbon and filter floss in a bottle on the maxijet (cheap way to make sure the water flows thru the media instead of around it) I'll probably trade it out for chemipure pure elite in a week or two.
I stole some live rock, sand, and water from my 75gallon and biocube...
Glued a few small rocks together, nothing super creative just wanted to stay away from just a pile of rocks
For lighting I had a AquaticLife T5HO I wasn't using, its only 20" with 1 18W 420/460nm Actinic Lamp and 18W 700+/10000K Marine Daylight Lamp... I think in such a small and shallow tank that should be enough light.
I'll be stealing a few corals from our frag tank
and maybe a snail and hermit from my zoa tank. Right now I do not think Ill be adding a fish... this is the smallest tank Ive ever attempted and Im afraid adding a fish, even a tiny goby would make it even harder to keep stable... fingers crossed! runswithscissors
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Here we go!!! Official start>>> bag is in the water!!!
I think I wrote the actual day on the last sign instead of the "July 1st"... not sure if it matters or not so I re-shot the picture... plus I realized that only the tiniest bit of the baggie was visible... hope this one looks better.
Do the mangroves in the overflow count as "livestock"??? hope not...
I think I wrote the actual day on the last sign instead of the "July 1st"... not sure if it matters or not so I re-shot the picture... plus I realized that only the tiniest bit of the baggie was visible... hope this one looks better.
Do the mangroves in the overflow count as "livestock"??? hope not...
