MY first plumbed tank

lqn14 · Jul 23, 2017

Hey guys,

I've been working on this 57g rimless for a few months. I've had a few AIO tanks already but finially ready to go larger. What do you guys think about the rock work? Any changes I should make?

I'm using hydra 26HD for lighting with all vortex pumps(2 mp10s, 1 mp40). The stand is DIY white and I painted the bottom brace to match the stand.

Alfrareef · Jul 23, 2017

Hi! Good luck for your new tank.
About rock work I would remove the small rocks between the two islands.
What do you think about lights hight?

tdileo · Jul 23, 2017

Looks incredible. Lots of rock for putting corals on and a good amount of open space for fish to swim and corals that go on the sandbed. I can tell this is going to be beautiful!

lqn14 · Jul 23, 2017

Thanks!! I tried to get tons of flat surfaces in level for sps corals.

lqn14 · Jul 23, 2017

Alfrareef said:
Hi! Good luck for your new tank.
About rock work I would remove the small rocks between the two islands.
What do you think about lights hight?

My other tank has the same height with sps corals. It's about 11 inches from the top of the tank. I'll remove the rocks and see how it looks thanks

lqn14 · Aug 21, 2017

Here is a update. Finally cycled the tank in two weeks with biospira and acouple of other things...I moved fish in my other 30 gallon and corals here, One baby saflin tang ,two mates clowns, xenias in the back, GSP rock. It's going to be awhile before I can move my sps. Slow and steady wins the race. I also bought a royal gramma from a local store. Everything has been stable for over a week. I just added a omega vertex 130 and slowly trying to dial in the skimmer.

lqn14 · Aug 22, 2017

Pics of the bottom..it needs to be cleaned up but its a work in progress. I also moved my apex unit to this tank.

lqn14 · Aug 23, 2017

My omega vertex 130 was not breaking in correct and I had a hard time dialing it in. I read somewhere that reducing the air intake will work so I purchased a air flow meter and attached it. With in acouple of hours it was breaking in and form production was controllable. I recommend the mod if anybody has problems win the skimmer.