offminded

Hi All,

Well...the time finally arrived and I finally have everything I need to start putting together my 55 gallon tank. I am currently filling it with water and adding the live sand. I will be finished filling it with water tonight...I am so pumped up. I will post pictures of how things are going.

Dave

sgould

Woo-hoo! Can't wait to see the pictures!

Mike

That's awesome Dave. Lookin forward to your pics.


Mike

agsansoo

Cool ...! Congrats Dave ...!

Gozer_1

So it begins! LOL You're in for a one heck of a trip. The first setup is always fun.

offminded

Hey Guys,

Here are the first pictures of our new tank...there isn't much in it...aside from the live sand. We hope to add some live rock by the end of the week. We're soooo excited.

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Oil_Fan

You're in for one heck of ride!! Everyday it seems that I'm learning something new.

p ViRuS q

you will surely learn knew things everyday. i sure am. i just started mine a few days ago. its a very fun process setting up a new tank (atleast i think so)
good luck with your setup.it has great potential.

Oil_Fan

The things I have learned...

1. Take your time aclimating your new fish. Lost 2 little green chromis this way inside of 2 days of introducing them to the tank. With my new clowns, I did a slow drip for 2 hours before putting them into my quarantine tank. One had a bit of problem for about 10 minutes but then started to get it's bearings.

2. Temp drops also kill fish. Lost another 2 chromis plus a snail when Atlanta got hit with cold spell (mid teens F) and the temp in the tank dropped about 5 degrees overnight (might have been more). Added a second heater to prevent that from happening again.

3. Diatoms are inevitable if you overfeed. I initially fed the chromis everyday and it was way tooooo much. Cut the feedings by about 2/3 and only every other day now. Oh and my nassarius snails love feeding time. They come out of the sand when food is put into the tank.

KJC18

Looks Excellent!! keep up the good work, research research research! lol

very good looking tank!

Beth191987

OOOO AAAA. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L wood!!!! It looks like a dark cherry red LOVE IT!

offminded

Thanks for all of your comments...its a dark cherry stand. I also have a canopy that matches, but I haven't put it on yet. It looks really nice with it on though. I can take a picture of it with the canopy on if anyone is interested.

Gozer_1

Of course we're interested. We love pictures lol. You could make a video of an empty tank and I'd probably watch it.

offminded

The funny thing is that my tank is darn near empty and I can't help to look at it all the time...kinda creepy...but I like it

MagpieTear

It only gets worse once the tank is stocked. Welcome Aboard!

offminded

here is an update on my tank...i purchased one 6 lb piece of live rock and found out that there was a cool muchroom coral on it. it's green and totally glows under my lights...the photo doesn't do it justice...but its a start!!! the guys at my LFS told me to go ahead and keep it...although he wasn't sure exactly what kind of mushroom it is. i know the picture isn't the best, but if anyone has any ideas please let me know...

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agsansoo

That's a green mushroom ... LOL j/k
Nice canopy. What type of lights do you have ? Also that one piece of live rock looks lonely in there. He needs more friends. LOL

offminded

lol...i kinda figured it was a green mushroom the lighting i have is the t5 nova extreme 216 watts t5 HO with 2 54 watt 10kk and 2 54 watt 460 nm actinic bulbs...it also has 4 white lunar lights with a fan.

as far as my rock being lonely...i know...i actually went and got a few more rocks...i am up to a whopping 3 rocks for a grand total of 13lbs...woo hoo!!! i'll post pictures of my lonely rocks tonight or tomorrow

Gozer_1

Lonely Rocks.
More rocks is good.

offminded

dude...this is hilarious...my rock did look quite lonely...so here are the new rocks...i never thought that i would be so excited over some stinking rocks...go figure!!!

Mike

ahh, lookie there, rocky's got some friends! Why is that one so far away though, now he's gonna get lonely.

Seriously though, they look like they have some fairly decent coralline growth on them. Nice rock.

offminded

lol...i wanted a piece in the corner...i dunno...i plan on getting more in the coming weeks...this stuff is so expensive!!! does it look out of whack so far?

Gozer_1

Looks great. Looks alot better than my rocks did when I got them. I went real cheap though.

offminded

thanks!

agsansoo

At least your wife didn't say "you paid how much for moldy rocks"