My 12 Gallon v2.0

Obsessed Reefer

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OK!!! It's here, the weekend that I start my long awaited upgrade. But lemme start with some history of my tank.

I started out in February with a dream, to have a nice looking Nano Reef. So I did some research for about a month, ordered my stuff, and on March 10th, I started her up. With 20 lbs of sand and 11 lbs of rock, my tank was off to a start. Now in the beginning, I was flamed so many times, because people said I was rushing myself, which I wasn't, but I used cured rock, from another tank, and the bagged sand, and Catalina Natural Ocean Water. I still rode out a cycle, what little one I had, then I started stocking. I added a CUC, some coral, and a clown. Then a little down the road, I added another clown, but about 2 weeks after I added the second one, it went MIA and presumed dead after a week of not seeing it. So over the summer, I slowly added some corals, but I was starting up a pico, which is now down. So my tank is a mess, waiting for tomorrow (or tonight, not sure if I'm going out), for me to really start cleaning it and adding the rock from my pico.

Once I finish cleaning it, I am going to start the 10 day acclimatization period of adding my 70 Watt 14000K DIY MH Pendant. Once that is done, I am going shopping for a small Rose Bubble Tip Anemone. Then I am selling/giving away my current clown for a pair of clowns, just dont know when or what type I want to get, something rare.

Ok Enough of me babbling, time for the pictures!!


















Oh yea, here is the link to the MH DIY

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.p ... opic=91165
 

Gribbs

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Great idea for a light stand, I may even pinch that idea. Used to do a bit of Plumbing when I was a young man.
 

drty811

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well man your tank is in need of some serious help, before you put a MH light over it.

that algae growth is out of control. are you doing any waterchanges? is your tank still cycling? what kind of maintenance are you doing?
 

Obsessed Reefer

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No no. I forgot to add this, because I just copied my post from nano-reef. there was algae all over, because I was away from the Tuesday before thanksgiving to the Sunday after it, and my timer broke and the lights stayed on. But I am in the process of cleaning it. Plus I cant add the MH until I finish the stand, I need to weld it together.
 

Angel

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Ditto on getting that algae under control first or it may get worse before it gets better.
 

reefman23

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Obsessed Reefer said:
No no. I forgot to add this, because I just copied my post from nano-reef. there was algae all over, because I was away from the Tuesday before thanksgiving to the Sunday after it, and my timer broke and the lights stayed on. But I am in the process of cleaning it. Plus I cant add the MH until I finish the stand, I need to weld it together.
Have you been able to get the algae, etc in check since these posted pictures? Any updates?

Jesse
 

Obsessed Reefer

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Yea, It's dieing down, I got to scrub about half my tank over the weekend, and plan to finish it this weekend, will post pics when done
 
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