My newly aquascaped 10 gallon

[leakyfaucet]

This tank is about 3 weeks old with the sand and water. 1 week old with live sand. I just added another 5 lbs of rock and did a little rescaping... mainly providing caves for my fish and shrimp when I add them

 

[drty811]

like the aquascaping......loook forward to seeing the progress of the tank. keep up the good work

 

[EDGRAY]

looking great CLY and will look even better after you live stock it and also one question why are the cable ties for ....the ones on the rock???? and how did you do to keep the chaeto stedy over there....

quite a mess in your desk :lol: :lol: J/K.

eddy :cool1:

 

[leakyfaucet]

Hahah the cable ties are to keep the rocks together so they don't tumble down when i add fish or add my livestock. They will be coered up eventually by coral. as for the chaeto...i think it's just caught in a dead spot haha...it gets enough water movement from the powerheads, but not enough to be blowing it around.

and yeah... my desk is messy... thank goodness you can't se my room! lol ;-)

 

[reefman23]

Very nice rock work. May I suggest that you glue the rocks together with an epoxy? then use the cableties only temporarily until the epoxy cures.

Ill be watching this thread...look forward to more pics.

Jesse

 

[NemoNano]

Nice tank, I like the rock work. :mrgreen:

Eric

 

[Dickie52]

Looks great.....

Just how thick is that sand bed?

 

[sadielynn]

WOW looking very nice rock work is awsome.
I love the cable tie idea and if you cant epoxy the rock as reefman suggested they will cover with time :mrgreen:

 

[leakyfaucet]

Sand bed is about 3-5 inches deep. It varies in different places. I think the lowest valleys are around 2.5-3 inches. The peaks are about 5 inches.

 

[leakyfaucet]

:cool1: I'm happy to announce the birth/ or hatching of a baby snail! lol it's much too young and too small for identification but i have a little critter the size of a tiny pellet grazing around on my glass. I tried to take a picture but it's much too small for my camera to focus on lol. :cool1:

 

[EDGRAY]

Congratulations with your new baby....

eddy :cool1:

 

[leakyfaucet]

I just added my first phase of cleanup workforce by introducing 3 mexican turbo snails to my tank. I can't wait to start livestocking! I'll probably start a journal with tons of pics to keep you all updated

 

[sadielynn]

cant wait for pictures :mrgreen:

 

[leakyfaucet]

I just added my first two residents into my tank:

1: 1 Inch Gold/Tan Acropora
2: small colony of pulating xenia.

What's the best location for these guys?

I currently have them on the top of my tank close to the lights and within earshot of the waterflow.

 

[Jennie]

Place the xenia in medium current and the acropora Im unsure of, but will look for the information.

 

[Jennie]

Acro being SPS (admittedly Im not an SPS keeper) it is going to need as much light as you can give it wit medium to high flow.

 

[leakyfaucet]

Ah. THanks, Jennie!

 

[Jennie]

Not sure we're talking about the same Acro :???: