20g to 55g upgrade

[SnowZz]

Well after months of collecting the time has come

The tear down move reasemble of the 20g:

Adding Fresh water and salt mix:

The new sand over crushed coral excited:

The new light: 4x 54 wt t5ho with led moon lights

My helper:

 

[maxima423]

the stand looks weird..... but otherwise ^_^ nice upgrade

 

[melosu58]

That`s a pretty odd looking fish on the last pic. LOL. Looks like a pretty nice upgrade.

 

[Jimbo7]

Make sure that stand is rated for that tank. Once you start adding LR you are going to add another 50+ lbs to it.

SUPER cute puppy! I want one

 

[SnowZz]

The stand was rated for a 55g high i think not a 55g long, so im sure itll be ok, its pretty sturdy

 

[SnowZz]

i can see its going to take quite some time for the water to un-cloud

 

[SnowZz]

So how long does it take the water to clear from the live sand being poured in. I put 70 pounds of it in about 10 hours ago. But the band news is im using a 55g hang filter til my Fluval 405 comes. And it isnt clearing up much, does it take 24-48 hours to clear up?

 

[melosu58]

Mine took a couple days.

 

[DragonFish71]

I'd still be concerned about the stand. You've got a few inches from either side of the actual stand that will have no support other than a piece of plywood. Those ends can start to buckle and lead to disaster. A 55 standard is longer than a 55 high.


And love your helper.

 

[SnowZz]

so be it, i found a new stand for 59.99 im worried too

 

[iDream]

sand settling took forever for me, definitely shouldve washed it first, but that wouldve killed the "live" part and my money wouldve been wasted

 

[SnowZz]

Sorry i havent updated the thread in a while. Ive been busy and my new power heads and filter hasnt arrived today so deffinetly tommarow. Ill update more pics when I get them. BTW my coral beauty angel is a coral muncher and she must go.

 

[SnowZz]

So i have a couple questions..
1) im starting to see little air bubbles on my LR any idea what could be causing it?
2) does the sand harden after a while or was it because i didnt rinse it that when hermits walk on it causes slight cloudiness, on that note after a few PWC with PH it will that remove alot of the dust?