Bill's Intro to the Reef - 5 Gallon Rimless

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jmay33 said:
Awesome. :) it'll probably clear up after a water change. What kind of sand did you use?
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It's caribsea fiji pink. It's not sugar sand, but it's not super coarse either. Just a nice fine grain sand that suits this tank well. There's dust that collects on the glass, heater, and powerhead that is driving me crazy. I have a small hob palm filter that I planned on using for extra mechanical or chemical filtration. It'll only be used on the tank when needed.
 
Billbug68 said:
Well... It depends... I have a lot of work I need to do on my house, and over the last year or so the hobby has been taking most of my extra money... Ahh, addiction. :) I may just get this dialed in, run it for a while. and get some stuff built other than aquariums... :lol: In the long run, yes, an upgrade is inevitable... ;) I may throw a budget FOWLR together with a pair of clowns for my wife and kid. They're extremely disappointed they can't have a "nemo" in this tank...
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I totally get it. It's hard even with a big tank to not go bigger.

What would a saltwater tank be without a clown (sarcasm). I think if I didn't have a clown in my tank, people wouldn't know if it was fw or sw. Actually some visitors didn't know even with the clown in there :nono:
 
Billbug68 said:
It's caribsea fiji pink. It's not sugar sand, but it's not super coarse either. Just a nice fine grain sand that suits this tank well. There's dust that collects on the glass, heater, and powerhead that is driving me crazy. I have a small hob palm filter that I planned on using for extra mechanical or chemical filtration. It'll only be used on the tank when needed.
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Eh. The dust will settle and go away. I don't know anything about the caribsea sand so i can't have an opinion. Lol.

obscurereef said:
I totally get it. It's hard even with a big tank to not go bigger.

What would a saltwater tank be without a clown (sarcasm). I think if I didn't have a clown in my tank, people wouldn't know if it was fw or sw. Actually some visitors didn't know even with the clown in there :nono:
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That's the truth! I set up a 100 gallon to cycle yesterday and I already wish it was bigger. Lol. :hide:
 
Okay, here's the test results. Keep in mind, I'm testing out Dr. Tim's one and only. I've never believed in the whole bottled bacteria thing, but that's mainly because of people on the forums who have probably never used it... So I figured I'd see for my self. This is three days after dosing the bottled bacteria.

Ph - 7.8
Kh - 11-12?
Ammonia - 2ppm
Nitrite - .5ppm
Nitrate - 20ppm

And here'a some new pics, nothing special, but you can see how I mounted the fan to a shelf above the tank.
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Billbug68 said:
Anybody? Why would alkalinity be 11-12 and pH 7.8?
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I wish I knew. I just don't have any knowledge on that. I would say that picking up some rock rubble would be a good thing. Your tank would certainly cycle a little faster.
 
*Spit take* That's too expensive to be on craigslist :eek: Acrylic is too expensive in general. Retiling? How about moving just so you could find a house to build around your tank! Ultimate reef junkie style :lol:
 
obscurereef said:
*Spit take* That's too expensive to be on craigslist :eek: Acrylic is too expensive in general. Retiling? How about moving just so you could find a house to build around your tank! Ultimate reef junkie style :lol:
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That's pretty much what I'm doing now... :lol: gotta lay the floor I want before I start a huge tank though. Moving hundreds of gallons around doesn't sound like fun... :eyes:
 
Billbug68 said:
That's pretty much what I'm doing now... :lol: gotta lay the floor I want before I start a huge tank though. Moving hundreds of gallons around doesn't sound like fun... :eyes:
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No it doesn't sound fun. Even moving 5 gallon buckets isn't fun. Do they have a term for the freshwater crazed hobbyists? Like freshy junkies? Doesn't have the same ring. Sounds like freshman stoners. Oops.
 
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