My 10g on $300 budget

[got2envy]

Hello everyone! I haven't posted in a while :headshake2: been a little occupied lol
anyways, I am in a contest on another forum..the rules are you can use $300 to make a reef from scratch, 5.5g only has $250 in the budget.The tank, live rock, sand and any equipment under $15 does not apply to your spending and if you lets say use a filter that you had laying around they discount 75% of the original price..if ya want a link PM me..prizes are for best 5.5g, best 10g and most innovative contest 5.5 only has $250 in the budget...the contest runs for 6 months :lipssealedsmilie: We haveto post a FTS the 17th of every month till March

I thought this would be fun and an interesting view on what others do with the money they have for the budget and wanted to show you guys mine..I always keep my tanks simple

Here are the changes in just 2 months

The beginning
9/14/08

9/20/08 left side

9/21/08 right side

Oct 9
Keds Reds and Trumpets

and 2 sm pink zoas

Oct 17
left side

right side

corner shot

front side

I pulled a few small peices of L/R out cause the side closest to the koralia was to tall and I was not getting good flow since the flow is all pointing to the front

 

[Bllib]

Looks Great!! Good luck on the contest!

 

[got2envy]

Continued

Zoas that I got from another reefer for $15 :eek3: Oct 17th

Oct 24
peek-a-boo

On another note I noticed my xenia was on the move so I superglued the L/R rubble that it is on and onto a suction cup and onto the glass...keeps it off my display rock I hope

Oct 31
green tumpets

the bubble is to cool with the feeders out every night

a pic with the flash...I must have scared the crap outta that hermit and lalanis zoas are fast asleep :happy:

 

[got2envy]

Nov 4
My 2 pink zoas ae now 4

Lalanis green zoas also have new babies

Xenia

GSP

Bubble close up

Rics are splitting..I am happy about this cause they are one of my favorites in the tank

Lalani's pinks shrunk and they have a bubbly base now

green trumpets close up

blue trumpets close up

pink trumpets close up

a fishy

and my favorites

coner shot

Nov 11

the YWG doesn't like the camera and the larger red head is a camera hog

My firefish

this is the smaller red head..he also likes to pose

and some growth pix for me to look back on
GSP

Keds Reds has 3 new babies

Lalani's Pinks has 5 new babies

lalani's greens have 3 new babies

Lalani's kick arse zoas..got a good shot of the spreading when the lights just turned on this morning and they were still waking up

My hitchikers have 2 new babies

and my pinks have colored up and have a bight yellow center, they look awesome under actinics..3 new babies, from 2 to 7
2 on one side

and 1 on the other side

and the Xenia is on the move

Nov 17

some regular shots

and the FTS

 

[H3D]

That was A LOT of pics! SWEET TANK!

 

[got2envy]

Nov 17 night pic of lobo and plate

Nov 29

a Stomatella cleaning the glass

I gotsa peppermint skrimp

pals

 

[got2envy]

Thanks for looking guys and gals..I will update pix as I go along..
here is a list of my equipment and livestock
10g aga- free
6 lbs argonite sand- free
50w heater- free
Koralia 1-free
Rio 50 - free
natural sea water- free
11 lbs L/R- free
18" Current 40w T-5HO- $49.34
HOB w/surface skimmer- $22.99
medium mag float algae glass cleaner- free
digital thermometer- free
egg crate top- free
Blue L.E.D's - free
Livestock -
1 blue legged hermit..hitchiked on my rock from my 40L <_< $1.50
2 red leg hermits - $1.50 x2 = $3
2 astrea snails - $1.50 x2 = $3.00
1 small mexican turbo - $2.25
some kind of red skirt zoa - 5 hitchikers - $2 per polyp =$10
asterina stars - hitchikers
Small Lobo brain - $20
Small orange plate - $15
Who I purchased lobo and plate from [/url]
teal trumpets - $25
pink trumpets - $35
green trumpets - $10
xenia - $7
GSP 1x1" = $5
cheato = $2.50
small pink zoas - $1.00 x2 = $2.00
sm bubble coral - $28
sm bubble coral[/url]
Lalani kick arse zoa frags - $15
frag ked reds - $10
PBMAS - zoa group buy[/url]
Red Head Gobies x2 = $6
Yellow watchman goby = $6
Firefish - $6
Peppermint shrimp -$3
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$ 1.42 still to go

forgot to add
This tank is in my bedroom next to my head when I sleep..I love to watch the night critters come out, I may upgrade to a 20H after the contest to let things spread out a little better and I have som zoa frags that I would love to add lol
Maria

 

[Eddiecorrea]

AMAZING tank. Amazing computer lol.

If you ever decide to frag any of the Zoos I wanna be first in line to buy some. Especially the red skirts with purple centers. Those are exactly what Im looking for.

 

[got2envy]

No problem I will let you know! Thanks for looking

 

[Hooked Newbie]

Amazing tank! Put me 2nd in line.