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Reefscape

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Nov 8, 2006
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Hello, as most of the people who come here often and have followed the build of my complete DIY setup...I have been....erm...convinced...to start a Reef log, so people can watch and follow how it is growing, see the things i change, read my explanation to why i have changed them..And more importantly, as i am here for the long term, people can watch me Reef mature...

So, this is my starting point as of today.....

Niko

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looking good so far man.
how old is it?
what lighting do you ahve over it?
what are your coral plans?
 
Hiya Fishieness...its a month or old..in building together terms...In real terms, its a lot longer as everything, besides the extra rock this i cured was transfered over from my other tank, as this was an upgrade, rather than a new setup..Lighting, i have 2 x 250w 10k metal halides and 2 x 45w Actinics...
Coral wise, i shall be splitting the tank effectivly in half. One side is going to be for hard corals, and other is going to be for soft..I am doing this because i want there to a camparison between the two types of corals..Just preference really mate..

Dorkfish...I am going to be making a shroud out of live rubble, put together with epoxy which will then blend in with the rest of the tank, not been from the front and sides and also still allow ample water to be removed from the tank on the closed loop...should look fine and hopefully quite natural when its done...

Thank you for the comments Mods

Niko
 
How much more rock do you plan??? Is your old tank still wet??
 
hiya mate...probably gonna about 8Kg ( 17lbs ).. about 3 or 4 lbs of that will be used to make the cover for the closed loop pipe...blend it in then....Will more than likely buy the last lot of rock next month and set it off curing for about 6 weeks, or more if needed...

Old tank is now gone, sold it fleebay...got quite a bit for it, more than i thought....

Niko
 
Lookin' good! Always like reading logs. Can't wait to see your progress.
 
Great beginning....looking forward to more!
 
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