My tank odessy

[Dearth]

Well after lots of planning and a couple of false starts over the past couple of months my tank is finally up and running I took my old 33 gallon fresh water tank cleaned it up then proceeded to aquire stuff I needed and with the help of a friend who sold me some stuff ended up having a great start

my tank stuff

33 gallon standard tank
25 lbs live rock
30 lbs sand and substrate
Aqua c remora-s Hang on skimmer
powerhead 850gph
100 watt ebo jager heater
LED lights --- Home built kit


Now I had a major problem with where to put my tank due to the fact my house is very bright ended up changing some curtains and gave myself a darker corner but it worked set up my tank filled it with the sand and rock and a day later was looking good

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/177.jpg

then the wait began after 3 long weeks my diatom bloom came and once the bloom hit my tank started turning brown

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/189.jpg

8 long days later my tank was more brown than white and the bloom was finally over got my CuC and this was the day I put them in my tank

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/198.jpg

7 days after getting my CuC its looking better and now second cycle is just beginning and this is my tank today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/206.jpg

hopefully in about a weeks time will have my fish in there then coral soon after

Hope you guys like what you see so far

Thank you

[Dearth]

2 weeks ago I added my fish and they are doing very well and I am thouroghly impressed that they have acclimated so well

I have

4 Green Chromis
1 Neon Goby
1 Lawnmower Blenny
1 Yellowfin Damselfish

lawnmower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/IMG_0494_zpsd85fe8a5.jpg

Neon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/IMG_0495_zps5122b926.jpg

Green Chromis and Yellowfin Sorry yellowfin is camera shy
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/IMG_0493_zpsd46b2388.jpg

[Northernseacorals]

Looking good mate :razz:

[Dearth]

My almost finished tank a few more coral and a few more CuC and I'll be a happy lil boy and watch my tank grow

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/IMG_0503_zpsce1fbd2c.jpg

[FishyFishy!]

Whats that white thingy on the bottom of your heater?

[chris88]

Great start. can you talk about your lighting set up in more detail?

[Dearth]

The White thing on the heater is a spacer to keep the heater off the glass

As to the lights they are LED lights built by a friend with a kit he got from RapidLed.com with dimmer switch it is currently set to 50% brightness and I just raised it from 40% because of the coral

sorry for picture quality took with my Iphone4

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/IMG_0837_zps98256904.jpg


there are
6 Blue
4 White
1 red
1 Moonlight

The current setup looks awesome it reflects just the right amount of light that it almost looks like natural light and produces no heat I have it hanging over the tank with a clothes rack I bought from Crappy tire which frames the tank perfectly

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/IMG_0839_zps5df3e7cb.jpg

Eventually hoping to have a more permanent light stand for when I have more money(Never ending story in itself lol)

[daplatapus]

The White thing on the heater is a spacer to keep the heater off the glass



Uhmmm, I think that is just a packing spacer for the end of the heater when it's in the box. Pretty sure it's not meant to stay on the heater when in use.

[Seriak]

Uhmmm, I think that is just a packing spacer for the end of the heater when it's in the box. Pretty sure it's not meant to stay on the heater when in use.

It is a packing spacer, but it also works great inside the tank. I kept mine on so when I work in my sump and my heaters get moved around, they are not smacking glass on glass. No problems with it being on at all.

[Dearth]

Also I discovered my snails and one of my Green Chromis love sitting on it at night I had 5 snails and one fish on it one night it was hilarious to watch them all jockey for position.

[cuz]

Also I discovered my snails and one of my Green Chromis love sitting on it at night I had 5 snails and one fish on it one night it was hilarious to watch them all jockey for position.

Tank water a little cool at night? Lol

[Dearth]

My finished tank....most of the coral I got from a tank that was being shut down and all but one is thriving and the fish love the coral



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Dearth01/IMG_0850.jpg

[coolhandgoose]

Looks great, enjoy!