New 225 Setup with Aquascaping Focus

[andrewsk]

Well, my live rock arrived today. I currently have about 70 lbs of Deep Water Tonga in my 90 gallon so I re-odered another 70 as I love the look of it over the standard Fiji. It is more expensive but well worth it. I also have another 50 of Fiji rock to go under the Tonga.

I took it out of the box and placed it in one of my barrels of salt water. It will stay in here until some of the pollution is gone from it. After a few hours in the bucket I am glad I did this because MAN DOES IT STINK! My wife is not pleased. Just look:



I will be changing the water daily until this clears up a bit.

I also found the strangest creature lurking near the surface of my smelly mess. Anyone recognize this?



I also replaced the foam to the thicker 3/4" pink styrofoam and cut it out as per Alberts help.



Now I just need to get someone to lift the tank for me! Any takers?

I also installed the bulkheads so that they can have a week to cure along with the tank.




The rest of the week will be plumbing the tank and refugium.