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one main structure wasn't enough - i did say that what I had in my mind and what I saw didn't match!
I will be posting a pic or two tomorrow, it will take a bit for the tank to clear after the sand storm
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Sand and Aquascaping
Well the dust has settled after adding the sand. It has been years since I have had a sand bottom tank and I really like it, it reflects the light very nice. My fish and other things thought it was pretty good too!
I am now pretty much done the aquascaping. I added another structure and got the zoa garden in place. As time goes on I will go higher on the 2nd structure and will fill in the zoa garden as I get more. Here are a few pics of how it sits tonight. North view: West view: South view; I also got started on the return plumbing, its pretty much complete i was just short a couple of elbows.
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I like!
The 2nd rock-pile does balance it nicely and I see you went with a fairly deep layer of sand - Is that almost 2" ? Are you going to go with a clean-up crew, gravel-vac or combination of the two? Pity its going to take the fish a month to get used to the new light schedule, I see you posted the pics at ~3:30am.
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Looks amazing Jeff,
I really love, love, love, how you have done the aquascaping and your coral placement. Okay you can come help me now, pretty please with a cherry on top. |
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Thanks Vic - the sand bed is just a skiff, should have 1-2 pounds per gallon which in my case would be 120 - 240 pounds , there is 40 pounds in my tank now and that is the way it's going to stay. Clean up crew - yes.
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I would help you but I am not out there for a couple few weeks
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40lbs. isn't much and a (small) cleaning crew should have no problems keeping it mixed and clean + with the power heads I imagine you aren't going to have many (any?) dead spots. Now that I've got my car fixed I get to do the powerhead adventure on mine
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If your comparing the sand to the black frame - keep on mind this is a frameless tank, the black you see in the pic is the black siliconet
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looks awesome jeff! Well executed :-) Cleaning all that glass is fun isn't it? That's about the only annoying thing about peninsulas.. It is almost like having a 10 foot tank, or in my case, 14 feet!
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Really like the added rock work! Very nice.
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Oh, you picked up on that?
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