The not so slow 75 gallon Tattoo Shop build...NEW PICS FEB 3 2011

[Rbacchiega]

DUN DUN DUN
So fyi, quickest way to get what you want from a man (well besides the adult rated version)...home cooked meals. Just sayin. Nothing is going to be built until the next trip down here after New Years, which leaves plenty of time for me to save up the moola and make this tank spifferific.
Because this is in a tattoo shop it's got to be nice to look at but easy to maintain, so hello softy/LPS dominated tank!

Specs:


Tank and Stand:
Standard 20 Gallon Long AGA with Run of the mill black Stand.
- No Sump on the tank etc so doesn't have to be overly fancy!

Lighting:
Current 30" Sundial 4X24 T5HO fixture
- 2 Geisman Actinic, 1 Pure Actinic, 1 6000K Daylight
Shop is open for 8 hours 6 days a week, so that's going to be the light cycle. Will probably just run it on a timer for the 7 day cycle to make things easy.

Filtration:- 20ish lbs Live Rock
- Shallow Sand Bed
- Still up in the air on a skimmer...will probably get a small HOB one in the long run, but for now, regular weekly water changes will suffice.

Flow:
- 2 Koralia 2s....oh wait, what's this?!?!? A sale?!?! BAM Vortech MP 10...Figure Crest mode should do it.

Livestock list (well, what I'm shooting for anyways)

- Zoas, Rics, Mushrooms and an open brain or two...all obviously depending on availability.
- CUC Consisting of mainly snails...Hermits and I havn't had the best relationship...ha ha
- For fish...no idea. need movement and color....hit me with suggestions!

Dear self, welcome back. Sorry.

[Delphinus]

I wish you the best of luck but to be honest I'm not really worried about losing my title of the holder of the slowest build. If you really want the title I suppose we could thumb wrestle for it or something.

Neat little project in the meantime. Have fun!

[skabooya]

Hey nice to see another slow paced nano. I have one too. 2 years of research then bought the tank waited a few months, bought equiptment, waited a few months set up with water, waited a few months started adding livestock to the tank over a few months. Now, no more until next summer LMAO

[lastlight]

Haha right on. Nice thread title and I can't tell or not but you actually HAVE the mp10 or will waiti for a sale?

Tony owns that title. The only currency capable of buying it is TIME and you don't have that much sorry Randi.

[TheMikey]

I like this. My upgrade will definitely be in the running. I've been planning it since March but haven't finalized much except that I want to keep my current lights.

And people always figure nanos don't take much planning

[lockrookie]

following along

[Rbacchiega]

went in to price some stuff out and see if they could order in the lights and they were having a sale on the Vortech, so I bought it ha ha ha...I have a pump and no tank as of yet hahahaha

[Rbacchiega]

plans already have changed....
Hello future clean up crew
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...68&pcatid=1368

[lastlight]

Oh so now you're gonna toss that in our faces? I'm all American...can order from LA blah blah.

Phooey.

[Lance]

Assessor Basslet: either blue or yellow. (Awesome looking fish!) They are a little on the shy side though, so maybe a couple of clowns as well or something else that all the customers are familiar with. Clownfish are always a big hit in public viewed tanks.