33g nano journal

[kwirky]

Just finished hanging the light. Thought I'd post a picture of the tank so far.

I'm going to clean it out, then paint the back black.

I like it's location. I'll be able to watch the tank while sitting at the computer.

oh and the speakers are because fishies like rock music

[SeaShell]

My husband would LOVE to hear that fishies love rock music.... but I think they love classical!



Welcome back... you had a reef tank before, too?

[kwirky]

Originally Posted by SeaShell

My husband would LOVE to hear that fishies love rock music.... but I think they love classical!



Welcome back... you had a reef tank before, too?

yeah here's the old journal thread to my 120g reef i previously had.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...&highlight=120

I still have the tank and the chemicals n test kits n such but the lights and all were sold off. unable to keep up with such a large tank, both in time and $$.

oh and I just finished painting the back of the tank black. there are some things I'm going to try do that I should have done with my 120g. like be patient...

[kwirky]

not aquascaped yet

ok so I put about 30-35 pounds of the old liverock into the 24g tank. I tested the nitrates a day later and they tested at 25ppm

So I grabbed a maxijet and slowly blew off each rock meticulously. After they were all cleaned off and in a separate bucket the tank water was so nasty you couldn't see 2" into the water.

I did a 100% water change with tap water and now, a day later, it tests 0.5 ppm nitrate. Much better levels.

So I've got an AC70 HOB hanging on the back for aprox 350gph water flow. I have a hydor koralia 400gph pump on the left end. I have two maxijet's as well, one on either end, that alternate on a coralife light timer every 15 minutes.

I'm gonna source out a few very nice pieces of liverock, either from an LFS or from other reefers to kinda "seed" the tank with. I think leaving the liverock in the bin has produced a benefit. Almost all the liverock I have in the tank has no coraline on it. It's died and flaked off, leaving nice open liverock. I won't be aquascaping the rock for a few days.

new to-do list:
install RO/DI unit
Find a good piece or two of liverock as seeder
final rinse of all rock pieces
100% change with RO/DI water
monitor for a few days before turning light on
turn light on, buy coral