Bignose's 95G reef

bignose · #1 01-20-2009, 12:33 AM

I added 100 pnds of sand into the tank. I used 60pnds of sugar sand on top of 40pnds of crushed coral.

In goes the sand

Time to drink some beer and wait

The skimmer started doing its magic right away.

The cup filled about 3 times with cloudy water.

Hours later the tank started to clear up

I'm not sure if this is too much sand but I like the look of it

bignose · #2 01-21-2009, 01:18 AM

I added a couple more rocks to the tank to make a nice looking cave on the left side. I still have about 5-6pnds of rock left to transfer when I shut down my nano. I think it's enough rock but it could use some more to cover the overflow.

Here is the most recent picture I took of the tank.

The light is temporary for now. Looks dull with only the center lit up.

Here is the cave from the left side.

Rbacchiega · #3 01-21-2009, 01:55 AM

looking good!

Dig the over hang...that's a great ledge for an sps colony LOL

michika · #4 01-21-2009, 02:08 AM

I like the head on shot, its nice!

BlueAbyss is right on about the foam.

bignose · #5 01-21-2009, 03:11 AM

Thanks for the compliments. The tank is 20" deep so there should be good par. I'm going to experiment with a small frag of sps down the road.

I wish I knew what the foam was for when I set the tank up. I thought it was for noise reduction in the tank. Guess I should have started this journal before I set everything up lol.

There are diatoms in the sand so I think the cycle has started.

Rbacchiega · #6 01-21-2009, 03:27 AM

hurah!!!

bignose · #7 01-21-2009, 03:49 AM

This is kinda off topic but I popped the big question today. I'm getting married woo!!