17Gal shallow LPS dominated tank

Ryan · #1 10-26-2009, 08:33 AM

Its now 2:33 in the morning, I have read half this guys stories and I must thank you lorenzo I havent cried laughing so hard in a LOOONG time.

Skimmerking · #2 10-26-2009, 10:53 AM

love the little tank man , looks like its going to be a great LPS may be a few blood shrimp in there. IMO they alway add color in a tank. may be a small clam too. fire fish wold look great in there may be a couple of leopard wrasses.

lorenz0 · #3 10-26-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryan

Its now 2:33 in the morning, I have read half this guys stories and I must thank you lorenzo I havent cried laughing so hard in a LOOONG time.

I thought someone would catch that link before i took it down. All of my friends enjoyed them but that awesome you had a good laugh over it ha ha ha the sushi pants story is one of my favorites cause thats something i have basically done. So for a few good laughs, here is ths link again (ladies be warned, i have had mix reviews from many girls but remember its litature) http://www.tuckermax.com/

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

love the little tank man , looks like its going to be a great LPS may be a few blood shrimp in there. IMO they alway add color in a tank. may be a small clam too. fire fish wold look great in there may be a couple of leopard wrasses.

I have always wanted a blood shrimp, cool little guys. one thing i like about this nano is the length. thanks for the comments, and will keep those suggestions on file.

Binare · #4 10-26-2009, 07:27 PM

Nice to the tank already planned out. I only planned on 300G through the overflow so I just had em build it with 3/4". I had a 4X39 over it... Was way too much light for everything but my sps. I wanted to keep it but the wife got sick of lookin at it hehe... She always seems to win. Good luck and ill be tagging along for sure.

lorenz0 · #5 10-26-2009, 10:17 PM

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Nice to the tank already planned out. I only planned on 300G through the overflow so I just had em build it with 3/4"

Thanks again, and 300gph worked out perfectly. today I picked up a sedra 2500 (250gph) as my return pump, thanks to red coral and for all the fittings i needed to complete the return. But that won't be all the flow in the tank, i am cheating on my love for tunze products on this one.

As for lighting I am still looking, I would prefer to find something like a 4x39watt sundial used but if I need to buy new I am looking at the nova extreme 2x39watt ($120 give or take) with some good bulbs and than down the road upgrade to something better in the new year.

As it stands now water is going in and i am cleaning the sand. will be adding my intank LR and power head on thursday or friday.

Also was thinking about making this a pearly jaw fish tank but at the same time i want to have a shallow sand bed so i will have to see how everything plays out.

mseepman · #6 10-26-2009, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lorenz0

So for a few good laughs, here is ths link again (ladies be warned, i have had mix reviews from many girls but remember its litature) http://www.tuckermax.com/

Holy crap...I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my life. That has to be one of the greatest links of all time.

lorenz0 · #7 10-27-2009, 04:53 AM

^^^

ha ha ha which one was your favorite? There is this one that is only in the book where he goes to a hockey game and gets in a fight with the mascott and has a picture of it to.

so water is in the tank, might need more flow than the 250gph pump due to very low flow in the sump. starting to think about something in the 400-500gph range

JDigital · #8 10-27-2009, 05:18 AM

Ocean Runner 2500?

lorenz0 · #9 10-27-2009, 05:33 AM

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Ocean Runner 2500?

OR2500 might be a bit much. I am going to figure it out once the powerhead is on which will be friday

lorenz0 · #10 11-04-2009, 12:49 AM

Quick update, will get pictures soon.

I upgraded the return pump to a 540gph pump but am thinking that the 1/2" return hose maye be restricting so i may be looking into upgrading it to a 3/4" hose. it is using a reducer at the bulkhead from a 3/4"-1/2" so shouldn't be to hard to do. Also added some live rock in and going for the open water look.

Now to the fun part, picked up a vortech mp10 tonight. loving it. looking forward to seeing how it holds up to my tunze 6055's

Still looking for a light, as it stands i may be picking up a TEK 4x39watt and running some AS 17500k duo's with GE pure actinic's so the colors from the LPS should pop out.