Nanoreefnewbie 2012 nano contest entry

[nanoreefnewbie]

Originally Posted by wmcinnes

Not to be rash, but can almost guaruntee you wont fit 40lbs of rock 'beautifully' into a 17.5g tank!

I think it looks great here is a pic of tank with rock and cycling just fine...alittle crowded but it all fits lol..

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by nanoreefnewbie

I think it looks great here is a pic of tank with rock and cycling just fine...alittle crowded but it all fits lol..

It fits pretty well. A crowded at k can be gorgeous . . . Just dig through Reef_Geeks threads to see pics of his.

[nanoreefnewbie]

Originally Posted by Enigma

It fits pretty well. A crowded at k can be gorgeous . . . Just dig through Reef_Geeks threads to see pics of his.

Thank you it took abit not a few different land scaping ideas and wholla finally ended up with it and I fit all 40 lbs in yay lol
I just thought good natural filtration should be good and id got tons of room for corals caverns for fish undecided on that aspect
His pics all pretty beautiful I only wish lol maybe

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by nanoreefnewbie

Thank you it took abit not a few different land scaping ideas and wholla finally ended up with it and I fit all 40 lbs in yay lol
I just thought good natural filtration should be good and id got tons of room for corals caverns for fish undecided on that aspect
His pics all pretty beautiful I only wish lol maybe

It just takes care and time for everything to fill in. You'll get there. And, I quite like you scape. You squeezed all that rock in very nicely, and there is interest in the placement.

[mrhasan]

Great work with the rocks

Now put in atleast two powerheads to brush water through all those rocks

[nanoreefnewbie]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Great work with the rocks

Now put in atleast two powerheads to brush water through all those rocks

I've got a 750 gph powered is that still not enough lol

[nanoreefnewbie]

Originally Posted by Enigma

It just takes care and time for everything to fill in. You'll get there. And, I quite like you scape. You squeezed all that rock in very nicely, and there is interest in the placement.

Thank you I thought it fit in well

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by Enigma

It fits pretty well. A crowded at k can be gorgeous . . . Just dig through Reef_Geeks threads to see pics of his.

Damn you, autocorrect.

That should read "a crowded tank can be gorgeous . . ."

[nanoreefnewbie]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Damn you, autocorrect.

That should read "a crowded tank can be gorgeous . . ."

I hate auto correct too lol my tablet is the worst for it

[nanoreefnewbie]

Just added my first batch of clean up crew is been added tonight
I got 1 peppermint shrimp,1 blue knuckle crab, 5 turbo snails, 3 scarlet hermit crab...ive also been working on a diy skimmer ill get some pics posted asap