After a few false starts my office tank is up and running. I really wanted a specific look for this tank, sort of a terraced rockwork that will provide a good base for the corals that will be in there (mostly sps and a few choice zoas).
Anyway, the tank is running pretty much stock right now, except for 2 koralia nanos. I ditched the wavemaker on the returns to get more flow, and am going to throw a couple of hydor-flo's on the returns when i get around to it.
The only issue right now is getting my chiller hooked up. i've been having a hell of a time fitting a maxijet 1200 in the rear. I think i found the solution by hacking away the bottom compartment of the media basket. I wont know until tomorrow though as I need some hose clamps before I am going to start running it.
The tank has just been running for about a week and hopefully stabilizing (I haven't even bothered testing yet.) I am going to start adding critters in a week or so, and the fish will follow in a couple weeks after that. In the meantime I am getting asked 20 times a day why I have a tank full of rocks in the office
Planned inhabitants are...
1. a pair of clowns to keep the secretary happy.
2. a yasha haze goby and pistol shrimp (maybe...i like cleaner shrimp and im not sure that everybody will get along in this small a tank) or a jawfish
3. a pair of neon gobies (big maybe, as i have a feeling 3 fish is the realistic limit unless i want to get much more dilligent with my water changes)
4. a cleaner shrimp
5. crabs and critters and snails (oh my!)
ok, enough blabbing, here are the pics so far...
Anyway, the tank is running pretty much stock right now, except for 2 koralia nanos. I ditched the wavemaker on the returns to get more flow, and am going to throw a couple of hydor-flo's on the returns when i get around to it.
The only issue right now is getting my chiller hooked up. i've been having a hell of a time fitting a maxijet 1200 in the rear. I think i found the solution by hacking away the bottom compartment of the media basket. I wont know until tomorrow though as I need some hose clamps before I am going to start running it.
The tank has just been running for about a week and hopefully stabilizing (I haven't even bothered testing yet.) I am going to start adding critters in a week or so, and the fish will follow in a couple weeks after that. In the meantime I am getting asked 20 times a day why I have a tank full of rocks in the office
Planned inhabitants are...
1. a pair of clowns to keep the secretary happy.
2. a yasha haze goby and pistol shrimp (maybe...i like cleaner shrimp and im not sure that everybody will get along in this small a tank) or a jawfish
3. a pair of neon gobies (big maybe, as i have a feeling 3 fish is the realistic limit unless i want to get much more dilligent with my water changes)
4. a cleaner shrimp
5. crabs and critters and snails (oh my!)
ok, enough blabbing, here are the pics so far...
