Sostoudt 10 gal nano

I am setting up a ten gallon nano, i am gonna try to keep this forum updated through the whole set up.

first the starting point

next a old skimmer i had laying around, coralife 125 OVERSKIMMING LOL

this is gonna be a stony coral tank so i want the water to be nutrient deficient.
here it is being cleaned in a bath of vinegar and water


i bought a couple of lexan panels to make a sump like area so livestock won't be sucked into the pump.
here they are installed


as you can see there is a L shaped thing of lexan sitting in the middle of the tank. that is a top to the equipment area, that doubles as a refugium spot that will be filled with cheato.
here it is with the top on,


all in all im quite proud of my work with the lexan.

as for lights i haven't decided so far, for now when its set up i shall use a 150 watt halide, but i plan to switch to t5s down the road.

for sand im going to use aragalive.

 

so far the project has cost me 110 dollars

10 dollars for lexan and silicon
10 dollars for the 10 gallon
50 dollars for the skimmer when i bought it
plus another 20 for a new collection cup it can with a cracked one, that leaked.
20 more for a stealth heater.

 

nice work so far, can't wait to see what the end result is.

 

Very nice dude. The little 10g tanks 'o stuff are too cool for school. Keep up the good work. K+

 

ok update

this is what the tank looks like to day.
the only inhabitants are a halloween hermit, scarlet hermit, and gsp.

a got the gsp from my dads tank it was being smothered by diatom algae, it was originally mine anyway.
as far as the rocks are concerned i had some lying around conviently in a vat of saltwater. so they are already cycled(actually have been for 2 years, going in and out of tanks).
for lighting i have a 175 halide i said i was gonna use

 

nice.......

 

Looking good dude.

 

What type of corals are you going to keep?

 

sps, and lps.

 

ok i know its been along time since a update, but i didnt do too much with out yall i promise.

first i removed the skimmer, I figured it wasn't needed since it was skimming sand(yes that was the only thing it was pulling out, no fish in there yet.) plus it had a hum that bothered me.

now i am using chaeto and grape caluerpa as the only filtration, i may put a hob on there.

for coral i only add 2 frags confiscated from my father tank, a frag of frog spawn, a frag of green and brown zoas. the funny thing is i gave him the frags he used to make those new frags years ago. so i guess you could say ive had those corals for 6 years.
funds are in short supply so it will be a while before i buy any sps frags.

but what i did purchase to day was a 4 stripe damsel, about 1/2 inch. it will be the first and last fish that goes in this tank. pictures coming soon