Chance's 4G Tide Pool!

Chance's Tide Pool Mantis Tank​

Hello everyone! This is my my 5.5G (20.82L) build. The plan is around 4-4.5G of DT, with .5-1G of mini sump/overflow (will go further into detail as build goes on).

Flow: Maxijet 400

Heater: TBA

Lighting: Home Depot grow light
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Livestock:
-N. Wennerae mantis shrimp
-other inverts (maybe)
-CUC (breakfast, lunch, dinner)


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Refugium:
-Chaetomorpha

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The brand new 5G.



Scraggly cut overflow.



Baffle and Overflow.



clear acrylic painted black.

 

Baffle and overflow now in!
P.S. Anyone that can use Silicone with skill, kudos to you. This stuff sucks lol.





When I pulled the sticker off the tank, the warranty got left on the glass Came off with windex!

 

Arighty! I have officially decided to make this this little tank a Mangrove tide pool.

 

I take partial credit for that idea ;D jkjk can't wait to see it though, did you decide to put any gorg's or macro algaes in the tank too?

 

I'm thinking red and black mangroves. What other macro algaes look good, and won't take over?

 

Oh, and credit given! lol

 

Water test the Overflow and make sure the seal remains. I've had poor luck with silicon, acrylic and saltwater (Box falls apart). I have been building a few tanks at a university for research purposes and we use methylene chloride to "weld" the acrylic together.

 

Titanophora sp.
Botryocladia occidentalis
blue Ochtodes
Halimeda sp.
Mermaid's Fan
I wouldn't get a damsel, they get to big. Go with a goby, I have a sharknose goby and LOVE him/her

 

My SNCG in my 20 just died

 

I was planning on it. I siliconed both sides on everything to ensure a stick. Will follow up if it's successful