here it is . my work in progress.

im in about my 3rd week of cycling my tank . heres what im working with .


10 gallon drip filter setup under cabinet . minus protine skimmer i used to have one of those cheapo ones you get out of pet smarts . the one that someone DIY modded on the forum . very nice ideas by the way i had one and would of never thought of that befor hand . well when my tank fell in to disspare couple years ago i gave it away . but i have plans to get a better model this time around . im looking for one with a low profile as the space in which the drip filter is located is rather small . any ideas please . as i kinda dont wana get into hanging any more stuff on this tank then i need to .

here is a picture of how we are looking so far . about 30 pounds of LR about 10 dry from my previous tank that died off . i have two power heads in my tank right now that i need to do away with befor i add fish . they are awesome for circulation but i feel they will suck something up .
i threw one of them up on the side of my glass using the DIY magnetic holder . another awesome idea. but i used a two part apoxy as the drying time was driving me nuts .


me and the girlfriend were talking about the backing of the tank all night im going to go black in all likely hood . but im not sure as to how im going to do it . i have ruled out the roll out backing as the just look nasty i tend to think . so im thinking a 48 " plex glass backing painted black is how im going to do it .

and well thats basicly it for now . tell me what you think i love input .

 

and my lighting system well i used to have a coralife compact floresent set up but the bulbs blew and they are un changable . . . . at least by me . and now i have the t5 fixture 2 54w bulbs and im worried it wont be enough to support my tank . what do people think .

 

How big is the tank and wht kind of coral u planing on put in

 

its a 55 gallon tank . and i was under the understanding that i would only be able to keep soft corals with t5 lighting . which is a huge selection . but im not exactly sure atm which types i will be housing

 

It depends on what kind of t5 lighting you have.
if you have enough bulbs you can almost keep anything with t5's in a 55

edit.
2 bulbs will prob be enough to keep soft corals and mayyyybe some lps near the top.

 

very good to know thank you Dbosh

 

so here is another shot added another 10 pounds of rock last night .
the tank now has a backing on it to hide all the unsightlys .
im working out my protine skimmer promblem at the moment . which is that i dont have one .
i have a spare lighting system i wana get repaired and use both fixtures on this tank . but ill post more infor under lighting maybe someone can help me get this thing going again ...