JayTropical's 37 Gallon Tank Thread

this is my tank born 07/06/2009, this first post is about 4 months in.

hope it is somewhat enjoyable.

still have so much i want to do but here is my progression thus far.



water and sand.






black background and cleared tank.






first pieces of LR.






some inverts.










first came the damsel to cycle, then a week later the clown, unfortunatly i had to donate the damsel back because he would not leave my clown alone..






modified and fitted a skimmer into the side of my eclipse 3(the only way i could), alittle ghetto but im saving up for good lighting wanted the better filtration








cleaner shrimp.
and a royal gramma that i have no pics of cause she always hides






some more liverock and my Firfish






and my latest addition compliments of craigslist (a guy selling off his tank)
20 lbs. LR, koralia nano, True Perc Clown.




well thats it so far...

my next plans are finish my Fuge, plumb and install, then a good MH pendant to start my Reef. feel free to give any constructive criticism. i take it well.

hope you all have enjoyed

 

Looking very good. I like the rockwork.

 

The tank is coming along very nicely and is looking great. keep us updated on the progress.

 

thanks guys, as of right now im waiting to find a good deal on a 20g tank off craigslist for my sump/fuge

i had bought one and already cut my baffles and was ready to build but theni was reading about copper contamination and called the guy i bought it from to ask if it was used for freshwater fish to be safe and guess what!! it was his QT tank used for medicating with copperbased medications. haha so i got rid of it and now im waiting for a better canidate for a sump/fuge.

 

got a picture with everyone out and about.

sorry for the poor photo quality, i have yet to unpack my camera after the move so all i have is my iPhone



any idea on how to get coralline on my bottom center rock?? i have good levels and 420 ca doesnt seem to wanna collect on it. there is alot of dead(white) coralline on it.

 

nice tank. and the quickest way to seed rock with coraline is probably to sprinkle some shaved coraline onto the rock. can be collected when scraping coraline off the glass. ask a local reefer or your lfs to hook you up

 

so i could simply scrape it off my infested rock on the right and sprinkle the shavings onto the center rock? it will attach itself to the center rock?

 

yuppers!

 

got my hands on a used Eshopps 20 gallon fuge for Cheap yesterday

 

looking good JayTropical
tank is looking fine

dont rush the coralline, it becomes a nuisance on its own accord given time IME

Steve