My new frag tank

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by lblanks, Nov 12, 2011.

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  1. lblanks

    lblanks Astrea Snail

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    i had my LFS order it.

    it is a deep blue and i got it for 179
     
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    bwalker9801 Zoanthid

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    lblanks Astrea Snail

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    so i got all the plumbing done, brought it in my computer room, did a water change on my main tank and used the old water to fill this one. i put 30 pounds of sand in the fuge and about 20 in the display...was gonna go bare bottom but decided i wanted a lil sand. i seeded the new tank with a cup of sand from my main tank and i took the prefilter out of my pump and sort of cleaned it in the new tank to add bacteria. i added 30 pounds of dry rock and a couple old dead coral pieces that i kept in the fuge of my main tank to help seed it. I don't intend on keeping the rock in there, but thought i could throw it in and get it cured to go in my main tank...figured it might help stabilize everything. i hung my tek 5 24" and leveled it...the bulbs are currently 15.5 inches from the sand...i am running the following bulbs...all ATI from front to back

    aquablue plus
    purple plus
    aquablue special
    aquablue plus

    it has been up and running for bout 12hrs now and is starting to clear...i took readings ..and have zero ammonia, zero nitrates, and zero nitrites.

    i will upload a pic from my phone in a min
     
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    lblanks Astrea Snail

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