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I'm *finally* upgrading to a single large tank which I'm going to condense 6 other tanks/3 separate systems into (2x 20L, 1x 10g, 1x 40B, 1x 27 gal plastic tub) because so many separate systems sucks to maintain (as evidenced by the hellish algae-ball in one of the 20Ls -_-')
It's not going to be a pretty system - just a tank on a cinder block stand in the back hole of the basement - but it will allow me to do easier maintenance and get engineer gobies, which is the one fish I've always wanted because who doesn't want fake eels that will destroy all your rock work??
First [uninteresting] step in the build is fixing the disgusting walls in the basement which are full of holes and shed weird wall-stuff all over the place. The house was build in 1917 so I had to use lime based mortar on the walls so I didn't destroy them (modern cement products are apparently too hard and can damage the stone old homes were made from), but tbh it was pretty fun to put on and it's wonderful to not have stains all over the walls (still have another coat of paint to do).
My stocking plans include: 1 pair clowns, 2 engineer gobies, 1 lubbock's wrasse, 1 green canary blenny, 1 carpenters or mckoskers wrasse, 2-3 springeri damsels & some cleaner shrimp. Assorted corals, mostly softies & duncans because I have simple taste ) There will also be another clown pair and some green bands stashed in the fuge.
Aquascape will be an NSA made with superglue and the macro-400 mortar (and sitting on the bottom of the tank so the gobies don't destroy everything when they get bigger).
Pics: Origi-wall without any work done, Wall after hole patching & preliminary primer layer, one of the 20L when I don't pick the giant algae balls out of it.
It's not going to be a pretty system - just a tank on a cinder block stand in the back hole of the basement - but it will allow me to do easier maintenance and get engineer gobies, which is the one fish I've always wanted because who doesn't want fake eels that will destroy all your rock work??
First [uninteresting] step in the build is fixing the disgusting walls in the basement which are full of holes and shed weird wall-stuff all over the place. The house was build in 1917 so I had to use lime based mortar on the walls so I didn't destroy them (modern cement products are apparently too hard and can damage the stone old homes were made from), but tbh it was pretty fun to put on and it's wonderful to not have stains all over the walls (still have another coat of paint to do).
My stocking plans include: 1 pair clowns, 2 engineer gobies, 1 lubbock's wrasse, 1 green canary blenny, 1 carpenters or mckoskers wrasse, 2-3 springeri damsels & some cleaner shrimp. Assorted corals, mostly softies & duncans because I have simple taste ) There will also be another clown pair and some green bands stashed in the fuge.
Aquascape will be an NSA made with superglue and the macro-400 mortar (and sitting on the bottom of the tank so the gobies don't destroy everything when they get bigger).
Pics: Origi-wall without any work done, Wall after hole patching & preliminary primer layer, one of the 20L when I don't pick the giant algae balls out of it.