back at it after a couple year with a new waterbox marine x 60.2

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so here we go again after a couple years later after having to shut my tank down, i finally have a new tank. previous builds can be seen here for reference

Build Thread - Upgrading my tank by 1200%

That's right I'm upgrading my tank by 1200%, from a 10 gallon to a 120. Doesn't sound as dramatic when you just say upgrading to a 120. But here we go. So the 10 gallon was set up over a year ago as a temporary tank until we moved until our own place. So 8 months after moving in I was finally...

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Nano Build - 10 gallon nano adventure begins

So i started planning this tank in about 1997 and it was originally a 360 gallon tank. However until now when I've had the time i didn't have the money and vice versa. Now i have both [emoji1] and due to living conditions a 10 gallon is all i have room for. So 2.78% of the original desired...

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anyway all the sand, rock and most equipment from the previous builds will be used in the new smaller tank. so come and join the fun as i not so much "build" out my new tank but assemble and add fish to it.

pics to follow

 

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Tank ahoy!!!

 

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Well after a few hours of thinking the Chinese make better ikea stuff then the sweeds do the stand is together and the tank is in place

 

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So a little QA issue, on the top off chamber they didn't take out one of the spacers they used when siliconing the sump together. It doesn't leak by if the spacer is in place, just annoying.

Also there is and and some water in the tank and I'm starting the aquascaping process

 

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Beginning of aquascaping, when you have 120lbs of rock to go through its hard to decide what to use

 

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So here they are the last known survivers from my 120

A conch and 2 pistol shrimp

 

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A little update from last night

Aquascaping is done, still a decent amount of sand in the water column from placing the rocks

 

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Someone decided to come out and say hi

 

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Messy messy wires

 

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Well almost had my skimmer adjusted properly and then I turned the adjustment valve the wrong way and now my tank is full of microbubbles

Anyway next step is to order some pods and give my pod-u-lation (copyright and trademark) a good head start

 

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Wire management devices have arrived

 

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Wires managed, zip ties zipped and clipped

 

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Not much to report, clean up crew will be here Tuesday and a pod infusion will be here friday. First fish arrives Tuesday. In the mean time enjoy this picture of the food that is building up for the CUC

 

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Having some troubles with my aquamaxx co-1. I bought it when they first came out, due to the fact it looks like a rocket ship, and I don't know if they have changed the design un the past 6 years or so but there are some serious design flaws. The pump.is.in the was on some of the screws and you can't tighten everything down and leads to a lot of microbubbles. It's also has a loud feed pump. The last two issues weren't a problem with my 120 as there was room in the sump to compensate for the microbubbles and the stand absorbed all the sound. With this smaller stand and sump I can't keep the bubbles out of the display and the noise is horrible. Thinking of going skimmerless

 

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I have a new piscin friend

 

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The comeback is real!!! Loving the scape in the new system! A clean canvas to start a whole new work of art on!

Be fun to watch this develop, nice thread! Keep us all updated!

 

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Pods and clean up crew came in today

Algaebarn never disappoints

 

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Smallest porcelain crabs I've ever seen

Some blue legs

 

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Misc snails

 

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ordered a clearview lid today, should show up just in time for the next presidental elections, but if theyre as good as everyone says it will be worth the wait. also my piscine friend was DOA so no pictures of a beautiful timor wrasse any time soon