Lubeck’s build thread

[lubeck]

Picked up a second tank yesterday at the LFS!

It’s a IM 10 Pro. I put it next to my bed. Plan to make a nem/softie tank with maybe 2-3 fish And a few inverts. Maybe some sexy shrimp.

i started out with 8 lbs dry rock. I got some rubble and bio balls from the LFS sump. I added my filter floss and a small piece of live rock from my fuge from my 32 gal biocube.

Added 10lbs of oolite sand

added a bottle of dr Tim’s one and only; some substrate sauce from algae barn and some live phyto.

lights
kessil 160 blue

still need to get controller for kessil’s And an ato.

today. ammonia Was at 0 and trates at 1.5.

I setup everything yesterday

 

[lubeck]

This is what it looks like today.

 

[ABQ_CHRIS]

Looks great! I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[lubeck]

Looks great! I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

Hey thanks. Me too. Now it’s the waiting game.

 

[Antarcticant]

Absolutely beautiful scape! Looking forward to the progress pics on this one!!

 

[lubeck]

Absolutely beautiful scape! Looking forward to the progress pics on this one!!

Appreciate it. It should be fun.

 

[lubeck]

Since Sunday I’ve been adding flakes to ghost feed, live phyto, mb7 and some substrate sauce.

i tested yesterday with zero ammonia and 1.5 trates. Today wasn’t any different. The question did it cycle or not even start.

just to be sure, I threw a raw shrimp in the tank tonight. I will keep it in there for two days and see what happens.

 

[lubeck]

Tested my nitrates tonight and they went to 3.5 vs 1.2 the last two days.

I believe I’m fully cycled and will be ready to add stock this weekend.

 

[lubeck]

Didn’t end up getting any livestock yet. I believe I’m fully cycled but do think my dry rock is saturated with phosphate.

my trates are at 8 and phos at .44.

 

[lubeck]

Got some livestock today! Big update

fish:
pair of midnight clowns
neon blue goby
Tail spot blenny
Pink streaked wrasse

i also have a Swissguard basslet on order to pick Up. I realize I’m already past my bio load so I will probably put the basslet in my 32gal.

corals
gold with green tip torch
lemon lime flower pot
zoas
yuma
blue ricordia

on order 4 designer zoa I can’t remember the names but will post when I get them next week.

inverts:
6 sexy shrimp

took my nem that split from my biocube. My nem Is already hosting the clowns.

i need To take better pics tomorrow.

 

[lubeck]

 

[lubeck]

 

[lubeck]

Went and picked up my zoa frags today at the lfs.

Yellow submarine.
AOI.
GMK.
Sunnyside.

don’t have any pics in the tank but here the pic from the lfs. Sorry auto correct

 

[lubeck]

Going thru some uglies. Not sure if it’s Dino’s or Cyno. Stringy bubbly stuff so I took all the color spectrum out of the lights and lowered intensity. I should break out the microscope.

all the fish are eating well now. My clowns are turning a much darker color since I got them. I’m realizing my bio load is too much for this size tank. However my numbers are fine. Phos at .04 and trates at 5.6.

I might need to figure out some of forms if filtration. I’m only running some filter floss and some bioballs and a couple pieces of rubble. That’s it besides the rock and sand in the tank which is not alive yet.

I have some live phyto that I will dose to see if that helps clear things up.

I need to take some updated pictures. The zoas I got last weekend are doing semi okay. I glued them down this past weekend and we will see. The rest of the corals are doing okay. I attribute that to the tank being too young.

 

[lubeck]

It’s been a while

 

[gsepanik]

Looks great! I really want to throw a nem in my tank but I'm worried about its' maturity. Im going to a frag swap this weekend so we shall see what happens lol. I really love that flowerpot!

 

[lubeck]

Looks great! I really want to throw a nem in my tank but I'm worried about its' maturity. Im going to a frag swap this weekend so we shall see what happens lol. I really love that flowerpot!

Thank you! You do need to Be prepared for The nem to split and remove if you don’t want a tank full of nems. Mine has split 4 times in 8 months

 

[lubeck]

Tank is coming along going through the normal stages of a new tank.

 

[lubeck]

Tank is going thru some uglies. Here’s some updated pics. I had a filter on it but still looks blued out

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Tank is going thru some uglies. Here’s some updated pics. I had a filter on it but still looks blued out

That's a big anemone!! Tank looks great though!