Vidofner's man-cave-reef

[Brew12]

Getting closer now. Rocks are in place and I've started the long journey of filling it with ro/di water. My estimate is that it will take close to 2 full days to fill it up.
Let me know what you think about the aquascape. Negative or positive, I'm happy to hear both! :)

That is awesome. It reminds me of what I don't like about my long, narrow tank!

 

[Vidofner]

That is awesome. It reminds me of what I don't like about my long, narrow tank!

Haha, ok. Thanks :)

 

[novahobbies]

Wow, what a beautiful tank, and a great build thread so far! I'm following along, I can't wait to see how this shapes up. Keep up the good work!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

This is coming together nicely!

 

[Vidofner]

Finally up and running!

I made a little introduction video for anyone who's interested. It's in Swedish but I added English subtitles for you guys :D

 

[mta_morrow]

super nice set up! you have done a lot of great work! really looking forward to following your progress.

 

[Vidofner]

Nitrite is at 0.025 and nitrate at 1. Soon time to move some fish over :)

 

[mta_morrow]

Nitrite is at 0.025 and nitrate at 1. Soon time to move some fish over :)

Awesome! There are so many exciting steps along the way

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Nice!

 

[Vidofner]

First fish added to the tank.
In the tank right now are one naso elegans, one chelmon rostratus and a black ocellaris. His partner is still in the other tank and doesn't seem to be as easily fooled by my trap :)


In the quarantine are one genicanthus lammarck and one zebrasome flavecens


Planning on adding two or three fish a week

 

[Tor]

So nice Andreas.
Locks super.
Tommy

 

[Vidofner]

Things are progressing. More fish added and I'll soon turn on the lighting and bring in the algae :).
Got a delivery of almost 300 frag plugs today. Should keep me in business for a while i hope :)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Very cool! How long did the cycle take?

 

[Vidofner]

Very cool! How long did the cycle take?

Less than two weeks. Suprised me a bit since its mostly dead rocks :)

 

[Vidofner]

Me and some other swedes are administrating a swedish saltwater forum, saltvattensguiden.se, and today I got our official shirt :)

 

[Vidofner]

The nerd corner :)

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

This looks great!! Keep it up!

 

[dragon99]

Very nice setup. That water change chamber is genius.

Are you expecting fish in the overflow without a grate?

 

[Vidofner]

Very nice setup. That water change chamber is genius.

Are you expecting fish in the overflow without a grate?

We'll see. If it starts happening frequently, ill set up some but if it happens once a year or something then ill just scoop them up. Should be fairly easy to catch them :)

 

[Vidofner]

First try out corals added to the frag tank.

Current water parameters:
Kh: 8
Ca: 440
Mg: 1320