Going Nano soon

[ballardjr2000]

Ok i have my 90g doing well pretty much stocked the way i want minus more corals. and A buddy of mine had a 12g jbj i beleve that he gave me since i hooked him up with an overflow/pwrheads/quietone return pump. Anyhow we are always trading frags etc. so i/we (my wife got excited about it which is wierd since she hates the 90g) are going to be buying the viper 70w clamp light. and setting up the 12g soon. I am excited and already thinking about live stock for it (yellow goby/cleaner shrimp/and something else small) any other ideas for live stock would be helpful. and of course i will post pics when the setting up begins.

[Big_Pun]

Ed aquatics had some panda gobies check with him, very cool looking, I have a trima goby, green clown goby, purple fire fish, peppermint shrimp in my 14g

[JoshOdphi]

yea jon...forgot to tell you ....those panda gobies look nice...i was meaning to tell u but forgot...

[ballardjr2000]

hmm...defently love the way they look might have to hunt one down.

[Big_Pun]

call ed

[ballardjr2000]

Ok so before this weekend, i got my stand in, its the JBJ S-style stand. The tank took me like 3 mins to put togeather with my drill. So i set the tank on the stand. then the bug hit, in goes the sand, in goes some dry rock, in goes mixed saltwater, on the 11th my viper 70w shows up, hopefully this weekend i go and get some tonga live rock, to finsih my aquascaping, tank is cycling as we speek, pics coming soon......:bigsmile:

[cbianco]

...get some tonga live rock...

Who's carrying tonga? I haven't seen it in a while.

Christopher

[ballardjr2000]

from what i was told from my bud AQ masters in CC has it, i want to get it to break into "sticks" to aqua scape, gonna make a cave type setup for the nano

[cbianco]

What are your plans to stabilize the stucture? I have some ideas that I used in my tank.

Are you going to make a tank journal/thread? I enjoy following along, especially nano builds.

Christopher


from what i was told from my bud AQ masters in CC has it, i want to get it to break into "sticks" to aqua scape, gonna make a cave type setup for the nano

[ballardjr2000]

THis is the thread LOL, i plan on epoxying it togeather which i am picking up this weekend with the rock, i have some peaves of dry rock i did in the tank as a base and going to work off that. So this will be the thread for the build. I just need to get the pics so far taken so i can post them on here. just kinda hard doing at work lol.

[cbianco]

All in good fun...


THis is the thread LOL,

http://www.forumpictureprocessor.com/pictureprocessor/images/Worthless%20without%20pictures_1.jpg

i plan on epoxying it togeather which i am picking up this weekend with the rock, i have some peaves of dry rock i did in the tank as a base and going to work off that.

I created my rockstructure out of the water too. I found it much easier to deal with rather than fighting wet stuff. I used expanding foam to hold my rocks together. The stuff is so strong that I could lift my 45-50 pound rock structure out of my tank in one whole piece.

So this will be the thread for the build. I just need to get the pics so far taken so i can post them on here.

See my first point, lol. :bigsmile:

just kinda hard doing at work lol.

I feel ya brother!

[ballardjr2000]

lol might try it for sure i followed your build its nice speaking of which new pics?

[cbianco]

lol might try it for sure

Only drawback to the foam is that it makes a mess. Get a feel for the foam on some cardboard or spare rock. Remember that it is expanding foam, lol, found that out the hard way.

i followed your build its nice

Thank you. Glad to hear that someone was following along.

On a side note, I enjoy following along on the RC Large Tank forum. Some of those guys have really crazy setups. They practically rebuild their house around their tanks.

speaking of which new pics?

Yep. Post 203 on...

http://maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48448&page=11

I'm not the greatest photographer, but I sure do like taking pictures.




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[ballardjr2000]

Pics of the 12g with LR and 70w viper going up tonight after i leave work.....

[ballardjr2000]

Ok i promised pics so here they are of the 12g with the light and LR. More pics to come once the tank is cycled i am putting my current frags on my frag rack in it. which is zoos, birdnest, monti, and others.

[Big_Pun]

looks good, i like the light

[ballardjr2000]

Yeah i am going to add some more rock this weekend, to make like a bridge in the middle going to the front of the tank. the light i got on sale 140 new from dr foster and smith, no heat issues and its a 70w halide really happy about that. now for it to finish cycling. "just keep swimming" i keep telling myself from nemo movie.

[Crazyeyes]

you should get some sexy shrimp, they are cool.

[ballardjr2000]

Yeah i am still up and down on the shrimp i am going to put one or two in there, just not sure which yet.

[Shu]

Looking good way to go.

[diego]

That tank is looking really good. I think the viper is a good option. I can't wait to get my tank setup. Maybe this weekend or early next week.

[ballardjr2000]

Thanks everybody i will be adding about 3 to 4 more pds of rock i am going to try and make a bridge to the front of the tank I will post pics of it after sat. As well as new pics of my 90g since i am moving all the rock work around in it to help with flow and looks.

[mabel_photo6]

The tank looks good! :thumbs_up:
I want to do the opposite, get rid of my BioCube 29 and get something bigger! :bigsmile:


you should get some sexy shrimp, they are cool.

Ohhh they are the cutest things ever!!!
Harlequin Shrimp are crazy too... except they're expensive to feed. lol
So I've heard.

[ballardjr2000]

Yeah though about those but don't like to feed them stars so i decided not too for the harlequins

[Mr Cob]

looking good. I love that light.

[JoshOdphi]

get a sexy shrimp and a cleaner shrimp....

[ballardjr2000]

maybe but i do want to have room for a few gobies.

[aggman]

more pics, more pics!!!

i know you have been working on that bridge today...:ph34r:

let see what you got.:bigsmile:

~alex

[ballardjr2000]

Ok agg when i get home i will get some pics taken,,,