hi all I thaught id put up some info on my new tank. I recently moved up to pietermaritzburg when I accepted a job here at the university. unfortunaely staying in a small bachelor flat up here didnt alow me space for my old tank so started the serch and planing for a new tank I was looking to build a cube when a 2 ft tank came up for sale on the for sale forun I negotiated and got it for a good price.
When I got it home I started converting it to a reef tank I cut an piece of glass for the overvlow and siliconed it in the corner and drilled the hole for the 40mm overflow pipe ( thanks @eric.f )
thats where the tank stood for the next few months untill exams were finished and i setled in to my new job.
fast forward to today I woke up early this morning transfered all my liverock from the tub where it has been cycling to sealable buckets fetched 2 25l drums of fresh seawater from the beach loaded it all in the bakkie and headed on up the hill and set it up in my office (I spend a lot more time there than in my flat)
all seems to be doing perfectly just need to compleate the plumbing to the sump probably tomorow and montor it for a week or to to make sure I dont get any cycles hapening shouldent as the rock was from my previous tank and had been kept at temp and with cerculation the whole time. then I can put all my sps back in that have been siting at a friends place fo the last 4 months.
cant wait to have my little piece of ocian back.
btw the ball of cheato will move to the sump once it is conected up
When I got it home I started converting it to a reef tank I cut an piece of glass for the overvlow and siliconed it in the corner and drilled the hole for the 40mm overflow pipe ( thanks @eric.f )
thats where the tank stood for the next few months untill exams were finished and i setled in to my new job.
fast forward to today I woke up early this morning transfered all my liverock from the tub where it has been cycling to sealable buckets fetched 2 25l drums of fresh seawater from the beach loaded it all in the bakkie and headed on up the hill and set it up in my office (I spend a lot more time there than in my flat)
all seems to be doing perfectly just need to compleate the plumbing to the sump probably tomorow and montor it for a week or to to make sure I dont get any cycles hapening shouldent as the rock was from my previous tank and had been kept at temp and with cerculation the whole time. then I can put all my sps back in that have been siting at a friends place fo the last 4 months.
cant wait to have my little piece of ocian back.
btw the ball of cheato will move to the sump once it is conected up
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