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Nick's 10 Gallon Saltwater

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#1 ·
Hey everyone,

I bet this has surprised a few people! But I've been recently getting ready to set up my first 10 gallon saltwater aquarium. At the moment I have added the sand, mixed the water and salt, and added a pump ( 125 p/hour ) for circulation. The pump was from a friend that has a nice reef system and a little snail tagged along on it so my only occupant right now is a little bitty snail. Here's a picture of everything so far. Tomorrow I am putting in a few plants and a piece of live rock. The sand is still settling but here is a picture. And YES it is at the end of my bed! Haha. ----Edited do to poster removel----


Nick
 
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More like "shock to death".


Nick! I didn't know you're planning on nano reefs.:blueshake: And what plants are you putting in the tank? Javan ferns? I hope so.:mrgreen: If not, get Caulerpas.:mrgreen:
 
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Blue said:
More like "shock to death".


Nick! I didn't know you're planning on nano reefs.:blueshake: And what plants are you putting in the tank? Javan ferns? I hope so.:mrgreen: If not, get Caulerpas.:mrgreen:
:lol: I told you that you would be shocked! Well Blue...It's my first nano reef tank and I am ONLY 15 so Its hard to just go out and blow all my money on fish stuff! My buddy has a really big, i think 125 gallon, reef tank which is AMAZING and he has a little 10 gallon nano to just hold plants so he's planning on giving me some of those and a cool piece of branchy live rock. I'm not sure about the plant I will have to ask him. But its a working progress!
 
#4 ·
Good luck then.:thumbsup:
 
#8 ·
i wanted to say some thing about the poster but i restrained...now that someone else has said it first...what the heck? lol

NICE POSTER MAN!!! is that desp. housewives or something? lol

bri
 
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I didn't want to be the first but I noticed the poster, then the tank. But good luck with the setup. :D
 
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LOL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: OH WOW I've been laughing this whole time! You guys are great...:lol: The poster ISNT desperate housewives...It was just a birthday present from last year...Innapropriate for this site! I may have to go in and take it out of the picture LOL. But it sure is entertaining to you guys! Well I'm glad you guys are all full of testosterone and looked at the poster THEN the tank...Lol Haha...

By the way, I am adding the live rock and the shrimpy tonight I will update pics in a while later on tonight. The tank is still cloudy.

Nick
 
#13 ·
Yes...A birthday present ! Well it seems that we have gone WAY off topic so I am going to go edit my picture post and take the poster out with photoshop...May be to innapropriate for the site :D
 
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Lol...FIXED
 
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:lol:
 
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trreherd said:
What do you meen when you say plants? I never heard of someone using marine plants as a decoration?
That's what I'd like to see, trreherd.:wink2: I asked the same question previously.:mrgreen:
Some plants do thrive in marine conditions although not much I think. Javan ferns seem to do well in brackish water conditions but the salinity is higher in marine so I can't say whether Javan ferns will readily thrive in marine conditions or not.
Probably the plants Nick might get are marine algae "Caulerpa".
 
#20 ·
oops...thanks blue for answering that question, i must of missed it. I really dont even know either! Well today i got pretty much ditched so I guess I am going to shoot for tomorrow and then I'll fill you guys in!

Nick
 
#22 ·
UPDATE 11-7-06

Today I went and picked out a few pieces of Live rock from my buddy's * 150 Gallon* Saltwater set up. Along with a bunch of snails, a shrimp, a starfish, some plants, and a featherduster. Overall I need some more live rock in there. Ive just sort of set them in there for the moment as the sand is still clearing up. I have hooked the filter up and just got a cartridge from my 55 gallon filter ( new of course ) and folded it in half both ways just so it filters threw something to help clear the water up. It's clearing up nicely too. also the filter gives the top of the water some movement which you need. Just letting everything pretty much settle through right now. Not posting a pic yet as it looks like crap! Just giving an update :D

Nick
 
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Ya i didnt pay ANYTHING for this WHOLE set up. He was buying sand for his big tank so he just bought an extra big bag and i got a bunch of sand. He gave me the live rock, shrimp, starfish, snails, featherduster, plants, EVERYTHING to make thsi work. Including salt...Its pretty sweet! Sorry but im not posting a pic yet! When im satisfied with the rocks where they are and when it clears up more then i will! Definetly tomorrow! And plus its nothing really special...Just a little first project type thing.
 
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Nick said:
Ya i didnt pay ANYTHING for this WHOLE set up. He was buying sand for his big tank so he just bought an extra big bag and i got a bunch of sand. He gave me the live rock, shrimp, starfish, snails, featherduster, plants, EVERYTHING to make thsi work. Including salt...Its pretty sweet! Sorry but im not posting a pic yet! When im satisfied with the rocks where they are and when it clears up more then i will! Definetly tomorrow! And plus its nothing really special...Just a little first project type thing.
That's how this salt thing generally works. People that have spent thousands of dollars and countless hours on their tanks love bringing in new recruits. I know I give away extra equipment and corals all the time.

What type of star did you get? As far as plants go they are all really macro algae. Large plant like algae. Some are caulerpa, red fern, hylameda, bottle brush, grape, cheato. They grow ultra fast. Theonly one that doesn't is the hylameda (or money plant) and it needs a lot of extra calcium.
 
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