175g Saltwater predator tank

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Woops sorry everyone I have not been one this site for a few days. I updated on the other two sites I have this journal going but I forgot about MKF. Anyways here is what the tank looked like on the 12th. NOW the tank has live sand in it which I bought off of a fellow salt keeper out of his reef tank. I live rock and rest of substrate will be going into the tank in a day or two.
Here is though just w/o the sand.:)


Update July 12th/2010
So here is an update of what the tank is at now. The tested the big three yesterday and things seem to be under control. The skimmer on the tank I found out is to small, I knew this in the back of my mind b/c comparing it to other skimmers for 200g this one seemed small. It's the skimmer Vertex IN-80 In-Sump Protein Skimmer. I'll be getting a bigger one by the end of the month, it will be okay for now since its just cycleing and no fish will be going in it for awhile. The live rock will be going in a few days, it's still doing well in the buckets outside, they are heated and have powerheads in them. I will put it in after I get some live sand for the tank from a member hopefully in the next few days or so. The substrate that came with the tank is okay but there is not enough...that is still in the bucket also. Anyways here is the video of the tank and sump area, if you see anything out of place let me know b/c this is kinda going by trial or error.:p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ3BMPcXsXE



 
TheCanuck;4292722; said:
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Yep, lol. When I put the live sand in though the guy told me to take the water out of the tank b/c it would be cloudy for 3 weeks. I decided to just add it in with water, it was cloudy for only 1 day then it was all clear again.:) It's going to get cloudy again though once I put the rest of the substrate in and move the sand around to make it even.
 
July 21,2010 update:
The rocks, sand etc... has now been in the tank for 6 days. Things seem to be going okay. The only problem with the water I'm having right now is the ph, it's at 7.5 and I need it to be 8-8.02. I'm seeing some brown algae that is forming on the live sand, not sure what is causing that. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm planning to get more live rock when I get back aug 5th, I'm going back home for 10 days so I'm hoping to check some fish stores while I'm
there, see if anything has changed. I have changed the structure of the rock three times now, this seems to be working for now, once I get more live rock I'll see if I leave it or move it around, I'd like some really nice big pieces as a base rock for the bottom and I have found someone that has nice pieces.
Here is a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmx7gMLmT4
pic:
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I'm still curious why you posted this in the DIY section. Cool tank though. I'd like to do a salty some day.
 
A small update:
I tested the water once again and it's now perfect and ready for fish. I was having a problem with my ph being to low. Also I'm saving up for a new skimmer so hopefully in the nest while I'll purchase a new and bigger one. I should also note that in the last few weeks I've seen more hermit crabs around the tank and rock. I knew there was some but never knew there to be this many. I think there is 24+ in the tank plus some small clams and one crab. I had a problem with one of the overflows in the tank. It was not woking. So I checked it out and found something clogging the intake pipe. I put a barrier so that won't happen again.

Now, as for the fish I'm going out on monday to get a cheap $10 or less fish. I saw a few cheap ones like damsels etc.... I don't want to go out and get any large or expensive fish at first only to have them die on me. I'll keep this fish for 2 weeks or so and see how it goes. If no problems then it will be time to move onto the main course. BTW I have seen some people give away free saltwater fish from time to time so if you have any saltwater fish you have to give away shoot me a pm and I'll come get it on monday or whenever.
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