Diary - 75 gal Freshwater to saltwater conversion - WARNING BIG PICS

[reeffreak]

Great pics of the clowns.
There's proof that Mexican turbos are hair algae eating beast.,to all the naysayers.

[mudrummer012]

OK last is a new pic of the zoos. They are getting HUGE fast! The lights have really brought out their colors!!


Next I've finally figured out that this some sort of leather! Its starting to develop polyps and they are starting to get pretty big. Its growing at quite a good pace.


Ok there are lots more pics in my gallery, I dont want to fill up the server here with my giant pics! The link to the gallery is http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/19...kPics?h=0590ff

[Piggy]

Nice additions. Your tank is looking good.

[yote]

Looking good.

[mudrummer012]

Well time for an update!

The hair algae problem is coming under control finally!!! I still have aptasias but they are few and small so I think the peppermints should be able to handle them! All in all my biggest complaint looks wise is that my sand is still dirty and the back and side walls still have algae (but the smails are doing WONDERS on the side and back of the tank!).

I ended up with a cleaning crew of:
2x Emerald Crabs (referred to as Scuttles 1 and 2)
2x Peppermint shrimp (referred to as Jacques 1 and 2)
5x Cerith Snails (referred to as "Stupid idiot snails that cant stop falling on their back and are to idiotic to flip over on there own")
5x Astrea Snails (same as Cerith snails )
3x Large Nassarius Snails (say about 3/4+ inch) (the 3 stooges)
5x Small Nassarius Snails (say about 1/4- inch) (the rat pack)
1x Mexican Turbo (Bruce)

The clowns are RAVENOUS eaters. I feed them some frozen stuff for the first time last night and they went CRAZY for it so I know they are doing great.

I got the QT tank set up last weekend. Nothing fancy just a 10g tank I had that I through about 3-5 lbs or rubble LR in. It should be done cycling with in the week and once it is done I will look into the next fish.

My current project is the building of my sump. The only thing that I can fit under my tank is a 20 gal long so that is what Im going to build it out of. Im picking up the tank tonight.

Here are some design pics of what Im looking into doing.
Front:


Top:


Isometric (sort of):


I took some more pics of the tank last night but forgot the memory card at home , so Ill have to post them later!

Anyways, Let me know what you think of the sump design.

[daugherty]

i would make your sand bed deeper like 6-7 inches

[mudrummer012]

Only problem with that is the baffle is only like...9in tall

But I could probably up it to 5-6 with out loosing all the space for the algae to grow...stupid stand only fitting a 20 long under neath it!

[yote]

I ran into the same problem with my sump/fuge.
I converted my 30 gallon and it wouldnt fit under the stand.So its sitting in the floor beside the tank.Which actually makes it easier to clean.

[mudrummer012]

Well...aparently I was wrong. A 20 long is too long to fit through the tank stand door!

Guess Im cutting out the side of the stand now.

Oh well Ive got a while to figure out this problem