Dpeyton8

Its been almost a week without my tank I feel hurt and my family can tell and my wife feels bad so we talked it over and we decided I could get a small nano no bigger than a 12 gallon that's all I need just to feel happy again I realized how much I love the hobby and what it's done for me and my family agrees this is more than just a hobby for me it's a piece of mind. The amazing fact that we can mimic natural Marine life in our own homes ......sigh But anyways im super excited so ill be starting a build on it soon!!! Sent from my PI86100 using Tapatalk

awesome bro looking forward to stoping by just to stare and drool lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No problem man I just had to get something for now just to ease my anxiety ya know lol Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Here is another update I added a rose bta nem and a 4 head frogspawn to the tank and as you can see the clowns took to it as soon as it stuck to the rock hoping it stays here if not I'll just let it find its comfort zone also added a cadlights pls 50 skimmer and I must say I'm impressed so far its an awesome little skimmer the first day in it collected some nice dark skimmate . Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

So here is an update I went ahead and picked up a clean up crew from quantum reefs the other day and here is a list of what I got 1 skunk cleaner shrimp 6 turbo snails 12 margarita snails 6 nassarus snails 12 red leg hermits 2 emerald crabs I'm thinking this should be enough for this size tank I also picked up a beautiful pair of gold stripe maroons I just couldn't resist here is a couple of shots of em. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After one day this is what it's doing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So I'm thinking and I need you guys input on this would 1 wp25 be enough to take the tunze 6015 out or should I run both Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I just picked one up today so far it's awesome I like it!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Love it man looks sick everything grew so much since I last saw it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll hold you to that lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I got you bro everything is running smooth now with the swap. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah not sure what I was thinking on that one lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So after tinkering with the max a few days I ran into a billion issues that totally turned me off 1st I couldn't keep the water level stable because of my return I tried closing the valve but either there was too much flow into the sump and water would splash every where or it was to little flow and the water was stagnant in the sump and back chamber and it smelled pretty gross I tried almost every method to fix it but I just couldn't get also I couldn't help but feel like I didn't have adequate room to work with it so it had a rimless 40 cube laying around and my wife suggest hey why don't you swap the tanks and keep the stand and at that moment I realized why I loved her so much lol. so I made the swap and it went great but one issue the sump was to small for the tank size and the overflow so I bought an eshops 20 gallon sump/fuge off another member and I gotta say I don't know why I didn't do this in the first place I love this so much better and I have so much more grow out room in the tank I literally have space all the way around to put stuff and also on the rocks. right now I'm using a maxi jet 600 and Tunze 6015 but I'm going to be getting rid of the Maxi jet and using it for a pump for reactor looking to replace it for maybe a WP 25 or an mp10 or maybe another tunze but the way I have them setup I have no dead spots in the tank and things are looking great my pods are already exploding because of some live sand I got from a friend that already had a ton of Copepods in it but here's a few pics of the way it looks now let me know what you guys think.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So I cut some of the egg crate out of the bottom I left just enough to hold the rock work and I filled her up and got her running so far so good I had to close the valve some though my mag 5 was a bit to much for the sump to handle but I'm hoping once I add the reactor to the return line I'll be able to open it back up full blast again or at least almost lol but that's where I am right now ice been making RODI water since 10 am but I'll keep you guys updated on what's next..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lol!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk