Magical's (6.5 x 2.5 x 2) Feet Partition Dream Tank

[schnitzer44]

Very hands on bro..!

I guess the setting up part is gona be the most memorable one since...we kind of diy-ed things wit sweat and sometimes blood! Haha

Two weeks down the road and i will be doing the same thing as you...may need your expertise ya haha

[magical26]

Very hands on bro..!

I guess the setting up part is gona be the most memorable one since...we kind of diy-ed things wit sweat and sometimes blood! Haha

Two weeks down the road and i will be doing the same thing as you...may need your expertise ya haha

Its true, the setting up part is the memorable part. Cant wait to see your new set up bro... need any help can always PM me. We're all here to help this reefing community grow and learn. Still a long road ahead for myself, lots to learn.

[magical26]

Manage to rough the screen mesh for ATS. Hopefully its good enough to hold some decent amount of algae.

[magical26]

Leak test commenced. Using 2 x Jebao DC 9000 (will T-off to ATS and FR eventually). Flow seemed good...

[magical26]

Wavemaker

I was playing around with the Gyre Riptide Wavemaker whilst filling up the tank for a leak test. I have to say I am impress with it...

Needless to say, I would not be running it so high up the water surface. Was just messing around to test it

[Guest]

Are you going to use live rock or dead rock?

[magical26]

Are you going to use live rock or dead rock?

Hi bro, I will use dry rock instead of live rock. Will 'cook' live rock and sun it before using. I had bad experience with live rock in the past and i wanna control what i put into my tank this time. Any concerns?

[blackcell]

Can you PM for your chiller setup and pricing..

[blackcell]

And also the pricing for the cabinet and tank.

[blackcell]

Thanks !!

[magical26]

Can you PM for your chiller setup and pricing..

And also the pricing for the cabinet and tank.

PM sent...

Thanks !!

Welcome.

[Guest]

Hi bro, I will use dry rock instead of live rock. Will 'cook' live rock and sun it before using. I had bad experience with live rock in the past and i wanna control what i put into my tank this time. Any concerns?

Yes, it would be a good choice to prevent those unwanted pests into the tank.

[magical26]

Gyre Riptide wavemaker + 2 Jebao DC 9000 return pumps. Leak test for tank completed and will tune the flow down in actual, this is just to test water only.

[magical26]

As mentioned in my earlier post, I will be using dry rocks this time round. Had enough of pesky hitchhikers previously in my 4 footer. Will be using my existing rocks plus some other newly procured ones as well.

First up... I left them out in the sun for a week before scrubbing them and soaking them in RO/DI water with phosguard running. I will not be using everything you see here.

Got to realise that after sunning them, the rocks whitened up even before scrubbing. Interesting...

Nonetheless, they are still dirty like once you start the scrubbing. WARNING!!! Only do this when your mum/wife/gf/etc... are not at home. After that faster clean up and claim credit for washing the toilet

The entire process took awhile and I am shock to find so many of these... at least more than 10... Even saw 1 ate my cleaner shrimp in my 4 footer previously.

1 huge MotherF*****

Glad that i chose to go with dry rocks after seeing these, not to mentioned the countless types of worms i came across as well.

[inwear]

The hairy crab in last picture killed 3 of my clams before i managed to catch it red handed on my last clam in the morning wee hours

[magical26]

The hairy crab in last picture killed 3 of my clams before i managed to catch it red handed on my last clam in the morning wee hours

Woah... sorry to hear that. At least u got it out. Moving forward, no matter what, i think i will choose dry rock instead of live rock. While cleaning the live rocks, i realised that there are just too much nonsense in it. No point risking it...

[Damianiac]

Does LFS sells dry rocks? Or they sell liverocks only and gotta dry it on our own? Thanks.

[magical26]

Does LFS sells dry rocks? Or they sell liverocks only and gotta dry it on our own? Thanks.

Yes, i know ah beng do sell dry rocks. However, mine was live rocks. Took it out to sun, scrub, and run in ro/di water with phosguard. Wanted to buy dry rocks at first, but hard to find suitable shapes and sizes. And since i already have live rocks in my existing 4 footer, might as well use it.

[magical26]

Its really not easy to do a nice scape for a 3-side view tank. Kudos to those who are able to do so, u guys are creative and talented.

Very often, when i scape it nicely from one angle, the opposite side looks bad. After many many many attempts at rock-scaping, think i will settle for this scape.

Guys, any comments? All comments are welcome and would appreciate constructive criticism.

[Evolutionz]

Scape's looking good, u might wanna take note if there's too many rocks touching the sand bed if you plan to have one.

[magical26]

Scape's looking good, u might wanna take note if there's too many rocks touching the sand bed if you plan to have one.

Thanks bro... will take note to avoid dead spots.

[schnitzer44]

I am sure your neighbours are thinking that you gonna build a partition wall with the amount of rocks you brought back... Haha

[schnitzer44]

Oh ya, you do have pretty nice quality rocks with lots of holes to plant in all the sps and frag plugged corals...

[Guest]

Maybe you can look around to mix some replica rock as it will also make the scraping much more easier.

[magical26]

Maybe you can look around to mix some replica rock as it will also make the scraping much more easier.

You mean those fake types with coloured coraline algae painted on is it?