PiNkiCe's 4"x2"x2.5"

[PiNkiCe]

Tank Spec: 4x2x2.5

Live Rocks: 70kg (transfer from my previous 3x2x2.5; 10kg new for cycling process)

Live Sand: Bio-activ live aragonite 5 bags

Grade 0 sand: used 100 kg given away 50kg to Reeffer

Equipments:

Lightings - Giesemann MH 150 watt + 2x55 watt T5

Chiller - Fish Cooler 1/3 HP DBM 250

Skimmer - Aqua Medic Multi SL-1000

Calcium Reactor - H&S 400

Return Pump - Rio 32F

Fluidser Reactor

Apures DI unit

Equipments to add:

Controllable Tunze - Look out for 2nd hand first

Kalkwasser Reactor

Lightings

Tubby

Etc

Currently into the first week of cycling process .................

[PiNkiCe]

Tank arrived on the 24 Feb 05.

Actual setup start on the 25 Feb 05....

Process:

1. Leak Test using H2O

2. Add DI water (no trace of nitrate) & mix Oceanic salt to 1.024

3. Add 150kg sand

[PiNkiCe]

My 4 footer ....

[PiNkiCe]

Change of mind ..... decided to add Bio-Activ live aragonite .... remove 50kg of sand (give away to reefer) and add 5 pkts of live sand

[PiNkiCe]

Cycling Process ... purchase additional 10kg of live rock to seed the sandbed

[PiNkiCe]

1 packet of NitroMax marine was added to speed up the cycling process

[vagabond]

1 packet of NitroMax marine was added to speed up the cycling process

1 bottle enough for your tank meh?

[PiNkiCe]

nOt enough $$$ mah!! Think 1 bottle should be enough but take longer to cycle lor....

so late u still up??

[PiNkiCe]

On the 05 Mar 05, live rocks were transferred to my 4 footer. After 5 hrs++ of landscaping from the help of my wife who is extremely supportive of this hobby, the following is my creation:

Overall view

[PiNkiCe]

LHS View

[PiNkiCe]

RHS View

[PiNkiCe]

Front LHS View

[PiNkiCe]

Front RHS View

[PiNkiCe]

Sump setup.... CR & FR not install

Mosterz1975 ..... look familiar??

[RAV-65]

Nice scaping bro!! keep the pics coming!

[PiNkiCe]

Skimmate after 4 days

[monsterz1975]

Sump setup.... CR & FR not install

Mosterz1975 ..... look familiar??

Bro the tank look nicer in ur hand.

[PiNkiCe]

Bro the tank look nicer in ur hand.

Hi Bro.

Abit lucky to scape it to this shape. Almost give up as most my liverock is huge and flat... can't get the scaping right until last try and take all rocks out and rescape.

[PiNkiCe]

Nice scaping bro!! keep the pics coming!

Thks for the compliments .... now in cycling state leh will post more picts once my setting for sump is fully up!!

[iori_del]

NIce setup.. so when fish going in? hahah

[prec]

i love the rock scape... keep the pics coming..

[williammuk]

Very nice rockscaping. I'm impressed.

[PiNkiCe]

NIce setup.. so when fish going in? hahah

Thank Bro.

Will cycle for at least one month and then slowly decide what to keep.

[PiNkiCe]

Very nice rockscaping. I'm impressed.

Hi Bro,

Just visit your setup. Look very impressive too.

[monsterz1975]

Thks for the compliments .... now in cycling state leh will post more picts once my setting for sump is fully up!!

Wah bro so long still haven hook up ur equipment?