StoneyK's build-off thread

[stoneyk]

Gonna steal the idea of a public thread for people to view my nano build-off entry.
Please feel free to give criticism,compliments or suggestions.

My ultimate goal is to have the most vibrant and diversly colored nano as possible. I think I have decided to concentrate on soft corals, maybe some deepwater sps :wink: . I am very picky about my aquascaping and want my nano to be distinctive but am doing this project on a injured workers budget :? ...should be challenging

 

[tinyreef]

i love your aquascaping. very nice rock shapes you picked out.

i discussed with someone the various setups so far and i liked yours and guy's rockwork the best so far. very nicely done. i agree, aquascaping is very critical to a setup's success and presentation (only behind lighting imo).

i'd figure out the specific species you want and then design your flow directions/rates. then start plopping the frags in.

rough sketches of what you'd like to end up with also help (not that it ever turns out that way for me, d'oh!).

 

[stoneyk]

New rock work with total of 88w of pc light sfter upgrade... plus a few little goodies I have added recently.

 

[stoneyk]

Been awhile since an update, been letting everything run and waiting for an algea problem to subside.

But today I was thinking and its been 3 weeks to a month without a water change so I better do somthing, right?

Wrong!!!!!!
When I first started this I wanted to do somthing different from everyone, with this in mind I decided to try "Miracle Mud" in one of the chambers as well as a dsb. There seemed to be quite alot of negative feedback on running a dsb, but I did it anyways and as far as I could see NOONE had EVER used a "miracle mud" style filtration, The results so far have been encouraging!
After the initial algea bloom died off/was eaten for the most part I cleaned off my glass and did a water 2g water change, that was 3-4 weeks ago.
I havent cleaned the glass or done anything besides top off
and it still looks like I just cleaned it!!! I am talking NO ALGEA!!
Nitrates are at 0
nitrites 0
hardness 500
alk 450
ph 8.4

I am going to see how long I can go b4 I acually need to do another water change.

I have a damsel and a lawnmower blenny like 8 snails and 2-3 crabs and I feed every day, so its not a small bio-load either!!!!

So far I say
VIVA LA MIRACLE MUD!!!!!!!!