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12-17-2005, 02:13 AM
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Location: Montana
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Glad to here you're still goin'. 
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12-17-2005, 03:28 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Connecticut
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HEYYYYY!! nano tanks can be completely awesome if you play your cards right. I know you have less cards to play WITH, but they can still be very pleasing and impressive to the eye
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12-17-2005, 06:52 AM
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Duper Mod !
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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Glad your sticking with it!
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12-17-2005, 12:22 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Damascus, MD
Posts: 218
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thanks everyone, i picked up my sand, i just got plain caribsea arganite sand, its in the tank now with water, and boy, it looks like milky soup, lol, im gonna put the heater in and get the temp right, then once the temp gets stable ill move my LR from its bucket into the tank. ill get pics once the water clears up more.
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12-18-2005, 05:32 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Damascus, MD
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ok, i wasnt clearing up AT ALL, so i took out all the water, put down a trash bag over the sand and filled it up, right now im getting my temp right, then once thats stable ill add the salt.
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12-18-2005, 05:47 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,594
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Sweet 
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12-18-2005, 07:34 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Originally Posted by newbienanoer
ok, i wasnt clearing up AT ALL, so i took out all the water, put down a trash bag over the sand and filled it up, right now im getting my temp right, then once thats stable ill add the salt.
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Glad your still in, you will be glad for the experience when you do the 75, trust me you will appreciate the learning curve on a nano before you start on the 75.
FWIW, its always better to mix your salt water before adding it to a tank with sand, adding it later, esp with a deep sand bed, its hard to get the water in the sand to infuse the proper ratio of salt
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12-31-2005, 02:37 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Damascus, MD
Posts: 218
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ok, got another 5 lbs of LR today bringing me to around 12ish lbs of LR for the tank, so heres a pick of the rock in the tank, unscaped.
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12-31-2005, 06:56 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Damascus, MD
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ok, got it rockscaped how i want it, heres the pic
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12-31-2005, 07:44 PM
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Duper Mod !
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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Nice job with the live rock!
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12-31-2005, 08:25 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Aloha, OR
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Will I get kicked if I say I liked the "unscaped" aquascape better?  Those are some good looking nano-pieces. |
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01-01-2006, 12:27 PM
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Master of Perplexity
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: panama city beach FL
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Not kicked Geek. I'm on your side, I liked it better too!
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01-01-2006, 12:31 PM
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Tang Lover
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rockville, MD
Posts: 7,283
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Very nice!
I like both aquascapes...but kind of agree with Gwen that I liked the un-aquascaped version better.
But either one looks great!
YEAH on the new LR!!!!
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01-01-2006, 12:35 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Damascus, MD
Posts: 218
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i agree with all of you, the unscaped version was nicer, but i couldnt get it to be stable like that, it fell over with the slightest touch, so i just gave up on it, and scaped it this way, im sure the scape will change some between now and later, but for now, this is it.
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01-01-2006, 10:07 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Damascus, MD
Posts: 218
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got a better, more "unscaped" lookfor you all, and i like it better than my "wall" so here it is
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