26 Bowfront

[caseyjaydarling]

Ok, so I thought I'd start a thread about my tank. I don't have any sweet pictures of a build because all I have is a sumpless 26g bowfront. It's nothing exciting, and it really looks like a bunch of rocks, but I guess they all do when they start out.
The rock and sand are all dried out from my tank I took down last summer in ND. My light is an xm 10k 250w on a pfo mini pendant driven by a coralvue elec. ballast. My skimmer is an Odyssea ps75 that cost me <50 bucks new and it is actually starting to pull out crap. For flow I have a seio 820 and a maxi-jet 1200. I also have a HOT magnum for mechanical filtration, but would really like to get an aquaclear 70 filter or something like that to turn into a small fuge.
So yeah, get ready to drool OK maybe not.

[luvmylo]

the only thing I'll say is you are way too down on your tank. I like it. the aquascape is nice and there's plenty of room for coral placement.

[luvmylo]

get rid of the magnum tho. those things are a nitrate factory.

[caseyjaydarling]

Thanks for the encouragement. The only reason I'm using the magnum is because I'm trying to set this up on a budget (thus the odyssea skimmer) and I already had it laying around. As soon as I get ahold of a little fuge it will be gone. Actually the skimmer, tank, and stand are the only pieces of equipment I've had to buy. I had everything else from my last tank.

[Sndwave80]

Everything looks good, Keep us posted Casey!

[Loverotties]

Looks good! a lot of rock!,but cool how you have it!

[Mommy2Julianna]

Sweet looking tank, now once it starts filling out it will be super eyecatching...

Oh nice meeting you at the meeting!!

Cassie

[Jrmass]

I agree that you are too down on your tank. Remember every tank has to start somewhere. It's on a bit of a different scale but, for the most part my first tank looked exactly like what yours does. I started with a heck of a lot of rock, lots of sand, a few fish, an anemone, and 1 coral. I'm sure I have a pic of it somewhere to give you an idea of how far a person can go in a very short time.

It was also very nice to put a face to the name.

Jas