just thought i'd stop in and post up what i've been up to here.
For those who dont know, I had a 37g FOWLR tank w/ marineland LED hood and CPR bak pak that housed my fuzzy dwarf lion. Had him for almost a year.
looked like this.
anyways, well a few months back my light fixture died, this made my fish have a fit (he never liked when it was dark, he would freak out and try to jump out of the tank when the lights would go off), and he went on a hunger strike which ended up getting the best of him, RIP Caesar
anyways, my tank kind of fell into disrepair for a couple months as I didnt have time to get a decent light/replacement fish. I just kept the tank running, and topped off with fresh water when it needed it until I could decide what to do. Posted the whole setup on craigslist, but got no interest.
so a few weeks ago I decide that its time to get the tank up and running again and back into good shape. I ordered a Marineland Reef Capable LED lighting system w/ integrated timer, as well as a CPR pre-skimmer for my bak pak and a glass versa top.
I pulled all of my live rock out of the tank, cleaned the glass, rearranged everything and came up with this. I think it is a huge improvement.
and with the night time lights on.
I did some water tests, and miraculously after weeks of no maintenance/light/waterchanges etc. ammonia was 0, nitrates 0, PH 8.3, however nitrates had spiked to approx 100ppm. No big deal, a few large water changes later and everything is under control.
Now for stocking, I'm planning to start adding fish in about a week. Planning on either 2 zebra lionfish or 2 dwarf fuzzies (I cant decide!) and some zoanthids for some color.
I'm also in the planning stage of a custom 10g sump setup. but more on that later.
anyways, thats it for now from me, thanks for looking!
