New Elos system mini owner; first timer!

[todd03blown]

Thanks folks, it is very stunning in person. the pictures dont do it justice honestly.

 

[todd03blown]

Akopley - you are correct, I will be doing the cable work this week sometime

 

[willtel]

Do you happen to work for a large travel company?

 

[todd03blown]

willtel;211005 wrote: Do you happen to work for a large travel company?

I do....do you know me?

 

[todd03blown]

Is this PD?

 

[willtel]

todd03blown;211021 wrote: Is this PD?

Yep, small world. As soon as I saw the part about the 2am conference call I knew it had to be you!

Nice looking tank, some pictures of mine over here;

 

[todd03blown]

LOL; very small world. We are moving the datacenter to a 6-7k SQ location so we will have many calls like that I am sure for the next 3 months. Hope you are doing well.

 

[todd03blown]

its 50.5" from the top rim of the tank to the bottom of the stand.

I assume the sump holds between 2-3 gallons total.

 

[todd03blown]

robster;211141 wrote: What type of sand did you use? Are you going to add some power heads?

I used 20lbs of Nature's Ocean Bio-Active Reef Sand. I don't have any plans for power heads at this time.

 

[todd03blown]

Getting close to that time to start adding my CUC. I also had Chris @ EA place an order for 2 picasso clowns!! I am getting so excited!!

My cleaning crew will consist of this:
7 astrea snails
4 blueleg hermits
3 scarlet reef hermits
7 nassarius snails
1 cleaner shrimp

 

[todd03blown]

Well the CUC went in the tank saturday night about 10pm. I did my first water change thursday which was 4 gallons. Right before we put the CUC in we did the water test using the Elos test kits and all 4 of my reading were PERFECT!! I was so excited!

Everything is going good with my CUC, the cleaner shrimp loves to hide on the inside of the cave and only comes out for about 2 seconds then retreats. I think in a few more days hopefully he will be out and about more so we can watch him. the hermits and snails are all over the place and very very active!! My Astrea snails haven't even moved since being put in the tank, is this normal for them to take this long to get acclamaited?

 

[victor626nj]

how many gal is this tank its really nice

 

[todd03blown]

thanks!! Its a 20gal tank.

 

[todd03blown]

Here are some more updated pictures.

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[todd03blown]

robster;216509 wrote: How many inches of sand does this end up being in your tank?

1.5-2" all around.

 

[steve]

Hey todd, can we get a full tank shot?

 

[todd03blown]

Steve - this is the only one I have right now:

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[steve]

Looks good, what kinda coral you have in there?

 

[todd03blown]

all I have currently is to small zoa frags, about 8 heads on each one.

 

[harleyguy]

very nice... is there room in the stand for a Ca reactor if you decided to add one later?? Also I noticed that your temp was 80.7... does the tank run worm or is that what you have your heater set at? The reason I ask is I would have thought that with LEDs and low power use the Elos has the temp would have been lower... or is your room worm? Can we get a picture of the tank with just the moon light on? I'm thinking of adding one of those lights to my ESM. Aslo let me know when you want to add something else, I might be able to come up with a frag or two for the new guy