Civicdemon
Go Big Or Go Home !
So i decided to Post this up to Show my Tank From how i started it and how it is now.
So it started out as a Cichlid tank for a couple years. But it got borring so we went to SaltWater
Cichlid tank.
Looked great and at time i miss it but i know with time My Reef will look even Better.
The Change.
Heres a little vide we did about a month in a half of having the tank. We jump the gun and did not do reaserch before getting some fish. even do i loved the fish most of them died from ICH and a couple got taken back to the LFS.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll318%2FCivicDemon07%2Fth_2012-05-20_16-58-15_10.jpg&hash=2352b93961303ec5ec085ff8c4309459)
A couple pics after adding more Live Rock Still running with LFS water and canister filters at this time.
So after most are fish died we went with corals for a bit and got a new light, Thats still need to be changed for LEDs in the near fututre.
Then we had diatoms problems and stuff so i decided to test a cheap methos to making a sump using sterlite containers.
That did not work and ended in a total fail with baffles falling and everything.
So i put out the money and went with 2 eshops RS 100 sumps and put them toghether using 2 inch bulkheads and pvc. i did all the plumbing and got all that going and removed the canister filters..
So now i was left with a nitrate issue after switching. So i decided to do 3 water changes this last week and brought the nitrates down and finally got my Skimmer working really good.
Another change i have since made is i started using Red Sea Reef pro salt to make my water and i must say i love it.
I will post pictures of my tank how it sits now Tomorrow. My Fish are all doing great Kinda got a little scared 2 weeks ago couse i seen a little white spot on my yellow tang but he has ben fine with no spots. So yeah Pictures to come Soon.
Thanks for looking.
So it started out as a Cichlid tank for a couple years. But it got borring so we went to SaltWater
Cichlid tank.
![crushedcoral.png](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll318%2FCivicDemon07%2Fcrushedcoral.png&hash=c5285b11881cd58dc1a5adb040ef8640)
Looked great and at time i miss it but i know with time My Reef will look even Better.
The Change.
Heres a little vide we did about a month in a half of having the tank. We jump the gun and did not do reaserch before getting some fish. even do i loved the fish most of them died from ICH and a couple got taken back to the LFS.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll318%2FCivicDemon07%2Fth_2012-05-20_16-58-15_10.jpg&hash=2352b93961303ec5ec085ff8c4309459)
A couple pics after adding more Live Rock Still running with LFS water and canister filters at this time.
![NewRocks1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll318%2FCivicDemon07%2FNewRocks1.jpg&hash=772109c61f87c2999643cd9513c58c85)
So after most are fish died we went with corals for a bit and got a new light, Thats still need to be changed for LEDs in the near fututre.
Then we had diatoms problems and stuff so i decided to test a cheap methos to making a sump using sterlite containers.
![sump2.png](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll318%2FCivicDemon07%2Fsump2.png&hash=b3e89577e37d18f8107ac998856ea50f)
That did not work and ended in a total fail with baffles falling and everything.
So i put out the money and went with 2 eshops RS 100 sumps and put them toghether using 2 inch bulkheads and pvc. i did all the plumbing and got all that going and removed the canister filters..
![DSC_0199.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll318%2FCivicDemon07%2FDSC_0199.jpg&hash=73ca40bd1bc8ba0c76cf1c2969633845)
![DSC_0202.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll318%2FCivicDemon07%2FDSC_0202.jpg&hash=0ed808e8031890d9344cc816490c5561)
![DSC_0202.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll318%2FCivicDemon07%2FDSC_0202.jpg&hash=0ed808e8031890d9344cc816490c5561)
So now i was left with a nitrate issue after switching. So i decided to do 3 water changes this last week and brought the nitrates down and finally got my Skimmer working really good.
Another change i have since made is i started using Red Sea Reef pro salt to make my water and i must say i love it.
I will post pictures of my tank how it sits now Tomorrow. My Fish are all doing great Kinda got a little scared 2 weeks ago couse i seen a little white spot on my yellow tang but he has ben fine with no spots. So yeah Pictures to come Soon.
Thanks for looking.