new55galSALT Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I will be in the process of upgrading my 5 gallon nano hex tank to a 20 gallon. It will be a slow upgrade as i will be taking alot of advice on filtration, sand bed, drilling to non drilling...... i already have a 24" x4 t5 light i will be using .... once i finish rewiring for new updated ballasts ...i have a korlia nano powerhead as well for gentle flow maybe another once i get one. I would like to do a sump but dont know how to set one up ..so any info on that would be nice .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkness Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Just drop me a text anytime i can help you with the sump and can help you with drilling if you decide to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gott Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 IMO slow upgrades are the best way to go. Really, slow setups of any sort are the best way to go. And always plan, plan, plan! Most of the best tanks I've seen were well-planned. Something about that thinking-it-out-extensively process makes it better, even when the plan gets changed or departed from. But when you upgrade slowly, you have plenty of time to change your plan as needed between upgrades/installments! What are you planning on doing with your 5 gallon? I assume since you are calling this an upgrade, you don't plan to keep it running separately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 I decided to go with a 10 gallon instead of jumping to a 20 gallon figured it would be better on costs so i can just use the water and sand in the 10 to seed it .... i will probably sell or trade the 5 gallon once i get everything moved over and cleaned ....also selling or trading a 55 gallon 4 foot tank as well wife wont let me have two 55 gallons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have the new 10 with some argonite in it already with the koralia nano circulating water ill do that for about 2 days slowly adding argonite from the 5. And adding a cup of water from the 5 for maybe 4 days and check levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gott Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Hahaha, for a second I read that as saying "also selling or trading a 55 gallon 4 foot tank as well as wife." I'd be interested in that 5g hex when you're ready; I guess I'll keep an eye on the classifieds here. Meanwhile good luck with the upgrade! 8} 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 Ill pm you when im done with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Got everything moved over to the 10 gallon it has a deep sand bed kinda..i saw a tank pat (subsea) had and copied his kinda with the sand bed .... pics to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWebb Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 What is the other fish in the picture with the clown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 @jameswebb - its a sargent major damsel he is really cool i would like maybe 2 more on this tank with him ....ive heard they school with each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 yes SGT major do school I have a tank with 5 in it they always school up. thn 1 who is a morph and they dont allow him to hang in the group. so he roams and eats solo. They were to cycle the QT tank, will kick the damsels out when it is time to use it for QT since they are slightly aggressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 @bio3- Mine must be a ****** then because the black o clown picks on him... he will be just swimming along and here comes the clown to start a fight ...if your wanting to split that school let me know .... but 5 is too many in a 10gallon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 ****update**** i picked up a gorgonian from peter gott (thanx), sps from rchavez (thanks), got 3 more sgt major damsels from reefninja (thanks) which get along great with the other one i have... black clown is confused as who to pick on now .... i will post pictures tonight when i get home with the new goodies..... traded the old 5 gallon hex to peter gott for the gorgonian.. so far its a good deal i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 oh i also picked up some great rubble rock from RCA which worked out great with what i wanted to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 Pictures with gorgonia closed then open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Nice gorg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 Thanx grog... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 So when i left for work today my clam looked like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) When i got home insides were gone like something ate it..... :'( Any ideas? Ive got 4 sgt major damsels, 6 pep shrimp and 1 black o clown seen some bristleworms in my sand bed so when i upgraded to the 10 gallon from the 5 gallon hex i put him on some rock work ...its crazy i don't understand everything else has been doing fine... I've dosed with liquid calcium as bottle states and have fed entire tank with mysis shrimp. And cyclop-eeze for my little filter feeder corals..... please someone tell me what i may have done wrong I have a koralia nano power head Whisper 10 internal filter Quad t5 ho fixture 24w each only running 2 salinity at 1.025 as per floating hydrometer thing 3.5 maybe 4 lbs of live rock And argonite substrate Edited November 24, 2012 by new55galSALT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 i think i am having a spike in something i am getting algae on my glass like crazy now i think it may have been the clam dying but wanted to see what others thought .... i picked out as much clam pieces as i could find... both halves of the shell went into my 55 for the bi-color blenny to finish cleaning.. i used mature sand from the 5 gallon and established water from the 5 and the 55 to finish out the 10 gallon requirment. so i didnt have a long cycle.. well ill post pictures tonight of how the tiny tank is doing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Its official im going to upgrade to the 20 gallon i got the tank out of storage and want the dimensions of it instead of the 10... most of my equipment will swap over from the 10 gallon the only thing i need to change is the filter as it seems to be working really hard on the 10 anyway...ill keep you all posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Bought a aqua clear 50 and a 20lbs bag of live reef sand last night going to put it and the crushed coral from the 10 gallon next weekend and start cycling gonna leave the 10 gallon bare bottom til the 20 finishes its cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new55galSALT Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Well i lost all coral in my 20 fish look fine but all coral died i dont know what happened thinking bout moving the fish to the 75 and setting the 20 as a sump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Sorry you lost your coral, that's a huge bummer!<br /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Sorry about the coral and frustration. But I wanted to say I liked how you had the 10 setup. It was a nice affect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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