My 10 Gal Nano Reef (Day 1) + Other DIY Stuff

Hello,
This is Day 1 of my Nano Lagoon, or soon to be Nano Reef Tank. I followed ipsfdotcom Nano Lagoon series to get my display tank ready. I'm also using some cycle techniques from GARF's Bullet Proof Reef.

I added a sump, overflow, and stand with the help of some DIY plans I found on the net (google search :)

The rock I made was from an idea on reefcentral.com I believe. There was a long forum discussion about making aragocrete. In it a member said hed like someone to try and make coralline color rock using polyblend.....it seemed like a good idea, and so I did it.

More video to come hopefully. Comments, questions, suggestions welcome.

Disclaimer: This is my first video ever so if you have any tips on making youtube movies please share :)

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• nano reef
• nano
• reef
• aquarium
• lagoon
• DIY
• sump
• pvc
• overflow
• PVC overflow
• nano tank
• saltwater aquarium
• nano lagoon

[lmposible]

actually i just made more and i found out i used way too little water! It looks like its already drying after 5min, so i think that should do the trick.. but still did you let it become all the way dry?

[1mkwiet]

@lmposible chances are you're going to ruin the first batch or two figuring how to mix your ingredients right. I worked with cement for a few years so I knew what I was looking for and how to work the mixtures. there's lots of how to make rock movies on youtube now....check em out. you want a dry, well mixed, mixture.

[1mkwiet]

@lmposible also your rock should be hard in 24 hours in normal conditions. more in damp basements, less outside with lots of air flow. once hard put in water.

[Haijin72]

I don't get it. You are setting up a 10g reef, so you need about 10lbs of live rock. If live rock costs you $5 a pound, why did you spend $55 on materials and months of work/waiting to make this stuff.

[1mkwiet]

@Haijin72 I had enough materials to make 100lbs of live rock for the same price as buying 10. But since I only made 10 at the time of this movie the cost was the same, that's right. Fortunately I'm able to look at the big picture and understand that materials for DIY rock does not go bad. I can always use the left over in the future to make more rock for say frag plugs, or a new tank build. I've done both of those since I made this movie a year ago.

[ryjack26]

I have type 1 portland cement and its kinda gray, is that ok? I use exactly the recipe in ur 90 gal vid, and i forget the brand of polyblend but its a powder and i hav the same colours as you...thanks

[1mkwiet]

hmm that might be the problem right there. The recipe for the 90 is totally different than the 10gal. The 10 gal is 1 part of each polyblend, 3-4 parts sand, and 1 part salt. You don't need cement with polyblend because there's already is cement in it. Also yes grey cement will severely alter the color because of the power of the grey color/cement.

[MrSquirrelCat]

What type of lights where thoes?

[RichardV2012]

I noticed in the videos for the nano lagoon that the guy said not to use rodi water. After looking at your tank and the progression of it and how spectacular it is I wanted to know if you use rodi water

[MrThefinestbitch]

do you use a chiller ?

[AnimalLover161]

why didnt you follow the nano-lagoon recipe for the aragecrete rock? and also why didnt you do the whole phytoplankton to zooplankton to small grazer thing?

[tubetoiletv2000]

O.o you sound canadian ..... are you from canada?

[baseballhunter99]

who drinks wine to get drunk

[aquariumaddict14]

can a crab and a 2 inch banded clown fish be comfortable in a 3 gallon pico reef tank

[MriBackup]

Awesome!

[vilgaz2]

cool more plz ... nice work

[gatocrib]

@johncean12396 Yes Home Depot has it! on the ceramic tile aile.