Jessy

So I was looking through old hard drives and I stumbled on some old pics of my first tank and the subsequent tanks. Just wanted to be nostalgic tonight with a little peek at the current Candyshop Cubed.

My very first tank's aquascape. 24 gallon aquapod


The same tank 2nd aquascape
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So I received my AquaFuge2 from CPR aquatics this week (YAY!). I'm thinking that I'm going to have to move the sump along the side of the stand instead of the back wall, so I can hang the fuge on the inside edge of the tank and see it from the skinny side. This way I can access everything in the sump and still be able to view my fuge. I'm heading up to San Francisco tomorrow and my friend is hooking me up with all kinds of fuge goodies including culerpa prolifera. ...

I'm so excited! I finished my rock work finally. I had to mortar four rocks together and it took me forever to get someone to come over who was willing to offer a hand to get the rocks in the tank with the acrylic rod. I drained the water from the water test a month ago and arranged the rocks in their final position. I added a 5 gallon bucket of sand to cover up the acrylic plate that the rod is threaded into. I've added a few pics here of the rock drilling process. The mortar was from MarcoRocks.com ...

So I've finally got the glass for the silicone and decided on a sump design. With what I want to do, I've decided to go ahead and use a hang on back fuge (hopefully CPR aquafuge2) instead of making space for it in sump. The layout as it stands is this:

Return Pump/ Baffle Section/ Bubble Tower & Filter Sock & skimmer

The skimmer I got was the AquaMaxx AM200-S Skimmer from our buddies at www.marinedepot.com. So far it has good reviews. ...

I'm so excited to finally have rock! I received two boxes of 40lbs of rock each from Marcorocks.com this morning. I was super excited when I busted them open and started to take a peek into the box of deliciousness. (Yes, I just described 80lbs of dry rock as boxes of deliciousness. And I'll fight whomever says differently after waiting for a long time to put rock in an empty tank) I'm so impressed with the spread! I sent him a picture of an idea I'm working off of with the rock and asked him for ...