I'm down sizing do to some medical bills, and a big car repair bill.
going from the 60g to a 40? 36x12x22.. will I need a sump because the way the stand was made I measured and only a 10g will fit from front to back.. and is there a company that makes a small enough over flow for a 40g to 10g sump? what about protein skimmer will still need one right... will my hob red sea prizm work, or will I need my corallife-65 on this one... I got 24kilos (52? pounds 2.2 kilos = 1 pound) straight from fiji... and a bucket of live sand from a friend. so good to go there... light I have a hagen glo - 36 inch t5 ho light with a ati super blue and a hagen power glo 18,000k bulb (should I switch the power glo for a 6,700k or 10,000k? ) is that enough light. I don't plan for any sps or lps just xenia,kenya,leathers,mush-rooms,and zoa's.

water I plan to just siphon in to a tub, then pump it in to this tank...

would just the live sand, and live rock, and the hob skimmer, with water from the 60g work. am I good to go? yes go build it or no you are missing something... so am I good to setup?

bills, medical bills, a big car bill, and some personal reason are the reason I'm down sizing.

here is the 40g on the stand with the light. sand is who knows what but real wood, tank is oceanic, light is a hagen glo 36 inch t5 ho 2 bulb fixture. rock 52 pounds of live rock straight from fiji, live sand, from a friend... fish I'm thinking a pair of clowns, or a school of purple dart fish.... any way I will shut my mouth and show photos now...

aha and only 30 seconds to up load 18mb to imageshack.us :) new computers are great.

light tank, and stand.



live sand.


rock, I know I'm a tease they are in a tub with water from the 60g and a power head.


canopy - going to have to make some minor ajustments for it to set on the tank right with the light fixture inside.


Turtle turtle turtle turtle turtle...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTafZRecy2k&feature=related

/\--- how I feel busting my butt to finish this, I didn't want to get lady. I been scooping out the water with a pitcher, I let a friend borrow my trash bin(water changes where i store my ro/di water for making saltwater.).

I took a break, it's filled 3/4 with water..

yeah but which ones, I know where i can get some perculas for a good price that are 3-4 inches long.

the live sand was free so I took it, and I got extra live rock just to be safe. can't be getting it straight from fiji for $3.00 a pound. it's finished i will post photos when I'm back from a friends house..

seems to me that you switch tank sizes every cpl weeks.....?
i would suggest you decide on a tank and stick with it.
if you end up changing tanks again after you actually get stock in one your going to tress everything out and kill it
for the safty of whatever your going to stock in this 40g, just chill with it for a GOOD WHILE. even after everything is good and stable with $$

so I thought I have a 10k, and I didn't so i put in what I had laying around 6,700k coralife.. so lighting is now a corlife 6,700k and a wave point -blue. take looks like this with lights on.


now different photos of my corals.

zoa mini colony.


the chalice?


green candy cane coral


frog spawn


leather just got it tonight, and still ajusting.


green maze brain coral


xenia, and zoa's.

okay some one told me I need to do a soft water cycle, is this true or will it depend on what my levels are... and if I need to do a soft water cycle how much do i change every other day?

soft cycle is a method which involves large/ frequent water changes during the tank cycle. this is usually done by advanced reef keepers to maintain coralline and live rock fauna alive during the cycling process. There's a lot of people throwing around the term soft cycle when referring to how they plan to start their tank or how they are cycling their tank. Unfortunately most don't grasp the true meaning of a soft cycle and just jump right in, as with so many other things in reefing.The concept of soft cycling is simple, to keep as many sessile inverts and macro's already on the rock alive during the cycling process by keeping the ammonia at a minimum. Do you have accurate test kits for NH3,NH4, NO3, NO2? Do you have plenty of salt and water on hand for water changes? Do you have enough storage space to store premixed salt water for water changes (sometimes as large as a 100% this most of the time is doing more harm than good because you are not only taking out ammonia,nitrites,nitrates you are also taking out beneficial bacteria. Do you have enough time to do daily water changes, test the water 3 times a day, monitor the tank, empty skimmer cup daily for up to 3 weeks? If you answered "No" to any of these a soft cycle is probably not right for you. The key to a good soft cycle is high quality, fresh live rock, good lighting on a regular cycle, strong filtration "skimmer" and running carbon is sometimes necessary.Once you get the live rock it is important to go over it thoroughly before you add it to your tank. Remove any dead crabs, worms, sponges, etc. from the rock. Remember to tune your skimmer to maximize the amount of skimmate that its pulling, keeping a constant watch to ensure the skimmer is running as efficiently as possible. also skimmers have a break in period of sometime up to 3 weeks before they start producing a good skimmate.
Finally, keep in mind that you are controlling the amount of ammonia/nitrites that are produced therefore reducing the rate at which nitrifying bacteria grows and multiplies, a soft cycle will take a lot longer than a normal cycle and can crash before it completes its cycle. so to answer your question do you need to soft cycle NO! I use the K.I.S.S. method it stands for "keep it simple stupid" from the looks of it you already have everything in place, if you want to help the cycle along get a bottle of good bacteria such as Bio spira, Stability or Micro bacter7 and follow the direction for your water volume..
Remember it's not Rocket Science, if you try to do what every person tells you to do you will get very confused so keep it simple.
Good Luck.

you will want the par a 10k will give you for growing even soft coral.