JBJ 22 gallons tank renovation

trunglippo · Mar 11, 2015

Hi everyone,
My name is Trung, and I am a newbie, lol. After playing around with saltwater for a year, I kinda know what to do with saltwater hobby basically. Therefore, I want to redo everything with my JBJ 22 gallons tank. I wish I could get a bigger tank for reef, but I have no space since I have 10 discus tanks. Anyway, here is the detail of the tank

Old set up
Jbj 22 gallons tank
Mj1200 return pump
50 watts heater
Coralife bubble skimmer
Jebao mp25
Finnex Marine LED light
Live stocks: 2 designed clownfish, 1 yellow wrasse, 1 fire shrimp, clean up crews, and soft corals.

New set up
Same tank JBJ 22 gallons tank
Mj1200 return pump
50 watts heater
Esshop nano skimmer
VorTech MP10ES
Al Hydra 26 light

I'm gonna try to keep sps mainly in this tank, so there will be a lot things for me to learn more.

trunglippo · Mar 11, 2015

I built the stand for the tank since it will be moving from my bedroom to living room. I used small wood studs, plywood, and moldings to build the stand.

trunglippo · Mar 11, 2015

After painting.

BluRocket3 · Mar 11, 2015

Nice looking stand!

trunglippo · Mar 11, 2015

Thanks for that. I got hooked into this hobby, so I want to take time and do it right this time.

trunglippo · Mar 11, 2015

Light hanger was built and painted last weekend. I built everything from woods since I like the way they look.

trunglippo · Mar 12, 2015

Testing the light with controller

Izek · Mar 12, 2015

Nice stand work looking good so far

trunglippo · Mar 15, 2015

I had a chance to move all live stocks to the 10 gallons tank temporarily, bare bottom with aquaclear 50 filter (carbon and chemipure), small 50 watts heater, and small pump for currents. Everything seems okay so far after the moving

The main tank was taken out for cleaning, wiping and rinsing with fresh water. Then I filled it up with freshwater and vinegar for deep clean. I'm gonna let it run for about 1 day.

I would like to say thank you Steve for always being there and help me out. I really appreciate your time and help, buddy.

Luis138 · Mar 16, 2015

Can't wait to see the finished tank. Looking great so far.

trunglippo · Mar 22, 2015

Rock scape

Sand and water were filled in yesterday. Waiting for it to be clear...

ndrwater · Mar 22, 2015

Looking great!!! Keep the pix and updates coming!!!

trunglippo · Mar 22, 2015

Water is getting more clear.

trunglippo · Mar 24, 2015

I just tested the water, and I could see that ammonia was slightly 0.25ppm, and both nitrite and nitrate were 0
I just put a piece of shrimp into the tank to create the ammonia source for the tank

Anybody wants shrimp? Lol

FTS with a piece of shrimp in the tank

Barryrey · Mar 25, 2015

Very clean setup. I like the openness of the rockscape.

trunglippo · Mar 26, 2015

Barryrey said:

Thanks Barryrey. I want for swimming space for the fish and corals when filling in later on.

trunglippo · Mar 26, 2015

Tonight test result. I took the shrimp out

trunglippo · Mar 26, 2015

What do you guys think about this cycle process?

smartchoice · Mar 26, 2015

your doing good!... you have 10 discus tanks? you got any pictures?

trunglippo · Mar 27, 2015

smartchoice said:

Hi smartchoice,
I already posted some pics in the "what else do you take care of" thread. You can check them out.

JBJ 22 gallons tank renovation

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