Jose Casas' salty 6gal shallow tortilla bowl

JOSE CASAS

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Well I am back and have been trying to wait as long as I could to setup a SW tank. I have two other projects and have been taking my time cuz I will be moving soon and didnt want to take them down so soon and move them. During my time off from saltwater I have been relaxing and enjoying being tankless even though I have been maintaing a 5 gal planted tank it wasnt enough to keep the saltwater bug from biting me again. I have had a tank since I was 9 so very hard not having a tank.

I had planned to set up a Ehiem aquastyle 6 gal at work and since it was just sitting at home cuz I am off for the summer decide to set it up as a mini reef till I move and set up the other 2 tanks. This will keep me busy till then.

Here is the tank info.......Ehiem Aquastyle 6gal

6 gallon (24L) measuring 11 x 11 x 12.5″ (27.5 x 27.5 x 32cm), 4mm glass

High quality formed glass aquarium with glass top
The rounded glass corners allow for a seamless view of of the aquarium interior
High efficiency power corner filter (only uses 4w)


High output PowerLED light with 81 interconnected diodes
(Safety sealed, low voltage only uses 7w)

I have .......10 lbs of Real Reef Rock.
20 lbs Caribean sea fiji pink sand.
(no heater right now as it is summer and dont need one)
No skimmer but will be doing 30% ro 40% water change a week to maintain parameters at this time and water quality.
 
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nice rock work man.
Thanks Sanh-cholo!!
Well I took the aquascape to another level literally. I got 2 pieces of Real Reef Rock. One traditional round and one flat. I put them in a bag and on my front yard I threw in the air 3 times. The rocks broke in 15 different pieces and from there I epoxyed it all together again. Turned out pretty good and accomplished the look I wanted.
 

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Very nice lil setup yo. Too lazy to read, what are the plans for it? Small fish? Sand burrowers? Softy stuff?
 

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Very nice lil setup yo. Too lazy to read, what are the plans for it? Small fish? Sand burrowers? Softy stuff?
Thanks as far as fish haven't really thought about it but will like to take advantage on it being 6gal to do research on small species for sure (Pentapodus emeryii) (and if thats fails I can put a school of tangs.

This nano will be a mixed tank with mainly softy but will try sps lol yup will try and thats the goal.
 

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