CalmSeasQuest's 36" Nano Build

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1st set of pix-the last pix what is that and where can I get me one like it? :)
You CSQ have some very beautiful corals. Tank looks awesome!!

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Originally Posted by MizTanks

1st set of pix-the last pix what is that and where can I get me one like it? :)
You CSQ have some very beautiful corals. Tank looks awesome!!

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Thanks Miz :)

Truthfully, I'm not sure which one that is. They all came from MR.Coral, but they so tiny, and I've moved them around so many times trying to find the ideal locations - I'm unsure which is which at this point.

I got the OK from the "safety officer" at work to put in a Pico tank in my office. There is no conceivable way I would get any work done with a tank like that sitting on my desk. Bravo! Very nice build!

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Originally Posted by Kalmed

I got the OK from the "safety officer" at work to put in a Pico tank in my office. There is no conceivable way I would get any work done with a tank like that sitting on my desk. Bravo! Very nice build!

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Thanks Gordon - Your're right, the tank can be quite a distraction. It's somewhat offset by my desire to spend more time in the office :)

Good and bad news...

The good news is the MP-10 and a spare wet-side arrived today and after a bit of fiddling around, I was able to find a good location. It's hidden behind the skimmer, providing alternating current against that of the Tunze. It's amazing how much flow is required to eliminate dead spots in this dense aquascape. In addition to the Tunze, the MP-10 is running ReefCrest maxing out at 50%. At that setting it creates a nice alternating flow and appears to be a significant improvement for the SPS shelf.

More good news is that the SPS are beginning to color-up nicely. I'm very pleased at how they have responded to being placed in such a small tank. Lots of new heads on the Acans as well. So far, so good.

Now on to the bad - Apparently, I can't count. :duh:

In trying to locate the name of the Chalice that Miz inquired about above, I determined that in the process of selecting which corals would be placed in the tank, I had hidden some lines in a spreadsheet that I use to keep track of all the corals for this tank that contained some SPS that I had intended to remove. I then forgot about them. This resulted in inadvertently adding too many Frags to the tank. I confirmed with Jim that the overage could simply be removed and began selecting which corals to remove. This error, while irritating (especially as I had just removed the plugs and spent many hours gluing everything to the rockwork) alone would not have had a huge impact but...

Compounding this problem was the clarification issued today that large order "bonus" Frags, even if purchased through a sponsor, could only be included without a cap hit if all of the corals in the order were used in the tank. I purchased far more corals through Mr.Coral than could be utlized in this tank, so I lose the ability to include the bonus corals. That change will mandate the additional removal about about 10% of the corals in the tank.

Removing that many Frags may require removing entire pillars as they are all glued to rather fragile shelves and getting at them requires the use of long forceps. I hate to tear the tank apart as it's doing so well. I'm going to do a count tomorrow and see if I can locate additional, easy-to-remove corals without significantly disrupting the tank. If not, I may withdraw from the contest rather than have to tear apart the tank.

All that aside, I really do love having this tank on my desk :)

Wasn't the Mr. Coral deal one free frag for every $50 spent? So if it was all spent on the $10 section, it would make sense to me that you could have one free frag for every 5 that you have in your tank. Which reminds me... I need to remove a free one from mine!

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Wasn't the Mr. Coral deal one free frag for every $50 spent? So if it was all spent on the $10 section, it would make sense to me that you could have one free frag for every 5 that you have in your tank. Which reminds me... I need to remove a free one from mine!

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The rules state,

""Free" Corals part of a Larger Purchase
Free corals that came as part of a package livestock purchase where all of the corals purchased are in your contest nano will count as $0...again the key is that all the corals had to go into your contest nano. However if part of the package did not go into your contest tank, then a value will need to be assessed on those. An example of this is Mr. Coral's sales where after every "X" corals, you can pick a free one.

Because I am not using every coral purchased in the tank, (I purchased well over 100 then "cherry-picked" the best for this tank) I am required to apply the $5 value to each "bonus" Frag. I don't disagree with the rule - I just wish I had known from the onset so I could have adjusted purchases accordingly (and especially prior to gluing everything to the rock-scape. :stupidme:)

If you used all of the corals purchased for your tank, you can use the $0 value - Otherwise, assuming you have room under the cap, you don't need to remove your free Frag, simply assign it a value for cap-calculation purposes.

Yes I agree with what you are saying, but this is also listed:

"An example of this is Mr. Coral's sales where after every "X" corals, you can pick a free one. "

It seems that Jim wants to make sure that no one is just taking free corals and filling a tank. However if the corals are part of a package deal then it's sort of like you got a discount for buying so many corals. To me it would seem that every 6 corals is a package deal since it was buy 5, get 1 free. I agree this shouldn't be left to cherry pick the best, but if you can try to determine which corals you did not use, and remove a free one from that order (I know it's not easy with the way Mr. Coral names stuff) I think that's plenty fair. However if you only used half the corals, but all of the free corals, I could see that not being fair. Of course I don't make the rules...

You might want to check with Jim to confirm before ripping your tank apart or dropping out of the contest!