My New Tank Upgrade! 0.5g to 3g tank

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grrayc
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My New Tank Upgrade! 0.5g to 3g tank

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Here is my new upgrade! There are about 25 in there (I always forget to count as I'm transferring). A lot are hiding, but as you can see, theres a good group exploring their new home!

The left side is a tonnn of small/medium lava rocks built up, with one large lava rock cave (the hole is blocked temporarily so I could see them before they hid). The right side is a dish filled with crushed coral, then the large corals placed on top, for both decoration and calcium carbonate. Two sea fans, one old one new. Waiting on a glass top to come. Also a lot of macroalgae from various sellers, mostly Mustafa.

Not too much algae growth yet, but lots of biofilm from the previous tank, and one lovely user sent me his super duper mature water, and thick algae covered rocks (two). I am pretty happy with it! Constructive criticism welcome (or just, ya know, praise ;p )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y3xwnkFVDg
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Re: My New Tank Upgrade! 0.5g to 3g tank

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Looks great. Nice to see another fellow hobbyist that's into keep Opae Ula. Keep us updated on your tank. This is a great source of info here.
redhotshrimp
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Re: My New Tank Upgrade! 0.5g to 3g tank

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Nice looking tank! The shrimp look really active. I like how there are two distinct "environments" in the tank.
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Re: My New Tank Upgrade! 0.5g to 3g tank

Post by Flanker27S »

Thanks for the video, they really do look lively and lovely, how do they like that sort of pebble bedding for the tank? I've done the bedding in mine with much smaller pebbles as I was afraid they could hurt themselves with something bigger, but that may just be newbie's worries.
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Re: My New Tank Upgrade! 0.5g to 3g tank

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This looks awesome! I have a 1/2 gallon tank myself right now and am considering upgrading.
Where did you purchase your lava rocks from?
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Re: My New Tank Upgrade! 0.5g to 3g tank

Post by Mustafa »

Any updates?
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