Its been over a month.

The tank is fully cycled and I have completed transferring everything over from my old 12 Gallon long.
I also added another clown and a yellow corris wrasse.
There is a MAAST frag swap this Sunday I'm attending and plan on picking up some nice frags from fellow reefers in San Antonio, TX.
The legend Jason Fox will also be in attendance and will have a tank set up to sell some corals which I am pretty excited for.
The nitrate levels in my tank are still above 1 but are on the decline and will hopefully be a 0 with my biopellet reactor being setup.
I picked up some frags from a local reefer which I have been wanting to get for a while.
Ill pick up the pictures of the frags soon but for now here are some pictures of the tank.

the day is finally here.

after several hours of filling up buckets and mixing salt water
the tank is wet
i had the help of my lovely girl friend and her sister
who were both as eager as me to get the tank up and running
enough chit chat
on to the pictures

heres my aquascape

i wanted some caves and separate islands for specific corals

Finally an update!

it has definetly been a while since i have gotten any work done to the tank

but its finally showing some progress and is almost complete

i got my conduit bent and painted them black as well as the back of the tank

got my lights in and also my skimmer

all i need left is to finish up my sump and being the cycle

The tank is here!

After the long wait of the tank being built and shipped to my LFS, it's here!
It looks amazing and i just got done painting the stand and the back of the tank black.
It's going to be a slow progression but should be an awesome process.
Here are some pictures.

Current tank

Mr. Aqua 12g Long

The Beginning

I'm not the most advanced reef keeper out there but I learn something new everyday. I started my first reef tank last year, it wasn't the prettiest or stocked and ran with the best but it intrigued me to learn more. I started out with a Mr. Aqua 7.5 gallon bow front, it wasn't drilled but to me it was amazing. I had an idea of what I was getting into because of my experience in keeping fresh water tanks for about a year but since the beginning I wanted a salt water tank. Due to a mishap that tank sprung a slow leak and without the tank being drilled I was topping off with fresh ro/di water by hand (which was a pain). At that point I decided I wanted to do things right. I purchased a brand new tank, got it drilled, and set up a skimmer, sump, and ATO. The new Mr. Aqua 12 gallon long really caught my eye after seeing a handful of people on Nano-Reef post up pictures. The tanks been set up for a little more than a year now but its time to upgrade. I just recently purchased a custom rimless aquarium from Planet Aquariums (Dallas, TX) through my LFS and I'm patiently awaiting its arrival. The plan is to transfer all the livestock and begin what I see as a brand new experience. Different lighting, brand new skimmer, and a whole lot of more room to work with. I'll be taking pictures and keeping up on updates on the tank through here to track the new progress I have as a reef keeper.

-Ha