Update 11/07/10
First thing this morning I siliconed some foam down in the bottom of the tank, because there will be alot of rocks going in.
The tank has a 12mm ridge brace above the bottom glass, so it works well to hide the foam from view.
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef12.jpg)
I also did some more siliconing and reinforced the weir where all the filter and heater gear will be hidden.
I added some more foam background behind the holes so it wasn't just white behind them, the holes will get covered up in due course,
but for the meantime i felt it helped a bit.
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef13.jpg)
This is what the 4ft looked like this morning as i just started to work on it.
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef14.jpg)
A hour or so later
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef15.jpg)
Several more hours later,
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef16.jpg)
I had thought that my neon Blue rams had eaten all the shrimps, as I saw them killing one last week,
but Boy was i Wrong!! Unfortunatly this ment dismatling took till 4pm in order to catch all the shrimp, which where a nightmare to find,
as the water was cloudy, and i had to slowly lower the water level to slowly compress there range so i could find them.
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef17.jpg)
after about 3 hours of shrimp catching, using a torch with the lights turned off in the tank (turned out to be the most effective way, easier to see/find and catch)
I got this little lot, if you call them $1 each the hourly rate isn't actually all that bad considering there must be about 200 shrimps in there..
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef18.jpg)
Finally all the shrimps caught (maybe lost 50 juvies, but too dam hard to see/find)
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef19.jpg)
All the rocks gone, added some gravel to mix in.
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef20.jpg)
Gravel from both the 4ft, and my old 5ft discus tank added to the new tank.
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef21.jpg)
Probably ended up with more gravel than i need, but i do need alot for what i'm planning, if you think that i'm just going to add plants now, well you better keep a eye on the thread over the next few days.
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef22.jpg)
Ended up with a mixture of Seachem Flourite red, regular Flourite, Flourite Dark and Flourite Black... lol
![](http://members.optusnet.com.au/julsnalice/reef23.jpg)
Thats all for tonight,
thanks
Juls.