Bimac tank build

Awesome turn out. That rock is massive but looks very good in tank. How deep are you going with the sand bed?

great job everything looks great!

The rocks are massive. The one on the bottom right is huge, being that there are pukani and hard to come across, I didn't want to break them up. I would arrange it differently if I was doing corals, but my goal here was to create caves and places where a Octopus could hide. I like how it turned out, it looks better in person than it does in a picture. I'm aiming for 1.5"-2" on the sand bed. I dumped in 100lbs this morning and I think it'll get me close. I'll have to see how it looks once everything is cleared up. First 20-25 gallons of water is in, and the next 55 gallons is mixing. So far so good.

Officially up and running since yesterday.

I dumped in a few Mysis last night to get the cycle started. Once that is going, I will probably try to add a couple of Blacksmiths or a few Salema to keep it cycled with a bio-load of some sort. I also plan to add some Shield Limpets, Black Turban Snails, and some Common Periwinkles for a clean-up crew of sorts. I plan to also add some macros like Kelp, Red Algae (Plocamium Cartilagineum), and some Fauchea Lacianata all to add color and some flow to the tank. I would like a bat star eventually, but that will likely be around the same time I get the octopus, I just want to make sure the tank is well into maturity first. Some other possible critters would be Blueband Hermit Crabs (Pagurus Samuelis), Hermit Crabs (Paguristes Ulreyi), and Broken-back Shrimp (Heptacarpus Palpator).