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Galoot’s super budget build 2025

Galoot

Galoot

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Started this up today but didn’t finish. I will update shortly

Overall Budget Goal:$200
Ongoing Costs: $155/$200
Date Tank Cycle Began: 2/15/25
Tank Manufacturer & Model: Tenecor DIY 12x12x9. 4gal water volume $39
Equipment List:
Light(s): Lominie Astra 20 $5 used from @archibaldsharper
Pump(s): sicce synca mini $22
Heater(s): sicce 25w $29
Wavemaker(s): na
Doser(s): na
Controller(s): na
Filtration: media from 220g tank $1
ATO: F zone ATO $45, Tenecor diy container $0 via @MichaelB
Sand: old dry sand and cup from display $1
Rock: rubble from sump $2
Additional items: three snails $1, zoas frags $10 from @tribbitt
 

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If your going to the swap, i have a5 gallon ato reservoir Diy kit, I picked up from @MarcosD a while back if your intrested totally free. Seeing you already put a tank kit together.

I never built up enough confidence in my acrylic/ weldon skills in order to consider taking a chance of it not flooding my house. It has all the peices dry fit together but not glued. If it’s of intrest let me know and I could bring it to the swap.
 
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If your going to the swap, i have a5 gallon ato reservoir Diy kit, I picked up from @MarcosD a while back if your intrested totally free. Seeing you already put a tank kit together.

I never built up enough confidence in my acrylic/ weldon skills in order to consider taking a chance of it not flooding my house. It has all the peices dry fit together but not glued. If it’s of intrest let me know and I could bring it to the swap.
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Very generous. I’ll be there. I’ll take it. Thanks!
 
Ok. I added a few pieces of rock from my sump. They came along with some green mushrooms. I added a loose red and orange mushroom as well. Also a couple zoa frags and a single piece of sps that broke off. And a few snails. A micro star made it as well.

Should be a good amount of good and bad things that made the transfer. We’ll see if I can keep it all in check!

And I figure there might be a few frags at the freebie table or end of the swap I can add in for free
 

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Everything still going smoothly. Very little evaporation of water so I just add a splash every other day to keep salinity stable. Mushroom have really opened up! Added a small free monti frag I had in the 220.

I’d really like to add some sexy shrimp. But damn they are expensive!!! Any one have some they’d like to rehome?
 

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Ok update time. Everything is going smoothly with the budget nano. SPS frags I added are doing fine. Added a few zoa frags and a blasto from @tribbitt. $10 Build the diy ATO container given to me by @MichaelB via @MarcosD. $0. And purchased an F zone ATO kit $45 to go along with it. This should further stabilize this tiny system.
 

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Galoot said:
Everything still going smoothly. Very little evaporation of water so I just add a splash every other day to keep salinity stable. Mushroom have really opened up! Added a small free monti frag I had in the 220.

I’d really like to add some sexy shrimp. But damn they are expensive!!! Any one have some they’d like to rehome?
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Sexy shrimp are great! I have one and he is the coolest! I got mine in the past for about $12-25 each and some from a very kind person for $8 each!
 
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