(First Reef Tank Ever) **** 600gal Display **** 1300gal System

[Rickyrooz1]

So you never had an ich problem? Did you face any problems since you've started the tank? Lets see a full tank shot!

 

[Rickyrooz1]

Also how do you forget about Reef Central? It's the biggest reef forum on the net.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11405799#post11405799 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cbui2
Sorry, but I will no longer have updates and as for the main display with all the equipments have been completely removed and will be sold in pieces. If anyone is interested please PM me for details. Reef keeping is just too hard and I decided to quit.

What did you tell the people who sent you PM's regarding all of your equipment?

 

[gsxunv04]

ill take the full tank shot,but i want a full setup shot, lets get FTS of your DT, frag tank, and also your fuge and such...

 

[erics3000]

In the back of my mind I was hoping it was a joke.. Glad to have you have back... I figured since no reply to PM's about equipment..

 

[jnarowe]

Maybe THIS is a joke?

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11665797#post11665797 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by i2ik
Glad you are back Bart! I could not believe it when i saw what you wrote! Always impress by how your setup is... still having a hard time believing this is your first setup!

thanks, sorry again for the prank which i had totally forgot posting that after going back thoroughly into the thread. yes this is my very first fish tank ever, not even a 5gal display.

 

[rEd86]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11668601#post11668601 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Maybe THIS is a joke?

Good point. How would you suggest he prove that the tank isn't really broken down? Maybe a new photo of the tank with the front page of USA Today or some other national paper in the shot? (although with Photoshop, that's not even a guarantee!)

I guess only time will tell.

--Ed

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11666582#post11666582 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rickyrooz1
So you never had an ich problem? Did you face any problems since you've started the tank? Lets see a full tank shot!

yes i did had ich outbreak back in sep, which i drain the entire system (about 1000gal) completely then removed whatever livestock i can saved, QT for 6 weeks using hyposalinity treatment then enter them back into main display.

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11666589#post11666589 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rickyrooz1
Also how do you forget about Reef Central? It's the biggest reef forum on the net.

well with 1 wife, 4 kids and 1300gal plus 135gal QT and all the other equipments to maintain you will have no time left over in a day.

 

[jnarowe]

and that's a fact!

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11666734#post11666734 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
What did you tell the people who sent you PM's regarding all of your equipment?

i had answer some of pm's in the beginning, but stop after few days and started concentrating on the system and getting it back in shape.

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11668112#post11668112 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by erics3000
In the back of my mind I was hoping it was a joke.. Glad to have you have back... I figured since no reply to PM's about equipment..

thanks, yeah i was about to completely call it quits when i had emptied the entire system and decided to keep it after all. that was not a joke after i drain the display.

 

[cbui2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11668601#post11668601 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Maybe THIS is a joke?

not this time J

 

[jnarowe]

I am going to have to drain mine too so I'll feel much of the same pain this year as well.

 

[cbui2]

i really didn't realize how much work it was keeping everything alive and well in the beginning, not to mention the maintenance making sure that all is clean since i didn't want the entire fish room to be cluttered in anyway. draining the entire system was probably the best thing i did which also woke me up telling me that i needed to pay more attention to the system rather then just looking at it and taking pics to show everyone. yes i admit that the speed of putting this system together was fine, but when it came time to stocking the display was where i mess up, way too many fish at one time which causes them to fight and mixing the aggressive with peaceful didn't help either. for the past 4 months water parameters has been stable and everything has been doing very well.

 

[jnarowe]

I added most of my fish at one time too, and because of that I had no QT because mine was too small. I had one issue with a couple of Yellow Eye Koles because I had ordered 3 but one was DOA. The more agressive one beat the other one nearly to death. Other than that, there were no problems. I think I added about 30 fish at one time, but I had let the tank cycle and stabilize with a school of chromis for months prior.

 

[cbui2]

that was my problem, fish was added then added one after another without waiting for the water chemistry to catch up. what a big lesson to learn and expensive one too?

 

[jnarowe]

yup. I got away with it because of my inclination to keep the bio-load low. That and the water volume saved me more than once.

 

[Harleyguy]

Great to have you back. Lets see that FTS.