Frostslasher
New member
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to introduce myself as I've finally completed setting up my first saltwater tank. My name is Dean, and I currently reside just outside of the Utica area. Here's a list of my equipment:
- 75 gallon RR Aqueon w/ Herbie overflow
- 29 gallon custom sump, no refugium
- Custom stand
- Omega Vertex 150 Skimmer
- Jabeo WP-40 powerhead
- Tunze silence 1073.05 return pump
- Jager 300W heater
- Kessil 350N LED's x2
- 50 pds of BRS Fiji Dry LR, 50 pds. of special grade aragonite
- Neptune Apex Lite controller (coming Wednesday)
I cycled the tank about 6 weeks ago with a raw shrimp. I got a clean up crew from Reefcleaners about a week ago, and on Wednesday I got my first two fish. I picked up two ORA Picasso clownfish from ABC reefs in Solvay. I was a bit hesitant considering the price for the two (they didn't have any non-designers) in stock, but the fish seem to be doing quite well. I currently feed them mysis shrimp and cyclop-eeze on rotation once a day.
My goal is to have an LPS-dominate mixed reef. In the coming weeks, I'd like to slowly incorporate some more livestock, including 3 blue reef chromis, a yellow tang, a dwarf flameangel, and possibly some gobies or 6l wrasse if I purchase a top net.
I'm open to any and all suggestions or tips, and look forward to possibly meeting some people at some upstate frag swaps.
Thanks for reading!
I just wanted to introduce myself as I've finally completed setting up my first saltwater tank. My name is Dean, and I currently reside just outside of the Utica area. Here's a list of my equipment:
- 75 gallon RR Aqueon w/ Herbie overflow
- 29 gallon custom sump, no refugium
- Custom stand
- Omega Vertex 150 Skimmer
- Jabeo WP-40 powerhead
- Tunze silence 1073.05 return pump
- Jager 300W heater
- Kessil 350N LED's x2
- 50 pds of BRS Fiji Dry LR, 50 pds. of special grade aragonite
- Neptune Apex Lite controller (coming Wednesday)
I cycled the tank about 6 weeks ago with a raw shrimp. I got a clean up crew from Reefcleaners about a week ago, and on Wednesday I got my first two fish. I picked up two ORA Picasso clownfish from ABC reefs in Solvay. I was a bit hesitant considering the price for the two (they didn't have any non-designers) in stock, but the fish seem to be doing quite well. I currently feed them mysis shrimp and cyclop-eeze on rotation once a day.
My goal is to have an LPS-dominate mixed reef. In the coming weeks, I'd like to slowly incorporate some more livestock, including 3 blue reef chromis, a yellow tang, a dwarf flameangel, and possibly some gobies or 6l wrasse if I purchase a top net.
I'm open to any and all suggestions or tips, and look forward to possibly meeting some people at some upstate frag swaps.
Thanks for reading!
