Hi, my name is Eric. I just joined RC last month. Currently I have a 12 gallon nano cube that has been up and running for 6 months. I went through the pain of the algae growth at the beginning but have a stable system ever since. One of my first early mistake was buying some SPS (acropora) without knowing the full requirements. Soon enough, they turned white and died. The lighting and flow wasn't enough. Since then, I have only put starter corals such as toadstool, frog spawns, zoos, and mushrooms in my tank. They are all doing well now.
There is so much information here on RC. Since joining, I have been inspired by looking at some of the members' tanks and the TOTMs. I have this bright idea to startup a 120 g reef aquarium. I was going to look on craigslist and used equipments for most of my purchases. My taste has quickly changed. I now have all of my equipments beside the lighting and a couple of powerhead. I am going all out with a starphire glass tank, euro-reef cs180 skimmer, marco rocks. I am still looking to order the ATI powermodule and tunze nanostream. Now the hard part is convincing my wife that this is a worthwhile hobby for all of the money that I am putting in. Once my tank is up and running, I will be looking at an empty tank with rocks for the next 6 months.
He now has a wonderful home in a very very well established 75 with many other tanks nearby to go to and clean.
. Setup my 125 and started cycling yesterday, everything except lights for right now, haven't figured out what to run yet. I want to be able to have the option to grow pretty much anything and was thinking about 2x250 MH with supplemental Flourescent lighting but I want to build it myself so I can get exactly what I need and maybe save a few bucks :rolleye1: Tank is 72" long I think 20" or 22" tall, I'm too tired right now to go measure it. Lots of pics and will post a build thread once I get them uploaded. I have tons of questions and am looking forward to hearing from you guys.
