Sisterlimonpot
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There's a great thread of peoples custom built tanks check it out also be sure to check out the DIY forum for other canopy/stand builds
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There's a great thread of peoples custom built tanks check it out also be sure to check out the DIY forum for other canopy/stand builds
Sisterlimonpot
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that's what makes saltwater so much better, you're not limited to just green plants you can add color from zoanthids, softies and hard corals. Check out RC's section for corals. If you're not hooked now you will be!!
And if you want to try your hand at breeding saltwater fish check out this forum
Sisterlimonpot i am gonna try and document as much as i can. New to the whole thread thing so, may take a little bit to figure it out. hopefully it will go smoothly. Going to start on the sump/refugium after the first of the year.
y0ung0ne i believe i am going to do reef. I had a 75g fowlr and done well with all my water perimeters. I kept the waters ideal for reef just never introduced them to the system. I believe the 90 is going do excellent for the purpose.
New to saltwater fishkeeping
New to saltwater fishkeeping
My name is Arif. l live in Duluth, GA with my wife April. I've maintained:bounce freshwater African cichlid tanks for the past three years, but have always wanted to graudate to a saltwater tank. I recently converted my 20 gal freshwater tank to a saltwater. Im so excited about the things to come. :bounce1:
New to saltwater fishkeeping
My name is Arif. l live in Duluth, GA with my wife April. I've maintained:bounce freshwater African cichlid tanks for the past three years, but have always wanted to graudate to a saltwater tank. I recently converted my 20 gal freshwater tank to a saltwater. Im so excited about the things to come. :bounce1:
Sebastian J.
New member
My name is Sebastian and I'm from southern Germany. I've had various freshwater tanks for roughly 20 years now. Last year, I decided to venture into the salty side of the hobby with a 15 gal tank. Everything went splendid. Unfortunately, two months ago a snail blocked my main stream pump and the whole tank crashed while I was away from home. Thus, I'm now going to set up a 50 gal tank in the new year - bigger and better.
Hi All =)
I got into aquatics when I bought my first turtle 2 years ago. Her name is Titan and she's one spoiled red ear slider. She moved from a 15g to a 28g to a 100g and now she's happily in a 280g. I have always wanted to try my hands at reef keeping, however I have only heard of horror stories. Every time I walk past the nice but empty 28g tank sitting in my storage, I always thought "what a waste, I should really do something with that tank...perhaps salt water?" The bug bit me when my girlfriend planned a trip to Cozumel and we went diving for the first time.
Oh my... what a beautiful world to be seen underwater! We saw all types of colorful fish and corals, right there in their natural habitat! That was it for me. The whole time I there, I couldn't get my mind off of the possibility of reef keeping. Then the more threads I read, and the more successful tanks I see on RC, I became more confident that one day I can turn that 28g into something simple but can take my breath away every time I look at it... hopefully it doesn't lead me into the 100g that's also sitting there, empty =D
I want to thank RC for instilling the confidence in me to take this plunge. I still have lots to learn (specially all the acronyms and scientific names... yikes!) but I'm sure RC is the right environment to do so. Thank you in advance to all the members who will be guiding me through this journey.
Tri
I got into aquatics when I bought my first turtle 2 years ago. Her name is Titan and she's one spoiled red ear slider. She moved from a 15g to a 28g to a 100g and now she's happily in a 280g. I have always wanted to try my hands at reef keeping, however I have only heard of horror stories. Every time I walk past the nice but empty 28g tank sitting in my storage, I always thought "what a waste, I should really do something with that tank...perhaps salt water?" The bug bit me when my girlfriend planned a trip to Cozumel and we went diving for the first time.
Oh my... what a beautiful world to be seen underwater! We saw all types of colorful fish and corals, right there in their natural habitat! That was it for me. The whole time I there, I couldn't get my mind off of the possibility of reef keeping. Then the more threads I read, and the more successful tanks I see on RC, I became more confident that one day I can turn that 28g into something simple but can take my breath away every time I look at it... hopefully it doesn't lead me into the 100g that's also sitting there, empty =D
I want to thank RC for instilling the confidence in me to take this plunge. I still have lots to learn (specially all the acronyms and scientific names... yikes!) but I'm sure RC is the right environment to do so. Thank you in advance to all the members who will be guiding me through this journey.
Tri
Good morning,
Seemed appropriate to intro myself here. New to the hobby and a few weeks in with a 72g bowfront. Big thanks for the Newb threads. Between those/the boards and my LFS in Jax, I'm now up and running. I've had a few freshwater tanks in the past, usually 10-20 gallons. Mixed about 20-30 lbs of liverock with about 50 lbs of baserock this Thursday and now have some algae growth on my rock and sand.
Stats:
72g Bowfront, drilled (that's right, I drilled through glass)
Dual 1.5" bulkheads and overflow (thx to Glass_holes.com)
Store bought sump (no skimmer yet)
QuietOne 5000 return pump (~900 gph@5ft)
3/4" drilled bulkhead/return
SecondNature powerhead
Current 4xT5 vho
2 inches of LFS live sand
60-80lbs of live/base rock
o didn't weight the base rock)
Liverock brought in a few snails, a crab and some spotted slimy thing that's wedged in a hole in one of the rocks. I assumed that I would be impatient (in my nature) but I had no idea the amount of activity and wildlife that just came with the liverock. I've been having a blast just watching the changes in the last few days!
Looking forward to the addiction...
Seemed appropriate to intro myself here. New to the hobby and a few weeks in with a 72g bowfront. Big thanks for the Newb threads. Between those/the boards and my LFS in Jax, I'm now up and running. I've had a few freshwater tanks in the past, usually 10-20 gallons. Mixed about 20-30 lbs of liverock with about 50 lbs of baserock this Thursday and now have some algae growth on my rock and sand.
Stats:
72g Bowfront, drilled (that's right, I drilled through glass)
Dual 1.5" bulkheads and overflow (thx to Glass_holes.com)
Store bought sump (no skimmer yet)
QuietOne 5000 return pump (~900 gph@5ft)
3/4" drilled bulkhead/return
SecondNature powerhead
Current 4xT5 vho
2 inches of LFS live sand
60-80lbs of live/base rock
o didn't weight the base rock)Liverock brought in a few snails, a crab and some spotted slimy thing that's wedged in a hole in one of the rocks. I assumed that I would be impatient (in my nature) but I had no idea the amount of activity and wildlife that just came with the liverock. I've been having a blast just watching the changes in the last few days!
Looking forward to the addiction...
fng
fng
hello all
my name is justin, this is the first thing ive actually ever joined online. looking forward to getting alot of help about reef tanks. i currently dont have a tank but would like one sometime in the future.
anyway look forward to reading lots of info
be postin, J
fng
hello all
my name is justin, this is the first thing ive actually ever joined online. looking forward to getting alot of help about reef tanks. i currently dont have a tank but would like one sometime in the future.
anyway look forward to reading lots of info
be postin, J
lilpapa yeah i have done fowlr and done the same never really got in to it either but have always wanted to. Now my girlfriend has seen the colors and loves them so I will be doing that figured I would start smaller with the 45 and then upgrade if all goes well. but researching everything first.
Sisterlimonpot
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Once you get bit by this hobby you'll convert the rest of your freshwater tanks to salt.
Sisterlimonpot
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Sisterlimonpot
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Sisterlimonpot
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I would love to some day go scuba diving to view the reef in all its glory..... I hope to do so one day.
Sisterlimonpot
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[welcome]Good morning,
Seemed appropriate to intro myself here. New to the hobby and a few weeks in with a 72g bowfront. Big thanks for the Newb threads. Between those/the boards and my LFS in Jax, I'm now up and running. I've had a few freshwater tanks in the past, usually 10-20 gallons. Mixed about 20-30 lbs of liverock with about 50 lbs of baserock this Thursday and now have some algae growth on my rock and sand.
Stats:
72g Bowfront, drilled (that's right, I drilled through glass)
Dual 1.5" bulkheads and overflow (thx to Glass_holes.com)
Store bought sump (no skimmer yet)
QuietOne 5000 return pump (~900 gph@5ft)
3/4" drilled bulkhead/return
SecondNature powerhead
Current 4xT5 vho
2 inches of LFS live sand
60-80lbs of live/base rock
Liverock brought in a few snails, a crab and some spotted slimy thing that's wedged in a hole in one of the rocks. I assumed that I would be impatient (in my nature) but I had no idea the amount of activity and wildlife that just came with the liverock. I've been having a blast just watching the changes in the last few days!
Looking forward to the addiction...
be sure to start a new thread, I'd like to see pictures of your tank, and its progress.
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
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when (not if) you get a tank up and running be sure to document the whole thing for us.
brianp626
New member
Hi Reef Central
My name is Brian. I am from Indy. I have been lurking the forums for a while now trying to collect as much info on my upcoming saltwater build. This will be my first aquarium and I am pretty pumped to get this going as soon as my gf and I get our house here in a few months. I have an Aqueon 36 gal bow front my lovely gf bought me for Xmas. She knows I spend a majority of my nights researching salt tanks on here. lol. So now I can start planning my build... as soon as Aqueon emails me back on whether the back panel is tempered or not. Hopefully I will have a build thread up this spring. Can't wait!
Brian
My name is Brian. I am from Indy. I have been lurking the forums for a while now trying to collect as much info on my upcoming saltwater build. This will be my first aquarium and I am pretty pumped to get this going as soon as my gf and I get our house here in a few months. I have an Aqueon 36 gal bow front my lovely gf bought me for Xmas. She knows I spend a majority of my nights researching salt tanks on here. lol. So now I can start planning my build... as soon as Aqueon emails me back on whether the back panel is tempered or not. Hopefully I will have a build thread up this spring. Can't wait!
Brian
Impossible
New member
Hey RC.
My name is Mike, i'm 15 and i just started my first saltwater tank the day before Christmas. I did 8+ months or research and drooling over others masterpeice tanks, i decided it was finaly time to start. Even though im a noob, i think this will be a fun experience im also doing a youtube documentary on my tank starting today the link is below id you want to check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvvCsIa7pUw
My name is Mike, i'm 15 and i just started my first saltwater tank the day before Christmas. I did 8+ months or research and drooling over others masterpeice tanks, i decided it was finaly time to start. Even though im a noob, i think this will be a fun experience
im also doing a youtube documentary on my tank starting today the link is below id you want to check it out.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvvCsIa7pUw
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