I'm new to the forum. . .
I'm new to the forum. . .
Hey Everyone! :wave:
My name is Roger and I've been fishkeeping for 30 years. (started young) I was into saltwater tanks about 13 years ago but got out of the hobby going back to fresh only.
A friend of mine had an extra cinnamon clown that was too agreesive for his other fish and was tired of keeping a separate tank for him, so I took him and gave him a good home. He gave me a nice hob skimmer and a bunch of live sand and rock. For the last 2 years I've been enjoying the beauty and satisfaction of reef keeping, though at a minimal starter's point. I had my one fish, a serpant star, snails, crabs and a bunch of mushrooms and other various softies.
My same friend recently told me they were exiting the hobby and asked if I were interested in the big tank. Of course I could not refuse this one. So I got rid of my last freshwater, converted that into a fowlr for the mean clown and moved it into the front living room, it is a 35 tall show tank, eclipse hood, a nice system for what it is.
So the new tank is a 65, 3 drilled holes in bottom with a 'huge' little giant aircooled for the closed loop. The side overflow comes down to a 20 gal sump in the base of the stand, with a nice skimmer and then a return pump. I got all the sand, rock two pajama cardinals and a mated pair of real nemo fish. they are so cute. It has t5 lighting with moon light leds and a cooling fan in the hood. the stand is a nice hardwood rustic finish that hits into the house nicely.
I had some quetions and recently discovered the world of forums due to my Civic Si and OCD with Hondas. I decided to search for a reef forum and picked this one at random. I'm glad I landed here as this seems like a nice group of people who are very into the hobby/way of life and I'm very impressed with the systems and knowledge I've observed. I was pretty proud of myself and my new system, but quickly realized my place with reviewing some of your setups and conversations. I am really only a novice, but I love the hobby and my new system.
I seaded the system with the existing sand from premove, and have finally gotten everything going. Took much longer than I had hoped, but probably not as long as it should have. I've loaded all of his rock as well as mine from the old mini reef 35 long I had my mean clown in before. It looks too full of rock, but I will do more arrangement and probably move more live rock to the other tank. the 35long is being donated to a friend for her red eared slider turtle.
So like I said I was so happy, untill I started reviewing the systems on this forum, now I think I'm just a beginner and realize some of the shortcoming of my new system. I need to research all the pump brands and model numbers to see what I have, including skimmer model. It also came with 4 other powerheads that he used to create movement in sump and use to move water for water changes etc. For the PRICE ($0) I"m still very excited. I will post some pics of the tank as it now in the next couple of days. It has about 40 mushrooms of about 5 varieties and some nice coraline algae growth on the rocks. The fish are transitioning ok, one full day in new tank.
It was not without difficulty, unknowingly broke a nipple fitting on the close off valve from one of the bulkheads, then had an issue sealing that one up at the tank joint, but it is holding now!
Oh and it had a uv light that had shorted at the power input and melted the top, that was plumbed out of the system during the move. Not using one now, also pulled an old florecnt power converter from under there, from before the t5, never even seen connectors like that, but I saved it.
Very happy with where I'm at, though trying to not let you all discourage me. I'm on a tight budget but got a huge leap forward reentering the hobby from a generous friend. They have 3 cats, 3 dogs (two are retired greyhounds), some tree frogs and the new baby pushed them over the limit for time consumption. They are happy the tank is in a good home.
Wow, I'm talkative tonight. . . Anyway, happy to have found you all and I look forward to getting to know you better.
If you are still reading this, thanks for your diligence and for sharing all your most valuable knowledge!!!!! :idea:
One of the newest Members,
Roger
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