Many years Studying and finally got my reef tank!!!
Many years Studying and finally got my reef tank!!!
What's good everyone. My name is Kamau and I have been dreaming about owning a reef tank for many years. I studied and dreamed, read, and dreamed. I would even go to fish shops and shop and ask owners or managers questions way before I even purchased a single item. I finally have the financial ability to do it and have hit it hard over the last six or so months. This is what I have in my five month old or so water--29 Gal., Aquatop cf 400-UV canister filter, Fluval C2 H.O.B filter, approx. 26 lbs coraline infused live rock, crush coral substrate 15 lbs., Turbo snail, Emerald crab, Blue legged Hermit crab, 2-Narcissus snails, Astrea snail, Cerith snail, Blue damsel, four stripe damsel, and Firefish.
--NEW as of 6/5/14--Maxspect Razor r420r 120 Watt 16,000k light, two frogspawn frags, one zoanthid frag.
I am really excited that I got my light! It feels like a big step and that even though I have been cycling and testing water diligently for the last few months I feel like it just got real.
You may have noticed that I don't have protein skimmer, nor refugium... I have done really well with my water. Even managed pretty quickly without chemicals a pretty bad cyano outbreak. (I did eventually decide to use some Excital to fully remove the nuisance algae) So I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of managing water parameters and quality. I do need to invest in some better testing tools. I do not have a reef parameter testing kit of my own but harass my local fish stores with their free testing often enough. I will remedy that soon, but my light tapped the budget for now.
I am playing with my lights settings right now, and looking for anyone with the Maxspect Razor r420r 120 watt 16,000k to share with me their set-points. I have rummaged through this community and learned a ton. Learning how to feed or manage parameters for healthy coral has been a focus this week.
I love the research and the biochemistry I am learning. Even though I am in my infant stages of reef building I have already enjoyed the ups and downs. It's a labor intense hobby at first but I know that eventually, with some mastery it will be less so. Even if it's not, the fruits of the labor are so sweet.
It's nice to meet all of you and I hope to learn more and share in the comradre which is the love of ocean animals and their husbandry.
Peace Kamau (Sacredwrites)
Now keep in mind my mother has never asked for anything in her life! So I thought hmmm. I went home and dropped mom off and went back an hour later and got it.
