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new 2 the fourms
new 2 the fourms
Hello RC, my name is George. I live in silver spring, MD. Been reading tons ready to post. I've kept fresh water all my life with the hopes to one day be a reef keeper. Long story short, A buddie of mine was moving around six months ago and could not take his 75 gal bow front. Now being the proud new owner, RC is the place to go for all my questions and research.
Tank stats.
"¢ 75 gallon DT.
"¢ 20 gal SUMP.
"¢ 50 LBS. LIVrock.
"¢ 2x Reef Breeder Superlux LEDs
"¢ Excalibur skimmer
"¢ Salinity 1.26 @ 78 degrees
"¢ 1 inch sand bed
Inhabitants
"¢ Yellow Tang
"¢ Blue yellow tail damsel
"¢ 3x blue damsels
"¢ Royal gramma
"¢ Purple dottyback
"¢ 3x orbic cardinals
"¢ 2x pajama cardinals
"¢ Sunset anthias
"¢ 2x banggai cardinalfish
"¢ Six line wrasse
"¢ Black Ocellaris (moved to QT after being advised by previous owner. Attacked yellow tang.)
"¢ 2x zebra hermits.
"¢ 10x red dwarf hermits
"¢ Black shortspin Urchin
new 2 the fourms
Hello RC, my name is George. I live in silver spring, MD. Been reading tons ready to post. I've kept fresh water all my life with the hopes to one day be a reef keeper. Long story short, A buddie of mine was moving around six months ago and could not take his 75 gal bow front. Now being the proud new owner, RC is the place to go for all my questions and research.
Tank stats.
"¢ 75 gallon DT.
"¢ 20 gal SUMP.
"¢ 50 LBS. LIVrock.
"¢ 2x Reef Breeder Superlux LEDs
"¢ Excalibur skimmer
"¢ Salinity 1.26 @ 78 degrees
"¢ 1 inch sand bed
Inhabitants
"¢ Yellow Tang
"¢ Blue yellow tail damsel
"¢ 3x blue damsels
"¢ Royal gramma
"¢ Purple dottyback
"¢ 3x orbic cardinals
"¢ 2x pajama cardinals
"¢ Sunset anthias
"¢ 2x banggai cardinalfish
"¢ Six line wrasse
"¢ Black Ocellaris (moved to QT after being advised by previous owner. Attacked yellow tang.)
"¢ 2x zebra hermits.
"¢ 10x red dwarf hermits
"¢ Black shortspin Urchin
Hi All,
I am new to the forum. Any advice on buying a 125 gallon aquarium tank system would be very helpful.
I have been visiting local aquarium stores. They have been quoting $ 4200 - 4500 to deliver and assemble 125 gallon tank (which includes glass tank, stand, circulation pump, LED lighting assembly, protein skimmer, live rock 100 lbs, live sand 60 lbs, reef sump, Magdrive pump, plumbing parts and delivery charges).
I have been also looking at All in one tank systems like Redsea Reefer system (Red Sea Reefer XL 525 Rimless System 139 Gallon) which costs $2499 online. Of course this doesn't include live rock and sand.
I will be thankful if someone can let me know which route should I take in terms of costs and starting up with a good aquarium tank system. All in one tank system? OR assembled tank system?
Thank you so much.
I am new to the forum. Any advice on buying a 125 gallon aquarium tank system would be very helpful.
I have been visiting local aquarium stores. They have been quoting $ 4200 - 4500 to deliver and assemble 125 gallon tank (which includes glass tank, stand, circulation pump, LED lighting assembly, protein skimmer, live rock 100 lbs, live sand 60 lbs, reef sump, Magdrive pump, plumbing parts and delivery charges).
I have been also looking at All in one tank systems like Redsea Reefer system (Red Sea Reefer XL 525 Rimless System 139 Gallon) which costs $2499 online. Of course this doesn't include live rock and sand.
I will be thankful if someone can let me know which route should I take in terms of costs and starting up with a good aquarium tank system. All in one tank system? OR assembled tank system?
Thank you so much.
Andres_p88
New member
Hellos RC
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No.... go slow, let the tank cycle... the bacteria will balance itself.I have a question the 60lbs of sand already has the bacteria added to it... Should I add anymore bacteria to the tank?
Mark
Im Caleb, i have a 120 mixed reef. It started with the fish, then yumas, then acans, acros, now im trying to grow a zoa garden at the bottom of the live rock. Very small filtration, carbon and a skinmer basically. Trying to get into fragging. I hope what i have learned can help someone as i have creeped around and learned alot.
Hello to Reef Central...
Not terribly new to reef aquariums, but new to reefcentral.com.
Had a 120g reef for several years... but moved houses, had to tear it down.... now upgrading to a 210g. The reefcentral.com community has been just wonderful in helping me learn the "latest" and answering questions. Thanks so much.
Looking forward to learning more and helping others where I can.
Mark
Not terribly new to reef aquariums, but new to reefcentral.com.
Had a 120g reef for several years... but moved houses, had to tear it down.... now upgrading to a 210g. The reefcentral.com community has been just wonderful in helping me learn the "latest" and answering questions. Thanks so much.
Looking forward to learning more and helping others where I can.
Mark
oranngetang
New member
Greets,
New to the forum and the hobby. I scooped up a friend's 29G Biocube, stocked (running for 3 years), and transported it 900 km to my home away from home. 6 months in now, the tank has never looked better.
This beautiful center piece has prompted me to take down my old 72g fresh tank and retrofit it over to to saltwater with a drilled overflow and home made sump. This tank has been up for about a month or so now and coming along well given my quick and dirty startup method. Both tanks are up and running and I've successfully managed to 'frag' a piece of GSP from the 29G into the 72G. While I felt bad cutting up a living organism, it's taking off like crazy and seems very happy in the new tank. Pretty cool!
Being a newbie, I may be a little overstocked in the 72g for now. I'm hoping within the next year I can increase this tank to a ~120+ G Red Sea / Cad Lights style rimless tank and cabinet so I'm not too worried about my fish out growing the tank as of yet.
I've been following along on a few threads and contributing when able. There is a lot of information and conflicting opinions on how to operate a reef aquarium, I'm enjoying the debates.
Newest hardware additions are an IceCap K2 skimmer and Innovative Marine Reactor, both of which I'm pretty happy with.
New to the forum and the hobby. I scooped up a friend's 29G Biocube, stocked (running for 3 years), and transported it 900 km to my home away from home. 6 months in now, the tank has never looked better.
This beautiful center piece has prompted me to take down my old 72g fresh tank and retrofit it over to to saltwater with a drilled overflow and home made sump. This tank has been up for about a month or so now and coming along well given my quick and dirty startup method. Both tanks are up and running and I've successfully managed to 'frag' a piece of GSP from the 29G into the 72G. While I felt bad cutting up a living organism, it's taking off like crazy and seems very happy in the new tank. Pretty cool!
Being a newbie, I may be a little overstocked in the 72g for now. I'm hoping within the next year I can increase this tank to a ~120+ G Red Sea / Cad Lights style rimless tank and cabinet so I'm not too worried about my fish out growing the tank as of yet.
I've been following along on a few threads and contributing when able. There is a lot of information and conflicting opinions on how to operate a reef aquarium, I'm enjoying the debates.
Newest hardware additions are an IceCap K2 skimmer and Innovative Marine Reactor, both of which I'm pretty happy with.
Quarterpastgone
New member
Hey ya'll my name is Doug and I am from south side of Atlanta GA. I have a 75 gallon tank that I am wanting to get up and running as a reef. Done tons of research and have tons more to do. Just got moved to the house where I can make this happen. Stand is built and tank ran for a year in the old house as a fresh water tank. now its time to switch. I am sure to have many questions in the near future.
provost_reefers
New member
1st time posting
1st time posting
Hello there, been in the hobby about 20 years but always learning. Living in Montana where there is not a lot of SW tanks or LFS's to visit. Currently planning an upgrade to a 90 tall so will be doing a lot of research and probably asking a lot of questions. Thanks for all the great info and advice posted on RC.
Anna
1st time posting
Hello there, been in the hobby about 20 years but always learning. Living in Montana where there is not a lot of SW tanks or LFS's to visit. Currently planning an upgrade to a 90 tall so will be doing a lot of research and probably asking a lot of questions. Thanks for all the great info and advice posted on RC.
Anna
E_martin92
New member
Hey guys my name is eric and I'm knew to the forum and interested in learning more about saltwater. I currently have a 40 gallon breeder with one Oscar cichlid and one blood parrot. I have a aqueon LED strip light and two 50/gallon aquaclear filters. I joined the forum to help my research on saltwater and to seek advice on what else is needed or recommended for starting up a marine tank.
madlithuanian
New member
Hi Everyone!
Hi Everyone!
Hi Everyone,
My name is Mike and I've been a lurker on this site for a long time, mostly just admiring everyone else's beautiful set ups. I FINALLY got my dream tank up and running, a Red Sea Reefer 450! It's so new that it's still cycling and I probably won't have any livestock for a month or so. Anyway, I just figured I'd say a quick "howzit" for now . . . I'll probably be posing questions to the group once my tank is really up & running.
Cheers!
Hi Everyone!
Hi Everyone,
My name is Mike and I've been a lurker on this site for a long time, mostly just admiring everyone else's beautiful set ups. I FINALLY got my dream tank up and running, a Red Sea Reefer 450! It's so new that it's still cycling and I probably won't have any livestock for a month or so. Anyway, I just figured I'd say a quick "howzit" for now . . . I'll probably be posing questions to the group once my tank is really up & running.
Cheers!
NODAL_REEF
New member
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Hello my name is jorge I'm new to the forum and i started 2 months ago i have a 110 gln reef tank with a couple of fish and a lot of coral a lot i don't know what it is but I'm slowly learning.and hopefully i can get some good pointers from u guys to keeping my tank healthy
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Hello my name is jorge I'm new to the forum and i started 2 months ago i have a 110 gln reef tank with a couple of fish and a lot of coral a lot i don't know what it is but I'm slowly learning.and hopefully i can get some good pointers from u guys to keeping my tank healthy
Hey RC, My names Eddie. I'm extremely new to the hobby, but my wife (who got me into reef keeping) has a little experience. We have a 40g Breeder up and going with a few fish and a few coral..We were looking to break our 55 down (its freshwater) and start up a display refugium(40) with the main tank being the 55. Anyways im hoping I can fit right in and learn some things i can teach my wife lol
Noobie
Noobie
Hya every1 I just got myself a new tank ,got it running and reading up about cycling and what's what ,bought live sand and live rock just letting it run for a week then I'll start testing ,I'm in no huge rush to get anything in there just taking my time ,eventually I'd like to keep some coral and maybe 2 small fish
Noobie
Hya every1 I just got myself a new tank ,got it running and reading up about cycling and what's what ,bought live sand and live rock just letting it run for a week then I'll start testing ,I'm in no huge rush to get anything in there just taking my time ,eventually I'd like to keep some coral and maybe 2 small fish
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