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I would recommend seeing if you have a local reef club nearby and seeing if someone would be willing to come out and help you get started. I'm betting you'd be able to find someone that would do it for free. Worst case, I'm sure they'd do it for really cheap. I've never used a company to do maintenance on my tanks, but I'm not sure they'd want to tell you everything a fellow hobbyist would. I mean, they make their money doing routine maintenance for people.

Yep, the stuff under the tank is where your sump is. It's pretty common. So water overflows from the tank down to the sump where all your filtration is, then gets pumped back up to the tank. If you take a picture of all the equipment down there, we can tell you what it does.

Just right off the bat though, water evaporates but salt doesn't. Unless they set up an auto top off system, you might need to start topping off the tank daily with fresh water. Also, look into getting an RO/DI unit if you don't already have one to use for top off water and mixing up new salt water. Buckeye Hydro (they sell RO/DI units, replacement filters and all kinds of extra stuff you might need) has been a big help to me and they're a sponsor here.

An engineer? Oh boy! I have engineer in my title but I'm in IT so I'm not an actual engineer in the typical sense. If you're like me and like to geek out on things though, you're in a world of hurt with this hobby hahaha. There's so much to geek out on!
 
ramseynb said:
I would recommend seeing if you have a local reef club nearby and seeing if someone would be willing to come out and help you get started. I'm betting you'd be able to find someone that would do it for free. Worst case, I'm sure they'd do it for really cheap. I've never used a company to do maintenance on my tanks, but I'm not sure they'd want to tell you everything a fellow hobbyist would. I mean, they make their money doing routine maintenance for people.

Yep, the stuff under the tank is where your sump is. It's pretty common. So water overflows from the tank down to the sump where all your filtration is, then gets pumped back up to the tank. If you take a picture of all the equipment down there, we can tell you what it does.

Just right off the bat though, water evaporates but salt doesn't. Unless they set up an auto top off system, you might need to start topping off the tank daily with fresh water. Also, look into getting an RO/DI unit if you don't already have one to use for top off water and mixing up new salt water. Buckeye Hydro (they sell RO/DI units, replacement filters and all kinds of extra stuff you might need) has been a big help to me and they're a sponsor here.

An engineer? Oh boy! I have engineer in my title but I'm in IT so I'm not an actual engineer in the typical sense. If you're like me and like to geek out on things though, you're in a world of hurt with this hobby hahaha. There's so much to geek out on!
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Thanks for the reply my friend. I'm a Mechanical Engineer and thoroughly enjoy things like this.

Great idea on taking pictures of all the behind the scenes setup of the plumbing, I'll get some detailed pics and get them posted. I'm just North of Birmingham, AL so I'll do some research of area Reef Clubs.
 
FNG again! 2nd tour.....

FNG again! 2nd tour.....

Hello all! Recently set up a 150 gallon reef tank. After a nightmare of an original set up (recon tank leaked ALL water out in 8 hrs overnight) destroying 2 floors in our home. 1 1/2 months later and a NEW tank along with a new LFS and a trip to an attorney, things are underway. Our avatar is a current pic of our tank. Been having water tested weekly, have a quarantine tank set up. Added 100 lbs of live rock, few fish and some corals, anemone, some zoas and a hammer coral. We went all out on lighting (we think) with a kessil ap700, 2 ice cap gyre power heads. looking forward to all the helpful info on here.:beer:
 
Hi everyone, been into reefing about 3 months and freshwater quite a while. Have multiple tanks setup with a 40b build in the works.

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Hi! My name is Tom,and have been into the aquatic hobby for over 40 years.The last time I did salt was back in the 90's with a 55.It's still around,but my wife won't let me crank it up..(takes to much space,she says).When I do,I'd like to try an inter zonal tank..where salt meets fresh in nature,if possible.
I'm getting a 20 high up and running(it's been about 3 weeks).Stock is living rock,a sprig of coral that is growing nicely,a damsel,lost one,I think the rock may have settled onto him,two I can't remember the last part of the name,but the first part is pajama,and a clown..I'm not adding anymore until I'm certain that things are right for the critters.
 
rhiggsbear said:
Hi all. Been a member of RC since 2001 but got out of the hobby a few years ago. Sold everything off and concentrated on other things as I wasn't able to devote enough time to this hobby.

Well, I recently retired and was in Hawaii looking at all the chunks of live rock washing up on the beach, wishing I could take it home. Looking at the rock kind of gave me the bug again. I saw a 75 gallon tank with LR, fish and corals at a good price that needed to be rescued. So, I bought it and I am in the process of rehabbing it. Of course, I will be replacing a lot of the equipment that came with it. It is amazing how things have changed. Looks like I will be asking a lot of questions on here. LOL

I'm back!!! :beer:
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Hi i am also from hawaii looking for some coral frags i can only get polyps zoas out here! Its for me and my step sons first salt water tank have a 30 g let me know


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Hi! My name is Tom,and have been into the aquatic hobby for over 40 years.The last time I did salt was back in the 90's with a 55.It's still around,but my wife won't let me crank it up..(takes to much space,she says).When I do,I'd like to try an inter zonal tank..where salt meets fresh in nature,if possible.
I'm getting a 20 high up and running(it's been about 3 weeks).Stock is living rock,a sprig of coral that is growing nicely,a damsel,lost one,I think the rock may have settled onto him,two I can't remember the last part of the name,but the first part is pajama,and a clown..I'm not adding anymore until I'm certain that things are right for the critters.
 
Greetings

Greetings

Found this site searching youtube videos. Anyways I purchased an existing 90gal saltwater which was more fish but has the right setup to become a reef. I have been away from the hobby for about 15 yrs but i could not pass up this opportunity. I paid 1/4 price for this set up.

I already swapped out crushed coral for fiji sand and traded in a 5" maroon clown and 6 inch regal blue hole in the head tang for store credit.

I look forward to finding answers to all my questions from this community and share the growth of my tank.

Thanks
 
I am new to reef keeping but have about 5 years of freshwater experience. I am looking to learn and keep a pair of clowns with an eventual anemone. I am really interested in keeping zoas aswell as collecting some of the varieties.
 
Hi,
My name is Yvonne. I've been into saltwater for about 15 yrs. I am just starting up again with a 10 gal. nano. I have 2 tomato clowns, 2 anemones, 2 damsels and 2 chromis, some corals, LR with a sand bed and 2 external power filters.
 
New to the hobby, tried an aio tank a couple years ago but just didn’t have the time to get into it.

Now my gf (Paige) and I (Matt) are going to give a reef tank a go since we have the space and time! We just ordered a Red Sea Reefer 350 Deluxe, should be here next week and we can’t wait ��. Hopefully this was a good choice of tank for new to the hobby people.

Right now we are just researching what equipment to get for the tank while we wait for it to ship.
 
Newby

Newby

My daughter has gone off to college and I am doing my best to follow her protocols. Things seem to be ok, with occasional missteps. I'm a science teacher, so I am not totally out of my depth, but this is a time consuming hobby. Very cool to watch these creatures do there thing.
 
Indiana new saltwater

Indiana new saltwater

Ok, I'll keep it brief- I'm a Union Electrician/ Lineman and when laced off take some side jobs here and there. I did a job for a guy a few weeks ago and he offered up his saltwater tank, live rock, sand, etc etc the whole kit and caboodle in exchange for my work. Until now the only experience I have is in freshwater because I didn't want to get into the expense of saltwater. Needless to say I am now a proud and scared saltwater daddy. We cycled the tank for 3-4 weeks, everything is tested and looks great so yesterday we went and got 2 clowns, a yellow goby, hermit crab and green mushroom coral frag. Any help, what to watch for, pointers would be great. I appreciate any response. Thanks
 
New member

New member

Thanks for the add. I'm running a Fluval M90 reef tank. It is 36 display with with a built in 4 gallon sump on the back. It just finished cycling and I've added a clown, some turbo snails, and some nassarius snails. I also picked up some nice looking Lord, riccordia and frog spawn frags at reef-o-polooza Orlando last weekend. The corals are acclimating and I'm excited to watch them grow out. I'm still pretty green when it comes to fully understanding my parameters. My dkh is consistanctky around 12 and my Ca is about 500. I'm currently using fluval sea because it came with my tank set up and I'm mixing to 1.021-1.025 and it is consistently coming up high even though the package says it should be lower. Are these numbers ok or should I look to switching salt brands? Thanks in advance. Look forward to learning and growing in the hobby.
 
Just wanted to say hi! The wife and I have been bitten by the aquarium bug, and I enjoy browsing the forums for information! Nice to meet y'all!
 
New/Old/Whatever

New/Old/Whatever

Hey all! I'm in Atlanta and have been out of the hobby for a number of years and thinking about getting back into it soon. I had a 200g reef last but broke it down 10 years about when I moved houses and have been dry ever since. I used to have hundreds of posts here but they all disappeared and I have to build them back up again so I can start buying stuff on the for sale forums which I can't see right now :headwally:

IF someone can help me bypass that i'd love to have your help - I can't even PM a moderator yet!

Cheers!

Jesse
 
Oh, P.S -

I am not sure what I am going to do yet - I was thinking a smallish mixed reef - like a 60g cube. I have a Kessil Tuna 360We light and a Reef Octopus 3000int, but that's about it so far (got em cheap at an estate sale)

Open to suggestions!
 
Help

Help

I am going to be building a 72x24x24 inch salt water tank and I want to put some cool coral and some cool fish 2 main fish I want is a maroon clown fish and maybe a dwarf lion fish what kind of coral should I get and what other fish
 
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