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Aquarist007
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Aquarist007
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Nice introduction
flow should be in the range of 20-40 times the volume of your tank or in your case 600 to 1200 gph
I would suggest a Koralia three which gives you about 850 gph
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kentamason
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Anothed newbie here.....been at it about ten months now. My neighbor across the street has been keeping marine fish and corals for about 30 years. I have kept tropical in the past but never wanted to get in to saltwater, thinking it was too much maintainance, but she talked me into taking a 30 gallon that she had in the garage, and of course, now I'm hopelessly hooked. My wife found a completely outfitted 100 gal. saltwater tank at a yard sale for 75 bucks (!), so that's where I'm at now. Tank has been cycling for 4 weeks now....getting ready to start moving the 30 gal. occupants over to their new home. Anyone with any advice on this would be welcome. What a great and satisfying hobby!
legg_man
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Getting back in
I have had a Marine aquarium sense I was 12... (1971). In 1992 I tore down my reef tank—going through a divorce. I am getting back into it—life is good and I am truly blessed.
I am still acquiring equipment for my 75 gallon that I will plumb to the basement. I plan to start with softies and LPS and move to SPS. Things have changed a bit—lots to learn.
Great forum!
Larry
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I have had a Marine aquarium sense I was 12... (1971). In 1992 I tore down my reef tank—going through a divorce. I am getting back into it—life is good and I am truly blessed.
I am still acquiring equipment for my 75 gallon that I will plumb to the basement. I plan to start with softies and LPS and move to SPS. Things have changed a bit—lots to learn.
Great forum!
Larry
Aquarist007
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wow a lucky find--congratulations
I would suggest you start your own build thread on here. That way you can ask specific questions to your situation and the answers won't get lost in such a long thread as this one
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Aquarist007
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Reefing seems to stay in ones blood. Your expertise will be welcomed on here.
You would be interested in this thread--PaulB's--he has the longest running tank probably in existance and he still can talk about it coherently:spin2:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1711320
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Aquarist007
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legg_man
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Thanks for the welcome. The years I was out, every time I went by a pet store I would stare at the reefs. It is time I got back into it. This forum is great! We have a great community in the KC area with lots of very good hobbyist that will help or give good info when asked—you can't put a price on that.
Paul B—good to meet you.
I thought I could just look away and that pull toward salt water would stop—not true. Then I went on a cruise (for my 50th birthday) to Grand Turk. Went diving again and that did it. I have a passion for Gods creation!
I am picking up a system piece by piece.
So far:
75 gallon tank with 2 corner "inky box" overflows
Aqua C EV180 Protein Skimmer* with Mag 7 pump (going to upgrade to a mag 9.5)
Model 1027 48" Extreme Orbit 2 x130 watt Sunpaq (1-Set Actanic/1-Set Daylight) with 4-Lunar Lights
2 - 250 wt MH SE lights
Gen-X PCX-40 Water Pump
30 gallon plex sump
RO unit
Paul B—good to meet you.
I thought I could just look away and that pull toward salt water would stop—not true. Then I went on a cruise (for my 50th birthday) to Grand Turk. Went diving again and that did it. I have a passion for Gods creation!
I am picking up a system piece by piece.
So far:
75 gallon tank with 2 corner "inky box" overflows
Aqua C EV180 Protein Skimmer* with Mag 7 pump (going to upgrade to a mag 9.5)
Model 1027 48" Extreme Orbit 2 x130 watt Sunpaq (1-Set Actanic/1-Set Daylight) with 4-Lunar Lights
2 - 250 wt MH SE lights
Gen-X PCX-40 Water Pump
30 gallon plex sump
RO unit
Aquarist007
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looks good but
go for ro/di unit exp if you are going to have sps corals
I can add to that. I'm new to the forum, and agree things have changed a lot. I had a beautiful 135 in my living room back in 89-95. Two MH, two Actinics, two overflows and two returns in the bottom of the tank. Had a hole in the floor, and a Thiel Aqua Tech wet/dry in the basement. Two Little Giant pumps, Sanders Ozonizer, about a half a million Thiel Supertech bio-balls. Poly Filters and Chemi Pure finished off the water. I loved it, and had good luck... minimal losses overall, and healthy livestock. I'm pretty sure the secret to the success was the Thiel coil denitrator..:fun4: Anyhoo, I've always had a tank.. My first was a 5 gallon MetaFrame sealed with a tar like substance from the Top Value stamp store. I'm currently keeping discus, and slowly gathering parts for a small reef tank for my daughters room. I still love this hobby, and am looking forward to seeing the changes I've missed.
Carr
Paul B
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Hello salt, you must be an old guy like me. That black tar like stuff was called asphaltium varnish, but yes, it was tar. Not a very good product either but I guess it was all we had. Leaked all the time.
LegMan, I also like diving on Grand Turk Island, but I like diving everywhere so it doesn't mattter.
Nice to meet you
Aquarist007
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can you repost on this thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15880562#post15880562
Aquarist007
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Perhaps you would like to repost on this thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15880562#post15880562
Hi, newbie here. Started this madness in January as a Christmas present for my disabled daughter. She spends a lot of time in bed resting or getting treatments. We put a BioCube 14 in her room in January. I had almost killed it by March...and then got serious.
Cleaned up things in the 14. 3 fish, a shrimp, some soft corals, etc. Nitrates about 2ppm and phosphates undetectable, bla, bla... Our "friend" who got us into this calls...they're moving...her 90 needs a home..."It'll fit right between the windows in Jen's room. No problem!" I'm a sucker for a project. I bit.
About 4 months later, there's a 90 gallon tank in my daughter's room. She loves it!! I'm sick with the bug, yet again. My life is a string of hobbies. Even my job is a hobbie of sorts, but that's another story.
10 weeks of prep as time permitted, and a move, and the realization that I had aquired a take near crash. Nitrates were 500+, Phosphates 7.0-8.0 near as I could tell. What was in there didn't all look great. A Niger Triggerfish died and some snails too in the first week. Went into action. All the corals that were left went into the nano (it's packed). Added an ATS. An RO/DI. WATER CHANGES!! Built a 125 gallon sump in the basement now "fishroom." Did a 90% water change...Nitrates have been undetectable and phosphates between 0.5 and 1.0 for the last two weeks.
Through all that, we lost three more snails and a big hermit, but the fish and shrimp are all looking good. The survivors: a flame angel, yellow tang, clown, tomatoe clown, three gobies, a fire shrimp, three anemonies, a few snails a hermits, and all sorts of critters in the rock (the tank had been up for 5 years).
And, all of a sudden...I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Cleaned up things in the 14. 3 fish, a shrimp, some soft corals, etc. Nitrates about 2ppm and phosphates undetectable, bla, bla... Our "friend" who got us into this calls...they're moving...her 90 needs a home..."It'll fit right between the windows in Jen's room. No problem!" I'm a sucker for a project. I bit.
About 4 months later, there's a 90 gallon tank in my daughter's room. She loves it!! I'm sick with the bug, yet again. My life is a string of hobbies. Even my job is a hobbie of sorts, but that's another story.
10 weeks of prep as time permitted, and a move, and the realization that I had aquired a take near crash. Nitrates were 500+, Phosphates 7.0-8.0 near as I could tell. What was in there didn't all look great. A Niger Triggerfish died and some snails too in the first week. Went into action. All the corals that were left went into the nano (it's packed). Added an ATS. An RO/DI. WATER CHANGES!! Built a 125 gallon sump in the basement now "fishroom." Did a 90% water change...Nitrates have been undetectable and phosphates between 0.5 and 1.0 for the last two weeks.
Through all that, we lost three more snails and a big hermit, but the fish and shrimp are all looking good. The survivors: a flame angel, yellow tang, clown, tomatoe clown, three gobies, a fire shrimp, three anemonies, a few snails a hermits, and all sorts of critters in the rock (the tank had been up for 5 years).
And, all of a sudden...I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Hi, newbie here. Started this madness in January as a Christmas present for my disabled daughter. She spends a lot of time in bed resting or getting treatments. We put a BioCube 14 in her room in January. I had almost killed it by March...and then got serious.
Cleaned up things in the 14. 3 fish, a shrimp, some soft corals, etc. Nitrates about 2ppm and phosphates undetectable, bla, bla... Our "friend" who got us into this calls...they're moving...her 90 needs a home..."It'll fit right between the windows in Jen's room. No problem!" I'm a sucker for a project. I bit.
About 4 months later, there's a 90 gallon tank in my daughter's room. She loves it!! I'm sick with the bug, yet again. My life is a string of hobbies. Even my job is a hobbie of sorts, but that's another story.
10 weeks of prep as time permitted, and a move, and the realization that I had aquired a tank near crash. Nitrates were 500+, Phosphates 7.0-8.0 near as I could tell. What was in there didn't all look great. A Niger Triggerfish died and some snails too in the first week. Went into action. All the corals that were left went into the nano (it's packed). Added an ATS. An RO/DI. WATER CHANGES!! Built a 125 gallon sump in the basement now "fishroom." Did a 90% water change...Nitrates have been undetectable and phosphates between 0.5 and 1.0 for the last two weeks.
Through all that, we lost three more snails and a big hermit, but the fish and shrimp are all looking good. The survivors: a flame angel, yellow tang, clown, tomatoe clown, three gobies, a fire shrimp, three anemonies, a few snails and hermits, and all sorts of critters in the rock (the tank had been up for 5 years).
And, all of a sudden...I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Cleaned up things in the 14. 3 fish, a shrimp, some soft corals, etc. Nitrates about 2ppm and phosphates undetectable, bla, bla... Our "friend" who got us into this calls...they're moving...her 90 needs a home..."It'll fit right between the windows in Jen's room. No problem!" I'm a sucker for a project. I bit.
About 4 months later, there's a 90 gallon tank in my daughter's room. She loves it!! I'm sick with the bug, yet again. My life is a string of hobbies. Even my job is a hobbie of sorts, but that's another story.
10 weeks of prep as time permitted, and a move, and the realization that I had aquired a tank near crash. Nitrates were 500+, Phosphates 7.0-8.0 near as I could tell. What was in there didn't all look great. A Niger Triggerfish died and some snails too in the first week. Went into action. All the corals that were left went into the nano (it's packed). Added an ATS. An RO/DI. WATER CHANGES!! Built a 125 gallon sump in the basement now "fishroom." Did a 90% water change...Nitrates have been undetectable and phosphates between 0.5 and 1.0 for the last two weeks.
Through all that, we lost three more snails and a big hermit, but the fish and shrimp are all looking good. The survivors: a flame angel, yellow tang, clown, tomatoe clown, three gobies, a fire shrimp, three anemonies, a few snails and hermits, and all sorts of critters in the rock (the tank had been up for 5 years).
And, all of a sudden...I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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