Aquarist007
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Make sure you read waterkeepers articles in the new to the reef thread
Wants some help--starting asking questions:thumbsup:
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Make sure you read waterkeepers articles in the new to the reef thread
Wants some help--starting asking questions:thumbsup:
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kkrawler
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Hey Guys!
I'm lovin the board so far! There is SO much info here to soak up. I read all the Newbie Corner articles and man... what a great resource.
I've kept fairly small Freshwater cichlid tanks for many years now with setups ranging from 10-60 gallon aquariums. I've always wanted to get in to reef keeping as I have a few friends that have amazing setups.
I have an opportunity coming up that'll allow me to enter into the world of Salt Water and I am very excited!.
My goal is to ensure that it's done correctly from the start.
I think I found a great resource with this message board and along with help for some experienced friends I hope to have a future Tank of the Month!
I'm lovin the board so far! There is SO much info here to soak up. I read all the Newbie Corner articles and man... what a great resource.
I've kept fairly small Freshwater cichlid tanks for many years now with setups ranging from 10-60 gallon aquariums. I've always wanted to get in to reef keeping as I have a few friends that have amazing setups.
I have an opportunity coming up that'll allow me to enter into the world of Salt Water and I am very excited!.
My goal is to ensure that it's done correctly from the start.
I think I found a great resource with this message board and along with help for some experienced friends I hope to have a future Tank of the Month!
SINY_reef_lover
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Whats up RC! I'm also new to this forum but been reefing for about 11yrs now, I have a local forum that I frequent and love and its called Manhattanreefs.com. I use to have a 180g mixed reef but I moved into a smaller place so now I have a 24g JBJ nano cube with current 250w sunpod. I have a green BTA and LPS (I'm an acan nut!) and I have a pair of true percs and a pair of black False Percula's and yea they get along great even in such a small tank, guess I got lucky. Anyway just wanted to say hello and great site you guys/gals have!
Aquarist007
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How Ya Doin'???
Had my first 10 gal appx. 1968..marine fowler appx. 1982 (built my first protein skimmer then from 3" PVC, 1 1/2" Pvc and a cool whip container to collect skimmate. air stone in the bottom of 4 ft of the 3" with the water pumping from top to bottom. Any way the heater stuck on and carnage prevailed. Thus ended fish in the eighties. Kept my 75 and 32. Feb 2009 up went the 75 and found the hobby went from the prop age to the jet age. Tank is going good with the new technology except my old 25 yr tank has no center support. Support came w/ tank glass cover and inserted after water in and glass spread from the water pressure. Old lights not good so got the mh/pc/led in one (4ft). Bought a blonde tang and then read about him...Hmmmmmmmm125 gal tank minimum........Hmmmmm Get a 180:thumbsup:. 180 up in July 09. Oct/Nov Piped the 180 and 75 together with a 22 gal refug macro algae on shelf behind 180 w/ siphon and pump back to 180. 75 pumps to 180 and Eshopps 1200 gal overflow return. Two months ago I bought my fisrt coral. A Kenya Tree doing great. Now have button polyps, torch coral, frogspawn, galaxia, cabbage, green star polyps and 7 shrooms. Trying to figure out best way to supplement and will post in forum. :dance:Thanx All PS-cagey is my initials KG
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I would look into a two part dosing system like b-ionics for supplementation. It takes care of alk and calcium and keeps them both in the preferred levels.
You might be interested in this thread having been in the hobby as long as you have:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1711320&page=34
Aquarist007
New member
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You will find salt water aquariums much more interesting and challenging then fresh water tanks.
Aquarist007
New member
Hey Guys!
I'm lovin the board so far! There is SO much info here to soak up. I read all the Newbie Corner articles and man... what a great resource.
I've kept fairly small Freshwater cichlid tanks for many years now with setups ranging from 10-60 gallon aquariums. I've always wanted to get in to reef keeping as I have a few friends that have amazing setups.
I have an opportunity coming up that'll allow me to enter into the world of Salt Water and I am very excited!.
My goal is to ensure that it's done correctly from the start.
I think I found a great resource with this message board and along with help for some experienced friends I hope to have a future Tank of the Month!
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Any idea of what size of tank you are going to start with?
Aquarist007
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Aquarist007
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I have a number of the 24g JBJ's. Can you post a picture of how you have setup your cube with the 250 watt sunpod?
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kkrawler
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I'll be starting off with 90 Gallon which is currently not drilled. I definitely what to have a sump and possibly a fuge so I think getting the tank drilled and fitted with an overflow with be one of the first things on my to-do list.
SINY_reef_lover
In Memoriam
I'd be happy to. I just gotta wait for the GF to bring the camera over, hopefully tomorrow.
Aquarist007
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I'll be starting off with 90 Gallon which is currently not drilled. I definitely what to have a sump and possibly a fuge so I think getting the tank drilled and fitted with an overflow with be one of the first things on my to-do list.
I am all for agreeing with you to get the tank drilled, you will not regret it.
That is a very good size to start with.:thumbsup:
Aquarist007
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great, I'll look forward to seeing them:thumbsup:
christella
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Hey my name is henry. New to this hobby just switch from fresh to saltwater tank.I got my first freshwatertank when i was 10 years old.Just switch to saltwater 2 1/2 years ago.It's started when i visit one of the saltwater store here in our place.......And it's a big wow when i see all those colorfull fish and corals....my reef tank right now is undrilled 90 gal.thank
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
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you're going to find salt water more rewarding but at the same time more work.
Welcome Henry!
SINY_reef_lover
In Memoriam
Here are some pics of my tank as promised. Traded a bunch of acans for a beautiful blue/purple carpet which my clowns jumped in 10 mins after adding to my tank
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Aquarist007
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Awesome---thanks for posting.
So what have you done for the filtration system at the back of the cube---do you still have that covered?
So what have you done for the filtration system at the back of the cube---do you still have that covered?
SINY_reef_lover
In Memoriam
Thanks capn! All I have in the back of the tank is a bag of Chemi-pure elite which I change out every 2 weeks, heater and maxi jet 1200 with hydor flow. I want to add some macro algae but I'm currently trying to find a good light setup to grow it, do you have any suggestions? My filtration is just live rock in the display are (about 30lbs) and my sand bed, so far all my levels are great but for the life of me I can't get my nitrate lower then 5ppm even with 5gal weekly water changes.
Aquarist007
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so you still have the divider at the back of the tank then, uncovered?
If this is the case then use the middle chamber to grow the chaeto in. As long as it floats high then it won't sink and be drawn into the return pump section.
What you can also do is put a filter block in the bottom of the middle chamber and then the cheato on the top of it. That way it will catch the detrius that accumulates because of the chaeto and you can periodically remove it and clean it.
With the halides I would rotate the chaeto once a week.
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