Hi everyone FIRST POST for me, my two sisters and I started a 55 gal mixed reef (no SPS) about 2 years ago. We're having cyanobacteria problems now and are working on a DIY sump to intall a better/working skimmer and increase the volume. We will be using the forums for help and to show off our cool tank!
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Praslin
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Hello everybody.
My name is Peter I live near a smal town named Ystad , its in most southern part of Sweden.
Recently joined this extremly fantastic forum , loaded with so much experience about everything on saltwater .
This is my restart after 20 years without SW, and I can see there is a lot to learn.
It all started when I was looking for some info about LED lamps for my home, I found some info about
the leds by mr wilson on nineball´s thread on this forum, I started to read the thread and suddenly It was morning the next day.
Two days after that I bought a smal nano tank or "pico tank" , its just 60 liters complete setup with a smal skimmer and everything.
I also bought a extra wave maker (650 l/h),some tests,a refractometer,acetic acid, activated carbon and Phosphate remover etc.
Already have a pH meter from Hannas Instrument and a TDS meter to test my fresh water with.
There alredy are some Zoas, Palytoas,3x Ricordias, 2x living rocks,
star polys ( Cornularias?), a smal bubble anemone ,Rhodactis sp. and some 3 x Cypraea moneta in the tank. The star polys didnt show up for some days but now they are out , so it seems ok.
Feel free to look at the tiny "pico" tank in my Profile Album.
This is the top one forum, i love it.
Cheers from Sweden
Peter G
My name is Peter I live near a smal town named Ystad , its in most southern part of Sweden.
Recently joined this extremly fantastic forum , loaded with so much experience about everything on saltwater .
This is my restart after 20 years without SW, and I can see there is a lot to learn.
It all started when I was looking for some info about LED lamps for my home, I found some info about
the leds by mr wilson on nineball´s thread on this forum, I started to read the thread and suddenly It was morning the next day.
Two days after that I bought a smal nano tank or "pico tank" , its just 60 liters complete setup with a smal skimmer and everything.
I also bought a extra wave maker (650 l/h),some tests,a refractometer,acetic acid, activated carbon and Phosphate remover etc.
Already have a pH meter from Hannas Instrument and a TDS meter to test my fresh water with.
There alredy are some Zoas, Palytoas,3x Ricordias, 2x living rocks,
star polys ( Cornularias?), a smal bubble anemone ,Rhodactis sp. and some 3 x Cypraea moneta in the tank. The star polys didnt show up for some days but now they are out , so it seems ok.
Feel free to look at the tiny "pico" tank in my Profile Album.
This is the top one forum, i love it.
Cheers from Sweden
Peter G
MurrayMarine
New member
Hi,My name is Logan and I am new to Reef Central. I have had many tanks in my day but nothing has come out like I have liked. So took a few years off stepped back and decided to start small. I have just ordered a 14G Cadlighting tank with daul LED light fixtures. Hoping to build a small reef. Thanks
Hello, I'm David and we recently bought a 125 gallon tank on Craigslist with a solid mahogany cabinet, a UV filter (that I don't use), a 19gpm return pump (I can't remember the brand), and two T12VHO bulbs. I also purchased all of the live rock, live sand, fish and LPS corals from another Craigslist seller and transferred it to our empty tank. That was in August. I have since added a bicolor dottyback, two zebra gobies, and two long-spined cardinalfish. Also a long-spined sea urchin, some snails, a couple of peppermint shrimp, an emerald crab, and a sand-sifting starfish.
I've seen significant growth of coralline algae, all of the LPS seems to growing as are the five soft corals (Kenya trees?).
I have a sand bed of medium crushed coral about 3 inches deep. Also the tank has about 150-170 pounds of live rock. The system came with two containers of bio-balls and from my reading on this forum I may remove at least one and insert a protein skimmer some time.
My local LFS store told me the T12 bulbs are outdated and will be hard to replace. So, I bought two Ecoxotic Panorama Pro RGB LEDs which provide just enough light to see stuff but not enough if the T12s stop working. I basically use to add some color to the tank.
I do not have RO water so the water changes I've made since the original transfer (which was RO) has been filtered and dechlorinated tap water. I take my water in to my LFS store about every two weeks and they've said the levels look good. I've been doing 10% water changes about every two or three weeks.
All of the fish and coral look healthy and eat well. I feed them pellets (the same they were getting before from the 20+year aquarists) and brine shrimp.
I'm still learning and navigating this forum. I have lots of questions but it may be too much to post them all on this thread.
I've seen significant growth of coralline algae, all of the LPS seems to growing as are the five soft corals (Kenya trees?).
I have a sand bed of medium crushed coral about 3 inches deep. Also the tank has about 150-170 pounds of live rock. The system came with two containers of bio-balls and from my reading on this forum I may remove at least one and insert a protein skimmer some time.
My local LFS store told me the T12 bulbs are outdated and will be hard to replace. So, I bought two Ecoxotic Panorama Pro RGB LEDs which provide just enough light to see stuff but not enough if the T12s stop working. I basically use to add some color to the tank.
I do not have RO water so the water changes I've made since the original transfer (which was RO) has been filtered and dechlorinated tap water. I take my water in to my LFS store about every two weeks and they've said the levels look good. I've been doing 10% water changes about every two or three weeks.
All of the fish and coral look healthy and eat well. I feed them pellets (the same they were getting before from the 20+year aquarists) and brine shrimp.
I'm still learning and navigating this forum. I have lots of questions but it may be too much to post them all on this thread.
New to RC Posting, 7 year vet in hobby!!
New to RC Posting, 7 year vet in hobby!!
Happy Holidays!! My name is Franky and I have been in this live style for about 7 years. I have normally ran FOWLR in my tanks but this past year I began my first reef tank after returning back to the states. Now to the good things:
Tank:
60g 48x13x12
Custom stand and canopy
2 AJM LED units with 90 optics
2 PH pushing 425 and 800 each
60 lbs L/R and 60 lbs L/S in tank
Sump:
20g long (compartments built by myself)
Mini G protein Skimmer
550 gph return pump after static head
Phos-ban reactor running carbon/ GFO
Fuge compartment w/ 10lbs L/R n 10lbs L/S. chaeto w/ fluorescent light
Live stock:
2 clown fish
1 beau Gregory damsel (sons choice)
Miami dolphin zoo's
Pink Zoo's
Eagle eye zoo's
Green eye zoo's
Red mushrooms
Lavender mushrooms
Purple mushrooms
Kenya trees
Xenia
Strawberry fields Monti cap
Rainbow cap
Tri color acro
Superman digi
Purple haze cap
Birdnest
Well that's it for now... Happy to finally be posting on RC!!!!
Happy Reefing!!!
New to RC Posting, 7 year vet in hobby!!
Happy Holidays!! My name is Franky and I have been in this live style for about 7 years. I have normally ran FOWLR in my tanks but this past year I began my first reef tank after returning back to the states. Now to the good things:
Tank:
60g 48x13x12
Custom stand and canopy
2 AJM LED units with 90 optics
2 PH pushing 425 and 800 each
60 lbs L/R and 60 lbs L/S in tank
Sump:
20g long (compartments built by myself)
Mini G protein Skimmer
550 gph return pump after static head
Phos-ban reactor running carbon/ GFO
Fuge compartment w/ 10lbs L/R n 10lbs L/S. chaeto w/ fluorescent light
Live stock:
2 clown fish
1 beau Gregory damsel (sons choice)
Miami dolphin zoo's
Pink Zoo's
Eagle eye zoo's
Green eye zoo's
Red mushrooms
Lavender mushrooms
Purple mushrooms
Kenya trees
Xenia
Strawberry fields Monti cap
Rainbow cap
Tri color acro
Superman digi
Purple haze cap
Birdnest
Well that's it for now... Happy to finally be posting on RC!!!!
Happy Reefing!!!
bigmikey80
New member
Hello everyone...just wanted to intro my reef and look for help anywhere i can find it!
I have attached a link to my tank thread...hopefully it works.
http://http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2249001
I have attached a link to my tank thread...hopefully it works.
http://http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2249001
fishman1069
New member
I guess I should say Hi. Im new to RC but not the hobby. My name is Pat and I live in NY on long island. I've been in the hobby for several years but with a 2 year break. I came back recently with a 20 gallon that I'm in the process of stocking now. I'm also building a 125 with 55 sump/fuge. That should be up by the end of Jan, hopefully. I've been posting here and there and trying to help with some of the little knowledge I have. I've also been reading many threads so I can learn from other peoples mistakes. I know a couple of members on here from MR so I just want to say Hi to them real quick:bounce1::bounce1:
I guess thats all. I'll try to get a tank thread uo when I figure out which section to put it in lol
Happy reefing everyone!! And Happy New Year:celeb2::celeb3::wildone::beer::celeb1::smokin::thumbsup:
I guess thats all. I'll try to get a tank thread uo when I figure out which section to put it in lol
Happy reefing everyone!! And Happy New Year:celeb2::celeb3::wildone::beer::celeb1::smokin::thumbsup:
Terrance
New member
Hey guys I'm Terrance. I'm a retired puffer addict, and new to reefing. I still visit my puffer community though. Anyways, I'm still trying to collect enough funds to purchase the rest of the required equipment for my 46g LPS/anemone tank. I will probably be done with it last 2013. Once I'm done with this tank, then I start converting my 120g with 40g sump from freshwater to reef. I'll probably join my local reefing society pretty soon (Puget Sound Aquarium Soceity).
I will see you all around RC!! I'm sooo addicted.
I will see you all around RC!! I'm sooo addicted.
Lydia Bosley
New member
Anemones splitting - are photos common?
Anemones splitting - are photos common?
I have joined on behalf of my sister who has a saltwater aquarium with anemones which have just split, she took a series of photos of the process and I thought there might be people interested in seeing them... or maybe this happens all the time and people have seen lots of photos? (never having seen them before I thought they were unusual but as I am not an aquarist I really have no idea). Anyway since my sister works and I'm retired I told her I would try to research this for her. Thanks...
Anemones splitting - are photos common?
I have joined on behalf of my sister who has a saltwater aquarium with anemones which have just split, she took a series of photos of the process and I thought there might be people interested in seeing them... or maybe this happens all the time and people have seen lots of photos? (never having seen them before I thought they were unusual but as I am not an aquarist I really have no idea). Anyway since my sister works and I'm retired I told her I would try to research this for her. Thanks...
alexingalls
New member
Hello
Hello
Hi, Alex Ingalls here. I am from Rapid City, SD. I currently have a 55g reef aquarium thats about 6 months old. I have been having a lot of difficulties getting it started but I am hoping with persistence that I will be able to have a lot of fun bringing the ocean to my living room
Hello
Hi, Alex Ingalls here. I am from Rapid City, SD. I currently have a 55g reef aquarium thats about 6 months old. I have been having a lot of difficulties getting it started but I am hoping with persistence that I will be able to have a lot of fun bringing the ocean to my living room
Hi, my name is Aksel, I am from Armenia.
This is the 10th day I have started my 66 gallon reef tank.
Filtration/skimming: Tunze Reefpack 505 with osmolator
Waves: 2 x Tunze Turbelle Nanostream 6055 with Tunze Wavevontroller 7096
There is no Light still but I have ordered 1
EcoTech Marine Radion XR30w G2 and hope I will have it in coming 2 weeks.
There is 2 type of sand one is CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink 9,07 kg and Preis Bora Bora Sand 8 kg.
There is few live rocks but soon I will put here live rocks about 20-25 kg.
Water parameters are:
Amonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5ppm
Ph: 8.2
Kh: 11.5 dkh
This is the 10th day I have started my 66 gallon reef tank.
Filtration/skimming: Tunze Reefpack 505 with osmolator
Waves: 2 x Tunze Turbelle Nanostream 6055 with Tunze Wavevontroller 7096
There is no Light still but I have ordered 1
EcoTech Marine Radion XR30w G2 and hope I will have it in coming 2 weeks.
There is 2 type of sand one is CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink 9,07 kg and Preis Bora Bora Sand 8 kg.
There is few live rocks but soon I will put here live rocks about 20-25 kg.
Water parameters are:
Amonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5ppm
Ph: 8.2
Kh: 11.5 dkh
Cajunmillerboy
New member
Hello my name is matt
Hello my name is matt
Hello everyone. I'm matt i live in south louisiana and have two beutiful reef tanks. I was hoping to gain more knowlage from this group. I have a 90 gallon reef tank and a 29 gallon bioqube.
Hello my name is matt
Hello everyone. I'm matt i live in south louisiana and have two beutiful reef tanks. I was hoping to gain more knowlage from this group. I have a 90 gallon reef tank and a 29 gallon bioqube.
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