whodeydan76
New member
Hello everyone.. Long time no talk. I have been away since May of 12 and I just decided to log back in and say Hi and see how everyone is doing.
In the last 8 months, my fiance and I split up and I moved out.. I had to stay at my moms for a bit while the apartment I got came open.. needless to say my tank went to crap.:headwally: I ended up selling all of the fish, having a friend hold all the corral.. and I sold my light, tank, and stand. I put all of my rock in a friends sump (thank god for good friends) and now that I am moved and settled in I am planning on getting another tank... Im not sure if I want to get another 75, get an acrylic built, buy a friends 90 gal cube, or what. I already have over 200 lbs of live rock that was in my 75 and like I said it is in a sump so doing well. Any suggestions since I am mostly starting from scratch?
I know I will have to get the tank set up and let it cycle for 6 weeks.... when I do so, do I add the rock right away or do I just fill with water and let sit? I know for a fact I am getting a drilled tank this time... HECK with the hob overflows... I never overflowed mine, but man they are a huge pain to run.. especially when you have to clean them.. and then use a hose to suck start the overflow box...lol.
I do have a friend (same one that has the rock) that said he will contribute over half of his water from his sump, he runs a rodi system in his basement and his sump alone holds 135 gallons....his dt is 90 lol. I was thinking with good water that was already cycling in a live tank that would help me get a jump start on the cycle.
Any info is helpful. sorry for such a long post. :deadhorse:
In the last 8 months, my fiance and I split up and I moved out.. I had to stay at my moms for a bit while the apartment I got came open.. needless to say my tank went to crap.:headwally: I ended up selling all of the fish, having a friend hold all the corral.. and I sold my light, tank, and stand. I put all of my rock in a friends sump (thank god for good friends) and now that I am moved and settled in I am planning on getting another tank... Im not sure if I want to get another 75, get an acrylic built, buy a friends 90 gal cube, or what. I already have over 200 lbs of live rock that was in my 75 and like I said it is in a sump so doing well. Any suggestions since I am mostly starting from scratch?
I know I will have to get the tank set up and let it cycle for 6 weeks.... when I do so, do I add the rock right away or do I just fill with water and let sit? I know for a fact I am getting a drilled tank this time... HECK with the hob overflows... I never overflowed mine, but man they are a huge pain to run.. especially when you have to clean them.. and then use a hose to suck start the overflow box...lol.
I do have a friend (same one that has the rock) that said he will contribute over half of his water from his sump, he runs a rodi system in his basement and his sump alone holds 135 gallons....his dt is 90 lol. I was thinking with good water that was already cycling in a live tank that would help me get a jump start on the cycle.
Any info is helpful. sorry for such a long post. :deadhorse:
