Let's get to know each other better

[chuckbuc]

The last meeting was a great one ...alot of new faces and old ,I feel like we should all post up a few pics of our tanks with a quick description,maybe even a face to go with it ...think it would get use to recognize and learn a little bit more about each other ...so that being said I'll start
My name is Charlie
300 gallon Marineland dd
120 gallon sump/ refugium
20 gallon frag tank
29 gallon anemome tank
6 -kessil a360w
6-80 watt ati blue plus t5
3-mp60
Vertex cal reactor
Geo Kalkwasser reactor
Gfo rector
Carbon reactor
Sulfur denitrator
.mostly mixed reef ...
Favorite coral is chalices

 

[Usernam Invalid]

Awesome tank Charlie and great idea for a thread [emoji106]

 

[Usernam Invalid]

Have been called many things but mostly go by Jay

Here's my build thread

120g SPS -a-Palooza

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=2537658&share_fid=1489&share_type=t

Quick overview

Main display
120g
4x54w ATI

Basement fish room that consists of
90g n 30g sumps
65g Fuge 6x39 T5
6' 90g frag tank 8x80w ATI
4' 80g frag tank Led n Radium MH

 

[chuckbuc]

Awsome tank ur self bro ...love the anthias are they Bartlett?...sps colors are great also

 

[Usernam Invalid]

Awsome tank ur self bro ...love the anthias are they Bartlett?...sps colors are great also

Have (3) lyretail s and (7) dispar but if I can find some healthy bartletts would love to throw some in there to

Current fish list in the display
PBT tang
Yellow tang
Sailfin tang
Queen Angel
French angel
(10) anthias
Malanarus wrasse
Six line wrasse
Leopard wrasse
Saddleback clown pair
Bangi cardinal
Mandarin
Flame hawk fish

Might be some more I'm forgetting

 

[MikeC120]

Great idea Charlie

My name is MIKEC

System Profile

"¢ Main Display: 140 US-gallon custom made star fire glass on three sides peninsula from Reefomania with external overflow 48" x 30" x 22" (L x W x H)
"¢ Stand: The stand was custom made by me
"¢ Sump: 75 US-gallon with a skimmer and heater
"¢ Settling Tank: 30 US-gallon fully drainable inductor tank from Plastic-Mart
"¢ Lighting: ATI T5 / LED eight bulb Powermodule & x2 Reefbrites
"¢ Skimmer: SRO-XP-5000sss cone
"¢ Return Pump: Iwaki MD-30RT-115NL Max flow 600 GPH
"¢ Closed Loop Pump: Reeflo Dart / Snapper Hybrid Pump
"¢ Water Circulation: Six Outlet Darkroon FWX Digital Flow Diverter
"¢ Carbon Reactor: Next Reef MR1
"¢ Dosers: BRS 2-Part Dosers (1.1mL per minute and 50mL per minute for kalk)
"¢ Auto-top-off System: Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155
"¢ Heating: Eheim
12 GAL attached frag tank.

 

[FishyKat]

wow, I don't want to post my tank here, lol. Amazing tank!

I am Karen

75g tank with 30g sump.
it's 7 months old now, and I don't want to post it for I am ashamed at how bare and small everything looks compared to the amazing tanks here, lol

 

[MikeC120]

wow, I don't want to post my tank here, lol. Amazing tank!

I am Karen

75g tank with 30g sump.
it's 7 months old now, and I don't want to post it for I am ashamed at how bare and small everything looks compared to the amazing tanks here, lol

Dont be ashamed Karen we all been there nothing good happens over night

 

[CButkos]

wow, I don't want to post my tank here, lol. Amazing tank!

I am Karen

75g tank with 30g sump.
it's 7 months old now, and I don't want to post it for I am ashamed at how bare and small everything looks compared to the amazing tanks here, lol

Post it anyway, most of us start with bare white live rock and no corals, that's the fun of it.

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

 

[FishyKat]

Gotta upload a FTS.

but here's a few teasers.

 

[Usernam Invalid]

Looks great Karen nothing to be ashamed about there and nice job with the photos [emoji106]

 

[kevin21]

Cool idea, all of your tanks look amazing.

I started this hobby about 11 years ago at the age of 15. My uncle Chuck (eboonaman) was in the club and got me hooked instantly when I saw his beautiful 55g reef which he upgraded to a 120. He taught me a ton, showed me this club, and instantly I started to learn. I started out with a 55g and upgrade D it to a 75g. Then life happened. Went on to play baseball in college and I couldn't upkeep the tank the way I knew it needed. I decided to downgrade to a 28g nano. It keeps me actively in the hobby I love, while I am beginning my career as a teacher. I am dying to upgrade of course, but am in the marker for a house and will have to wait until settled in there. So anyway, here is my piece of the ocean for the time being.

28g Jbj nano
Kessil 150w sky blue
Tunze 9002 skimmer
Tunze ATO
Vortech MP10
Barebottom, mixed reef
Two clowns (1 true perc, 1 snowflake)
Purple pseudochromis
Flame hawkfish
As for coral, keeping things nice a simple. Some softies, some favia, small greens bubble coral, etc. I try not to over crowd the nano like crazy. So anyway here it is. Water is a little cloudy, just did a water change.

 

[chuckbuc]

Looks great Mike,As expected from you ..fishy Kathy my tank started with all dry rock and small frags ...don't be ashamed of your tank, before you know it you will be fragging everything ,nothing good happens fast in a reef tank

 

[chuckbuc]

Kevin looks good man

 

[311Style]

Such a great idea for a thread!

My name's Ryan. I used to work for Li Aquarium Service where I've been introduced or personally in charge of some of the biggest and best, or smallest and crappiest tanks Li has to offer. [emoji23]

I've had aquariums my entire life but it's become a full time dedicated career for me for the past 6 years. However I've been in the pet industry my entire working life.


Currently housing

A 3 tier fish quarantine rack approx 400gal

A separate observation system approx 200g

2x 48" coral QT
1x 72x24 coral QT

 

[kevin21]

Thanks Chuck!

 

[chuckbuc]

Pretty cool Ryan.......

 

[chuckbuc]

I think we are going to have to set up a tank tour.....

 

[FishyKat]

thank you gents

I am loving your tanks, everyone. It'll be a long time before I get there!

 

[CoralOfDuty]

Hey all. I'm nick. I've had the pleasure of meeting a few of you in the past and can't say enough good words about the people I've come across in this hobby.
I've been reef keeping for about 6 years now and definitely still consider myself a beginner. Started with a 28g nano and moved on the a 75g I bought off Craigslist which was the source of my frustration in this hobby. Don't get me wrong, I love the hobby but couldn't understand why my 75 wasn't doing well right from the start. Zoas would disappear, fish would go missing, and I couldn't figure out why my new tank was so different than my nano I seemed to do well with. Anyway I found out what it was...finally. out of the corner of my eye I spotted it. He got sloppy. It was a eunice worm! 3 feet long. I jumped up and snatched up about 30 lbs of live rock and let it sit in my garage until I was sure the worm was gone. The worm is dead. (Sorry to whoever would've liked to see this maniacal serial killer go to a good home) the eunice left a wake of disaster as nothing was left to care for. It was my own fault since I lost the drive to care for anything I knew was going to disappear. I showed someone a pic of how the tank originality looked. (Nothing compared to you guys of course) and they said why did I let it go to ****?
Now the moral of the story...I'm back and more knowledgeable, and by the person asking that question, it lit a fire. A month back into it, tank has great levels. The few corals I have in there are doing very well.
Here's a pic of the newer tank before the beast got to everything.