Sabres429
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<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2qn5t75" target="_blank"><img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/2qn5t75.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> Just thought I'd share my first tank. My first tank was a 65 gallon Reef with a 20 gallon Sump. I had purchased about 90% of my stuff from A Reef Creation. I'm not saying their a bad store their good guys but now that I look back I've probably overpaid on a lot of things including corals and such. Don't get me wrong, they have beautiful tanks and probably some of the rarest corals but looking back now I probably would have done things differently.
All in all I've probably put around $10,000 into my first reef tank. I took down the tank with frustration. I was never able to see corals fully grow because I must of been doing something wrong, whether the tank would be around 82 degrees not sure if that's too hot or not. Maybe I was giving the tank too much light or not enough as I was not an expierenced reefer or I dosed the tank with too much Calcium, Alk, Mag. It was very dissapointing to spend all that money and not see the tank succeed so I took it down and sold it. You'll never get back what you paid for everything as you guys all know.
on the tank equipment wise I had
65 gallon tank
20 gallon sump
(2) Aqua Illumination Sol LED super blue fixtures with the controller.
(2) Ecotech Marine Vortech Mp10 w es with the wireless controllers.
About 60 lbs. or live Rock purchased from ARC
BRS Dual Carbon/GFO reactor
Reef Octopus NWB 110 Protien Skimmer.
The heater I forgot how many watts it was
All 3 Calcium, Phosphate, and ALk Hanna test Kits
Custom Canopy my Grandpa built me to house the Sol's
yes I went crazy for my first reef tank. I had two orange ocellaris clowns, yellow tang, purple fire fish, leoppard wrase, cleaner shrimp, tons of snails.
I had lots of corals I would spend tons and tons of money on expensive corals but was never able to see them grow or keep them extremely dissapointed. As you've seen my threads I'm going to go with the Nuvo 24. I hope to be able to keep this tank stocked with lots of corals and be able to keep them healthy and I will be sure to ask you guys questions when in need. I'm going to wait for the fall when summer is over and the Buffalo winter's get boring. I'm not into soft corals. I want to try a lot of chalices, acans, clams, monti, torches, toadstool, and maybe some sps.
All in all I've probably put around $10,000 into my first reef tank. I took down the tank with frustration. I was never able to see corals fully grow because I must of been doing something wrong, whether the tank would be around 82 degrees not sure if that's too hot or not. Maybe I was giving the tank too much light or not enough as I was not an expierenced reefer or I dosed the tank with too much Calcium, Alk, Mag. It was very dissapointing to spend all that money and not see the tank succeed so I took it down and sold it. You'll never get back what you paid for everything as you guys all know.
on the tank equipment wise I had
65 gallon tank
20 gallon sump
(2) Aqua Illumination Sol LED super blue fixtures with the controller.
(2) Ecotech Marine Vortech Mp10 w es with the wireless controllers.
About 60 lbs. or live Rock purchased from ARC
BRS Dual Carbon/GFO reactor
Reef Octopus NWB 110 Protien Skimmer.
The heater I forgot how many watts it was
All 3 Calcium, Phosphate, and ALk Hanna test Kits
Custom Canopy my Grandpa built me to house the Sol's
yes I went crazy for my first reef tank. I had two orange ocellaris clowns, yellow tang, purple fire fish, leoppard wrase, cleaner shrimp, tons of snails.
I had lots of corals I would spend tons and tons of money on expensive corals but was never able to see them grow or keep them extremely dissapointed. As you've seen my threads I'm going to go with the Nuvo 24. I hope to be able to keep this tank stocked with lots of corals and be able to keep them healthy and I will be sure to ask you guys questions when in need. I'm going to wait for the fall when summer is over and the Buffalo winter's get boring. I'm not into soft corals. I want to try a lot of chalices, acans, clams, monti, torches, toadstool, and maybe some sps.
