My new 600 gallon reef

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9198054#post9198054 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tanya72806
Loooks amazing so for best of luck

Thank you!

 

[Goodwin9]

Here is a picture from the salt room. The RO unit is located on the floor against the wall. The large tank to the right is the 110 gallon RO storage tank which tops off the new tank. Next to that are the 2 55 gallon salt mixing tanks.

 

[asnatlas]

Where did you get those tanks at ??

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9207556#post9207556 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by asnatlas
Where did you get those tanks at ??

I bought them locally at a local farm supply store.

 

[Lunchbucket]

where did you order all your salt? local?

i've been ordering from Dr. F&S but want to get a group buy together and order a pallet of Reef Crystals if we could. interested?

Lunchbucket

 

[Goodwin9]

Finally added a few fish, 2 Clarkii clowns and 5 green chromis. They sure look small in the tank and are very hard to find.

 

[Goodwin9]

The small chromis were getting lost in the new tank so I added 8 larger ones yesterday along with 4 anthias. (1 male & 3 females)

Here are the 3 females, the male stayed hidden in the rocks.

 

[bbehring]

goodwin, love the schooling! Looking great!


just curious are you doing any quarantining of the fish?

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9297392#post9297392 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bbehring
goodwin, love the schooling! Looking great!

just curious are you doing any quarantining of the fish?

I didn't quarantine these fish. I do have some other larger fish that I do have waiting for the new tank. If I hadn't gotten all they had, I would have liked to get a few more of the larger chromis. Today these seem to be more familiar with the tanks and are doing a lot more swimming about.

 

[matthew112687]

The fish are gorgeous, especially the chromis!

 

[invincible569]

goodwin, what are you feeding your new anthias?

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9300352#post9300352 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by invincible569
goodwin, what are you feeding your new anthias?

Last night I used frozen brine and some flake. Food went all over the place. Tonight I will feed with several of the pumps shut down and hopefully get a better idea of what they like or eat.

 

[sublime250]

What are you using for heaters? How many and what type if any-

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9301550#post9301550 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sublime250
What are you using for heaters? How many and what type if any-

No heaters needed for the tank. There are 53 network servers running behind the tank and they heat the entire room to the point where I need to run the central air in the basement year round.

 

[Goodwin9]

Time to add some more fish. Water parameters have remained good for the past week with the addition of a few fish. So I thought that I would add some of the larger fish.

 

[clekchau]

wow, what did you add?

 

[NYproDJ]

how do you acclimate a massive shipment like that? great tank btw!

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9317368#post9317368 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NYproDJ
how do you acclimate a massive shipment like that? great tank btw!

Thank you! I floated the bags for a couple of hours to temperature acclimate and then set the fish free. The fish were removed from the shipping bags before being put in the tank. They looked pretty good last night and again this morning.

 

[Bebo77]

lol i take it you are not a believer in Qt a fish before you add it to your tank.. lol

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9317535#post9317535 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bebo77
lol i take it you are not a believer in Qt a fish before you add it to your tank.. lol

I am in most cases, but QT tank is only 55 gallons, would be tough to place 38 fish in such a small tank. The were 12 fish in the tank prior to this new batch yesterday so I guess in a way, the new tank would be the QT tank.... I did however place a couple of the more expensive fish in the 55 just incase the new tank isn't able to handle the new load.