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Newbie Introduction Thread
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OK thanks, it was a great run. I'll let it die now.
I see alot of new reefers here.
Mooch
Mooch
I've noticed a lot of our newer members are a bit reluctant to post or reply, and there really is no reason not to. You play a very important roll in keeping this forum alive with your questions and concerns. Feel free to introduce yourseleves and tell us about your system, your accomplishments and what you have thus far. The people here are very giving and always willing to help. Sharing with us who you are and some background will mean an awful lot. As you continue to ask question, those who read your introductions will remain familiar with your system and will most likely respond even quicker to your issues, concerns and questions. Just throwing that out there as a personal invitation.
Mucho
Mucho
Hi my name is eric and yes I am....... addicted to saltwater reefs....
I have been keeping a saltwater tank for about 5 years, but am still new to this forum. Now down to business
My show tank is a 50 gallon breeder with about 100lbs of live rock. I keep ricordea's, zoanthids, acans as my main items, but also have frogspawn, RBTA, GBTA, and a few other misc. corals. I have one bangii cardinal, and a Mccoskers wrasse, pair of cleaner shrimp, pair of fire shrimp, pair of sexy shrimp, small herim of pepperment shrimp, strawberry crab, emerald crab, and yes a 4 inch purple reef lobster for almost 3 years. I try to keep it very simple with light feedings, and lower bioload and run no external filtration....(scary thought huh?) Current tank has been up and running this way for over a year with no problems and everything test great. I do keep up on my water changes and don't dose anything.
I am in the process of setting up a little 5 gallon nano tank that will house a shrimp/ gobie pair and some of my nicer ric's, and zoa's.
Thanks for reading, and questions feel free to ask.
I have been keeping a saltwater tank for about 5 years, but am still new to this forum. Now down to business
My show tank is a 50 gallon breeder with about 100lbs of live rock. I keep ricordea's, zoanthids, acans as my main items, but also have frogspawn, RBTA, GBTA, and a few other misc. corals. I have one bangii cardinal, and a Mccoskers wrasse, pair of cleaner shrimp, pair of fire shrimp, pair of sexy shrimp, small herim of pepperment shrimp, strawberry crab, emerald crab, and yes a 4 inch purple reef lobster for almost 3 years. I try to keep it very simple with light feedings, and lower bioload and run no external filtration....(scary thought huh?) Current tank has been up and running this way for over a year with no problems and everything test great. I do keep up on my water changes and don't dose anything.
I am in the process of setting up a little 5 gallon nano tank that will house a shrimp/ gobie pair and some of my nicer ric's, and zoa's.
Thanks for reading, and questions feel free to ask.
xxwake4lifexx
Josh
Hey all! My name is Josh. I'm pretty sure I'm addicted to reefing. It hasn't even been 2 months and I can't go one week without going to one of my three LFS - just to see what they have. I'm 20 years old and a college student. I'm majoring in biology.
I've always enjoyed keeping aquariums, but never really had enough of my own money to run a saltwater tank - 'till now. Basically out of no where one day I decided to search around and see what I could find. What I found was ReefCentral
! I must check this website a hundred times a day! Might as well make it my homepage . Anyway I was going to use an old 20g tank I had but wanted something a tad bit larger, so I bought a 29g. I've already spent hundreds of dollars buying equipment, LR, sand, fish, and corals!
Though I'm rather new at this hobby I'm still trying to learn as much as possible each day by reading others questions. I'll respond to those more simple that I have a grasp on. I guess its time for me to talk about my tank...
29g reef kept at 78F. I have the Current USA 4x24 T5HO lighting system with lunar lights. I love it so far. Does its job. I have a modded AC 20 that I'm using as a small chaeto refuge (still working out on seeing if my light is good enough or not). In my tank I have 44lbs of LR and about 40lbs of live sand. I have a 150W heater and 2 Koralia 2s for flow.
I've got some Ceriths, Nassarius, Astraea, and Margarita snails. The Margaritas are my favorites. I've also got about 5 hermits, 2 cleaner shrimp, and 2 clownfish. My corals consist of one larger 30+ polyp of zoos and one smaller frag that I picked up at MAX (see how addicted I am already? That was two weeks after I signed up on ReefCentral), pulsing xenia, small ricordea, birdsnest, and a feather duster.
I'm working on getting some nice acans in the future, maybe a clam, and some ZOOS! I'd like to make a zoo garden with tons of them mixed in. Let me know what you guys think so far. I'll even post a few pics.
I've always enjoyed keeping aquariums, but never really had enough of my own money to run a saltwater tank - 'till now. Basically out of no where one day I decided to search around and see what I could find. What I found was ReefCentral
! I must check this website a hundred times a day! Might as well make it my homepage . Anyway I was going to use an old 20g tank I had but wanted something a tad bit larger, so I bought a 29g. I've already spent hundreds of dollars buying equipment, LR, sand, fish, and corals! Though I'm rather new at this hobby I'm still trying to learn as much as possible each day by reading others questions. I'll respond to those more simple that I have a grasp on. I guess its time for me to talk about my tank...
29g reef kept at 78F. I have the Current USA 4x24 T5HO lighting system with lunar lights. I love it so far. Does its job. I have a modded AC 20 that I'm using as a small chaeto refuge (still working out on seeing if my light is good enough or not). In my tank I have 44lbs of LR and about 40lbs of live sand. I have a 150W heater and 2 Koralia 2s for flow.
I've got some Ceriths, Nassarius, Astraea, and Margarita snails. The Margaritas are my favorites. I've also got about 5 hermits, 2 cleaner shrimp, and 2 clownfish. My corals consist of one larger 30+ polyp of zoos and one smaller frag that I picked up at MAX (see how addicted I am already? That was two weeks after I signed up on ReefCentral), pulsing xenia, small ricordea, birdsnest, and a feather duster.
I'm working on getting some nice acans in the future, maybe a clam, and some ZOOS! I'd like to make a zoo garden with tons of them mixed in. Let me know what you guys think so far. I'll even post a few pics
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Welcome brutus13 and xxwake4lifexx. Thank you both for sharing.
Mucho Reef
Mucho Reef
danimal1211
New member
Hello all, I'm Dan 32y/o air traffic controller in Leesburg, VA. This is my second SW tank, My first was a 75g FOWLR I had while I was in the military, but had to take down. My current system is a 6g CPR AIO with 1 rio90 and 1 rio180 (I also have a second 90 in the back chamber pointed down to help prevent anything settling). Current light is 2x13w CP with Coralife 50/50's (came with tank) but I'm planning an LED diy in the next month or so. 75w heater, filter floss, I run GAC and Chemipure Elite. I started the tank with 7lbs of fully cured Alore live rock from one of our LFS' and 5lbs of sand. The tank's cycle went pretty much undetectable. Tanks been running now for a month, had a very small diatom bloom that my snails took care of a week and a half ago. I origionally bought a citron goby against better judgement as my tank is open top, but Murphy's Law is a Son of a B*&%h!. I now have a True Perc. that seems a lot happier.
danimal1211
New member
Welcome Dan, great start. Now fill that puppy up.
Mucho
Mucho
I see we have lots of new reefers in the house.
I see we have lots of new reefers in the house.
eric@tampa
New member
Hello from Florida!!Eric here had a 55 gal 20yrs ago for about 3 yrs,got out of SW and started back in Oct of last year.34gal Solana (stock everything no mods) w/black saddleback clowns and coral.75 gal hex w/false percs and splendid dottyback.Will post some pics soon looking for new camera.Misc, snails and blue leg hermits and 1 pistol shrimp.
misc. favia
candycane
galaxia
frogspawn
branching hammer
lobo brain
war coral
blasto
toadstool
red&silver 'shrooms
asst. zoos
misc. favia
candycane
galaxia
frogspawn
branching hammer
lobo brain
war coral
blasto
toadstool
red&silver 'shrooms
asst. zoos
Welcome aboard mate.
suitsnakes
New member
I'll jump in! I'm Brandy but Nick uses this name too. we're from Denver (hey Bicasso!!) and we're about to go to Metro State and CU Denver this fall. we have had saltwater tanks for about a year now. It started with one (a 40 gallon all glass aquarium corner tank) my dad gave me because he was moving, which quickly turned into another (a 46 gallon bowfront) and yet another which is a 10 gallon I plan to hook up to the 40 gallon when I have some money/time.
The 40 gallon is our reef tank with lots of live rock, snails, hermits, plants and fish (1 p. clown, 1 firefish goby, 1 red scooter blenny, 1 blue green chromis damsel, and 1 banghaii cardinalfish), plus 7 mushrooms of three different types (5 green striped, 1 ric, and 1 mystery green mushroom with bumpy spots and some red through it), three different types of zoas, and a green and brown thing encrusting coral I've forgotten the name of that is dying and we're trying to save.
The 46 bowfront is our predator tank. it has one baby volitans lionfish and a baby green wolf eel in it. They're really cool.
RC is such a great place to learn and get great ideas and see the cool things you've all done. We'll submit pics too sometime!
The 40 gallon is our reef tank with lots of live rock, snails, hermits, plants and fish (1 p. clown, 1 firefish goby, 1 red scooter blenny, 1 blue green chromis damsel, and 1 banghaii cardinalfish), plus 7 mushrooms of three different types (5 green striped, 1 ric, and 1 mystery green mushroom with bumpy spots and some red through it), three different types of zoas, and a green and brown thing encrusting coral I've forgotten the name of that is dying and we're trying to save.
The 46 bowfront is our predator tank. it has one baby volitans lionfish and a baby green wolf eel in it. They're really cool.
RC is such a great place to learn and get great ideas and see the cool things you've all done.
We'll submit pics too sometime!
Korrine
You could get a ticket!!
Korrine, 26 Female
My tank stats are:
29g w/ 96watts PC lighting. 2 -24watt 50/50's and 2 -24w 10K's per the advice from a salty friend in our lrc. I had no idea what to for lighting..lol
temp 78
lighting time 2:00-10:30ish on auto timer
This is my first reef tank (saltwater tank too) and right now my tank is pretty boring. I feel I have been very patient with it though. I have a few astraea snails, some nassarius snails, 2 yasha gobies and a red banded pistol shrimp. A gentleman in my lrc just ordered extra clowns due a minimum order needed and I'm hoping to get a pair of Grade B picasso clowns. Then my final fish will be a yellow assessor.
Recent full tank shot. I am getting some pretty corralline growth now. It's just hard to see in the picture.
I do plan on getting some uncured rock to cure and then add to the tank to fill it in a bit.
Zoo's I plan on getting are watermelon's, devil's armor, and purple/green cat eyes.
My tank stats are:
29g w/ 96watts PC lighting. 2 -24watt 50/50's and 2 -24w 10K's per the advice from a salty friend in our lrc. I had no idea what to for lighting..lol
temp 78
lighting time 2:00-10:30ish on auto timer
This is my first reef tank (saltwater tank too) and right now my tank is pretty boring. I feel I have been very patient with it though. I have a few astraea snails, some nassarius snails, 2 yasha gobies and a red banded pistol shrimp. A gentleman in my lrc just ordered extra clowns due a minimum order needed and I'm hoping to get a pair of Grade B picasso clowns. Then my final fish will be a yellow assessor.
Recent full tank shot. I am getting some pretty corralline growth now. It's just hard to see in the picture.
I do plan on getting some uncured rock to cure and then add to the tank to fill it in a bit.
Zoo's I plan on getting are watermelon's, devil's armor, and purple/green cat eyes.
FiSHy sAy HeY
New member
Hey im Kyle.
I have a 55 gallon DT with a 20 gallon long sump. 6 inch sandbed and 15 lbs of live rock. I have a nove extreme T-5 fixture for lights. I keep everything from polyps to SPS.
My tank is about a year old but being a reef probably around 6 months.
I have one question and maybe you guys can help my out. I have a seaclone 100 as a skimmer and want to change it out.
I am going for a Octopus NW110, Vertex in 80 or a Deltec MCE300. All of the sizes up will not fit my sump.
Oh and I would be getting the MCE300 for $120
I have a 55 gallon DT with a 20 gallon long sump. 6 inch sandbed and 15 lbs of live rock. I have a nove extreme T-5 fixture for lights. I keep everything from polyps to SPS
.My tank is about a year old but being a reef probably around 6 months.
I have one question and maybe you guys can help my out. I have a seaclone 100 as a skimmer and want to change it out.
I am going for a Octopus NW110, Vertex in 80 or a Deltec MCE300. All of the sizes up will not fit my sump.
Oh and I would be getting the MCE300 for $120
partsguy247
New member
Kinda of new here as far as posting goes but here it is.
40g display
30g sump
t-5 lighting
nw-150 skimmer
2 tunze 7045
not enough zoa's but here is a small sample.
40g display
30g sump
t-5 lighting
nw-150 skimmer
2 tunze 7045
not enough zoa's but here is a small sample.
evoracer
New member
I've interjected here and there in the Zoa forum, but not too often, which is funny because that's all I talk about when I talk reef- my zoas this my palys that!
My name is Jeremy, I am the President of the Central Coast Reef Club here in California. I have been keeping salt water and reef for about 10 years now, with zoas and softies dominating most of my tanks.
My current tank is a 24x24x11.5" zoa dominated frag tank, lit by a single 250W 14K Phoenix DE running on a Galaxy Elect. ballast. It is cleaned by an AquaC Remora skimmer and a CPR hang-on fuge running chaeto, DSB and LR rubble. I subscribe to the natural reefkeeping method, as far as I have no unnatural filtration methods (I consider skimming a natural method, as foam fractionation is what happens when waves crash!), or disposable parts of my filtration system, with exception of the GFO or GAC I run if necessary (not too often). The tank itself is bare bottom, and is temporarily holding a bit of LR and some other corals that will be going into a display I am currently building. The current frag tank is about a year and a half old, but some of the frags in it are from colonies I have had for many years.
I currently have a collection of nearly 50 varieties of zoas and palys, some of the "collector" variety, some simply being variations on others due to lighting, placement, etc. I can be found at nearly every West-coast frag swap, hunting for frags I don't have yet (if I can remember!).
I keep water parameters in check by doing water changes, however not too often, as I have found too clean of water causes my zoas to lose color vibrancy (the opposite is also true with water quality). Also, my skimmer and chaeto fuge do a good job in nutrient exportation.
I supplement with DT's Elements Mag, Alk and Ca as necessary after testing of course. I dose/feed DT's Phyto Reef Blend and Warner Marine Amino Acids. I have noticed a great color increase since the use of the AA, along with increased skimmate production.
My name is Jeremy, I am the President of the Central Coast Reef Club here in California. I have been keeping salt water and reef for about 10 years now, with zoas and softies dominating most of my tanks.
My current tank is a 24x24x11.5" zoa dominated frag tank, lit by a single 250W 14K Phoenix DE running on a Galaxy Elect. ballast. It is cleaned by an AquaC Remora skimmer and a CPR hang-on fuge running chaeto, DSB and LR rubble. I subscribe to the natural reefkeeping method, as far as I have no unnatural filtration methods (I consider skimming a natural method, as foam fractionation is what happens when waves crash!), or disposable parts of my filtration system, with exception of the GFO or GAC I run if necessary (not too often). The tank itself is bare bottom, and is temporarily holding a bit of LR and some other corals that will be going into a display I am currently building. The current frag tank is about a year and a half old, but some of the frags in it are from colonies I have had for many years.
I currently have a collection of nearly 50 varieties of zoas and palys, some of the "collector" variety, some simply being variations on others due to lighting, placement, etc. I can be found at nearly every West-coast frag swap, hunting for frags I don't have yet (if I can remember!).
I keep water parameters in check by doing water changes, however not too often, as I have found too clean of water causes my zoas to lose color vibrancy (the opposite is also true with water quality). Also, my skimmer and chaeto fuge do a good job in nutrient exportation.
I supplement with DT's Elements Mag, Alk and Ca as necessary after testing of course. I dose/feed DT's Phyto Reef Blend and Warner Marine Amino Acids. I have noticed a great color increase since the use of the AA, along with increased skimmate production.
Marchingbandjs
New member
ill give this a go;
38 g, i wanna say long but i think its tall, 3x1x20inches
runing RENA smartfilter and aqueon power filter. CHemipure in the aqueon
soon adding a HOB custom fuge.
Coralife Lunar lights
Coralife super skimmer rated for 65
Have around 40 lbs of LR
water changes every 2 weeks
parameters always perfect
OCD about neatness of fish room
38 g, i wanna say long but i think its tall, 3x1x20inches
runing RENA smartfilter and aqueon power filter. CHemipure in the aqueon
soon adding a HOB custom fuge.
Coralife Lunar lights
Coralife super skimmer rated for 65
Have around 40 lbs of LR
water changes every 2 weeks
parameters always perfect
OCD about neatness of fish room
