sandman450f
Premium Member
First off, Iv'e been reefin for only abt a year an a half, In that time I have learned more than I ever imagined. Much of it has come here from Reef Central, all of you good members kind enough to take the time to answer questions, and quite a bit has come through trial and error. I'm happy to say ive had great success on my current 60g, albeit pretty easy stock. Ive leaned towards the hardy and less demanding and suffered very few casualties because of it. Here are a couple of pics of my current setup
Its a little crowded in there, and, well bigger is better; so, I picked up an AGA 100 with dims I really like 72x18x18.
Its used but all the seals appear to be great. Paid either $350 or $400 for it, cant remember now even though it was only abt 3 weeks ago. In any event came with a 30" stand a few rio, maxiflow and seio pumps, (not my favorite but hey it was a package deal all or nothing) a crappy protien skimmer and a bunch of other whatevers.
Well now i got it and what to do? Well, from the past year and a half I know what I dont like:
1. short stands, tank is behind my sofa and I like to stand and watch my tank. Also I want to be able to put a protien skimmer in there that is around 36High. I dont remember which euroreef model it is, but man its tall .
2. immovable tank. I need to be able to move this sucker w/o completely dismantling it. I'll settle for removing most of the water and even some rock. Why do i need to move it, well i'll be replacing my carpet soon to wood, but not before my tank is done.
3. The headach and mess of water changes, pulling out the garbage can, pumps, draining, blah blah blah
4. Most importantly, I hate having the water level drop 6inchs or more in my tank exposing corals anemones and waterever else.
5. Stupid siphon overflows, man that sucks, noisy, unreliable and a damn nightmare when those pesky turbo snails decide to clean the tubes. A little mesh took care of the prob, but not before I had a few overflows and stinkin carpet cause I couldnt clean under the stand.
6. artificial crap in the tank, IE , those little pumps to ensure ou have adequate water movement.
7. That darn protein / oil film on the surface of the water. Surface agitation helps, but back to #6, another artificial piece of crap in the tank.
Well now i know what I dont want, so on to chapter 2, feel free to jump in w/ any comments or questions. As this project actually is nearly completed, I am retro-chronically this adventure.
Its a little crowded in there, and, well bigger is better; so, I picked up an AGA 100 with dims I really like 72x18x18.
Its used but all the seals appear to be great. Paid either $350 or $400 for it, cant remember now even though it was only abt 3 weeks ago. In any event came with a 30" stand a few rio, maxiflow and seio pumps, (not my favorite but hey it was a package deal all or nothing) a crappy protien skimmer and a bunch of other whatevers.
Well now i got it and what to do? Well, from the past year and a half I know what I dont like:
1. short stands, tank is behind my sofa and I like to stand and watch my tank. Also I want to be able to put a protien skimmer in there that is around 36High. I dont remember which euroreef model it is, but man its tall .
2. immovable tank. I need to be able to move this sucker w/o completely dismantling it. I'll settle for removing most of the water and even some rock. Why do i need to move it, well i'll be replacing my carpet soon to wood, but not before my tank is done.
3. The headach and mess of water changes, pulling out the garbage can, pumps, draining, blah blah blah
4. Most importantly, I hate having the water level drop 6inchs or more in my tank exposing corals anemones and waterever else.
5. Stupid siphon overflows, man that sucks, noisy, unreliable and a damn nightmare when those pesky turbo snails decide to clean the tubes. A little mesh took care of the prob, but not before I had a few overflows and stinkin carpet cause I couldnt clean under the stand.
6. artificial crap in the tank, IE , those little pumps to ensure ou have adequate water movement.
7. That darn protein / oil film on the surface of the water. Surface agitation helps, but back to #6, another artificial piece of crap in the tank.
Well now i know what I dont want, so on to chapter 2, feel free to jump in w/ any comments or questions. As this project actually is nearly completed, I am retro-chronically this adventure.