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FishboyDave · 03/09/2011, 06:36 PM

Just set up my 150 gal two weeks ago. Added 350 lbs of live rock. (mostly fiji) tore apart my 60 gal to upgrade. Ive been told that my cycle wont be a harsh with the transfer of 350lbs of live rock, is this true? yes its fully cured btw. Im thinking another 100lbs of live rock. Im just worried about "over doing it" which I know theres no such thing as too much live rock but Im talking about the apperance of the tank. I had to transfer a blue hippo tang and a clown from another tank due to a huge crack along the back. Its not leaking but its scary. Im worried that the tang might not make it. They are my 5 year old sons fish. What do you guys think? Hes to hard to catch and too stupid for a fish trap. Let me know.. Thanks

24galloneuro · 03/09/2011, 11:34 PM

I love this site.. so many cool people and SOOO much information.. I bounce between sites as well but this one is awesome

stacyjo · 03/10/2011, 12:09 AM

Hello All.. I just started getting in to my saltwater tank a little more.. I have a 180 gallon tank with an about 2 1/2ft hawaiian dragon moray eel that my boyfriend had and now I am ready to add to it.. Today I got a tesselata eel and a brazilian horned moray eel.. I was really scared when I added them in today but everything seems to be going good.. I am excited to get some more fish to put with the ells just have to watch what to get cause they will eat them for a snack lol..

Tim gixxerman · 03/10/2011, 10:39 AM

Hello every one I'm Tim, my wife and i have a 75 gal. thank with lots of rock and a sea clone 150 protein skimmer, cascade 1000 canister filter, aqua clear 110 filter, and a koralia power head, 11 hermits, bunch of small snails, 2 turbo snails, and 2 maroon clown fish. and green algae starting to grow now.

Tim gixxerman · 03/11/2011, 09:37 AM

and i for got 2 peppermint shrimp.

Carl2011 · 03/11/2011, 10:58 AM

Hi, I'm Carl and new to RC and aquariums. I am setting up a 210 with a 75 gal sump/refuge. I have 180 lbs. of sand/live sand and about 120 lbs. of live rock currently. No fish yet as I am waiting for a skimmer I ordered. I have one 300w heater in the sump that while running full time only gets the temp to 77-78. What should I have for equipment in this area?

pakarinen · 03/11/2011, 03:59 PM

duplicate post - deleted

New to the reef · 03/12/2011, 09:40 AM

hi everyone my name is michael and I have decided to start a new 40 gallon breeder reef tank and hopes that it goes well!

Flcorals · 03/12/2011, 11:58 AM

Hi All

My name is Lloyd and I have just got into saltwater tanks after many years with freshwater. I Have a Red Sea Max 130 tank which i bought half loaded on CL. It has well established live rock and corals and a couple of fish. I look forward to sharing my hobby on RC

dhickey · 03/12/2011, 04:33 PM

Ok so I'm brand new to the hobby. I haven't even bought my tank yet! Just saving money and try to learn something first. I've spent the last two days reading WaterKeepers new to the hobby thread. WOW! Good Stuff!! Anyway look forward to talking with everyone

David

tyler1012 · 03/12/2011, 05:35 PM

Hi everyone im new to RC and reef tanks however im 12 year old running a 100 gallon reef tank and it is very difficult if i could get some advise on how to keep my corals more healthy that would be great. i just recantly had an annenome that died and made my tank VERY unhealthy THANKS.

nanito · 03/12/2011, 11:09 PM

Hi everyone

I am brand new to the marine aquarium. I have been doing some research and im hoping to make a start in about a month. Iv just joined and hoping to sit and read some threads on the forum and hopefully pick up some useful info.
I have a 45 gal that used to be fresh water and I am moving forward and going to enjoy the salt water hobby. I will need help, I have tons of questions and I know that being a member of a forum is one of the best things you can do. Hope to get the help I need and maybe one day help somebody else.

Thanks.

CreativeGuy · 03/13/2011, 10:04 PM

oops, duplicated initial post

CreativeGuy · 03/13/2011, 10:06 PM

Greetings All,

New and Foolish. Almost a year ago, stopped into a local Woodcraft Store in Michigan and saw a beautiful reef aquarium. Of course like most here, have an appreciation for the little things going on and planted the seed. Over the past year decided to do a salt water SPS reef tank. Started toying with the design .... bad habit for an engineer. So like jumping out of a perfectly good air plane to sky dive, I jumped into things with both feet. So I bought my first tank ... 6'x3'x3' with good intentions of setting this one up and get things working. Then from months of reading books and RC forums (almost every night for hours) and information, only to learn I need to learn a heck of a lot more. As you learn and understand, the set up and systems can become complicated. It is an art as much as it is a science. No one person has the right answer (as there isn't one), just lots of MHOs. Well, as you get into it, you see others and their incredible systems and the efforts put into them. You know you can have a love/hate relationsip from someone you never met, lol .... thanks David Saxby, who has a world renowned aquarium to inspire anyone and for saying "put in the biggest tank you can fit and afford" (I heard the first part of that, now the second part ... the jury is still out ... and not sure they want to come back, lol). As an creative engineer (a bad combination for this hobby), things change (almost everyday) and MORPHED into a creature with its own agenda. Thanks to Dave Saxby's comment, the 330g was the ultimate aquarium for the space. The worked involved in setting it up as a "temporary" tank for a year or two and all the associated incidental work, then have to tear it down and move it and install a new one, meant the new one would probably never happen if I did that. Plus as you learn, you need more than one system to adequately do justice to this hobby (to get things going, quarantine, frag tank, and for isolation purposes) ... which then requires you to find a room (or basement) to convert to hide all the stuff that make the pretty display tank look beautiful. So, as it took two months of design revisions before reaching the final Display tank design (custom starfire 8'-4" bow front with an irregular multi-side design width varies from 32"-64" and height of 34") and size of 525g of water with an intended additional 400g custom sump and refugium in the basement. The tank is now ordered and the front bow is in production, with final details of the coast to coast and hole locations to be determined. So as I said, this nice little creature has metamorphosed into a bit of a monster. Hence I have name the main display tank "Morpheus", which can have a number of meanings and inferences such as loosely translated from Greek methodology as the "Gods of Dreams" and the "Shaper of Dreams" (whose true semblance is that of a winged daemon, imagery shared with many of his siblings - his brothers Phobetor and Phantasos being responsible for animals and inanimate objects, respectively). It is a challenge to this undertaking, and it is being fast tracked as the two builds are simultaneously underway. A friend warned me not to do this (he has been an aquarist for over 15 years) ... thinks I should have listened before I jumped off the cliff.

Anyhow, that is my introduction for now. Will be starting a thread post of the builds, engineering and research involved, pertinent questions to every aspect of the system, with CAD drawings and photographs of the progress. Hoping to learn from many of you. Have gained a lot of valuable insight from so many of your postings and comments. Some of which I have already exchanged several emails and appreciated your responses.

Joe from Belle River (Windsor) Ontario (which is across from Detroit Michigan).
Thanks in advance.

turbos73 · 03/14/2011, 01:02 AM

Hello all! I'm a newb to the saltwater community. I have yet to set up anything. I'm still reading, researching, etc. I was successful at freshwater and want to expand on this great hobby. Once I feel I have the basic knowledge, I will give it my best shot. I look forward to sharing my experience once I get started.

SchumiVII · 03/14/2011, 04:45 AM

Hello, I am a spanish member. My english is very bad. Sorry for my posible errors.

The first look at this forum has been great. I hope to learn a lot!

I'll show you shortly my 19 galon´s reef

Best Regars!

Genj · 03/14/2011, 08:45 AM

Hi, I'm new, sorta. Been a member sine Sept 10, can't view the for sale threads and need 50 posts to do so. I currently run a 34g Solana mixed reef with LED lighting. I'm looking to upgrade to a rimless long/shallow tank with a focus on LPS and a minor amount of SPS.

Capn_Crunch · 03/14/2011, 08:56 PM

Hello. My name is Wade and I'm new to the RC community. I've got a 72g bow front that I'm working on. Glad to be here because I'll need all the help I can get!

78degrees · 03/15/2011, 10:52 AM

Hello RC I'm from new London Connecticut I am 22 years old and a newbie. So far so good thanks to all of the information I found here on RC and on YouTube. I am working on a reef tank it is my first saltwater tank. If u have any questions please message me I have no saltwater buddies right now and would be glad to meet some...

sheorchid1 · 03/15/2011, 04:19 PM

Hello, I've had reef tanks for over 15 years. I just set up a new 75 gallon so I could raise sea horses again. I had a pair of mustangs and a pair of Sunbursts from Ocean Riders in Hawaii. They are a great place to purchase anything, and they have great customer service. I will keep some "nice" corals, a clown, mandarin, and a few reef chromis. This group works well with sea horses, since you can feed the group first, and then hand feed the horses. I have to wait a couple more weeks before I get the horses, I want to make sure the tank is ready..

Carbon12Adam · 03/16/2011, 07:05 PM

...and this is my first time. This 10G nano has the following specs:

Approximately 10 lbs LR
2.5'' sand bed
HOB Fuge
36W of 50:50 Daylight:Actinic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_a_gpNl4j0

Patrikbc · 03/17/2011, 07:07 AM

Hi,
My name is Patrick, I'm new here and pretty new to reef aquariums. I had a 20g with a clown and a damsel years ago for a bit. Now I am have started my first real reef tank, 125g corner flow, 20g sump, reef octopus in sump protein skimmer, 1800gph pump, dual 1400 powerheads.

josea1952 · 03/17/2011, 04:25 PM

Hello fellas, My name is Jose, I live in the high desert Ca and I recently got involved in the hobby. I purchased a fowlr tank complete to the point where I actually brought back the tank water with me. Anyways hello and it's a great site.

jcolley · 03/18/2011, 07:01 PM

Hi all,

My name is Jim and I'm fairly new to saltwater and no experience in reefs (yet).

I have a 125 that was a steal for a xmas gift for the kids (and me!) and realized that just starts the obsession.

The wife thinks the 125 takes up too much space in our family room and seems to think it would look better in the wall taking up a closet behind it. I'm not one to argue with the wife, so out comes the sledge and reciprocating saw.

Oh, and a 220 wouldn't even be noticeably different after hiding the back of it, right?

Mrs. Gixxerman · 03/19/2011, 03:56 PM

Hi everyone...I'm Christine (Mrs. Gixxerman). My husband (Tim Gixerman) signed up a few weeks ago, and I figured that I would probably be asking just as many questions as he does. We are old hats to aquariums, having them for going on 11 years, but have done only freshwater, with mostly cichlids. I've been wanting a salt water aquarium for a long time now, and after the last of my cichlids passed away, I figured if we were going to go for it, now was the time. We love our tank...and it's a slow work in progress now for a little over a month. But great fun to watch it grow. We have a 75 gallon tank sea clone, 150 protein skimmer, cascade 1000 canister filter, aqua clear 110 filter, and a koralia power head, live rock, and base rock. We are slowly adding a cleanup crew, and live fish. We are waiting for the rock wall to be finished before slowly adding coral in another 2 or 3 months. Our fish store recommended this site to us, and we've been loving all of the great information we've been getting from it. Kudos!

03/09/2011, 06:36 PM	#3926
FishboyDave Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: nc Posts: 96	New to rc Just set up my 150 gal two weeks ago. Added 350 lbs of live rock. (mostly fiji) tore apart my 60 gal to upgrade. Ive been told that my cycle wont be a harsh with the transfer of 350lbs of live rock, is this true? yes its fully cured btw. Im thinking another 100lbs of live rock. Im just worried about "over doing it" which I know theres no such thing as too much live rock but Im talking about the apperance of the tank. I had to transfer a blue hippo tang and a clown from another tank due to a huge crack along the back. Its not leaking but its scary. Im worried that the tang might not make it. They are my 5 year old sons fish. What do you guys think? Hes to hard to catch and too stupid for a fish trap. Let me know.. Thanks __________________ 150 gal w/ 55 gal sump/refugium I have no clue what Im doing in this world, but my tank looks cool. Current Tank Info: 120 sps reef

03/11/2011, 10:58 AM	#3931
Carl2011 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Kansas Posts: 1	Heating a 210 Hi, I'm Carl and new to RC and aquariums. I am setting up a 210 with a 75 gal sump/refuge. I have 180 lbs. of sand/live sand and about 120 lbs. of live rock currently. No fish yet as I am waiting for a skimmer I ordered. I have one 300w heater in the sump that while running full time only gets the temp to 77-78. What should I have for equipment in this area?

03/12/2011, 11:58 AM	#3934
Flcorals Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Windermere, FL Posts: 72	New to RC and Reef keeping Hi All My name is Lloyd and I have just got into saltwater tanks after many years with freshwater. I Have a Red Sea Max 130 tank which i bought half loaded on CL. It has well established live rock and corals and a couple of fish. I look forward to sharing my hobby on RC

03/12/2011, 04:33 PM	#3935
dhickey Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 59	Hello everyone!!!!!!! Ok so I'm brand new to the hobby. I haven't even bought my tank yet! Just saving money and try to learn something first. I've spent the last two days reading WaterKeepers new to the hobby thread. WOW! Good Stuff!! Anyway look forward to talking with everyone David

03/12/2011, 05:35 PM	#3936
tyler1012 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NYC Posts: 16	Newbie aquarist Hi everyone im new to RC and reef tanks however im 12 year old running a 100 gallon reef tank and it is very difficult if i could get some advise on how to keep my corals more healthy that would be great. i just recantly had an annenome that died and made my tank VERY unhealthy THANKS.

03/09/2011, 11:34 PM	#3927
24galloneuro Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 67	I love this site.. so many cool people and SOOO much information.. I bounce between sites as well but this one is awesome

03/10/2011, 12:09 AM	#3928
stacyjo Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 72	Hello All.. I just started getting in to my saltwater tank a little more.. I have a 180 gallon tank with an about 2 1/2ft hawaiian dragon moray eel that my boyfriend had and now I am ready to add to it.. Today I got a tesselata eel and a brazilian horned moray eel.. I was really scared when I added them in today but everything seems to be going good.. I am excited to get some more fish to put with the ells just have to watch what to get cause they will eat them for a snack lol..

03/10/2011, 10:39 AM	#3929
Tim gixxerman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lynchburg,VA Posts: 204	Hello every one I'm Tim, my wife and i have a 75 gal. thank with lots of rock and a sea clone 150 protein skimmer, cascade 1000 canister filter, aqua clear 110 filter, and a koralia power head, 11 hermits, bunch of small snails, 2 turbo snails, and 2 maroon clown fish. and green algae starting to grow now.

03/11/2011, 09:37 AM	#3930
Tim gixxerman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lynchburg,VA Posts: 204	and i for got 2 peppermint shrimp.

03/11/2011, 03:59 PM	#3932
pakarinen Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 36	duplicate post - deleted

03/12/2011, 09:40 AM	#3933
New to the reef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 1	hi everyone my name is michael and I have decided to start a new 40 gallon breeder reef tank and hopes that it goes well!

03/12/2011, 11:09 PM	#3937
nanito Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Vero Beach, FL Posts: 211	Hi everyone I am brand new to the marine aquarium. I have been doing some research and im hoping to make a start in about a month. Iv just joined and hoping to sit and read some threads on the forum and hopefully pick up some useful info. I have a 45 gal that used to be fresh water and I am moving forward and going to enjoy the salt water hobby. I will need help, I have tons of questions and I know that being a member of a forum is one of the best things you can do. Hope to get the help I need and maybe one day help somebody else. Thanks.

03/13/2011, 10:04 PM	#3938
CreativeGuy Creature Morpheus ... Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Belle River (Windsor) Ontario Posts: 114	oops, duplicated initial post

03/13/2011, 10:06 PM	#3939
CreativeGuy Creature Morpheus ... Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Belle River (Windsor) Ontario Posts: 114	New and Foolish ! Greetings All, New and Foolish. Almost a year ago, stopped into a local Woodcraft Store in Michigan and saw a beautiful reef aquarium. Of course like most here, have an appreciation for the little things going on and planted the seed. Over the past year decided to do a salt water SPS reef tank. Started toying with the design .... bad habit for an engineer. So like jumping out of a perfectly good air plane to sky dive, I jumped into things with both feet. So I bought my first tank ... 6'x3'x3' with good intentions of setting this one up and get things working. Then from months of reading books and RC forums (almost every night for hours) and information, only to learn I need to learn a heck of a lot more. As you learn and understand, the set up and systems can become complicated. It is an art as much as it is a science. No one person has the right answer (as there isn't one), just lots of MHOs. Well, as you get into it, you see others and their incredible systems and the efforts put into them. You know you can have a love/hate relationsip from someone you never met, lol .... thanks David Saxby, who has a world renowned aquarium to inspire anyone and for saying "put in the biggest tank you can fit and afford" (I heard the first part of that, now the second part ... the jury is still out ... and not sure they want to come back, lol). As an creative engineer (a bad combination for this hobby), things change (almost everyday) and MORPHED into a creature with its own agenda. Thanks to Dave Saxby's comment, the 330g was the ultimate aquarium for the space. The worked involved in setting it up as a "temporary" tank for a year or two and all the associated incidental work, then have to tear it down and move it and install a new one, meant the new one would probably never happen if I did that. Plus as you learn, you need more than one system to adequately do justice to this hobby (to get things going, quarantine, frag tank, and for isolation purposes) ... which then requires you to find a room (or basement) to convert to hide all the stuff that make the pretty display tank look beautiful. So, as it took two months of design revisions before reaching the final Display tank design (custom starfire 8'-4" bow front with an irregular multi-side design width varies from 32"-64" and height of 34") and size of 525g of water with an intended additional 400g custom sump and refugium in the basement. The tank is now ordered and the front bow is in production, with final details of the coast to coast and hole locations to be determined. So as I said, this nice little creature has metamorphosed into a bit of a monster. Hence I have name the main display tank "Morpheus", which can have a number of meanings and inferences such as loosely translated from Greek methodology as the "Gods of Dreams" and the "Shaper of Dreams" (whose true semblance is that of a winged daemon, imagery shared with many of his siblings - his brothers Phobetor and Phantasos being responsible for animals and inanimate objects, respectively). It is a challenge to this undertaking, and it is being fast tracked as the two builds are simultaneously underway. A friend warned me not to do this (he has been an aquarist for over 15 years) ... thinks I should have listened before I jumped off the cliff. Anyhow, that is my introduction for now. Will be starting a thread post of the builds, engineering and research involved, pertinent questions to every aspect of the system, with CAD drawings and photographs of the progress. Hoping to learn from many of you. Have gained a lot of valuable insight from so many of your postings and comments. Some of which I have already exchanged several emails and appreciated your responses. Joe from Belle River (Windsor) Ontario (which is across from Detroit Michigan). Thanks in advance.

03/14/2011, 01:02 AM	#3940
turbos73 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1	I'm a newb Hello all! I'm a newb to the saltwater community. I have yet to set up anything. I'm still reading, researching, etc. I was successful at freshwater and want to expand on this great hobby. Once I feel I have the basic knowledge, I will give it my best shot. I look forward to sharing my experience once I get started.

03/14/2011, 04:45 AM	#3941
SchumiVII Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 25	Hello, I am a spanish member. My english is very bad. Sorry for my posible errors. The first look at this forum has been great. I hope to learn a lot! I'll show you shortly my 19 galon´s reef Best Regars!

03/14/2011, 08:45 AM	#3942
Genj Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 74	Hi, I'm new, sorta. Been a member sine Sept 10, can't view the for sale threads and need 50 posts to do so. I currently run a 34g Solana mixed reef with LED lighting. I'm looking to upgrade to a rimless long/shallow tank with a focus on LPS and a minor amount of SPS.

03/14/2011, 08:56 PM	#3943
Capn_Crunch Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 20	New to RC Hello. My name is Wade and I'm new to the RC community. I've got a 72g bow front that I'm working on. Glad to be here because I'll need all the help I can get!

03/15/2011, 10:52 AM	#3944
78degrees Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New London Connecticut Posts: 1	idk Hello RC I'm from new London Connecticut I am 22 years old and a newbie. So far so good thanks to all of the information I found here on RC and on YouTube. I am working on a reef tank it is my first saltwater tank. If u have any questions please message me I have no saltwater buddies right now and would be glad to meet some...

03/15/2011, 04:19 PM	#3945
sheorchid1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15	Hello, I've had reef tanks for over 15 years. I just set up a new 75 gallon so I could raise sea horses again. I had a pair of mustangs and a pair of Sunbursts from Ocean Riders in Hawaii. They are a great place to purchase anything, and they have great customer service. I will keep some "nice" corals, a clown, mandarin, and a few reef chromis. This group works well with sea horses, since you can feed the group first, and then hand feed the horses. I have to wait a couple more weeks before I get the horses, I want to make sure the tank is ready..

03/16/2011, 07:05 PM	#3946
Carbon12Adam Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nashua, NH Posts: 6	Hi, my name is Adam... ...and this is my first time. This 10G nano has the following specs: Approximately 10 lbs LR 2.5'' sand bed HOB Fuge 36W of 50:50 Daylight:Actinic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_a_gpNl4j0

03/17/2011, 07:07 AM	#3947
Patrikbc Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 4	New to RC Hi, My name is Patrick, I'm new here and pretty new to reef aquariums. I had a 20g with a clown and a damsel years ago for a bit. Now I am have started my first real reef tank, 125g corner flow, 20g sump, reef octopus in sump protein skimmer, 1800gph pump, dual 1400 powerheads. __________________ My greatest piece of knowledge is that I know virtually nothing.

03/17/2011, 04:25 PM	#3948
josea1952 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: High desert, CA Posts: 91	Hello fellas, My name is Jose, I live in the high desert Ca and I recently got involved in the hobby. I purchased a fowlr tank complete to the point where I actually brought back the tank water with me. Anyways hello and it's a great site.

03/18/2011, 07:01 PM	#3949
jcolley Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 152	Greetings Hi all, My name is Jim and I'm fairly new to saltwater and no experience in reefs (yet). I have a 125 that was a steal for a xmas gift for the kids (and me!) and realized that just starts the obsession. The wife thinks the 125 takes up too much space in our family room and seems to think it would look better in the wall taking up a closet behind it. I'm not one to argue with the wife, so out comes the sledge and reciprocating saw. Oh, and a 220 wouldn't even be noticeably different after hiding the back of it, right?

03/19/2011, 03:56 PM	#3950
Mrs. Gixxerman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Central Virginia Posts: 95	Hi everyone...I'm Christine (Mrs. Gixxerman). My husband (Tim Gixerman) signed up a few weeks ago, and I figured that I would probably be asking just as many questions as he does. We are old hats to aquariums, having them for going on 11 years, but have done only freshwater, with mostly cichlids. I've been wanting a salt water aquarium for a long time now, and after the last of my cichlids passed away, I figured if we were going to go for it, now was the time. We love our tank...and it's a slow work in progress now for a little over a month. But great fun to watch it grow. We have a 75 gallon tank sea clone, 150 protein skimmer, cascade 1000 canister filter, aqua clear 110 filter, and a koralia power head, live rock, and base rock. We are slowly adding a cleanup crew, and live fish. We are waiting for the rock wall to be finished before slowly adding coral in another 2 or 3 months. Our fish store recommended this site to us, and we've been loving all of the great information we've been getting from it. Kudos!