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Prawn Star · 02/08/2015, 07:29 PM

New here, been lurking for a few days. Had a sw tank when I was a kid, mid 70's. Want to do a reef tank now so prepare yerselves fer the onslaught of newb questions

Residing in the Folly Beach area of Charleston, SC. Anyone else here local to the SC or lowcountry area?

formula89 · 02/09/2015, 10:57 AM

Hi guys,

I've been, running a 29 gallon FOWLR tank for about three total years. It's been a learning experience and exercise in futility to say the least, but I've become hooked.

The first setup I had was several years ago, I listened to what's now an out of business LFS and ran an under gravel filter with live sand. That didn't end well, I fought constant water quality issues that killed my fish and ultimately kept me from keeping salt water fish for a long time.

Fast forward to two years ago and I set up the same tank on a tight budget for my wife and kids. This time I used 25 lbs of live rock, a powerhead, and a hang on back Penguin bio wheel 200.

Although I was able to keep the fish for over a year something unknown occurred and wiped out my entire stock that consisted of two clowns, a goby, peppermint shrimp, 4 small crab and a small anemone.

I never did determine what caused the last failure, all my levels at the time checked out but it was heartbreaking.

I'm now looking into setting up a 75 gallon tank, and either using my old 29 as a sump with refugium and skimmer. This time I hope the extra size helps to buffer any problems.

I really hope to have more success with the proper equipment this time around. I would love to eventually pick up some coral but I've been too afraid to so far.

Artlover · 02/09/2015, 01:45 PM

Hello everyone, I am from Germany, 40 years old and just starting over with reefkeeping (once had a 80g fowler tank for a while, but with no real motivation in my office ). In Germany most do fresh water tanks, this is where I come from (i used to grow Malawi perchs in a 150g tank and some smaller ones but had to stop this some years ago due to medical issues. Now for reefkeeping i just bought a used 300 g tank with some technical stuff that could further be used. I just finished my DIY tank stand (using RocketEngineers plans). I plan to do a lot of DIY (like LED lighting, programming an arduino ph / temp / KH /light etc controller, a sump and some other stuff ), hoping to find some help here and probably help some others on the long run. Please excuse my sometimes strange sounding english :-) All the best ... Dominique

Jewwells · 02/10/2015, 07:46 AM

Hello,
Please allow me to introduce to you my aquarium (I would share a picture if I could)
I just switched to a 90 gallon from a 60 only after having the 60 set up for 3 months. This hobby is absolutely addictive! 😆
I have had freshwater aquariums for many years, picked up a 60 gallon tank and stand with the intentions on increasing the size of my freshwater. After looking at several different saltwater fish and coral just decided that I would really like to have a saltwater aquarium, so the hobby began.
I have been trying to figure out how to upload a picture from my phone, but it is just not working for me.

I know nothing about uploading from a url..
When I try to upload from the attachment, it fails every time.

PeteC · 02/10/2015, 07:54 AM

Hi, I'm Pete, from close to London, UK. I've been keeping salt tanks for 20 years, mainly fish for the first few years, gradualy progressing to soft corals and eventually, perhaps the last 5 years, SPS.

I'm very interested in the technical aspects of keeping a reef tank, both equipment and chemistry. I have a scientific education but in physics which is not that applicable to biology!

I only have a 200 litre tank and no space for sump in the current house, so I'm a bit limited as to what I can do. I recently restarted my system because of a couple of years of neglect (down to other commitments), and have gone BB, ULN and I am interested in maybe going partial zeovit, or similar as I have a few theories about zeo that I hope to discuss here sometime.

Cheers!

LeRenard · 02/10/2015, 09:37 AM

Hey all,

I'm from New Hampshire (New England, in the Northeastern US

and I'm just starting up a small FOWLR tank that I'm hoping to expand into a mini reef in the future. I've kept malawi cichlids for a while and I'm just getting my bearings in the saltwater world. My new saltwater tank is a 36 gallon bowfront.

I work in information security as an engineer and penetration tester and when I was younger I taught middle school biology. The aquaria hobby seems to be a perfect mixture of my interests in engineering and biology.

I hope to learn as much as I can from all of you!

Thanks!

HThomasD · 02/10/2015, 04:27 PM

Hello everyone. Not new to the site. I usually just come here for reference and have only posted a few times.

I'm from the Cincinnati area.

I have a 75 gallon that I have been cycling for almost a year now. I actually just added my first fish 2 days ago so the only livestock that I have is a 4" lawnmower blenny, a peppermint shrimp, a few blue leg hermits, and a bunch of snails. I have a little less than 90lbs of live rock. I converted an eshopps 125 wet/dry to a makeshift refug. The inverts have been in the tank since week three of the tank setup. I have 2 reef breeders led fixtures above the tank and I want to start adding coral and fish soon.

mcavoy · 02/10/2015, 05:16 PM

my name is roger and im new to the game ive decided to build a tank and would like to know best dimensions for a lps tank

Magnerific · 02/10/2015, 05:34 PM

Hi everyone
Just got into the hobby two weeks ago did a tank move and now a proud owner !

Em85 · 02/10/2015, 10:58 PM

Hi, i work in marine science and recently have been tasked to setup 20+ aquariums now and another 20+ later this year. The first 20 has been a great experience (for a beginner!!!) and the trial and error is a good way to learn. But i have also developed an extreme appreciation for everyone out there who has a large or intricate setup and in ingenious DIY projects.
Though my current dilemma is with the heating (and heat ranges) of the aquariums and i have come across a few discussions heating ideas that have given me something to think about. But before i go any further i though i would introduce myself and read through a lot of the information on this site.

Ryzemus · 02/11/2015, 10:39 AM

Hey guys, my name is Ryzen and I've been in the hobby for 6 years now. Owned a 75 gallon reef tank which I donated to the Aquarium of the Pacific 6 months ago, now I'm back with a 28 gallon jbj. I don't know what it is but i cant seem to stay away from the hobby, its just too awesome to give up

220tang · 02/11/2015, 11:12 AM

Hey guys, my name is Grant and I got into the hobby a little over a year. I currently have a 225 reef (in-progress of setting up), 250 fowler, 120 holding tank, and (2) 40 breeders for frag/quarantine. I finally just joined the blog but have been reading a lot of the forums to learn. I became addicted to the hobby as soon as I started an jumped in head first. I think the marine life is amazing fish an coral alike and love the challenge of creating a functional tank! Now that I have progressed into a reef tank I would love a little more help specified to my situation and advice on some equipment and fish. Thanks!

Jessie2011 · 02/11/2015, 01:10 PM

I need help and im not sure exactly how to work this website. This is the first thing I can see that will allow me to type. Can someone please help?
I have a 29 gal biocube, been testing the water at my local aquarium store. They told me my tank was cycled (after 2 weeks with live rock and live sand and using stability). We added crabs and snails and some coral everything looks great and water levels are staying perfect. Ordered a pair of premium ice snowflake clown fish. I drip acclimated them for 30-45 minutes and then added them to my tank. One is swimming around and exploring, the other (male) is laying on the bottom of the tank not wanting to explore. I am worried that he might of got too stressed during shipping. any suggestions? is he going to be okay?

bruindave · 02/11/2015, 05:18 PM

Hi Everyone!

I had a fresh water tank when I was a kid and have been trying to get into salt water. My brother had one when I was a kid and I've wanted one for a long time. Just getting into it right now and am trying to start on a nano cube.

Looking to post my first salt water tank in the future when it's setup!

Tall · 02/12/2015, 08:10 AM

Hi all!

New to the hobby, but have been reading about it for the last three months...

Have a small nano tank up and running why I build my 90gl... Once that is running my nano will turn into a QT Tank.

Loving all the help on this board! Hopefully someday I'll be able to share my experiences I have with new members! Until than; thanks for learning me 😃

FraggledRock · 02/12/2015, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcavoy

my name is roger and im new to the game ive decided to build a tank and would like to know best dimensions for a lps tank

Its really depends on how many different types of LPS you want.

I would say a decent size to start would be a 30 Gallon with a 10 gallon sump.

that would be a basic start.

This way you can have a various assortment of LPS as well as 2 or 3 fish.

greenaz · 02/13/2015, 12:42 AM

hello im new here names james got a 5 gal nano saltwater tank with a cardinalfish and mushroom coral with a clam i have a fluvial spec v looking to upgrade the lighting can not find any info about stock lighting i have any help would be awesome just want to upgrade to a medium lighting thanks

outlaw481 · 02/14/2015, 02:32 PM

Guess I'm new here again, so I'll post. Been into Reefs on and off since the late 90's. I sold my last tank back in 04 or so. Looking to get back into it again, so I'm researching mostly.

Andrew Chunis · 02/15/2015, 01:58 AM

Hi Im Andrew Chunis from the Philippines

Louis1959 · 02/15/2015, 11:37 AM

Lou from North Babylon, Long Island.
Im running a 54 gal Bow for about 9 months now. Live Frag Rock w/sand base Sump. Have some Juvenile Red Mangroves, just Starting to root into sand base.

3-4" Live sand base in Display Tank Sand. About 30-40#'s of Live INDO Rock.
3 Firefish, 2 Pecula Clowns, 1 Yellow Wrasse, 1 Foxface, 1 Mandarin Dragonet, 1 cardinal. A shrimp, a sally lightfoot crab, 3 hermit crabs.

All live fairly well together so far.

farr · 02/15/2015, 01:34 PM

new here from tacoma, washington

I have a tank set up with some live rock, a good wet/dry filter, along with a protein skimmer, and two powerheads, one 700 gph, the other 1300. reef and fish in a 20 long

reddtiger88 · 02/16/2015, 08:54 AM

Hi, I am new to this forum. I am a thirty year vet of fish keeping. I have done almost every aspect of fish keeping, from maintenance, collection, to coral fragging. I usually stalk from the shadows, but decided to come into the light. At the moment, I have a 14 gallon biocube mini reef and a 75 gallon reef.

bked120 · 02/16/2015, 08:55 AM

Hi everyone. My name is Brad (bked120) from Northeast Pennsylvania. I've been keeping a nano reef for 2 years now and am remodeling my basement with a partial built in wall peninsula 120 so stay tuned for a build thread in the near future.

Kyle461 · 02/16/2015, 11:25 AM

Hello! My name is Kyle and I hail from Corpus Christi, TX. I'm just beginning my adventures in reef tanks. Currently I have a 40g breeder tank with w/d filter that is running freshwater for a leak test. I am piecing everything together slowly and keeping an eye on this forum for guidance. I'm excited to get the tank up and running and the learning that comes with it!!

dkennedy1282 · 02/16/2015, 01:45 PM

Can anybody tell me how to post a new thread? I feel stupid but have been looking around for about half hour and still can't figure it out.

02/08/2015, 07:29 PM	#8451
Prawn Star Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Charleston/Folly Beach, SC Posts: 5	Aloha, y'all! New here, been lurking for a few days. Had a sw tank when I was a kid, mid 70's. Want to do a reef tank now so prepare yerselves fer the onslaught of newb questions Residing in the Folly Beach area of Charleston, SC. Anyone else here local to the SC or lowcountry area?

02/10/2015, 07:46 AM	#8454
Jewwells Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 2	Another person hooked on this Reefer madness Hello, Please allow me to introduce to you my aquarium (I would share a picture if I could) I just switched to a 90 gallon from a 60 only after having the 60 set up for 3 months. This hobby is absolutely addictive! 😆 I have had freshwater aquariums for many years, picked up a 60 gallon tank and stand with the intentions on increasing the size of my freshwater. After looking at several different saltwater fish and coral just decided that I would really like to have a saltwater aquarium, so the hobby began. I have been trying to figure out how to upload a picture from my phone, but it is just not working for me. I know nothing about uploading from a url.. When I try to upload from the attachment, it fails every time.

02/10/2015, 05:16 PM	#8458
mcavoy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: murfreesboro tn Posts: 17	hello my name is roger and im new to the game ive decided to build a tank and would like to know best dimensions for a lps tank

02/10/2015, 05:34 PM	#8459
Magnerific Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 108	New to the reef Hi everyone Just got into the hobby two weeks ago did a tank move and now a proud owner !

02/15/2015, 11:37 AM	#8470
Louis1959 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 82	Hey everyone, Name here is Lou Lou from North Babylon, Long Island. Im running a 54 gal Bow for about 9 months now. Live Frag Rock w/sand base Sump. Have some Juvenile Red Mangroves, just Starting to root into sand base. 3-4" Live sand base in Display Tank Sand. About 30-40#'s of Live INDO Rock. 3 Firefish, 2 Pecula Clowns, 1 Yellow Wrasse, 1 Foxface, 1 Mandarin Dragonet, 1 cardinal. A shrimp, a sally lightfoot crab, 3 hermit crabs. All live fairly well together so far.

02/09/2015, 10:57 AM	#8452
formula89 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 1	Hi guys, I've been, running a 29 gallon FOWLR tank for about three total years. It's been a learning experience and exercise in futility to say the least, but I've become hooked. The first setup I had was several years ago, I listened to what's now an out of business LFS and ran an under gravel filter with live sand. That didn't end well, I fought constant water quality issues that killed my fish and ultimately kept me from keeping salt water fish for a long time. Fast forward to two years ago and I set up the same tank on a tight budget for my wife and kids. This time I used 25 lbs of live rock, a powerhead, and a hang on back Penguin bio wheel 200. Although I was able to keep the fish for over a year something unknown occurred and wiped out my entire stock that consisted of two clowns, a goby, peppermint shrimp, 4 small crab and a small anemone. I never did determine what caused the last failure, all my levels at the time checked out but it was heartbreaking. I'm now looking into setting up a 75 gallon tank, and either using my old 29 as a sump with refugium and skimmer. This time I hope the extra size helps to buffer any problems. I really hope to have more success with the proper equipment this time around. I would love to eventually pick up some coral but I've been too afraid to so far.

02/09/2015, 01:45 PM	#8453
Artlover Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 1	Hello everyone, I am from Germany, 40 years old and just starting over with reefkeeping (once had a 80g fowler tank for a while, but with no real motivation in my office ). In Germany most do fresh water tanks, this is where I come from (i used to grow Malawi perchs in a 150g tank and some smaller ones but had to stop this some years ago due to medical issues. Now for reefkeeping i just bought a used 300 g tank with some technical stuff that could further be used. I just finished my DIY tank stand (using RocketEngineers plans). I plan to do a lot of DIY (like LED lighting, programming an arduino ph / temp / KH /light etc controller, a sump and some other stuff ), hoping to find some help here and probably help some others on the long run. Please excuse my sometimes strange sounding english :-) All the best ... Dominique

02/10/2015, 07:54 AM	#8455
PeteC Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 28	Hi, I'm Pete, from close to London, UK. I've been keeping salt tanks for 20 years, mainly fish for the first few years, gradualy progressing to soft corals and eventually, perhaps the last 5 years, SPS. I'm very interested in the technical aspects of keeping a reef tank, both equipment and chemistry. I have a scientific education but in physics which is not that applicable to biology! I only have a 200 litre tank and no space for sump in the current house, so I'm a bit limited as to what I can do. I recently restarted my system because of a couple of years of neglect (down to other commitments), and have gone BB, ULN and I am interested in maybe going partial zeovit, or similar as I have a few theories about zeo that I hope to discuss here sometime. Cheers!

02/10/2015, 09:37 AM	#8456
LeRenard Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 116	Hey all, I'm from New Hampshire (New England, in the Northeastern US and I'm just starting up a small FOWLR tank that I'm hoping to expand into a mini reef in the future. I've kept malawi cichlids for a while and I'm just getting my bearings in the saltwater world. My new saltwater tank is a 36 gallon bowfront. I work in information security as an engineer and penetration tester and when I was younger I taught middle school biology. The aquaria hobby seems to be a perfect mixture of my interests in engineering and biology. I hope to learn as much as I can from all of you! Thanks!

02/10/2015, 04:27 PM	#8457
HThomasD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cincinnati OH Posts: 5	Hello everyone. Not new to the site. I usually just come here for reference and have only posted a few times. I'm from the Cincinnati area. I have a 75 gallon that I have been cycling for almost a year now. I actually just added my first fish 2 days ago so the only livestock that I have is a 4" lawnmower blenny, a peppermint shrimp, a few blue leg hermits, and a bunch of snails. I have a little less than 90lbs of live rock. I converted an eshopps 125 wet/dry to a makeshift refug. The inverts have been in the tank since week three of the tank setup. I have 2 reef breeders led fixtures above the tank and I want to start adding coral and fish soon.

02/10/2015, 10:58 PM	#8460
Em85 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Western Australia Posts: 1	Hi, i work in marine science and recently have been tasked to setup 20+ aquariums now and another 20+ later this year. The first 20 has been a great experience (for a beginner!!!) and the trial and error is a good way to learn. But i have also developed an extreme appreciation for everyone out there who has a large or intricate setup and in ingenious DIY projects. Though my current dilemma is with the heating (and heat ranges) of the aquariums and i have come across a few discussions heating ideas that have given me something to think about. But before i go any further i though i would introduce myself and read through a lot of the information on this site.

02/11/2015, 10:39 AM	#8461
Ryzemus Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 1	Hey guys, my name is Ryzen and I've been in the hobby for 6 years now. Owned a 75 gallon reef tank which I donated to the Aquarium of the Pacific 6 months ago, now I'm back with a 28 gallon jbj. I don't know what it is but i cant seem to stay away from the hobby, its just too awesome to give up

02/11/2015, 11:12 AM	#8462
220tang Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Iowa city Iowa Posts: 47	Hey guys, my name is Grant and I got into the hobby a little over a year. I currently have a 225 reef (in-progress of setting up), 250 fowler, 120 holding tank, and (2) 40 breeders for frag/quarantine. I finally just joined the blog but have been reading a lot of the forums to learn. I became addicted to the hobby as soon as I started an jumped in head first. I think the marine life is amazing fish an coral alike and love the challenge of creating a functional tank! Now that I have progressed into a reef tank I would love a little more help specified to my situation and advice on some equipment and fish. Thanks!

02/11/2015, 01:10 PM	#8463
Jessie2011 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 2	I need help and im not sure exactly how to work this website. This is the first thing I can see that will allow me to type. Can someone please help? I have a 29 gal biocube, been testing the water at my local aquarium store. They told me my tank was cycled (after 2 weeks with live rock and live sand and using stability). We added crabs and snails and some coral everything looks great and water levels are staying perfect. Ordered a pair of premium ice snowflake clown fish. I drip acclimated them for 30-45 minutes and then added them to my tank. One is swimming around and exploring, the other (male) is laying on the bottom of the tank not wanting to explore. I am worried that he might of got too stressed during shipping. any suggestions? is he going to be okay?

02/11/2015, 05:18 PM	#8464
bruindave Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 242	Hi Everyone! I had a fresh water tank when I was a kid and have been trying to get into salt water. My brother had one when I was a kid and I've wanted one for a long time. Just getting into it right now and am trying to start on a nano cube. Looking to post my first salt water tank in the future when it's setup!

02/12/2015, 08:10 AM	#8465
Tall Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 22	Hi all! New to the hobby, but have been reading about it for the last three months... Have a small nano tank up and running why I build my 90gl... Once that is running my nano will turn into a QT Tank. Loving all the help on this board! Hopefully someday I'll be able to share my experiences I have with new members! Until than; thanks for learning me 😃

02/13/2015, 12:42 AM	#8467
greenaz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 6	hello im new here names james got a 5 gal nano saltwater tank with a cardinalfish and mushroom coral with a clam i have a fluvial spec v looking to upgrade the lighting can not find any info about stock lighting i have any help would be awesome just want to upgrade to a medium lighting thanks

02/14/2015, 02:32 PM	#8468
outlaw481 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: PA Posts: 27	Guess I'm new here again, so I'll post. Been into Reefs on and off since the late 90's. I sold my last tank back in 04 or so. Looking to get back into it again, so I'm researching mostly.

02/15/2015, 01:58 AM	#8469
Andrew Chunis Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Philippines Posts: 5	Hi Im Andrew Chunis from the Philippines

02/15/2015, 01:34 PM	#8471
farr Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 1	new here from tacoma, washington I have a tank set up with some live rock, a good wet/dry filter, along with a protein skimmer, and two powerheads, one 700 gph, the other 1300. reef and fish in a 20 long

02/16/2015, 08:54 AM	#8472
reddtiger88 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Miami Posts: 73	hello Hi, I am new to this forum. I am a thirty year vet of fish keeping. I have done almost every aspect of fish keeping, from maintenance, collection, to coral fragging. I usually stalk from the shadows, but decided to come into the light. At the moment, I have a 14 gallon biocube mini reef and a 75 gallon reef.

02/16/2015, 08:55 AM	#8473
bked120 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 55	New member from PA Hi everyone. My name is Brad (bked120) from Northeast Pennsylvania. I've been keeping a nano reef for 2 years now and am remodeling my basement with a partial built in wall peninsula 120 so stay tuned for a build thread in the near future.

02/16/2015, 11:25 AM	#8474
Kyle461 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 438	361 Hello! My name is Kyle and I hail from Corpus Christi, TX. I'm just beginning my adventures in reef tanks. Currently I have a 40g breeder tank with w/d filter that is running freshwater for a leak test. I am piecing everything together slowly and keeping an eye on this forum for guidance. I'm excited to get the tank up and running and the learning that comes with it!! __________________ Nadie me paga en chicles!! Build Thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2485917 Current Tank Info: 40 gallon breeder (2/17/15); 20L 3-chamber sump; Tunze Nano ATO; Hydor 320gph return and Circulation 850 gph; Coralife Super Skimmer 125 G; Marineland 24"-36" Reef LED

02/16/2015, 01:45 PM	#8475
dkennedy1282 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 36	Can anybody tell me how to post a new thread? I feel stupid but have been looking around for about half hour and still can't figure it out.